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Mo Ryan

1 year

Burn It Down: Power, Complicity & a Call for Change in Hollywood examines systems/norms that led to many tough revelations in recent yrs + structural issues that led to WGA strike/labor unrest. PLUS chats w/ good folks trying to make the industry better

Burn It Down

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER An NPR Best Book of the Year In this spectacular, newsmaking exposé that has the entertainment industry abuzz and on its heels, Vanity Fair's...

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2 years

free speech is when you can't say anything that makes the rich rich babyman mad

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fyi if a white woman in a Talbots blazer says this to you, you likely have only hours to live

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Gwyneth Paltrow whispered “I wish you well” to Dr. Sanderson, the man who sued her over ski crash, as she left the courtroom with her $1 victory.

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7 years

Not today, Satan.

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5 years

I will never think it’s an amusing diversion for Sean Spicer to be on Dancing with the Stars. He defended and lied about amoral, monstrous if not criminal policies and actions. Way to launder amorality, ABC. Gross.

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7 years

"I was offline 20 mins, what's up?" "CIA is now run by Guy Fieri. 72 rats in a suit are the secretary of defense. Tuesdays were outlawed."

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4 years

“It’s time for healing. Any action you might take now is only going to divide us further.”

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@moryan

6 years

Preferred term is "Hellmouth."

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6 years

BREAKING: Sinkhole develops on White House lawn. right outside the briefing room.

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4 years

Regret to inform you that President Biden issued an executive order today. There’s a minimum 1-year ban on starting your episode of television with an in media res action sequence putting key characters in unexplained jeopardy, followed by the on-screen words “36 hours earlier”

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4 years

In recent years, Evan Rachel Wood has spoken out about abuse at the hands of an unnamed ex. Today she breaks that silence: “The name of my abuser is Brian Warner, also known as Marilyn Manson.” Four other women have come forward regarding Manson as well.

Evan Rachel Wood and Others Make Allegations of Abuse Against Marilyn Manson

Update: Manson responds on Instagram, calling accusations “horrible distortions of reality.” His record label drops him. Rose McGowan speaks out in support of the accusers.

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1 year

Oh, as someone who has covered this industry for 30 years, I can’t count the number of times I have said to myself, on a number of fronts, “Are there laws? Does the entertainment industry know that state & federal laws… exist? Am I … in reality?” It’s absolutely bananas.

Christianne Harder

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1 year

Is it just me, or should a federal investigation be launched around Hollywood’s accounting practices because every story coming out is criminal.

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6 years

THERE'S GOING TO BE A SIXTH SEASON OF #BROOKLYN99 ON NBC AND I AM PROCESSING THIS LIKE A MATURE ADULT I'M SO HAPPY

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@moryan

6 years

I'm done with Louis C.K. Done done *DONE* forever. He used his comeback to do even more damage. NOPE. My column for @THR

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@moryan

7 years

19 sources came forward to talk to me of alleged sexual harassment and inappropriate physical contact from CW showrunner Andrew Kreisberg (of #TheFlash , Supergirl, etc). He has been suspended.

‘Supergirl,’ ‘Arrow’ Producer Suspended Amid Sexual Harassment Allegations by Warner Bros.

Warner Bros. TV Group has launched an investigation into allegations of inappropriate behavior by Andrew Kreisberg, an executive producer on the CW shows “Arrow,” “Supergirl,” “The Flash” and “DC’s...

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1 year

My 2 cents: US TV was a money-printing machine for decades bec people like 12-22 ep seasons that allow for meaty character development & adroitly mix tones & ep of the wk w ongoing arcs. Lots of people of all ages love this! This model kinda dismantled & I don't love that for us

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my 19 yo brother is also oddly (?) into suits rn too … there’s something in the water

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Mo Ryan

@moryan

4 years

Some fish had it coming. They know what they did.

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4 years

Scientists have discovered that, on occasions, an octopus will “punch” a fish for no reason other than “spite”

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Mo Ryan

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7 years

3 years ago, a TV executive sexually assaulted me. Finding it hard to write a pithy tweet, so here. Please share.

