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Founding partner @pucknews , host @ringer The Town, @kcrw ; Ex-editor @THR , entertainment lawyer. Get my email:

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@MattBelloni
Matthew Belloni
2 years
BIG news: Warner Bros. is shutting down its Writers/Directors Workshop and Stage 13 unit. Both are major paths for underrepresented voices in television. Big setback for Hollywood's diversity movement.
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Potentially important: I’m told CNN received a litigation hold letter recently from Chris Cuomo lawyers, demanding, among other things, preservation of all communications between Zucker, comms chief Allison Gollust, and Andrew Cuomo.
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2 months
Yep, Cena’s actually naked #OSCAR
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@MattBelloni
Matthew Belloni
3 months
Big news: JON MF STEWART is returning to host The Daily Show on Mondays through the election, with a deal to EP all nights and possibly stay through 2025. A big test of his appeal in a media landscape that’s changed A LOT since 2015, but for me this news is literally this gif:
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@MattBelloni
Matthew Belloni
3 years
Jake Tapper just described Rudy’s PA press conference as “Something out of a Coen brothers film.” So @jaketapper has officially won this election.
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@MattBelloni
Matthew Belloni
2 years
Eminem wanted to take a knee during halftime today. The NFL said no way. The backstage clash reveals a larger truth about how the league uses legal threats as image management.
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@MattBelloni
Matthew Belloni
10 months
A simple message, dramatically-communicated, from a face that most people recognize. This is why an actors strike is so dangerous to studios....
@Todd_Spence
Todd Spence
10 months
President of SAG-AFTRA Fran Drescher's speech against the AMPTP was fantastic. A historical day.
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Matthew Belloni
1 year
BIG WWE NEWS. Stephanie McMahon is OUT. Gave her resignation today, days after dad Vince returned.
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Matthew Belloni
2 years
Yes, Will Smith apologized. No, he did not apologize to Chris Rock for hitting him. Let’s see which media outlets make that key distinction. #Oscars
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Matthew Belloni
2 years
Update: Disney just informed employees it will indeed cover travel expenses for employees in red states that want an abortion. Big because Disney has so many people in Florida.
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Matthew Belloni
2 years
“The Bruno song is very popular with young children, so let’s wait until almost 10pm to perform it.” —Oscars producers, apparently.
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@MattBelloni
Matthew Belloni
3 years
Just talked to a Pixar friend who says Luca and Soul moves to Disney+ have been demoralizing for employees: “Forget theaters, we’re not even good enough for an upcharge?”
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@MattBelloni
Matthew Belloni
8 months
NEWS: Ariana Grande has parted ways with Scooter Braun as her manager. 👀👀
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@MattBelloni
Matthew Belloni
10 months
“Meghan wrote Taylor Swift a personal letter asking her to come on the podcast. The pop star declined, through a representative.” 🗡️🗡️
@erichschwartzel
Erich Schwartzel
10 months
The Spotify deal is kaput. The Netflix deal is unlikely to be renewed. And the employees left see more rejections than approvals. Prince Harry and Meghan are flopping in Hollywood. Our look inside the turmoil at Sussex-upon-Sunset, w/ @bysarahkrouse :
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Matthew Belloni
2 years
Warners’ reinstatement of its workshops came minutes after this friendly statement from the Directors Guild: “The DGA will not stand idly by while WB/Discovery seeks to roll back decades of advancement for women and directors of color.”
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WHY WHY WHY say best and final. 🤦‍♂️It’s not true, and it only pokes the writers. When this ends, WGA will need to sell the deal to members…last thing they want is the perception of “taking” a final offer.
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@MattBelloni
Matthew Belloni
3 years
That loud noise in Beverly Hills is every agent’s phone ringing off the hook. Now comes the big talent scramble to get paid when theaters crumble and box office bonuses become a relic of the past.
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@MattBelloni
Matthew Belloni
8 months
Smart move. People who go up against Taylor Swift always lose. No exceptions....
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Jason Blum
8 months
Look what you made me do. The Exorcist: Believer moves to 10/6/23 #TaylorWins
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Matthew Belloni
2 years
Netflix's Johnny Depp movie is going to be watched by more bots than any movie ever.
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Matthew Belloni
8 months
Oh no, this is embarrassing for TMZ. Harvey and Scooter are BFFs but Harvey man, the brand has gotta come first...
