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This year, advertisers and ad agencies may well use the strike as a bargaining tool, said Erin Firneno, vice president of business intelligence for researcher Advertiser Perceptions. The writers’ strike, which has entered its third week, is also injecting a new element of uncertainty for ad buyers, at a time when television viewership is declining and the possibility of recession looms. While the TV networks have long contended with splintered viewership amid the rise of social media and streaming, the writers' strike puts content production at risk, said Rishad Tobaccowala, a former executive at advertising and public relations giant Publicis Groupe and advisor on business transformation. Last year, NBC’s upfront presentation emphasized star power as the network returned to a live event after a COVID-19-imposed hiatus. Ahead of the upfront presentations, media executives sought to reassure investors about the strike’s impact.

☆ Use the writers' strike as an opportunity to catch up on some content
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-06 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

While Hollywood deals with the first TV and movie writers’ strike in 15 years, the wealth of content that we have available to us is a good reminder of the creativity those writers have put into making the shows and movies we love. Something to sip on…Corey Mylchreest as Young King George, India Amarteifio as Young Queen Charlotte in episode 101 of "Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story." Liam Daniel/NetflixOne of the reasons the strike is even happening is because streaming has changed the entertainment industry so much that writers say their wages are being adversely affected through shorter seasons and changing distribution models. Those individuals can’t work – and some of our favorite shows will be delayed – unless writers and studios reach a new agreement soon. In the meantime, catch up on some brilliant shows you’ve missed.

☆ 'Bupkis' review: Pete Davidson is the worst part of a Peacock series about being Pete Davidson
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( Brian Lowry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Give Pete Davidson a bit of credit for making himself the least interesting part of a series about being Pete Davidson. Having already played a version of himself in the Peacock movie “The King of Staten Island,” Davidson certainly doesn’t seem overly concerned about stretching his acting chops. Davidson is introduced Google-ing himself, chafing at living in the public eye while residing (uncomfortably at times, as an early sequence demonstrates) with his mom. “Bupkis” is at times very funny, but when it comes to getting to know more about Pete Davidson, the show’s admirable qualities are more in spite of that than because of it. “Bupkis” premieres May 4 on Peacock.

☆ What the Hollywood writers' strike could mean for your favorite TV shows, from 'Abbot Elementary' to 'Saturday Night Live'
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-02 | by ( Sindhu Sundar | Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Topical shows relying on actively scripted material, including late night, will be the most immediately affected. The strike — which was authorized by nearly 98% of Writers Guild of America members who voted last month — will most immediately impact shows that rely on active writers' rooms working on current material, including "Saturday Night Live" and late night shows. The moment may be an opportunity for reality TV producers as well as non-union productions. Some celebrities on shows likely to be impacted have addressed the possibility of the impending strike on the late night circuit. Davidson acknowledged a writer's strike might mean his "SNL" episode doesn't happen as planned and said he gained a new perspective working on the production as a prospective host.

☆ Sony teases 2023 film slate, including R-rated 'Kraven The Hunter'
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-25 | by ( Sarah Whitten | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Tom Holland is Spider-Man in the Sony-Marvel film "Spider-Man: No Way Home." LAS VEGAS — CinemaCon kicked off Monday with a major announcement from Sony Pictures — its upcoming "Kraven the Hunter" would mark the first R-rated Marvel film produced by the studio. "F--- yes, it's rated R," said Kraven himself Aaron Taylor-Johnson in a pretaped teaser for the film before Sony showed the first trailer for the profane and bloody action flick. Sony showed 14 minutes of the film — due out June 2 — to CinemaCon audiences, who laughed and cheered for the uniquely animated feature. Sony also showcased a clip from Jennifer Lawrence's upcoming R-rated drama "No Hard Feelings" to raucous applause.