A TV Executive Sexually Assaulted Me: A Critic’s Personal Story

I'm sharing my story of sexual assault so that those who turn a blind eye and enable predators and harassers wake the f--- up.

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1 year

Today @VanityFair published a chapter from Burn It Down: It’s a deep dive into what went wrong behind the scenes at #Lost . A number of people had a very, very difficult time while working on the drama & finally felt they could tell their stories.

‘Lost’ Illusions: The Untold Story of the Hit Show’s Poisonous Culture

It was a groundbreaking smash, but things got so toxic behind the scenes that even co-showrunner Damon Lindelof now says: “I failed.” A powerful excerpt from the new book ‘Burn It Down.’

www.vanityfair.com

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1 year

In 2021, when he was paid $246 million (yes, for 1 yr), I noted in my book Zaslav made $675,000 per day. Using data from #PayUpHollywood , avg WB support staff at the time (SIDE NOTE THEY RARELY WORK 52 WKS/YR) made $185/day. That was him making 3600x more than entry level workers

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1 year

Hollywood writers, on average, are paid $69,510 a year. Bob Iger is paid $74,175 a DAY. That is "very disturbing" to me, Bob.

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Mo Ryan

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6 years

Michael B Jordan as Batman, the end.

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8 years

The Trump tape...Do you know how real this is for women? That we never know who talks like this after we leave a room? I feel so sick. Sick.

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5 years

It's official! Season 4 of #WynonnaEarp is a GO! All the details about when cameras roll and what's next for the show. No spoilers BUT an interview with @emtothea & scoop on who will be at the @syfy show's SDCC panel

Wynonna Earp Season 4 Is Finally, Actually Happening

After a months-long production delay, the beloved Syfy series will begin filming again in January 2020.

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Mo Ryan

@moryan

6 years

If you have not seen Olivia Colman in OG Broadchurch, in The Night Manager, or in Fleabag, do that as soon as possible. She is a treasure. #GoldenGlobes

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@moryan

4 years

#Parasite is now on Hulu. That’s it, that’s the tweet.

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@moryan

4 years

Josh Hawley, I will work until my fingers bleed to make sure you never again hold public office or get elected dog catcher in East Bumblefuck. Fuck you and all your objections and your transparently desperate attempts to secure your political future. Fuuuuckkkk youuuuu

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6 years

True story: My 10 yr old son was at the end of a Stan Lee autograph line at a con. Stan gets ready to leave & my son finds he doesn't have enough money with him. Stan Lee sees him, signs his Spider-man comic, won't take any money, talks to my kid for 20 minutes. #Excelsior #RIP

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@moryan

6 years

is there a male comedian who is not actual flaming garbage

Emily Heller

@MrEmilyHeller

6 years

@onlxn Remember when Norm admitted he threatened to walk away from Weekend Update if they made him do it with a woman?

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@moryan

5 years

Debate "cancel culture" all you want. But one thing has been clear for years: FUCKING CANCEL MAX LANDIS, THE FUCKING END.

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@MarlowNYC

5 years

Exclusive: Eight women accuse Hollywood filmmaker Max Landis of a wide range of emotional, physical and sexual abuse. A horrifying read.

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Mo Ryan

@moryan

7 years

So we have a performance from Sting -- doing a 31 year old song. And yet Lorde did not get a solo slot to perform. So many iconic women in music right now, but we get ... this?? I have zero problem with Sting existing, but I really do not understand the priorities of the #grammys

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@moryan

4 years

Nicole Beharie on #SleepyHollow : “Sometimes I think that some people I was working with didn’t like that I was unwell but loved by the audience. ...everyone of color on that show was seen as expendable and eventually let go.” Yes. That happened in real time & it was so awful.

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7 years

I added up all the writers & directors who've ever been hired to work on a Star Wars film. The creative roster is 96% white men. I've got a bad feeling about this. Here are my thoughts (and the math):

‘Star Wars’: 96% of Its Film Universe Writers and Directors Are White Men

In 41 years, 24 people were hired to direct, write or take the lead on various “Star Wars” feature films -- and 23 of them were white men.

