Weekly Journal #79

Industry News

Peacock Reaches 54 Million Signups; Launch on Sky in Uk & Europe Confirmed (Deadline)

This May Be One of the Most Important Entertainment Lawsuits Ever Filed (LA Times)

Study Shows More Disability Stories Onscreen, but Few Disabled Actors (New York Times)

Disney Co. Will Require That Salaried and Non-union Hourly Employees Be Vaccinated (Deadline)

Film

Scarlett Johansson Sues Disney Over ‘Black Widow’ Streaming Release (Deadline)

Disney Strikes Back Over Scarlett Johansson’s Lawsuit, Reveals Her $20 Million Payday (Deadline)

Television

‘What’s Going On’ Screenwriter Marcus Gardley Strikes Overall Tv Deal With Amazon (Deadline)

In ‘Mr. Corman,’ Joseph Gordon-levitt Looks Inward and Asks, ‘What If?’ (New York Times)

Digital

Channel 5 News Visits a Qanon Conference (Watch Here)

Mark in the Metaverse (Verge)

In Other News

No, Simone Biles Isn’t a Quitter (The Cut)

Young Adults Generally Have Less Sex These Days, but It’s Not About Morality. (GQ)

Rival Monkey Gangs Started Fighting Over Food in Lopburi, Thailand (Watch Here)

The Art of the Hollywood Memoir (New Yorker)

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John Wells