☆ Goldman Sachs partners are pissed
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-12 | by ( Matt Turner | Dave Smith | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

On the agenda today:But first: Lara O'Reilly, our senior correspondent covering the advertising industry, looks ahead to the Super Bowl. Insider's Aki Ito breaks down why grandiose job titles like "senior executive vice president" are suddenly all the rage. According to a new study, early-career job titles have changed drastically in the past few years. While it's not clear how widespread this discontent is — Goldman has some 400 partners — some partners are already talking about who might replace CEO David Solomon if it comes to that. Inside the drama at Goldman SachsRead more:Tyler Le/InsiderGoogle's search engine is about to change.

☆ The 2023 Super Bowl Ads Will Feature Booze, Betting and Jesus
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-10 | by ( Megan Graham | Patrick Coffee | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +10 min

The Super Bowl ads on Sunday are poised to promote an unusual mix of alcohol brands, gambling and Jesus. The Super Bowl still regularly draws an audience of around 100 million people, making it TV’s biggest event of the year and advertising’s biggest night. Planters’ Super Bowl ad features comedians mocking Mr. Peanut. The ads are likely to strike a lighter tone than the occasionally somber messages of Super Bowl ads in recent, highly politicized years or the early pandemic, said Anjali S. Bal, an associate professor of marketing at Babson College. Many Super Bowl advertisers have again released their ads well before Super Bowl Sunday to increase their chances of being seen.

☆ Take a Look at Some of the Best Super Bowl Ads Ahead of the Big Game
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-10 | by ( Aidan Pollard | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul return as Walter White and Jesse Pinkman in one of the much anticipated Super Bowl commercials. This year some advertisers have released what appear to be full-length Super Bowl commercials early, posting them to social media and YouTube. The Super Bowl has long been a kind of, well, Super Bowl for advertisers, leading companies to go bigger every year with their ads. The commercial pokes fun at corporate "rock stars" by splicing real rock and heavy metal icons into everyday office situations. Diddy does hitsA commercial released this week shows musician Diddy in a meeting with marketers from Uber who are asking him to write a song for the Uber One membership service.

☆ Pete Davidson got people to eat breakfast at Taco Bell
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-08 | by ( Jordan Valinsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

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"Saturday Night Live's" final show of 2022 doubled as a send-off for Cecily Strong, who exited amid her 11th season and as one of the longest-tenured female cast members. Amid speculation she would depart before the 48th season started in fall, Strong stayed on. Her original characters on the show included Cathy Anne, "Weekend Update" anchor Michael Che's chain-smoking neighbor, which she reprised Saturday in a goodbye sketch. "Actually, I’m a little emo here tonight because truth is I’m here to say goodbye," Cathy Anne said. Cecily Strong as Cathy Anne on "Saturday Night Live."

“After the Infowars interview, we were disgusted by his behavior,” CalmYe said. “We didn’t want to give a platform to what he’s saying anymore.”After the Infowars interview, we were disgusted by his behavior. The subreddit became increasingly difficult to moderate, and Ye’s praise of Hitler was the tipping point. CalmYe said most fans seem “disgusted” with Ye’s recent behavior, and this latest interview caused many to ditch the artist for good. Other Ye-focused creators have tried to steer their followings through the aftermath of the Infowars interview.

☆ Pete Davidson and Emily Ratajkowski spotted at Knicks game
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-28 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

In the settlement reviewed by NBC News, Ye paid a former employee who alleged witnessing more than one incident in which Ye praised Hitler or Nazis in business meetings. NBC News has not confirmed that settlement, which appears to be separate from the case of the former employee who shared settlement documents with NBC News. In recent weeks, messages expressing support for Ye’s antisemitic statements have appeared over a Los Angeles freeway and at a college football game. The former employee said that Ye praised Hitler in 2018 during a meeting about an apparel project. Two of the former TMZ employees said that a Jewish producer stood up to confront Ye about his remarks about Nazis and Hitler.

☆ Martha Stewart responds to internet wanting her to date Pete Davidson
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Martha Stewart wouldn’t mind dating Pete Davidson, in theory. Asked if she would date a man with as many tattoos as Davidson, Stewart waved the green flag. But what about dating Davidson himself? I think that’s good. “He was this little twerp on the Bieber roast,” Stewart said.