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@moryan

1 year

It took industry CEOs who made a total of $773 million in 1 recent year MONTHS to figure this out. And they *still* haven't made a deal, prolonging a dual strike costing the industry, companies & workers billions. Otherwise ZERO questions about their leadership, ur doin' great 🥂

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6 years

The way Olivia Munn has been hung out to dry -- for alerting her studio that a registered sex offender was in the film Predator & sparing Fox a PR nightmare -- is an indication of how things remain in Hollywood. @oliviamunn is brave & probably feels both exhausted & let down.

Rebecca Ford

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6 years

Olivia Munn was supposed to do a group interview for Predator but the cast all bailed. Here’s @chrissgardner ’s full Q&A with her. #TIFF2018

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@moryan

5 years

Last night's episode of #GameofThrones was a disaster. An utter fucking disaster.

Critic’s Notebook: In the End, ‘Game of Thrones’ Finds a Way to Make Its Woman Problem Worse

Game of Thrones, executive producers David Benioff and D.B. Weiss not only gave Daenerys the least-earned character turn in the show's history — maybe in television history — they rubbed our faces in...

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@moryan

1 year

If you’re a person with even a modicum of power in this industry, let alone a lot of power, & you go out of your way to shit on support staff, publicly or privately, I know ALL I need to know about you! I have no interest in writing abt what you’re making all by yr lonesome!! 🙄

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@moryan

7 years

Re this wave of revelations: Media is acting as Hollywood's default HR dept, because who is typically protected & who is typically fired makes absolutely no sense. Toxic bullies often protected, vulnerable & powerless have zero protection. People have nowhere to go but the press.

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1 year

Regular reminder that Zaslav was paid half a BILLION in just the last 5 years — $246mil in 2021 alone—for the unnecessary & dumb decimation and/or degradation of profitable & high profile media entities like HBO, WB, TCM, CW, Max etc etc 🌋🤬

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5 years

Hello! I am bisexual. Very proud to be part of the bi community and part of the LGBTQIA community. #NationalComingOutDay

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4 years

Hi! For @VanityFair I wrote about @WynonnaEarp & why its fans just broke the internet (again!)& why @syfy show is a bright spot in this cursed year. A few reasons to love it: Cast, crew, writing plus so gay! 🥃🌈 #WynonnaEarp #WynonnaWatchParty #WayHaught

How Wynonna Earp, and Its Loyal Fans, Broke the Internet

“You deserve nice things,” creator Emily Andras told her show’s faithful followers—and on Sunday night, Wynonna delivered them.

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@moryan

4 years

A bit of news: I am now a Contributing Editor at @VanityFair . I look forward to doing more work with this kind & badass team & serving 👑 @radhikajones with persistence & ferocity. Onward!

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7 years

"missteps" "mentoring" "irresponsible" "I've come to understand" "it has been brought to my attention" "I have been made aware" "I am an unfrozen cave man, I do not know your hu-man ways" blah blah blah blaaghghghhghgh

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8 years

Ellen as Pence, Rosie O'Donnell as Trump, Melissa McCarthy as Spicer. I would pay all my monies to see this.

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@moryan

7 years

Andrew Kreisberg, executive producer of #TheFlash #Supergirl & other shows, has been fired by Warner Bros

‘Flash,’ ‘Arrow’ EP Andrew Kreisberg Fired Amid Harassment Allegations

Andrew Kreisberg is departing his role as executive producer on superhero dramas "The Flash," "Arrow," "Supergirl" and "Legends of Tomorrow" amid multiple allegations of sexual harassment.

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@moryan

5 years

Anyone who doesn’t eject Milky Way is a cop

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5 years

One has to go. Forever. Which one do you choose?

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1 year

The hilarious/not hilarious thing is: they *think* they can replace industry workers with robots/AI & all the rest. They can’t. It’ll be like the “pivot to video” that destroyed American journalism—it was all based on juked data & empty hype. Ofc business-wise, it did. Not. Work!

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@palmerrachelc

1 year

Good morning! Just a reminder, if you hear anyone complaining about writers or actors being the cause of this strike that is crippling crew members and the local economy, please remind them that the STUDIOS are doing this because so they can replace us all with robots. Thanks!

