ESPN’s ‘First Take’ Marks 12 Months of Year-to-Year Ratings Growth (Exclusive) (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
The morning show's July audience was up 26 percent vs. the same month in 2022.
Motion Picture Industry Health Plan Offers Eligibility Assistance Amid Double Strike (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
The MPIPHP, which provides benefits to many union members in entertainment, is crediting certain participants with additional qualifying hours for health insurance and allowing them to make a single "hardship withdrawal" from their retirement plans.
Angus Cloud Completed Filming on ‘Your Lucky Day’ Thriller (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
The 'Euphoria' star wrapped both a star turn in Universal's untitled monster movie and a role in horror 'Your Lucky Day' before his untimely passing was announced by his family on Monday.
FX’s ‘A Murder at the End of the World’ Shifts Premiere to November Amid Dual Strikes (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
The Emma Corrin-led limited series had been slated to bow at the end of August and has been pushed back in the first example of a TV series being impacted by Hollywood’s labor strife.
When Will the Strikes End? Lessons From 1960 (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
History is a rough guide — and AI is the major wild card — but there’s much to glean from that decades ago walkout in how to make a deal.
Writers Guild Leader Suggests Studios Will Make Deal “Either Together or Separately” (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
David Simon Reacts to Carlos Macci getting 30 months in prison in Michael K. Williams’ Death (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
Carlos Macci, 72, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for being part of a four-man crew that sold a lethal bag of fentanyl-laced heroin to Williams in 2021. According to The New York Times, the judge said that “while she sympathized with Mr. Macci’s troubles, the deadly toll of fentanyl and his decision to keep selling...
A Casual Viewer’s Guide to the SAG-AFTRA Strike (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
Why are actors on strike? What does 'The Nanny' have to do with it? How will movies and TV shows be affected?
Warner Bros. Animation and Cartoon Network Production Workers Launch Unionization Effort (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
‘Yellowstone,’ U.K. ‘Ghosts’ to Shore Up CBS as Network Remakes Fall Schedule (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
The network is jettisoning a previously announced lineup as labor strikes shut down many productions....