☆ Pete Davidson and Michelle Yeoh join cast of ‘Transformers: Rise of the Beasts’
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Marianne Garvey | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

CNN —Pete Davidson and Michelle Yeoh are becoming robots in disguise. The two actors have both been cast in “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts.”“Rise of the Beasts” director Steven Caple Jr. revealed the news on Tuesday, sharing videos of the two doing voice work in an Instagram post. Yeoh plays Airazor and Davidson voices Mirage. “Rise of the Beasts” will introduce the Maximals and Terrorcons, who will battle the Autobots and Decepticons. Mirage has previously appeared in “Transformers,” and was played by the late actor Francesco Quinn in 2011’s “Transformers: Dark of the Moon.”“Transformers: Rise of the Beasts” is scheduled to hit theaters on June 9, 2023.

☆ Kaley Cuoco and Pete Davidson 'Meet Cute' in a 'Groundhog Day'-style rom-com
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Review Brian Lowry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

(CNN) Time-traveling romance has a spotty history (just ask HBO), but like "Groundhog Day," that doesn't stop variations on the theme from happening again and again. Enter "Meet Cute," an unhelpfully-generic title for a movie most notable for pairing Kaley Cuoco and Pete Davidson, in a concept with barely enough meat for a "Black Mirror" episode, which likely explains its arrival via Peacock. "We just work," Sheila tells him, a theory that she can put to the test, over and over, altering the nature of their interaction in small and not-so-small ways and seeing how it plays out. The formula is obviously full of potential, which explains why writers keep returning to it, from "50 First Dates" to the recent Andy Samberg movie "Palm Springs." "It's OK for things to be messy sometimes," Sheila tells Gary, a line that possesses some significance in the larger story, but which doesn't necessarily apply quite as well in this sort of exercise.

☆ Chris Redd is latest to exit ‘Saturday Night Live’
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Five years ago, I walked into 30 Rock knowing that this was an amazing opportunity for growth,” Redd said in a statement. From the bottom of my heart, I can’t thank you all enough.”Chris Redd as Kanye West during the "People's Kourt" sketch on Saturday Night Live, on Oct. 9, 2021, in New York. He has an HBO Max comedy special in the works ”Chris Redd: Why Am I Like This?” which will premiere later this year. Redd co-created and is set to voice a lead role in a yet-to-be titled project from Michaels’ Broadway Video and Audible. “Saturday Night Live” in the 2020-2021 season was the most-watched entertainment program on TV among viewers between 18 and 49, the demographic most preferred by advertisers.

☆ Kim Kardashian shares the type of guy she wants to date next
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-16 | by ( Marianne Garvey | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Kim Kardashian appeared on “The Late Late Show With James Corden” on Wednesday, where she talked about her future dating plans after her break up with Pete Davidson last month. Do you go on a dating app?” Corden asked. “How does Kim K. get a date?”“I haven’t really thought about it, because I just, I’m not looking,” Kardashian replied. “I think it’s gonna be, like, scientist, neuroscientist, biochemist, doctor, attorney,” Kardashian said. After divorcing Kanye West, Kardashian had gone on to date Davidson.

☆ The many faces of Scooter Braun
▼ + stars: | 2022-03-01 | by ( Anna Silman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +44 min

The former Yeezy associate said that West had offered Braun large percentages of Yeezy several times, which Braun always declined.) Singer told Insider that Braun "did not even see the final cut until the day before it came out." In 2012, Braun told The New Yorker that Geffen's advice to him was "Get out of the music business." Singer told Insider that Braun had only seen Jayne "once in his life, at a political event they both attended. And I couldn't fix it and I'm a fixer, and because I couldn't fix things I started to spiral," Braun told Shetty.