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6 years

Thread alert. Louis CK had almost a year to think about what he'd say in his first public appearance. He had lots of time to think about every word he'd say. He decided one of his jokes had to be about rape. I still can't believe that. And I wrote this:

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The director, the producer, the talent agency, uniting and combining through the years to break a woman, mentally and physically, and make her doubt herself. Uma Thurman's Weinstein/Tarantino story:

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6 years

LESLIE MOONVES SHOULD BE IN JAIL LESLIE MOONVES SHOULD BE IN JAIL LESLIE MOONVES SHOULD BE IN JAIL LESLIE MOONVES SHOULD BE IN JAIL LESLIE MOONVES SHOULD BE IN JAIL LESLIE MOONVES SHOULD BE IN JAIL and not get a FUCKING dime for his pattern of assault, abuse & vindictive actions

The New Yorker

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As Leslie Moonves negotiates his exit from CBS, six additional women raise new assault and harassment claims.

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6 years

TWO THIRDS OF FEMALE WRITERS EXPERIENCE SEXUAL HARASSMENT ON THE JOB. TWO. THIRDS.

Deadline

@DEADLINE

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A survey of more than 2,000 @WGAWest members has found that 64% of female writers say they’ve experienced sexual harassment sometime in their careers, and that “a significant amount of the harassment writers experience occurs in the writers’ room"

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👀 Uh, so I have a whole chapter in my book (pinned tweet) about how the extremely questionable culture/"norms" at SNL over the years spread out to afflict many other parts of the industry...

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‘The Other Two’ Ending at Max Amid HR Complaints

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7 years

PLEASE READ & RT: Men Must Step Up to Change the Hollywood Culture That Enabled Harvey Weinstein

Men Must Step Up to Change the Hollywood Culture That Enabled Harvey Weinstein (Opinion)

It's quite simple: You can tolerate the culture that produced and encouraged men like Harvey Weinstein or you can change it.

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5 years

What are you talking about, there are at least four million people in this picture alone

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5 years

The webcam at the National Mall was abruptly shut down without notice and has been removed from the site. Presumably to stop viewers from seeing the lack of attendees at the #TrumpParade . We are about to relive Trump’s inauguration all over again.

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1 year

Having covered 07-08 strike & other near-strikes, I can say--I've never seen the guilds stick together like this. Usually AMPTP plays divide & conquer but that appears to be a non-starter now. I think that'll likely stay the case & I'm not surprised, given state of the industry

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1 year

WGA holds massive solidarity rally with Hollywood labor allies, via me, @katiekilkenny7 , @garymbaum & me. Says one top showrunner: "It’s a million percent different than last time around.” Story:

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6 years

I've never understood how Andy Lack of NBC News has survived a truly epic run of failure. Hiring Megyn Kelly (every iteration of her on NBC failed), sitting on Access Hwd tape, letting Farrow/Weinstein story go & this damning Sept story by @LachCartwright

EXCLUSIVE: Accused Sexual Harassers Thrived Under NBC News Chief Andy Lack

A Sony executive who sent porn to women at work. An alleged harasser who reviewed NBC’s Weinstein story. From one company to another, scandals emerge under Andy Lack’s leadership.

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@moryan

7 years

This is an intensely disappointing word salad from JK Rowling re Johnny Depp. It manages to say nothing & yet give Depp a pass in the most evasive, passive way possible. Ugh.

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I wasn’t sure solidarity would hold, esp for so long. Didn’t know if there wd be solidarity across guilds. I wondered if WGA would be able to get a OK deal, let alone a very good deal. I have covered this industry for 30 years & you have all surprised me. You fucking did it.🔥

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6 years

#WynonnaEarp has been confirmed for a fourth season! Whiskey and donuts for everyone!

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4 years

Wild how she didn’t teargas clergy and peaceful protesters to do so.

