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☆ Late Night Sums Up Sidney Powell’s Plea Deal
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Trish Bendix | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown of the previous night’s highlights that lets you sleep — and lets us get paid to watch comedy. Here are the 50 best movies on Netflix right now. Get Out of Jail Free PleaSidney Powell, a former lawyer for Donald Trump, pleaded guilty in the Georgia election interference case, agreeing to testify against other defendants, possibly including the former president. Powell, who will avoid prison time, will also have to pay a $9,000 fine and write a letter of apology to the people of Georgia. On Thursday, Seth Meyers said it was still shocking to him that “when discussing a former president, I have to say ‘one of the four criminal cases’ — and you don’t even know which one I’m talking about.”

Persons: Sidney Powell, Donald Trump, Powell, Seth Meyers, ’, ” Organizations: Netflix Locations: Georgia

☆ Hollywood stuck in a rut after talks break down between actors' union and studios
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Sarah Whitten | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Members of the Writers Guild of America and the Screen Actors Guild walk a picket line on Day 1 outside NBC Universal in New York City on July 14, 2023. Forget about a Hollywood ending for actors and studios — for now. After just under two weeks, negotiations between the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers broke down Wednesday night. It appears that wages and artificial intelligence protections remain sticking points between actors and studios. With the dissolution of talks, the strike will rage on, disrupting marketing campaigns and preventing production from commencing on a significant portion of Hollywood's film and television projects.

Persons: Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, Stephen Colbert, John Oliver Organizations: Writers Guild of America, Screen, NBC Universal, —, American Federation of Television, Radio Artists, Alliance, Television Producers, SAG, WGA Locations: New York City

☆ Hollywood writers ratify new contract with studios
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Sarah Whitten | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Writers Guild of America East members walk a picket line at the Paramount+ Summit outside the Paramount Building in Times Square in New York City on May 17, 2023The Writers Guild of America has officially ratified its new three-year contract with Hollywood studios. The guild on Monday announced that 99% of its membership voted to ratify the new deal, with 8,435 votes for "yes" and only 90 for "no." "Through solidarity and determination, we have ratified a contract with meaningful gains and protections for writers in every sector of our combined membership," said Meredith Stiehm, president of Writers Guild of America West. The guild also negotiated higher contribution rates to health benefits and pensions, as well as a guaranteed number of writers in writers' rooms for television shows. "Until the studios make a deal that addresses the needs of performers, WGA members will be on the picket lines, walking side-by-side with SAG-AFTRA in solidarity," said Lisa Takeuchi Cullen, president of Writers Guild of America East.

Persons: Meredith Stiehm, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, Stephen Colbert, John Oliver, Lisa Takeuchi Cullen Organizations: Guild of America East, Paramount, Guild of America, Hollywood, Monday, Writers Guild of America West, WGA, American Federation of Television, Radio Artists, Disney, Netflix, Universal, Warner Bros, Discovery, SAG, Writers Guild of America East, Comcast, CNBC, NBCUniversal Locations: New York City, NBCUniversal

Actors, writers and other union members gather around a speaker as SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikers demonstrate in Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., August 22, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsLOS ANGELES, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Negotiators for striking Hollywood actors resumed contract talks on Monday with representatives of major studios, television networks and streaming services, marking the first time the two sides have returned to the bargaining table since mid-July. Renewed talks between the SAG-AFTRA actors union and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) came eight days after the producers clinched a separate contract deal with Hollywood writers, who launched their own strike on May 2, about 10 weeks before the actors. In the area of artificial intelligence, actors want to protect their images and work from being replaced by computer-generated "digital replicas." The resumption of contract talks between the actors and studios also coincided with network television's late-night hosts - Jimmy Fallon, Stephen Colbert, Seth Meyers and Jimmy Kimmel - bringing their shows back to television on Monday.

Persons: Mike Segar, Jimmy Fallon, Stephen Colbert, Seth Meyers, Jimmy Kimmel, John Oliver, Dawn Chmielewski, Steve Gorman, Gerry Doyle Organizations: WGA, REUTERS, Hollywood, SAG, Alliance, Television Producers, Guild of America, Thomson Locations: Manhattan, New York City , New York, U.S, Hollywood's, Los Angeles

☆ Jodie Turner-Smith and Joshua Jackson to divorce
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Marianne Garvey | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

CNN —Jodie Turner-Smith and Joshua Jackson are parting ways. The “Queen & Slim” star filed a petition to divorce Jackson on Monday in Los Angeles, according to court records. They met in 2018 at an event for Usher, she revealed on “Late Night with Seth Meyers” in 2021. “When I first met my husband, we had a one-night stand,” she said. “We’re in a two, three-year one-night stand now.”In May Jackson appeared on “Watch What Happens Live” that he fell in love with Turner-Smith when she “walked into the room.”CNN has reached out to both Jackson’s and Turner-Smith’s representatives for comment.