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TMZ
8 months
Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande Still With Music Executive Scooter Braun
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Matthew Belloni
1 year
BABYLON is fantastic and the movie of our times, and everyone who hates it is stupid. I will not be taking questions at this time.
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Matthew Belloni
2 years
Netflix wins the “who will hire Johnny Depp first” sweepstakes….
@KellyGilblom
Kelly Gilblom
2 years
News: Johnny Depp is returning to acting. He's set to play Louis XV in the Netflix-backed French film "La Favorite." Story from @BenoitBerthelot on @TheTerminal
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Matthew Belloni
2 years
Due to politics and the randomness of death, the Supreme Court has never fully reflected public opinion, but overturning Roe/Casey is ESPECIALLY unpopular…
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Matthew Belloni
1 year
Beyoncé being 45 minutes late to the Grammys where she breaks the record might be Peak Beyoncé.
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Matthew Belloni
1 month
What a weird annual coincidence, every movie at SXSW is a masterpiece.
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Matthew Belloni
7 months
This is A-level 4-quadrant marketing right here. She's really gunning for a $100M opening for her movie....
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Joe Pompliano
7 months
I definitely did not have Taylor Swift yelling “LET’S F**KING GO” after a Travis Kelce TD on my 2023 bingo card 🤣🤣
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Matthew Belloni
2 years
Major entertainment companies are already saying they will pay for employees in red states to travel for abortions. Some details here:
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@MattBelloni
Matthew Belloni
4 months
ALL of the Netflix Top 10 movies right now are licensed from legacy studios, and 9 are from studios with their own streaming services (including 4 recent hits from Warner Bros.). The Streaming Wars are officially over.
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Matthew Belloni
2 years
Likely Oscar winner calling out the CFO of Warner Bros Discovery by name….
@DiscussingFilm
DiscussingFilm
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Brendan Fraser calls the Warner Bros. Discovery decision to cancel ‘BATGIRL’ “disappointing”: “The fans really wanted to see this film made. Leslie Grace is a dynamo…”
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2 years
The story ⬇️ that sparked the announcement. Some incredible details here of a star’s sad decline and the coordinated (and cringe-inducing) effort to keep him working.
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Matthew Belloni
2 years
Will also be interesting to see how the comedy community reacts. Without consequences for Will Smith, hecklers might feel emboldened to attack from the audience. #Oscars
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@MattBelloni
Matthew Belloni
8 months
Every business media outlet realizing they should probably throw some real reporters at Scooter Braun:
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@MattBelloni
Matthew Belloni
25 days
Disney shareholders just rejected Nelson Peltz. I reached Bob Iger for comment:
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Matthew Belloni
6 months
An open letter signed by 4,000 SAG-AFTRA members just went live telling the negotiating committee to stay the course and not cave for a bad deal. A direct response to pressure being applied by high-earning members like Clooney/Affleck/etc.
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@MattBelloni
Matthew Belloni
7 months
Uh oh, hearing today's SAG-AFTRA talks did NOT go well.
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Matthew Belloni
2 months
What a douche…oh wait
@vulture
Vulture
2 months
Hollwood journalist Matt Belloni has turned his Puck newsletter into a must-read column for the entertainment industry’s executives and power players.
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@MattBelloni
Matthew Belloni
8 months
Spike Lee interviewing Talking Heads (David Byrne on far left) after very cool 40th Anniversary IMAX screening of Stop Making Sense… #TIFF23
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@MattBelloni
Matthew Belloni
8 months
Justin Bieber just fired his team and hasn’t spoken to Scooter Braun in months. Plus: BET sale isn’t dead, and the real cost of the streaming purge. All in tonight’s What I’m Hearing here:
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Matthew Belloni
1 year
The studios have finally responded publicly to the WGA claims, sending the following rebuttal to the media. Bottom line: the strike isn’t ending anytime soon…..
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Matthew Belloni
10 months
BARBIE tracking is now up to $110M for 3-day weekend, per NRG. OPPENHEIMER up to $49M. Gonna be big weekend, especially if MISSION holds.
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10 months
It's official: BARBIE tracking has now hit $100M for the 3-day domestic opening, per NRG. OPPENHEIMER still at $45M.
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Matthew Belloni
7 months
The Yom Kippur Miracle.
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Matthew Belloni
3 years
Why Netflix can’t launch franchises, in one chart (via @wsj )
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Matthew Belloni
8 months
Scooter, just come on The Town! I know you want to.