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#BREAKING Senator Warren just joined protesters outside the White House

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4 years

If you are in the entertainment industry & you want to be part of efforts to #StopAsianHate , try this: At the very, very least, you could stop doing harm via stereotypical & harmfully deployed #AAPI characters (when they exist in your storytelling, and they usually don't)

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4 years

John Wick’s motivation in all future John Wick films should be that somebody disrespected Dolly Parton. @briancgrubb back me up here

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6 years

Brad Kern, a CBS producer who was the subject of three investigations into allegations of abuse and harassment, has been fired. His contract was terminated yesterday.

Veteran CBS Producer Brad Kern Fired Amid Abuse Claims (Exclusive)

'NCIS: New Orleans' producer Brad Kern fired after third investigation.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

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@moryan

4 years

My sister &her family have Covid. Riding it out at home, no hospitalizations (so far). A friend's son has it. My beloved aunt, whom we couldn’t visit due to restrictions, died today. It may have been Covid. You don't want to feel this way. Please mask up. Take precautions. Please

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7 years

The people who came forward for the story I just posted are mostly low and mid-level folks in TV. WW, WOC, MOC. Almost zero job security to start with. But they did this. That's courage. #LetsBeDragons

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1 year

1. Fuuuuuck this 2. Zaslav really wants a DGA strike too, huh!? 3. Also, fuuuuuck this

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1 year

The new HBO Max (MAX) has eliminated writer/director credits in their interface in favor of a vague "Creators." This is what Raging Bull currently looks like. It's so fucking over.

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Mike Richards remains an executive producer of Jeopardy, because Sony continues to support him in that role.

Variety

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Mike Richards Out as ‘Jeopardy!’ Host Amid Cascade of Scandals

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For @VanityFair : I talked to 30 people who worked with Peter Lenkov, former showrunner of #Hawaii50 , #MacGyver & #MagnumPI about alleged bullying, abuse & other serious problems they encountered. MacGyver star Lucas Till is among those 30 sources

“This Was Abuse”: The Fall of a CBS Showrunner

Earlier this month, CBS fired Peter Lenkov, who’d overseen a powerful fiefdom. V.F. spoke to 30 sources about what happens when a network gives somebody a difficult job, then seems to let problems...

www.vanityfair.com

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Burn It Down comes out June 6. The version of Lost chapter in the book is even longer. I could have written a whole book about that. But I had a lot I wanted to say... about SNL, Sleepy Hollow and many other industry entities. 🔥👊🏻🐲🌋

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6 years

Hardwick’s responses—leaking to TMZ & a gaslighting statement—told me exactly how controlling, petty & vindictive he is. I believe Chloe Dykstra. Whatever happens, she &staffers who quit Hardwick’s show will pay the price for his behavior at work & elsewhere. Not him. #thesystem

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@onlxn @moryan If she was a spiteful ex-girlfriend making it all up to destroy his career, wouldn’t he have filed the mother of all libel lawsuits by now? And yet his only real response was to leak a text or to that noted bastion of purity TMZ.

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My conversation w/ @SamHeughan @caitrionambalfe @TobiasMenzies about where #Outlander has been & where it goes in S3

‘Outlander’ Stars Talk Sleep, Love, Sadness and the New Season

As the time-traveling hit "Outlander" returns to Starz, stars Caitriona Balfe, Sam Heughan & Tobias Menzies reflect on the journey so far.

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6 years

A comprehensive update on the #WynonnaEarp Season 4 situation with an exclusive statement from showrunner @emtothea , now up at @vulture :

Wynonna Earp’s Future Is Suddenly in Limbo

As worries swirl about studio money problems, showrunner Emily Andras has a message for fans: “The story’s not over.”

www.vulture.com

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5 years

I have been saying for years that Bill Maher should be fired. Anyway, Bill Maher should be fired.

