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)

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John Wells