Weekly Journal #110
Industry News
IATSE Council Backs CA State Bill Tightening Gun Rules (Hollywood Reporter)
Amazon And MGM Close $8.5 Billion Merger (Deadline)
Why Netflix Is Moving to Collect Fees from Password-Sharing Violators (Variety)
Netflix to Test Adding Fee for Account Sharing Outside of Households (Hollywood Reporter)
A Hollywood Production (Made in Liverpool) (New York Times)
Lionsgate Nears Deal For Stake In Management & Production Firm 42, Forms Three-Way TV Venture With 3 Arts (Deadline)
California Lost $8 Billion From Runaway Productions, Report Estimates (LA Times)
Film
Why Drive My Car Should Win the Best Picture Oscar (Guardian)
How Production Designers Brought a Sense of Time and Place to Their Oscar-Nominated Films (Hollywood Reporter)
Television
‘Inventing Anna’ Makes Strong Debut in Streaming Rankings (Hollywood Reporter)
Sunny Balwani’s Theranos Trial Has Been Complicated By The Dropout (Verge)
The Baby-Sitters Club Wasn’t Enough for Netflix Anymore (Vulture)
‘Winning Time’ Star DeVaughn Nixon on the Surreal Experience of Playing His Dad, Lakers Legend Norm Nixon (Variety)
‘Abbott Elementary’ Is No. 1 Most-Tweeted TV Comedy of the Year to Date (Variety)
WeCrashed Disrupts Nothing (Vulture)
In Other News
The Great Concert Debate: Are Cellphones Ruining the Live Experience? (LA Times)
‘The Navy SEAL–ification of Nerf (Intelligencer)
California To Lift Vaccination, Testing, All Other Covid Requirements For Indoor Concerts, Sporting Events (Deadline)
A Zodiac Chart for Babies (New Yorker)
We Have Reached a Hinge of History (Atlantic)