‘Real Time’ Doesn’t Need to Go, But Bill Maher Should Be Fired (Opinion)

Does HBO really want to stick with a host who has engaged in a pattern of racist and offensive statements and actions?

variety.com

Marlow Stern

@MarlowNYC

5 years

Bill Maher spent several minutes laughing at and mocking Chris Matthews' sexual-harassment accuser while defending his "friend" Matthews' behavior, which includes a long history of misconduct and at least one settlement

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Even if you don't watch #The100 , here's why the show's recent controversy matters to all of TV:

What TV Can Learn From ‘The 100’ Mess

When a popular character was killed off, 'The 100' fandom erupted -- and the show's bungled response contains lessons for all of TV.

variety.com

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3 years

Beard is wearing The Pants & Higgins is in Dad Vacation Clothes, I approve these flexes

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@THR

3 years

The cast partied hard at the #Emmys afterparty for #TedLasso . Jason Sudeikis sang karaoke and his costars suprised him with a celebration for his his 46th birthday

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Just a reminder that #GameofThrones has only ever had ONE female director *ever* A grand total of 2 women have ever written for the show. All 3 women are white. If you come back at me with "It doesn't matter blah blah meritocracy blah" consider yourself roasted by a dragon 🐲🐲

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@moryan

7 years

Slight correction: #GameofThrones , as prev stated, had 1 female director ever. But she directed 4 eps, not 2. Overall numbers: 19 directors, 1 woman (5%). 73 eps, 4 dir by woman (5.5%). Eps w/ woman writer credited (5.5%). Number of Daves writing #GoT : 2. Number of women: 2.

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In 2017, 19 sources came to me with allegations of harassing & inappropriate behavior from Andrew Kreisberg, then an executive producer on a number of DC CW superhero shows, among them TheFlash & Arrow. (Kreisberg denied any & all misconduct.) That story:

‘Supergirl,’ ‘Arrow’ Producer Suspended Amid Sexual Harassment Allegations by Warner Bros.

Warner Bros. TV Group has launched an investigation into allegations of inappropriate behavior by Andrew Kreisberg, an executive producer on the CW shows “Arrow,” “Supergirl,” “The Flash” and “DC’s...

variety.com

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@moryan

1 year

If the agenda of the AMPTP was to rack up an impressive string of own goals, get industry workers more fired up & feeling more solidarity within & across guilds, & even inspire additional union organizing in related jobs/industries—congrats, Carol & company, you are *nailing it*

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@moryan

3 years

THREAD. For some time, I’ve been speaking to people from the drama All Rise, which is made by Warner Bros & aired by CBS. I ultimately spoke with 30 people, 18 of whom worked directly with EP/showrunner Greg Spottiswood.

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@moryan

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I think a lot about the many terrible decisions made & thus enabled from on high at #sleepyhollow . Black women boosted SH online/on social media & helped make it a phenomenon. Watching their hearts get broken in real time is one of the worst things I ever witnessed as a critic.

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@moryan

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2 leads had great chemistry, but #SleepyHollow was one of the few genre shows I ever saw w Black sisters as a core relationship. The excitement when folks saw how that was central to the mythology! Over time, that relationship got less time so a white witch could... be useless.

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@moryan

7 years

Hey #Earpers , Kat Barrell is a series regular for S2, she's in every episode. There's lots of Nicole when #WynonnaEarp returns for S2 6/9.

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@moryan

5 years

My thoughts on the #GoTFinale "If stories are so damned important, why did the #GameofThrones showrunners rush so frantically and sloppily through this one?"

Game of Thrones Series Finale Review: "The Iron Throne" Was No Show, All Tell

Game of Thrones' series finale, "The Iron Throne," was disappointing, and it's hard not to wonder what it could have been had the show not sprinted toward the finish line in such a slapdash, mechan...

www.tvguide.com

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@moryan

7 years

A million reasons it was dumb to cancel One Mississippi. But this is among them: After a sexual harassment scandal at Amazon, why cancel a series that received major acclaim for exploring that topic with deftness and nuance? Also it’s the rare TV show created by a queer woman. 🌋

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@moryan

7 years

You know who also stepped up for the story? Some white guys in the entertainment industry. Who used every scrap of mental energy and resourcefulness they had to help those with less privilege & status. That's how it's done, gents.

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@moryan

8 years

2016 is the Ramsay Bolton of years.