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Matthew Belloni
10 months
Wow: The BARBIE tracking has spiked to $93M for the opening weekend. OPPENHEIMER is also up, but to $43M, per NRG.
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Matthew Belloni
4 years
This is a huge and very costly move, and a sign of what’s likely to come with Hollywood’s big summer movies.
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8 months
👀👀🤷‍♂️
@people
People
8 months
Justin Bieber 'Hasn't Talked' to Scooter Braun in Months, Is Working on Music Without Him: Source (Exclusive)
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Matthew Belloni
2 years
This ⬇️ will totally work....
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Matthew Belloni
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@christress
Chris Murphy
2 months
John Mulaney absolutely crushed his audition to host the Oscars next year... he's running
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Matthew Belloni
2 years
Gonna need to do more than ⬇️ guys….
@TheAcademy
The Academy
2 years
The Academy does not condone violence of any form. Tonight we are delighted to celebrate our 94th Academy Awards winners, who deserve this moment of recognition from their peers and movie lovers around the world.
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Matthew Belloni
1 year
LOL, Miguel Sapochnik is accepting a best series Globe for House of Dragon, a show he quit in anger.
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Matthew Belloni
8 months
Justin Bieber's rep put out a statement denying the Scooter Braun portion of this @PuckNews report. Bieber, who's still contractually bound to Braun, did this as a face-saving favor to Braun. Translation: Don't believe it. Here's the original report:
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@MattBelloni
Matthew Belloni
3 years
Also Jeff Bezos could soon own Donald Trump’s infamous Apprentice tapes. Revenge is a long game.
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Steven Zeitchik
3 years
A lot of us have looked at Amazon-MGM as Amazon getting a whole bunch of new properties to play with. And it will. But an equally valid way to view it is the embattled MGM, suddenly revived, with a whole massive distribution arm to put out its work.
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Matthew Belloni
4 months
Your move, Cillian Murphy….
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Matthew Belloni
1 year
Just realized I no longer see @karaswisher tweets in my feed, even in “following” mode and after she and I engage with each other. Weird!
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@MattBelloni
Matthew Belloni
10 months
The AMPTP logo will never not be funny. It’s either lollipop factory, 1980s mall clothing store….or ruthless cartel of publicly traded media conglomerates?
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Matthew Belloni
9 months
NEWS: AMPTP will resume bargaining with the WGA tomorrow at 2pm, I'm told.
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Matthew Belloni
9 months
Remember this is more than TRIPLE the Barbie tracking of 6 weeks ago, extremely rare…
@Lucas_Shaw
Lucas Shaw
9 months
Barbie now tracking to an opening of $160M in the US. Oppenheimer at $75M. Sound of Freedom may outdo Mission Impossible.
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Matthew Belloni
2 years
I’m old enough to remember HBO Max.
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Matthew Belloni
1 year
Here’s her note to staff:
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Matthew Belloni
11 months
Civil case against Scientology can now proceed….
@TonyOrtega94
Tony Ortega
11 months
Six years and three months after we first broke the news that the LAPD was investigating Danny Masterson, the 'That '70s Show' actor was taken into custody this afternoon after a jury found him guilty of two counts of forcible rape. He is facing 30 years to life in prison.
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On top of an extraordinary career, her legal fight with Warner Bros. produced one of the most influential rulings in US employment law.
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Matthew Belloni
2 years
The SUCCESSION spinoff based on Elon Musk is gonna be wild...
@thedailybeast
The Daily Beast
2 years
BREAKING: Congratulations are apparently in order for Elon Musk: The Tesla founder had twins in November with Shivon Zilis, a top executive at his company Neuralink, according to Insider. The twins bring his total children to nine.
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Matthew Belloni
2 months
Seat obtained inside Dolby, rum n coke ordered, bow tie loosened, I’m gonna tweet through the #Oscars over at @PuckNews . Follow along!
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Matthew Belloni
10 months
Based on Friday estimates, THE FLASH is looking at an insane 72% drop in second weekend, which would put it in a race with MORBIUS for worst of superhero movies tracked by box office mojo.
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Matthew Belloni
10 months
Is Tom Cruise involved in this movie?
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Matthew Belloni
10 months
Everyone has lost their minds.