Persons: Jodie Turner, Smith, Joshua Jackson, Slim ”, Jackson, Turner, Usher, Seth Meyers ”, “, ” Organizations: CNN Locations: Los Angeles, New York

☆ Late-night shows return as actors restart negotiations with Hollywood studios
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Sarah Whitten | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Now that the Hollywood writers' strike is over, late-night hosts are preparing their first opening monologues since May, and actors are going back to the negotiating table with studios. WGA membership is currently in the process of voting on the contract, with expectations that ratification will come late next week. Meyers, host of "Late Night with Seth Meyers," spent much of his pre-strike shows commenting on former President Donald Trump's compounding legal problems. The guild also negotiated higher contribution rates to health benefits and pensions, as well as a guaranteed number of writers in writers rooms for television shows. The actors guild begins its negotiations with the likes of Disney, Paramount, Universal and Warner Bros.

Persons: Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, Stephen Colbert, John Oliver, Meyers, Donald Trump's Organizations: Hollywood, Writers Guild of America, Alliance, Television Producers, WGA, American Federation of Television, Radio Artists, Disney, Paramount, Universal, Warner Bros, SAG, Industry

After a five-month hiatus, most late night shows will return with new episodes next week now that the 148-day screenwriter strike has been resolved, the hosts announced on social media on Wednesday morning. Late night shows hosted by Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel and Seth Meyers will return to the air on Monday, the hosts said. Late night shows were the first casualty of the writers’ strike, and they have been dark since early May. Board members of the Writers Guild approved of the deal on Tuesday, and announced that the strike would end early Wednesday morning. Over the past few weeks, the five late night hosts began a podcast, “Strike Force Five,” donating all proceeds to out-of-work staff members on their shows.

Persons: Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, John Oliver Organizations: HBO, Guild of America, Writers Guild, “, Force

NEW YORK (AP) — TV's late-high hosts planned to return to their evening sketches and monologues by next week, reinstating the flow of topical humor silenced for five months by the newly-ended Hollywood’s writers strike. “Last Week Tonight” with John Oliver was slated to return to the air Sunday. Scripted shows will take longer to return, with actors still on strike and no negotiations yet on the horizon. On artificial intelligence, the writers got the regulation and control of the emerging technology they had sought. ___For more on the writers and actors strikes, visit: https://apnews.com/hub/hollywood-strikes/

Persons: — TV's, Bill Maher, Bill Maher ”, Jimmy Fallon ”, Seth Meyers, ” ABC’s, Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert ”, they'd, John Oliver, Fallon, Meyers, Kimmel, Colbert, Oliver, —, Maher, “, Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Hudson, Max, ___ Dalton Organizations: HBO, CBS, Netflix Locations: Instagram, Los Angeles, hollywood

CNN —Jimmy Fallon has apologized to his colleagues over allegations outlined in a Rolling Stone story published Thursday about a difficult work environment at “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” CNN has learned. “It’s embarrassing and I feel so bad,” the employees claim Fallon said, according to the Rolling Stone article. Fallon and the “Tonight Show” did not provide comment for the first story, but a statement from NBC was included in the report. “We are incredibly proud of The Tonight Show, and providing a respectful working environment is a top priority,” NBC’s statement read. The proceeds generated by the podcast will go to out-of-work staff from the hosts’ respective shows, they said.

Persons: Jimmy Fallon, ”, Fallon, Rolling Stone, “, …, ” Fallon, Chris Rock, John Oliver, Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers Organizations: CNN, ” CNN, Fallon, NBC, The, SNL, “

☆ Jimmy Kimmel says he was ‘intent on retiring’ prior to Hollywood strikes
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Jimmy Kimmel was ready to throw in the towel as the host of “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” but it seems the host has had a change of heart. “I was very intent on retiring right around the time where the strike started,” Kimmel said Wednesday on the debut episode of his new Spotify podcast “Strike Force Five,” which he hosts with fellow network TV late-night show personalities Seth Meyers, John Oliver, Jimmy Fallon and Stephen Colbert. “Now I realize, oh yeah, it’s kind of nice to work,” Kimmel added. In 2022, ABC announced that Kimmel signed a three-year contract extension to stay on as host and executive producer of “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” so regardless of his itch to retire, he’s under contract until 2025. As a result, the late-night shows – which rely on writers for monologues and comedy bits – all went dark in May.

