[TV orNotTV] Re: IsThisStillOnTV? "Romeo and Juliet" from '68 flick sue Paramount for >$100M

2023-05-25 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
L.A. Superior Court judge tosses the case, citing First Amendment concerns and that it crashed into a statute of limitations. The lawyer for the actors is planning both a state appeal and a Federal action, noting that a Criterion Collection reissue of the flick* in 4K* would put the case back w

[TV orNotTV] Re: So long, Tina Turner

2023-05-25 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
Appreciations, from Variety theater critic-turned-THR film reviewer David Rooney... https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/tina-turner-tommy-mad-max-critic-appreciation-1235500390/ (link) ...and Gloria Reuben, whom fresh off "ER" became a backup singer and dancer on Turner's 2000 to

[TV orNotTV] Canadian TV, film actors settle arbitration case over hair, makeup for BIPOC casts

2023-05-25 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
The agreement between ACTRA and groups repping English- and French-language independent producers orders use of recommended products and equipment, better training of hair and makeup artists for working with the actors, and address allegations of discrimination and harassment... https://www.holl

[TV orNotTV] Austin's ATX TV festival still on, with substitute events added due to strike

2023-05-25 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
Austin *American-Statesman*, a Gannett paper: Panels including LNwSeth and a 25th-anny "Dawson's Creek" screening/discussion get pulled, among the new ones are "WGA on Strike!", plus celebrations of "Minx," "Jury Duty," the *50th* anny of "Austin City Limits," the third-season preem of HBO's "Th

[TV orNotTV] Max embarrassed by descriptions' "creators" credits

2023-05-25 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
Lumping together producers, directors, and writers under one category... the guilds are gonna be understandably hissed... also, cast are not always listed in original credits order... the streamer apologized and promised to make things right... https://mashable.com/article/max-creators-instead-o

Re: [TV orNotTV] Max embarrassed by descriptions' "creators" credits

2023-05-25 Thread Jim Ellwanger
Re "the guilds are gonna be understandably hissed" - the DGA and WGA did issue a joint statement yesterday, which didn't make it into the followup of that Mashable article: https://www.dga.org/News/PressReleases/2023/230524_StatementFromDGAWGAPresidentsRegardingMaxCreditChanges.aspx > On May 2

Re: [TV orNotTV] Max embarrassed by descriptions' "creators" credits

2023-05-25 Thread PGage
Also, they screwed up the transfer from HBO Max to Max for YouTube TV subscribers, and we were unable to access Max for the first day (I am now). I spent an hour on hold with Max, then had to put up with multiple attempts by them to sell me a new subscription, before they finally acknowledged that

[TV orNotTV] Canadian cable dispute. Eastlink vs Corus

2023-05-25 Thread Doug Eastick
Got a notice from my cable provider. First time I've ever seen this type of dispute myself. https://www.nsbuzz.ca/life/eastlink-customers-losing-33-tv-channels-in-companys-lineup/ Eastlink has notified their customers who subscribe to its cable television service that as of June 27, 2023 they w