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Matthew Belloni
3 years
Rudin’s promise to “step back from active participation” in Broadway shows means almost nothing. Doesn’t address his film work or his collaborations with A-list talents. Just designed to get the theater guilds off his back.
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2 years
This is pretty good, wish he had said it last night…
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Matthew Belloni
2 months
There’s gotta be a better way to get an Oscar….
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Matthew Belloni
3 years
TENET is a great movie. People on this website are all wrong.
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Matthew Belloni
5 months
Big thanks to the Swifties
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Matthew Belloni
7 months
Here it is, the WGA’s summary of the transparency portion of the new deal:
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Matthew Belloni
1 year
Yes, @TheAcademy @Disney @ABC took my advice to add trailers/new footage to #Oscars but…my idea was a lottery for ALL studios, not just plug-a-palooza for a Disney movie. My idea has been weaponized!
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Matthew Belloni
2 years
Depp just testified he started writing on the walls in his own blood after his finger was severed in the fight with Heard. This is getting very dark.
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Matthew Belloni
1 year
It happened: my 6-year old asked me about Cocaine Bear.
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@MattBelloni
Matthew Belloni
2 years
🚨🚨 Very excited to team with @BillSimmons and @ringer for The Town, a new pod about how Hollywood works and why @TheBatman was 3 hours long. Subscribe on @Spotify and all pod platforms!
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Matthew Belloni
2 months
Jason Reitman just bought the Village Theater in Westwood with a pretty insane group of filmmaker investors. Bring back the unlimited refill popcorn bucket!…
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Matthew Belloni
11 months
New opening weekend tracking from NRG is a big yikes for several upcoming movies: FLASH: $68M ELEMENTAL: $35M NO HARD FEELINGS: $10M INDY 5: $65M RUBY GILLMAN: $8M(!)
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@MattBelloni
Matthew Belloni
9 months
Bob Iger in 2019: “I don't see The Walt Disney Company, certainly in the near term, getting involved in the business of gambling."....
@ScottGustin
Scott Gustin
9 months
NEW: ESPN and Disney today announced an agreement with PENN Entertainment to launch ESPN BET, a branded sportsbook for fans in the US. PENN Entertainment will rebrand its current sportsbook and relaunch as ESPN BET effective this Fall in 16 legalized betting states.
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Matthew Belloni
7 months
Between this and attending Telluride "as a fan," she's on quite an Oscar non-campaign campaign...
@Variety
Variety
7 months
Emma Stone chats with people at the New York Film Festival premiere of Yorgos Lanthimos' short film "Bleat."
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@MattBelloni
Matthew Belloni
20 days
The CinemaCon movie theater convention doesn’t start until tomorrow but Paramount already won with this subtle promo in the lobby of Caesars Palace…
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Matthew Belloni
4 months
Seating for @goldenglobes tonight has turned into a hilarious disaster, with tons of irate executives bumped to second and third tiers thanks to way more nominees and a stage that juts out into the pit. (Pic per Globes pres Helen Hoehne IG…)
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Matthew Belloni
11 months
Tom Cruise REALLY wants Mission: Impossible to play on the biggest screens. So much that he’s personally calling rival studio executives asking them to give up their screens. Not normal!
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@MattBelloni
Matthew Belloni
2 years
🚨🚨🚨 Netflix actually LOST subs worldwide, first time in a decade, disaster scenario alert 🚨🚨🚨
@Lucas_Shaw
Lucas Shaw
2 years
Netflix shares are already down almost 20%. Netflix could be worth < $120B by this time tomorrow.
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@MattBelloni
Matthew Belloni
4 years
For this week’s @THR cover story, we sent photographer @joepugliese to capture talent and execs sequestered at home, all shot from 30 feet away. See the Hollywood From a Distance portfolio here:
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Matthew Belloni
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“Best and last” offer going to SAG-AFTRA today. Yes, that’s a studio tactic, but sounds like if there’s no deal today or this weekend, might not be talks next week.
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Matthew Belloni
3 months
Ha, seemingly nobody in the front section clapped for Taylor’s new album. They’re all terrified. #Grammys
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@MattBelloni
Matthew Belloni
9 months
CHALLENGERS, the Zendaya tennis-threesome movie from Luca G, is moving from its September release date. Thank the strike.
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@MattBelloni
Matthew Belloni
1 year
@Crusty23 @DiscussingFilm @SeanFennessey Warners PR gettin’ in front of the Shazam numbers!
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