Weekly Journal #37
News
WGA Responds To CAA Deal Claim That Would End Stalemate: Not So Fast! – Update (Deadline)
Coronavirus testing: Simple test gives results in 90 minutes (BBC)
Royal Shakespeare Company moving from bricks and mortar to brave new world (Times)
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: The Real Superpower of Hollywood's Black Genre Heroes (Hollywood Reporter)
Film
Peter Dinklage To Star & Executive Produce Searchlight Thriller ‘Keith’ (Deadline)
Rise of streaming threatens international sales model – Ted Hope (Screen Daily)
The Science of Tenet Explained: Entropy, Annihilation & Time Inversion (Screen Rant)
How ‘Cuties’ Is Fueling the Far Right’s Obsession With Pedophilia (Rolling Stone)
Television
Peacock Reaches Over 15 Million Sign-Ups, Comcast CEO Says (Hollywood Reporter)
‘Fargo’ Heads South for the Winter (Rolling Stone)
‘Raised By Wolves’ Renewed At HBO Max For Season 2 (Deadline)
ABC Nabs ‘The Dreamers’ Drama From Marta Kauffman, Hannah Canter & Warren Littlefield (Deadline)
CBS Brings Back Sunday Night Movies To Fill Gap Until Scripted Dramas Return (Deadline)
5 Questions for TV’s Weirdest Fall Season Ever (Vulture)
Everyone Thought Appointment Television Was Dead. In 2020 It's Thriving (Esquire)
Nxivm Had a Cult Leader Made for the Internet (New York Times)
Emmy preview: 'Watchmen' and 'The Mandalorian' lead the way into a strange virtual weekend (CNN)
Digital
Oracle Wins Bid For TikTok, Beating Out Microsoft For U.S. Operations Of Popular Video App (Deadline)
Good Reads
The Diversity Hires - Sherman Payne, Shukree Tilghman (Listen Here)
Punk Horror Comic 'Home Sick Pilots' Coming from Image (Hollywood Reporter)
Buying Myself Back When does a model own her own image? (The Cut)
Jessica Krug, the Black-Studies Professor Who Hid That She Is White (New Yorker)
The True Story of the Married Woman Who Smuggled Her Boyfriend Out of Prison in Dog Crate (Atlantic)