Weekly Journal #27
News
SAG-AFTRA Board Approves New Film & TV Contract (Deadline)
Hollywood's Reopening Dilemma: "We Can't Afford to Get This Wrong" (Hollywood Reporter)
Hollywood and the Police: Complicated and Strained Relationship (Hollywood Reporter)
EU Countries Make Film & TV Exceptions To U.S. Travel Ban (Deadline)
Removing 'blackface episodes' is easy. Actually confronting racism in media isn't (CNN)
Film
After #OscarsSoWhite, the Academy Meets Goal to Diversify Membership (New York Times)
The 25 Best Movies of 2020 (So Far) (The Ringer)
See the Second Lives of Drive-in Movie Theaters (The Cut)
Lynn + Lucy review – grueling tragedy with a batsqueak of horror (Guardian)
Television
Film Directors Jump to TV: Helmers Reveal Benefits, Challenges of Small Screen (Hollywood Reporter)
Colin Kaepernick & Ava DuVernay Team Up For Netflix Limited Series (Deadline)
Rodney Barnes To Pen ‘Tiger Woods’ Scripted Miniseries, Entertainment 360 Comes On Board (Deadline)
‘Beavis and Butt-Head’ Revival Set At Comedy Central With 2-Season Order (Deadline)
The Messy Politics of Black Voices—and “Black Voice”—in American Animation (New Yorker)
Mahershala Ali To Star As Boxer In ‘Unruly’ HBO Limited Series From Dominique Morisseau (Deadline)
Digital
Kilar’s Radical Vision for WarnerMedia: Putting Consumers First (The Information)
The New Mainstream, A Series (Vivid and Vague)
The fall of Quibi: how did a starry $1.75bn Netflix rival crash so fast? (Guardian)
Your Data Should Belong to You — and not to the Big Tech Companies (Medium)
Good Reads
The Case for Capitalizing the B in Black (Atlantic)
Pipeline by Dominque Morisseau is currently available to stream for free on Broadway HD (Watch It Here)
Boss of the Beach (New York Magazine)
Ramy Youssef and Mindy Kaling Ponder Life's Great Mysteries (Interview Magazine)