800 WGA West Members Attend Second Membership Meeting About Upcoming Contract Talks

Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalifa, Too $hort, Warren G, Berner and DJ Drama.From July 7 through Aug. 27, the hip-hop icons are taking off on their 33-concert ‘High School Reunion Tour’ that will take them to arenas and amphitheaters all over North America.That includes three stops in New York and New Jersey.First, the sextet will drop it like it’s hot at Camden, NJ’s Freedom Mortgage Pavilion on July 30.

As Spike Lee took the stage to accept the Ian McLellan Hunter Award for Career Achievement at the WGA Awards in New York, his beloved Knicks had just gone into overtime against their hated rival, the Boston Celtics.

The upcoming contract talks between the WGA and the AMPTP were evidently in the ether during the WGA Awards on Sunday.

Warning: This article includes discussion of eating disorders, weight loss drugs, body image, and diet culture.The Y2K renaissance is showing no signs of slowing and, while I’m in full support of bedazzled denim and the resurgence of , I can’t cosign what it's resurrecting in terms of the normalization of disordered eating, thin worship, and a societal obsession with shrinking our bodies at any cost.As a verified geriatric millennial (1984, thankyouverymuch), I feel qualified to speak on this topic with some authority. And as an eating disorder survivor who was first diagnosed with anorexia at what I consider the peak of societally sanctioned body terrorism, I can no longer ignore the looming threat of the twisted 2000s-era ethos creeping back in.

Golnesa “GG” Gharachedaghi has revealed that she is taking weekly shots for weight loss.

Jem Aswad Senior Music Editor If you’ve been to enough concerts, there’s a feeling you recognize when a new-ish artist’s career is about to blast off — when the audience isn’t just singing along with the hit but with nearly every song, half of them with hands over hearts, many dressed in the artist’s merch or artist-identifying outfits, and at least a few singing emphatically, with tears and/or mascara running. That feeling isn’t always accurate, but it was present at Billie Eilish concerts in 2019 and Lorde’s club shows in 2013 and even the Killers almost 20 years ago — and without setting the bar unfairly high, it was definitely in the air Chappell Roan’s packed concert at New York’s 1,500-capacity Webster Hall on Tuesday night.

Michaela Zee editor Woody Harrelson steps onto the court once again (“White Men Can’t Jump,” “Semi-Pro”) in the heartfelt sports comedy “Champions.” Directed by Bobby Farrelly, the remake of the 2018 Spanish film “Campeones” sees Harrelson as Marcus, a former minor-league basketball coach who leads a team of intellectually disabled players called the Friends. “It’s really hard to make an authentically funny and emotionally vulnerable film, and I thought they did such a wonderful job,” Kaitlin Olson, who plays Alex in the movie, told Variety Monday night at the New York premiere of “Champions.” “I met all the Friends and they’re such an incredible cast. They all showed up ready to play, and we just had the most amazing time.”

Ana de Armas is private with her personal life, keeping her relationship with Paul Boukadakis to herself. Boukadakis made a rare appearance alongside her, accompanying her at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. While the two didn’t walk the red carpet together, they sat next to each other throughout the event and posed for a picture mid-party.

Standing room only crowds gathered last night at WGA membership meetings on both coasts to discuss the upcoming contract negotiations, which are set to begin on March 20.

Dua Lipa, Emma Roberts and Letitia Wright were just a few of the stars in the audience for the Prada Fall/Winter 2023 Womenswear Fashion Show during Milan Fashion Week on Thursday (February 23) in Milan, Italy.

Writers Guild of America East has filed its third unfair labor practice charge against Hearst Magazines as lengthy contract talks continue to drag on. The WGAE and Hearst Union claim in the National Labor Relations Board filing that Hearst “unilaterally implemented” uneven wage increases for some employees while the union’s negotiating committee was bargaining for percentage wage increases for all employees.

The Emmy-winning series Succession is coming to an end.

Rebecca Lenkiewicz will be this year’s recipient of the WGA West’s Paul Selvin Award in recognition of her adapted screenplay for She Said, the Universal film about the New York Times reporters who broke the story that exposed disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein. The guild said Thursday that she will be honored at the WGA Awards’ Los Angeles ceremony March 5 at the Fairmont Century Plaza.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Fox is getting ready to put on a new show for advertisers. After scaling back its upfront presentation in 2022, Fox Corporation will return the event to its usual wide-consumption format, moving the event to New York’s Manhattan Center on Monday, May 15. The company intends to focus attention on its broader portfolio of assets that includes Fox Sports, the Fox broadcasting network, Fox News Media and the Tubi streaming hub. “In a time of such complexity, strength, strategic focus and stability are the foundational elements that lead to success. Fox’s advantage is our ability to focus on what matters most — our advertising partners — and delivering for them, and our viewers, the best content across the industry’s leading sports, entertainment, news and streaming platforms,” said Marianne Gambelli, president of advertising sales at Fox, in a prepared statement. “For this year’s Upfront, we are hosting an in-person event — complete with a new venue and format — to connect with our clients in the most meaningful way, by showcasing the value of FOX’s best-in-class portfolio and its ability to innovate and engage with a wide array of consumers.”

In an interview with the New York Times last September, actor-filmmaker Elizabeth Banks shared a piece of career advice from Lorne Michaels that’s been of enduring value to her.

A post shared by The Wendy Experience (@thewendyexperiencepodcast)Once a fixture on the New York scene, Wendy has largely stayed out of the public eye since her health issues took hold. Wendy last appeared on her eponymous TV show in July 2021. She then contracted COVID, which complicated her Graves' disease and thyroid condition.

Writer and director Tony Gilroy, who most recently created Andor for Disney+, sees “chaos” reshaping the entertainment industry. The good kind.

Adam Driver is reportedly set to be a dad for the second time. The ‘Marriage Story’ actor, 39, was photographed unloading a baby bather with his actress wife of 10 years Joanne Tucker, 40, with whom he had a son in 2016, and who apparently has a new baby bump. Snaps published by Page Six on Monday (20.

TMZ reports. The 28-year-old brother of the “Scream” actress, 33, died at his home in New York.

 are back for season 2 on Prime Video and things are getting complicated. ET's Nischelle Turner recently sat down with series creator Tracy Oliver and stars Meagan Good, Shoniqua Shandai, Jerrie Johnson and Grace Byers to talk about the latest chapter of their comedy series, which debuted Feb 3.Oliver, who also created BET's and co-wrote the mega-hit , attributed 's success to the star-studded cast and its pivotal fifth main character: New York City.«They're beautiful, they're magical [and] they actually do love each other,» Oliver said of the cast. «They actually hang out and really encourage and support each other, and I think that chemistry offscreen translates onscreen.