"And if we want informed voters, if we want people to know more, we want greater transparency, I think it’s a good thing we’re here and we’re just excited about where this very fledgling sort of thing is going to go."

The WGA membership has ratified the 2026 MBA, with 90.38% (4,282) voting in favor. In the face of industry contraction and runaway healthcare cost inflation, writers secured a contract that returns our Health Fund to a sustainable path and builds on gains from 2023. (1/2)

"Everyone in the room gave thanks to the agents, bodyguards and officers who responded. But I couldn’t help but think that most of the Americans who have found themselves in the middle of a shots-fired emergency feel much more exposed, much more vulnerable."

It’s a testament to the non-stop insanity of the Trump era that an active shooter getting close to the president — for a second time — was so quickly metabolized by Washington, Charlotte Klein writes.

At least Forbes is on this beat!!

Literally begging for “Summer House” discourse on this app. This is insane.

Read the WGAE and @wgawest.bsky.social Statement on the Warner Bros. Discovery Shareholder Vote to Approve Paramount Merger

Get ready for a lot of movies about WW2 dogfights.

I will never forget the experience of seeing LEAVING NEVERLAND at its Sundance premiere. For @avclub.com I wrote about a devastating, definitive documentary about surviving sexual abuse that cannot be erased.

you’re telling me this techno is feudalist

In recent polls, Democrats appear tied or ahead in four Republican-controlled seats (the number they would need to take the Senate). These include Maine, North Carolina, Ohio, and Alaska. There are also signs that Republicans could be in trouble in two more states: Iowa and Texas.

"After making headway in the nonfiction television space for more than a decade, the WGA East is continuing its push to organize reality TV- and documentary-focused production companies." www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

Some pretty horrific accusations in this piece: Swalwell allegedly drugged and choked a woman until she lost consciousness. “‘I thought I died,’ she said.”

Hey now! Kinda wild that it took the Swalwell debacle & threats of dual expulsions to do it, but damn

A woman sued OpenAI last week alleging that ChatGPT reinforced the obsessive, violent delusions of her stalker (her ex-boyfriend.) This woman's claims (as detailed by TechCrunch, left) are chillingly similar to those of a completely different woman whose story Futurism reported on in Feb (right):

I hate that this is a tale as old as time. Props to the brave women who came forward.

smash

Paramount responds to Hollywood creatives' letter against its WBD acquisition, reiterating its commitment for 30+ theatrical feature films annually, and more (Ted Johnson/Deadline) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

scoop: more than 1,000 directors, writers, actors and other entertainment industry professionals have signed an open letter opposing Paramount's acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/b...

Budapest looking absolutely lit rn

I remember hearing the term "news fatigue" for the first time in 2016-2017. That phrase feels a bit... quaint nowadays

lol I definitely don't think this is what Netflix had in mind when they offered me this interview

Timeline cleanse

“Today the IRGC operates or funds at least 50 production houses…the ones that matter most right now…are small, fast, and built for the internet, made by a new generation coming to power…one that is younger, savvier, and less afraid of the U.S.”

Somewhere in the corner of the Oval Office, a FIFA Peace Prize trophy slowly collects dust.

Curious how a sprawling conflict in the Middle East will impact this.

7:00 P.M. Brooklyn, NY.

How it feels doing literally any task right now.

We are in a very bad and terrible place in history. Please help our government find the political will to fight back against the tyranny we are seeing in office. We have to get the right people into office. People who will fight for us.

Do you need a tiny bit of hope today? Meet @runforsomething.net's newest endorsed candidates. medium.com/run-for-some...

I know this movie will probably make a lot of money, but this is so upsetting.

Crazy to just have to just sit and wait and see if your tax dollars are going to go towards taking innocent lives tonight.

Trump is giving big “Amanda Bynes circa 2013” vibes right now.

Semisonic really popped off when they said “every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.”

streaming today on Mubi, and *extremely* worth your time

<I’m wheeled into the Pitt> Santos: male, 36, at happy hour, now saying “tummy feel crazy” Al-Hashimi: 47% of men’s bodies reject modern IPAs. They’re too hoppy now Robi: the silent killer. Get him to surgery McKay <alone now, staring straight at camera>: I am the same type of communist as you

I don’t know what it says about me that I can’t watch “The Pitt” because it makes me too queasy, but I LOVE watching YouTube videos of doctors breaking down the medical accuracy of each episode in gory detail.

*hunger games cannon* . + * + . * . . BONDI . + * . + * . * + .

"While the drama itself was once the draw, we now tune in to see the wronged parties triumph and the transgressors pay for their crimes. We find ourselves in a new era of reality-TV mess, one where collective calls for karma reflect the most surprising trend of all: a conscience."

Dios mio. Three different reality series have been brought to their knees by inter-cast drama in the past week. I don’t know if momtok will survive this.

"War may appear super cool to Trump administration staffers who watch it from 6,000 miles away through a pop-culture viewfinder, but the rest of us should examine the human reality — and cost — of combat."

I clicked on this article thinking it was about the Minab school, but actually the US hit two elementary schools in two different strikes

“The uncomfortable question is simple: If you can’t build a career as a working actor, where do the next generation of stars come from?”

"Disney’s new chief executive did not get a honeymoon period. In his first six days on the job, a $1bn AI deal unravelled, a key gaming partner cut more than 1,000 jobs and a flagship TV franchise imploded in scandal."

I loathe Mark Zuckerberg, but Threads is the only social media app I’ve found where people are actively discussing reality tv & pop-culture related stuff. No one on here is bugging out about Amanda & West from “Summer House” or Jessi & Chase from “Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” and that is a shame.

TMZ asks followers to take photos of Congress members enjoying spring break following nationwide airport delays: “While TSA workers are wondering how they will pay their bills, Congress members will be vacationing for spring break […] Send it to TMZ so we can properly put them on BLAST.”

Disney sure has been taking a lot of "L's" in the past week.

Me reading this headline