Persons: Jimmy Kimmel, ” Kimmel, Seth Meyers, John Oliver, Jimmy Fallon, Stephen Colbert, “, Kimmel, ” Organizations: CNN, Spotify, Force, ABC, Writers Guild of America, WGA, Hollywood, SAG

☆ This Little Amsterdam Improv Club Launched Big American Careers
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-19 | by ( Nina Siegal | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Seth Meyers had no idea what to expect when he got a job in 1997 performing at a fledgling comedy club in Amsterdam called Boom Chicago. He was in his early 20s, and had never traveled outside of the United States. He had to apply for a passport. “I knew not one thing about the Netherlands,” he said in a recent interview. “My first thought was to get some good hiking shoes, I guess because I thought I was going to Switzerland.

Persons: Seth Meyers, “, ”, ” Meyers didn’t Locations: Amsterdam, Boom Chicago, United States, Netherlands, Switzerland

☆ Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav gets booed during commencement speech: 'Pay your writers!'
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-22 | by ( Britney Nguyen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Discovery CEO David Zaslav was met with boos and shouts during his commencement speech. Zaslav was speaking at Boston University, where some graduates stood up and turned away from him. Discovery CEO David Zaslav returned to his alma mater to deliver its 2023 commencement speech — and was met with boos amid the writers' strike in Hollywood. The AP reported that a plane with a banner reading, "David Zaslav — pay your writers." Discovery CEO David Zaslav while he delivered the #BU2023 commencement address."

CNN —Former United States President Barack Obama, late night television host Stephen Colbert, and CNN’s Erin Burnett are some of the “500 Americans” Russia has banned from entering the country. The list includes Obama, former US Ambassador Jon Huntsman, several US senators and the next expected chairman of the joint chiefs Charles Q. The rambling list of names also includes American late night TV hosts Jimmy Kimmel, Colbert, and Seth Meyers. Friday’s list also includes CNN Anchor Erin Burnett and is an update of a previously published longer list of sanctioned individuals that includes CNN’s Chief International Security Correspondent Nick Paton Walsh, CNN contributors Bianna Golodryga and Timothy Naftali. While the list was labelled, “500 Americans,” Paton Walsh is a British citizen.

Fox Corp. , Disney , Warner Bros. Media executives' messaging to advertisers could center around value this year, particularly as companies continue to offer more content on their streaming services. Cost cuttingWhile media executives will try to convince advertisers to maximize their spending, they'll be pushing that narrative while making fewer shows. The logo of the streaming service Paramount+ on a logo wall at the Paramount+ launch event. Jörg Carstensen | Picture Alliance | Getty ImagesParamount, in particular, has seen a big reliance on franchises, especially for its Paramount+ streaming service.

The departure of ads chief Linda Yaccarino to Twitter has thrown NBCU into chaos. The exit comes on the heels of the departure of NBCU CEO Jeff Shell after sexual harassment allegations. One advertising executive who works closely with NBCUniversal described the situation inside the company as a "Cuban missile crisis." NBCU does have a deep bench of ad executive talent that's highly regarded in the ad industry. Although Yaccarino's departure from NBCUniversal to Twitter was a surprise, she had been close with the company and its billionaire owner.

☆ Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers are paying a week's worth of TV writer salaries from their own pockets during the strike
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( Sindhu Sundar | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Late-night hosts Seth Meyers and Jimmy Fallon will pay staff themselves for a week of the strike. NBC is also paying staff for two weeks during this time, a source close to the shows confirmed to Insider. The writers' strike went into effect on May 2 after their contract expired without a new deal. Late-night hosts Seth Meyers and Jimmy Fallon — whose shows are among those on pause during the ongoing Hollywood writers' strike — have expressed support for their staff, and will personally pay them for a week. Kobos then tweeted on Wednesday that Fallon had joined their meeting that day, expressing affirmation of his support for the staff.

