You’d best leave ‘Peaky Blinders’ out of it, Ron DeSantis. (But keep comparing yourself to Achilles, because that shit is funny.)

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Wow — so on Monday, GQ ran a piece critical of Warner Bros. Discovery goblin David Zaslav, outlining all of the decisions he’s made at Warner Bros., TCM, and Max that have made him “the most hated man in Hollywood,” noting that he’s “only good at breaking things.” The piece then went through some edits, removing some of the strong language like “most hated man” before the piece was taken down entirely.

GQ said that the original piece that went up was “not properly edited,” and when they made said edits, the author, Jason Bailey, demanded that his byline be removed which is why they pulled the whole thing. Warner Bros. Discovery’s take is that the author never reached out to them, and so they reached out to GQ “and asked that numerous inaccuracies be corrected. In the process of doing so, the editors ultimately decided to pull the piece.”

As Variety points out, the edits that were made before it was pulled entirely weren’t factual errors, but instead were related to tone:

As for what changed between the first and second versions of the piece, it appears from archived versions to be mostly tonal in nature. Gone from the softened version was Bailey’s description of Zaslav as akin to Richard Gere’s ruthless financier character in “Pretty Woman” who boasts of selling off companies for their parts, as well as mention of Zaslav co-hosting a party in Cannes with Graydon Carter for the movie studio’s 100th anniversary.

Whatever the story is, it is highly unusual for an entire piece to be pulled, and even more unusual that a story would be pulled without an editor’s note and explanation.

And now Variety is reporting that GQ’s editor-in-chief, Will Welch, is producing a movie at Warner Bros. HMMMM. NOT FISHY AT ALL.

Welch’s involvement in the decision-making process would constitute a conflict of interest. As a producer on a Warner Bros. movie in early development, Welch would meet the criteria from the Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics that says reporters and editors should “avoid conflicts of interest, real or perceived [and] disclose unavoidable conflicts.” Furthermore, journalistic best practices dictate that stories never disappear and that any significant corrections be noted with full transparency. A Warner Bros. Discovery source says no one at the corporate level was aware of Welch’s ties to the movie studio.

Here’s the archived piece, if you’d like to read it for yourself.

Max has finally started fixing the whole “creator” mess it made and crediting writers, directors, and producers properly.

The TCAs have announced their nominees for the TCA Awards, and once again, I have no complaints. However — it’s a little strange they considered Mrs. Davis a drama, and I don’t know that it’s as simple as calling The Bear a comedy …

I wasn’t going to talk about the unintentionally hilarious and terrible Ron DeSantis ad (which I am not going to link to directly) that tried to position him as being more hateful towards LGBTQ people than Former President Spoiled Mayonnaise, because blerg. But one of the things that makes the ad unintentionally hilarious is that in the back half of the ad, the part extolling DeSantis as being the most hateful, it is intercut with images of oiled-up bodybuilders, scenes from The Wolf of Wall Street, American Psycho, Peaky Blinders and Achilles.

First of all, I can not stress enough how homoerotic some of the images are — there’s a reason back in the day bodybuilding magazines were basically used as male pornography. But also, Wolf of Wall Street? The movie about the corrupt conman? That’s who you want to associate yourself with? And American Psycho? Are you sure? Are you just big Phil Collins fans? And someone maybe needs to let DeSantis’ campaign know that Achilles is one of the most — if not THE most — famous gay warriors in history.

But that’s not why we’re talking about this dumb ad today; we’re talking about this dumb ad today because the Peaky Blinders folks were like “YO, KEEP OUR NAMES OUT YOUR MOUTH.”

Good job. You’re next, American Psycho, The Wolf of Wall Street, and Achilles producers.

Fox News settled the lawsuit against them by former Tucker Carlson producer Abby Grossberg, for $12 million.

John Mulaney named names on Hot Ones.

Damon Lindelof will serve as the grand juror of a TV pilot writing contest — and if you win, he’ll mentor you. Good luck!

As if being in an airport terminal isn’t awful enough …

An ABC reporter in Alabama thought she was reporting at the scene of a domestic violence incident near a lake that might have involved drowned children, but in fact, it was all staged by the local police and her boyfriend as a means for him to propose to her and I AM SO DISTURBED BY THIS, YOU GUYS. GROSS.

A trailer for the Stranger Things prequel play is up — but you’ll have to go to London to see it.

Love is dead.

Renewals

Cancellations

In Development

Casting News

Mark Your Calendars

  • What We Do in the Shadows returns on FX on July 13.
  • Reservation Dogs returns on Hulu on August 2.
  • Red, White, and Royal Blue will debut on Prime Video on August 11.
  • Dune: Part Two will premiere in theaters and on Max soon.
  • The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart will debut on Prime Video on August 4.
  • Unknown: Killer Robots premieres on Netflix on July 10.
  • Heels will return on Starz on July 28.
  • Goliath will premiere on Paramount+ with Showtime on July 14 and on Showtime on July 16.
  • Betrayal: The Perfect Husband premieres on Hulu on July 11.
  • Poisoned: The Dirty Truth About Your Food will debut on Netflix on August 2.
  • World on Fire will return on PBS on October 15.
  • Sly will debut on Netflix in November.
  • Happiness For Beginners debuts on Netflix on July 27.
  • The Mega-Brands That Built America will premiere on History Channel on July 23.
  • Reptile Royalty debuts on Roku on July 21.
  • Burning Body premieres on Netflix on September 8.
  • Supa Team 4 will premiere on Netflix on July 20.
  • Jujutsu Kaisen returns on Netflix today.

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