Disney’s response to Ron DeSantis’ threats is hilarious and perfect

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@beyondthewalk

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Here’s A BUNCH OF TV News

The writers have voted to strike. Here’s to hoping they can come to terms with the studios before May 1, but it’s doubtful. We won’t see an immediate effect on most TV shows and movies, but late night talk shows and live variety shows like Saturday Night Live will go dark immediately. Stay tuned.

The Fox News/Dominion Voting Systems trial began today after one last attempt to settle yesterday went nowhere. (Good. Stick to your guns, Dominion.) Deadline has a good explainer about the case if you want to know more.

Ron DeSantis is now threatening to build a prison near Walt Disney World as part of his war on business and capitalism. Disney’s response: Pride Nites. Look, I don’t love Disney, but I am TEAM GAY MOUSE all the way.

Amazon is going to allow you to turn the volume up on specifically the dialogue on Prime Video, thank goodness. I’ve taken to watching most movies and shows with captions on because the background noise can be so overwhelming. PAY ATTENTION, EVERYONE ELSE.

CBC, the Canadian Broadcasting Company, is the latest news source to pause its presence on Twitter.

Wait, did The Mandalorian sneak in an F-Bomb? Listen carefully for “I’m out, motherfucker.” I hear it.

You guys: Bill Hader and Ali Wong are dating (again).

The reviews of Mrs. Davis are coming in and, y’all, I. Am. Excited.

NewsNation is going 24 hours.

OK, more about that Love is Blind reunion: First of all, having now watched it, it was a disaster, and not just for technological reasons. Vanessa Lachey was weirdly, grossly obsessed with a “Love is Blind baby” and kept demanding to know from the contestants when they would have one. Additionally, she picked on both Paul and Marshall for Micah and Jackie’s bad behavior, and repeatedly cut people off while they were talking. People were not amused.

In fact, some viewers have started a Change.org petition to have Vanessa Lachey fired as host for being “biased asf.”

Now, a lot of the problems with the reunion can be attributed to it being live instead of pre-taped over hours and edited. Andy Cohen, who has led countless reunion episodes, explains that a reunion needs massaging, people need time to open up. It’s very insightful:

@filtered_news

#radioandy #loveisblindreunion

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As for what went wrong on the technical side, this TikToker says it’s the heads of Netflix:

@nitetoast

The #netflix Corporate Gossip is jucier than any reality TV show #loveisblind #corporategossip #nitetoast

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She has a point.

Stay well, Ray Romano.

#MeToo

When The White Lotus came back last season with F. Murray Abraham in the cast, I made a passing comment to my husband about how he had been fired from Fall of the House of Usher for being sexually inappropriate on set. I was confused — I was thinking of Frank Langella — and then I felt bad for slandering the good name of F. Murray Abraham, even in private. WELP. Turns out, Abraham himself was fired from Mythic Quest after multiple actresses brought accusations of inappropriate behavior to show creator Rob McElhenney’s attention. God dammit. HEY, MEN, ALL MEN, EVEN THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE OVER 70 AND RESPECTED IN THE BUSINESS: CUT IT OUT.

Jonathan Majors was just dropped by his manager and PR firm, so.

Beef, which is a huge hit on Netflix right now, is being called out by some viewers, who point out that actor David Choe bragged on his 2014 podcast “Erection Quest,” that he was a “successful rapist,” after forcing a masseuse to give him oral sex:  “The thrill of possibly going to jail, you know, that’s what achieved the erection quest,” he reportedly said. He described the incident as “rapey behavior” but claims he’s not a rapist. “She’s not into it but she’s not stopping it either,” he says in the clip.

Choe has since used copyright claims to demand that Twitter take down the clips that two writers had posted.

The Los Angeles District Attorney’s office is looking into sexual assault allegations against Armie Hammer.

Danny Masterson has gone back to court on three separate rape charges after a mistrial last year.

Roy Rosselló, a former member of Menudo, has come forward to say that Jose Menendez, the father of the Menendez brothers, sexually abused him as a teenager. This is interesting because the brothers’ defense in their murder trial was that they had been sexually abused by their father for years, and that they killed him and their mother out of fear.

Oh, what do you know but Ali Alexander, the organizer of “Stop the Steal,” has apologized after being accused of soliciting nude photos of underage boys.

Singer Melissa Schuman is suing Nick Carter for sexual assault. Carter is countersuing for defamation.

Maitland Ward, who co-starred on Boy Meets World, says that girls were “treated like meat” by the Disney “machine” and claims that she was asked to try on lingerie for male producers.

Keep speaking up, ladies.

13 women have accused French actor Gérard Depardieu of sexually inappropriate behavior.

The woman Roman Polanski raped when she was 13 gave an interview to Polanski’s wife in which she claims it was no big deal and that the #MeToo movement exploits women’s pain. Yeah, that’s not actually helpful. 

Madison De La Garza, who played Eva Longoria’s daughter on Desperate Housewives is speaking out about the bullying she received over her weight, and how it led to an eating disorder.

Brooke Shields and Drew Barrymore had a frank and nuanced conversation on Drew’s show about complicated their feelings are about contributing to the #MeToo movement, having both been so young when inappropriate things happened to them:

Renewals

  • The Rookie has been renewed for a sixth season on ABC. Quick question: how many years is a cop considered a “rookie?”
  • Perfect Match has been renewed at Netflix for a second season.

Cancellations

  • Yellowstone will end with the fifth season (probably) on Paramount Network.

In Development

Casting News

Mark Your Calendars

  • All the Light We Cannot See will debut on Netflix on November 2.
  • City on Fire debuts on Apple TV+ on May 12.
  • The Cube will return on TBS on May 14.
  • Tribunal Justice will debut on Freevee on June 9.
  • Menendez + Menudo: Boys Betrayed will debut on Peacock on May 2.
  • Prehistoric Planet debuts on Apple TV+ on May 22.
  • Young, Famous, & African will return on Netflix on May 19.
  • Royalteen: Princess Margrethe will debut on Netflix on May 11.
  • Death’s Roulette will premiere on Paramount+ on May 5.
  • The Good Bad Mother debuts on Netflix on April 26.

R.I.P.

Blair Tindall, Author of Mozart in the Jungle

Ahmad Jamal, Jazz musician who helped pioneer “cool jazz”

WATCH THIS

American Auto: Katherine and the team make one last effort to raise the Payne stock in the season finale. 7:30 p.m., NBC

Longest Third Date: This documentary follows a new couple who decided to be spontaneous and go on a third date in Costa Rica. In March 2020. They weren’t able to get back to the States for 79 days. Premiere. Netflix

How to Get Rich: This new series follows financial expert Ramit Sethi as he travels around the country, helping people get control over their money. Series premiere. Netflix

Late Night:

  • Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Ana de Armas, Jesse Plemons, slowthai
  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: Woody Harrelson, Justin Theroux, the Walkmen
  • The Late Late Show with James Corden: Sharon Stone, Jack Whitehall
  • Jimmy Kimmel Live: Luke Bryan, Jeff Hiller, GloRilla
  • The Daily Show: Guest host Jordan Klepper
  • Watch What Happens Live: Margaret Josephs, Jackie Goldschneider

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