☆ Seth Meyers Contemplates the 2024 Presidential Matchup
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-02 | by ( Trish Bendix | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown of the previous night’s highlights that lets you sleep — and lets us get paid to watch comedy. Here are the 50 best movies on Netflix right now. A Painful Re-pairingBefore the Hollywood writers’ strike was announced on Monday, Seth Meyers ruminated on the forthcoming 2024 presidential campaign, wondering who might be the Republican front-runner. “We’re still a year and a half away, so a lot could change,” Meyers said. “Like, I don’t know, the Republican nominee could be running while under house arrest.”

More than 11,000 film and television writers, who say their compensation doesn't match the revenue generated in the streaming era, are on strike for the first time since 2007-08. Most immediately, this will have a significant impact on late-night shows, where writers are tasked with crafting timely and topical jokes. That's because many shows and films have already wrapped production and will enter the marketplace unaffected by the strike. Instead, they feel they've been shortchanged on compensation as studios, networks and streaming platforms write a new rulebook in real time. Unlike the 2007 strike, writers currently have social media on their side and are rallying on platforms like Twitter, Instagram and TikTok to get their message out.

☆ Late Shows Go Dark in First Fallout From Strike
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-02 | by ( John Koblin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The fallout from the writers’ strike is beginning to hit. Late night shows, including “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” and “Late Night With Seth Meyers,” will immediately begin showing repeats, according to several people briefed on the plans. The Comedy Central program “The Daily Show,” which has no dedicated host, will also air repeats, as will the HBO shows hosted by John Oliver and Bill Maher. The writers have said that their compensation has stagnated even as television production has rapidly grown over the past decade. leaders have said the current system is broken, arguing that the “the survival of writing as a profession is at stake in this negotiation.”

The rise of streaming services changed the way audiences consume both television shows and movies, and studios adjusted their business models in an attempt to respond. But they’re unlikely to get meaningful residuals, if any at all, when they create original content for streaming services as contracts stand today. With streaming services poised to become the future of television entertainment, the Guild was fighting in these negotiations for some kind of ongoing compensation from streaming services. The hunger for content by those streaming service also means that it might not take as long for the strike to start to impact production schedules. Streaming services also have a massive stockpile of older content that could keep their customers satisfied, at least temporarily, while they await new shows.

☆ Biden to advocate the release of detained journalists at the White House correspondents’ dinner
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-29 | by ( Megan Lebowitz | Peter Alexander | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

President Joe Biden plans to use his remarks Saturday at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner to address press freedoms and the detainment of American journalists. At the 2022 dinner, Biden spoke for just under 15 minutes, cracking jokes at himself and the media. The history of the famed dinner stretches back to 1914, when the White House Correspondents' Association was established. Trump skipped all of the White House correspondents' dinners during his term. After comedian Michelle Wolf delivered a blistering 2018 dinner routine taking aim at the Trump administration, Trump tweeted that "the White House Correspondents' Dinner is DEAD as we know it."

☆ Seth Meyers Speculates About Why Fox Dumped Tucker Carlson
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( Trish Bendix | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown of the previous night’s highlights that lets you sleep — and lets us get paid to watch comedy. Here are the 50 best movies on Netflix right now. Cutting TiesFox News has not said why it ousted Tucker Carlson. Late-night hosts speculated he was let go because of the text messages he sent deriding former President Donald Trump and Fox executives. “Fox couldn’t have cared less when Tucker was saying vulgar, offensive stuff on television about other people, but when he said it in private about Fox News executives, they were suddenly outraged,” Seth Meyers said.

☆ Late Night Responds to Fox News’s Ouster of Tucker Carlson
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-25 | by ( Trish Bendix | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown of the previous night’s highlights that lets you sleep — and lets us get paid to watch comedy. Here are the 50 best movies on Netflix right now. With ‘Fox and Friends’ Like TheseFox News announced on Monday that its star host Tucker Carlson was out, effective immediately. Seth Meyers joked it would be funny if the network “replaced him at 8 p.m. with the new green M&M.”

☆ I'm a writer for "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert." It was an incredibly difficult road to get here — here's my advice for other immigrants who want to break into a creative industry.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-05 | by ( Eboni Boykin-Patterson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

He says that while being a comedy writer helps him make light of it, the system could be better. Being an immigrant comedy writer or comedian is so absurd. I recently got married to an American comedy writer, and she writes for "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver." Applying to be a late-night writer is a pretty secretive processMost late-night shows will invite you to submit a sample. That spun up "The Colbert Report," and then all the other late-night shows after that always had an opinion on politics.

☆ Lizzo went day drinking with Seth Meyers. Watch what happened
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-14 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

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