No Jobs, No Ladder, No Relief — Except, For Some, a Cigarette
Sean Penn, puffing away inside the Beverly Hilton at the Golden Globes. Kylie Jenner, with a cigarette dangling out of her mouth, on the cover of Vanity Fair. Nurse Dana, taking a drag on The Pitt. Sm...
2 Apr 31min
BONUS EP: ‘Silicon Valley’ Creators: Tech Bros ‘Don’t Give a Flying F--- About Humanity’
Silicon Valley was supposed to be satire. In 2026, it plays more like a warning. In a look back on the iconic 2010s HBO comedy, co-creator Mike Judge and exec producer Alec Berg reflect on how “incred...
29 Mar 45min
Disney’s ‘Bachelorette’ Mess Gets Messier
Casting Taylor Frankie Paul on The Bachelorette was supposed to revive the wilting franchise. Instead, a 2023 video of Paul attacking her ex-boyfriend triggered the meltdown of not one, but two of Dis...
26 Mar 33min
27 Cable Channels. How Many Survivors?
Here’s the irony: Even in the age of streaming, about 85 percent of profits from a merged Paramount Skydance–Warner Bros. Discovery still would come from linear TV, as Sean McNulty points out. So wha...
19 Mar 40min
Oscar Week: Prestige and Panic
“It’s a crazy irony that your reward for incredible artistic success in modern Hollywood is that you then get to lay off a bunch of your employees,” Prestige Junkie host Katey Rich tells Elaine Low, S...
12 Mar 32min
The Paramount-Warners Plan They Won’t Say Out Loud
Talk about whiplash: A week ago, a Netflix–Warner Bros. deal looked likely. Turns out, the winning combo may be… Paramount Skydance Warner Bros. Discovery. (Rolls right off the tongue.) That is — if i...
5 Mar 35min
Paramount vs. Netflix: Your Big Questions Answered
Just how much longer can the Netflix vs. Paramount merger madness go on? (Cue the eye rolls.) Paramount made a fresh $31-per-share offer to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, and WBD’s response — which c...
25 Feb 33min
Hollywood Is Back on Strike Watch
What are the odds of another Hollywood strike in 2026? The answer to who has more leverage — the guilds or the studios — may surprise you. With AI, healthcare and streaming again on the bargaining tab...
19 Feb 32min