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@moryan

3 years

SOME NEWS: I'm 🔥writing 🔥a 🔥book 🔥about 🔥Hollywood: Burn It Down. I'm SO excited to share this news! The announcement:

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@moryan

5 years

"PALPATINE URGES UNITY AGAINST REBEL SCUM"

Nate Silver

@NateSilver538

5 years

Tomorrow's NYT print edition. Not sure "TRUMP URGES UNITY VS. RACISM" is how I would have framed the story.

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@moryan

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I wrote about why it would be a good thing for TV, for the world, and (not gonna lie) for me personally if #OneDayataTime continued. It's still save-able and so very worth saving. #SaveODAAT #SaveOneDayAtATime

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@moryan

1 year

👇🏻 this. I repeat a similar sentiment often in my book & I will be screaming it from the rooftops until the day I die: These are **choices.** These are active decisions—not the disembodied hand of fate imposing terrible outcomes. They want this. These. Are. CHOICES

John Rogers

@jonrog1

1 year

I may be the only person this is bugging, but that exec who said writers losing their houses was a “cruel but necessary evil” — something cruel, particularly when enacted by a human with agency, is BY DEFINITION not necessary.

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TV shows want us to believe "anyone can die." But why does "anyone" mean LGBTQ, female & non-white characters?

‘Anyone Can Die?’ TV’s Recent Death Toll Says Otherwise

Just about every week lately, it’s felt as though TV shows were killing off for any character who wasn’t a heterosexual white guy.

variety.com

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@moryan

6 years

*THREAD* One thing I thought about when I read this story: Most of the executives, EPs, etc who came up & were rewarded within the culture Les Moonves created are still at CBS. Are they all bad? No. Is CBS "fixed" now that Les is gone? Far fucking from it.

‘If Bobbie Talks, I’m Finished’: How Les Moonves Tried to Silence an Accuser (Published 2018)

A trove of text messages details a plan by Mr. Moonves and a faded Hollywood manager to bury a sexual assault allegation. Instead, the scheme helped sink the CBS chief, and may cost him $120 million.

www.nytimes.com

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@moryan

4 years

Iconic

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@moryan

1 year

If she does the "memory of now-dead wife recalled staring wistfully at the male protagonist while she is under a bedsheet," I will give her the Nobel Prize

GOTHICC

@frankenfemme_

1 year

Her TikToks will single-handedly destroy ever male writer in Hollywood.

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7 years

Why @FreeformTV *must* renew @TheBoldTypeTV (I'm not kidding around, this must happen)

Why Freeform Needs to Renew ‘The Bold Type’

The fun Freeform show isn't just smart about the media, it fails to fall into the usual traps regarding how women at work are depicted.

variety.com

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@moryan

10 years

Horrible Deadline article, you've left me no choice. I must go FULL FACEPALM, from ALL of Star Trek! Happy now??! http://t.co/HC3FEY5CTW

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@moryan

4 years

"you shouldn't say mean thi--"

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@moryan

8 years

So.... thanks Obama?

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@moryan

1 year

Hello! A bit of housekeeping: I’m creating a new thread to pin. It’ll be a repository for info on my book, links to podcast appearances, reviews, events, interviews etc. Thanks for your patience on the phenomenon known as First-Time Author Promoting Their New Book a Whole Bunch.

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@moryan

8 years

2017 in a nutshell

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@moryan

7 years

Would love it if you read this. It might be the most personal I've ever been. The Leftovers, death, physics & time

‘The Leftovers,’ Life, Death, Einstein and Time Travel

The persistence of memory and the importance of grief mean you’re always in in many places at once.

variety.com

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@moryan

4 years

I'm stealing my brother's story: In the early '80s he wrote to the Knight Rider TV show and they sent back a glossy photo of KITT and I need you to understand that KITT signed the photo WITH A TIRE TREAD MARK [this is the only autograph that has ever mattered tbh]

Charlotte Clymer 🇺🇦

@cmclymer

4 years

Please answer: What's the best piece of mail you ever received? Your absolute favorite? Mine? When I was 9, I wrote a letter to the President and got a signed reply. That felt pretty cool at 9 years-old. So grateful my @USPS office worked. And you @ChelseaClinton ?

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