#hollywood show

[bittwitchy]

Samara Weaving, Hollywood (2020)

[jessicatates]

Soap reunion at the Hollywood Show on June 7th, 2024

[rachmcadams]

It's a Wonderful Life (1946) dir. Frank Capra

[inthedarktrees]

Maila Nurmi, star of The Vampira Show, Hollywood, 1954 | Dennis Stock

[autisticstudys]

You know, I've been thinking about the writer/actor strike in Hollywood, and like, I love it. I really do. They absolutely deserve better pay models and protection from AI. But do you know what would just be the cherry on top for me?

Hearing CGI artists are starting a union to demand better pay. That would just be *chefs kiss* to me.

[thecinamonroe]

Marilyn Monroe photographed by Gene Lester at 20th Century Fox studios, 1954.

[misalpav]

j saw the percy jackson announcement which is great and I'm excited as hell but let's take a moment to recognize that disney is still not meeting the demands of its writers and actors!! a huge company like disney where the ceo makes ~$20mil/yr should be able to pay writers and actors, without whom disney would not exist at the scale it does today, a livable wage.

edit: I wanted to add for clarification: currently neither wga nor sag aftra are asking us to boycott the shows. since this show was made before the strike, you can and should watch it legally bc as ppl in the notes have said it gets the actors and writers their much needed royalties.

[popculturebaby]

She’s so real

(Sex and The City, season 4 episode 6)

[celluloidbroomcloset]

I'm gonna say it again: OFMD is not niche. It was a major sleeper hit when it came out, big enough for Max to take a Season 2. It has major talent behind it (yeah, sorry, Taika Waititi is a name, he has a lot of clout, and he put his weight behind this). It has been critically acclaimed for two seasons.

Post-merger, Max tried to bury Season 2. (Zaslav likely couldn't actually cancel it because of contracts, but that's just my assumption. We know that Zaslav is homophobic and racist, and we can see that in what has happened across WB since he took over. Dude is a Major Villain, and not solely because of this.) They cut the budget and episode length. Cast members had to be let go, filming locations rearranged. They released it on a ridiculous schedule that allowed for no longevity or word of mouth to develop. The network was trying to kill it.

They failed to kill it. Damn thing got rave reviews and big numbers, despite little promotion AND a writers' and actors' strike (in which a lot of the cast and crew visibly and audibly participated). Publications were shouting that it was a flagship show for Max. Publications do not say this because one of their writers likes a show; they say this because the numbers look right to them.

This is not a niche show that a few people liked and that fizzled out. It is one of the more prominent queer shows out there, and it is also one of the more prominent comedies on streaming. Max tried to kill it and it has failed to stay dead.

This doesn't mean that some other streamer will definitely pick it up, but stop with the narrative of "get over it" or "there are other shows." Your fave is next, my friend, because if this one has to fight tooth and nail to maybe possibly get a third season...?

[bittwitchy]

Samara Weaving, Hollywood (2020)

[jessicatates]

There will be a Soap reunion at the Hollywood Show in Los Angeles this June!

[theabigailthorn]

spent ages preparing to audition for a role I really really wanted and it's looking like (still unconfirmed) they might not even be holding auditions at all but have just given it to someone directly

which, meh, that sucks but that's the industry!

I'm just like now what? I spent a lot of my free time the last few months prepping and I genuinely don't know what to do with myself now!

[kiitoskiitos]

new dream. (original)

[thecinamonroe]

Marilyn Monroe photographed by Gene Lester at 20th Century Fox studios (1954).

[softsimulation]

casa alto apartments - built in 1932

the building was purchased by the alto group in 1976, they make an effort to maintain it sometimes.

[popculturebaby]

Sarah Jessica Parker and Chris Noth for Entertainment Weekly, 1999