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☆ Cântăreaţa Ariana Grande s-a căsătorit în secret cu un agent imobiliar
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-18 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Cântăreaţa Ariana Grande s-a căsătorit cu agentul imobiliar Dalton Gomez la sfârşitul săptămânii trecute în vila ei din California, unde cuplul a organizat o ceremonie secretă la care au participat mai puţin de 20 de invitaţi, relatează marţi EFE, citat de agerpres.ro. "A fost o ceremonie restrânsă şi intimă, cu mai puţin de 20 de persoane. Ariana şi Dalton şi-au anunţat logodna în decembrie 2020, după ce au petrecut împreună lunile de izolare la domiciliu în timpul pandemiei de coronavirus. Înainte de relaţia sa cu Gomez, care se ocupă cu afaceri imobiliare, cântăreaţa a fost logodită cu actorul de comedie Pete Davidson, care nu s-a concretizat însă într-o căsătorie. Ariana Grande este deţinătoarea a două premii Grammy, iar în ultimii trei ani a lansat trei albume -"Sweetener", "Thank U, Next" şi "Positions"-, care au ajuns fiecare pe prima poziţie în topul vânzărilor de discuri din Statele Unite.

Persons: Cântăreaţa Ariana, Dalton Gomez, Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber . Ariana, Dalton, Gomez, Pete Davidson, Ariana Organizations: deţinătoarea Locations: Cântăreaţa, California, poziţie, Statele Unite

☆ Ariana Grande s-a căsătorit în secret
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-18 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: APAriana Grande s-a căsătorit în secretCântăreaţa pop Ariana Grande s-a căsătorit weekendul trecut cu Dalton Gomez, cu care era logodită de câteva luni, iar ceremonia a avut loc într-un cadru restrâns, potrivit BBC. A fost o nuntă mică şi intimă, cu mai puţin de 20 de oameni. Gomez a crescut în sudul Californiei şi lucrează în domeniul imobiliar de lux de cinci ani, potrivit biografiei lui de pe site-ul AKG, scrie News.ro. El şi Grande au o relaţie de mai mult de un an. Anterior, cântăreaţa a fost logodită cu actorul Pete Davidson, cunoscut pentru colaborarea cu „Saturday Night Live”.

Persons: Ariana, Dalton Gomez, Gomez, cântăreaţa, Pete Davidson Organizations: BBC, Grande Locations: California, Californiei

☆ Ariana Grande s-a logodit! Cum arată inelul cu care Dalton Gomez a cerut-o de soție pe artistă
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-21 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Artista a împărtășit vestea milioanelor de urmăritori de pe pagina ei de Instagram, etalându-și inelul de logodnă format dintr-un diamant masiv și o perlă, alături de mesajul „pentru totdeauna”. El este tipul pe care ea l-a căutat”, spune o sursă pentru People despre cântăreața și actrița Ariana Grande și Dalton Gomez, care este agent imobiliar. Cuplul a fost văzut pentru prima dată împreună în februarie, de Ziua Îndrăgostiților, deși Gomez nu a fost identificat la acea vreme. Ariana Grande a încercat să se ferească de ochii publicului în ceea ce privește noua ei relație, spunând în aprilie că împărtășirea lucrurilor speciale din viața ei personală pe internet poate fi cu adevărat traumatizantă. Ariana Grande a mai fost logodită în trecut cu actorul Pete Davidson, însă s-au despărțit în octombrie 2018.

Persons: Ariana Grande, Dalton Gomez, Gomez, Pete Davidson Organizations: Cuplul Locations: Los Angeles

☆ Pete Davidson isn't the only one — 52% of young adults are living with their parents, according to a new poll
▼ + stars: | 2020-09-05 | by ( Isabella Jibilian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, 52% of young adults are living with their parents, according to a new analysis by Pew Research center. The number is now the highest on record, according to Pew, surpassing the 48% peak recorded during the Great Depression. Even prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, a large portion of 18- to 29-year-olds were living with a parent. A 2016 report said millennial men were more likely to live with a mom or dad than with a significant other. But the coronavirus pandemic has worsened the economic outlook for this generation struggling financially, pushing 2.6 million more young people to move back home.

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