WGA TV & Film writer and Star Trek enthusiast, with bylines at THR and Emmy Magazine. Once gave Steven Spielberg a donut.
Phil Pirrello
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Rhys - a massive JAWS fan - also told me a funny story about working w/ Spielberg on THE POST.
"I plagued him so badly w/ questions about JAWS, he kind of went, 'You have to stop asking now.' I was like, 'Sorry.' He's like, 'We just need to get on with shooting.' I was like, 'Yeah, sorry, sorry.'"
Last week Paramount execs blamed the massive opposition to their shitty merger on "antisemitism." This week they're blaming Netflix. You can smell the desperation as public opposition mounts and a collaborative state antitrust lawsuit looms
If you’re wondering how far SCOTUS Conservatives would like to go, a friend who worked at the Supreme Court once told me: “Clarence Thomas doesn’t even believe that Clarence Thomas should be *free*…”
Wouldn’t it just be cheaper and better business to fire her?
many people who would have lived longer will die because of this.
he’s one of the most destructive people on the planet.
There’s a moment in Soderbergh’s SOLARIS where Clooney’s character realizes that we never really know a person, even a spouse that we love. That we can “remember them wrong,” and that realization was an opening day gut punch I’ve felt for almost 25 years.
My Top 10 Spielberg:
1. Saving Private Ryan
2. Jaws
3. Minority Report
4. Last Crusade
5. War of the Worlds
6. Jurassic Park
7. Raiders
8. Catch Me If You Can
9. Schindler’s List
10. A.I./Empire of the Sun (tied)
Tried to watch THE ROCK for its 30th anniversary today, and HBO Max only has the pan and scan version while Amazon is streaming the edited for TV version.
The above is a very strong argument for ten toes down on the side of physical media.
For EVERWOOD fans, the Television Academy interviewed Gregory Smith for the series finale’s 20th anniversary, where he talks about the ending that didn’t air and the advice given to him by the late Treat Williams
www.televisionacademy.com/features/onl...
WIDOW'S BAY is my favorite new series this year, so it was very cool to talk with Katie Dippold and Matthew Rhys about the Sea Hag episode and how the show came up with the game "Teeth."
www.televisionacademy.com/features/onl...
In a letter obtained by POLITICO, Paramount Skydance accused Netflix of trying to “poison” its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery.
