Tonight, me and Eman Esfandi will be baptized in the Church of Mann.

hollywood would rather cut its own limbs off than offer obvious concessions to its workers

A table details how much the WGA’s proposal could cost each studio.

An average of a measly 0.18% of a studio’s annual revenue.

(Source: Deadline)

'We ARE the content. It is OUR ideas that fill the theme parks and the toy stores, our characters on the lunchboxes and the Halloween costumes. We are the national resource from which the product is made, and we are tired of being stripmined.' ~ Tony Gilroy Writers Guild of America, East

I’m sure people will share it in full on here, but our leadership just shared an amazingly concise and informative negotiations update that cuts through so much of the noise and clutter. So thankful we have this team to guide us through.

Read every word of this and ask yourself if this is how leaders of billion dollar companies should behave when 200,000+ livelihoods are at stake.

See you on the line tomorrow.

Update on the AMPTP’s August 11th counteroffer #WGAstrong #WGAstrike wgacontract2023.org/announcements/…

Got a chance to see it. A near-masterpiece and I mean it earnestly.

Every time I’m at the movies and THE CREATOR, DUNE 2, and KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON trailers play in succession:

Then: “Rejected our proposals, refused to counter.”

Now: “Last Friday, 102 days after they walked away from the bargaining table and put us out on strike, the AMPTP offered responses to our proposals in all work areas.”

Solidarity works. #WGAStrong

THE GAMBLER is unrelentingly vicious. A mean, nasty, ruthless movie that follows a true blue piece of shit who consistently makes the worst decisions known to man. Have never seen addiction rendered so honestly. And a career best performance from the incomparable James Caan.

CURE from Kiyoshi Kurosawa remains one of the most fucked up films I’ve ever seen. Ghastly, evil ending.

I asked for this and I’ll ask again

Weird, every showrunner I know supports some version of this. But I only know 30 or 40 showrunners, so maybe my sample isn't as complete as the unnamed person 'quoted' (yes, quoted is in quotes) below.

As a boy I remember learning how to DAP. We always knew it came from the brothers in Vietnam. It was a message from the “Bloods”. I always think of them when I see athletes today with their handshakes. I think of the “Bloods”, especially those who never came home.

Honored to be nominated with my potna Kwame Alexander for something we WROTE with love. Still #wgastrong

wrapping my head around Trump and Young Thug facing RICO charges in Georgia at the same time

Christ, this is so evil

Me when the KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON trailer starts playing in the theater:

Aside from feeling truly awful about the whole ordeal (and happy that our friend is on the road to recovery), it’s a fundamentally baffling thing to realize what you’re capable of. Retiring from all arm wrestling endeavors effective immediately.