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Amazon has plans to sell some of its original Prime Video content to other streaming platforms. In a press release posted on Monday (via Variety), the company announced that it’s forming Amazon MGM Studios Distribution to handle the placement of its shows and movies on outside services, including The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Hunters, All the Old Knives, and more.
This means that some of the shows and movies that were once exclusive to Prime Video could land on cable networks and other streaming services, including those that offer free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) and advertising-based video on demand (AVOD). While Amazon has licensed its content to other services in the past, establishing a dedicated division signals that the…
Film and television screenwriters across the U.S. are on strike, and many fans are showing their support on social media.
On Monday, May 1, the Writer’s Guild of America (WGA), the organization representing screenwriters in the U.S., voted to call an industry strike, effective just after midnight Tuesday. The strike came after six weeks of failed contract negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), the the industry’s collective bargaining body that represents the studios in union negotiations.
For years, writers were paid through residuals from their programs being resold or syndicated on television, but streaming services pay fixed residuals that aren’t tied to the viewership of a program, which means writers overall see far less money from their work. The WGA is asking for higher fixed-residual earnings for streaming, and it wants to establish viewership-based streaming residuals. Additionally, the WGA wants to eliminate another side effect of the streaming era: “mini rooms,” or writers’ rooms with fewer writers that work for shorter amounts of time. The writers guild is also asking for regulations on the use of generative AI in writers’ rooms. (The WGA has published a full list of its proposals and the AMPTP’s counters.)
So the WGA’s 11,500 members have since halted work on current shows and won’t make negotiations for any further projects until a new deal is reached. The last WGA strike lasted 100 days from November 2007 to February 2008 and impacted many fan-favorite shows.
In the 15 years since the 2007 strike, writers became more visible on social media. Now, devoted fans stay connected to their favorite TV shows by following the writers on apps like Twitter, making the WGA’s message uniquely accessible to fans. In recent years, entertainment news aggregators — like Pop Base, Discussing Film, and Film Updates — exploded in popularity, delivering relevant news directly to stan Twitter.
Leijah “El” Alexander, a 20-year-old healthcare worker in Florida, is active in the Yellowjackets fan community on Twitter. “I follow all of the writers and a lot of the production crew. The writers interact with fans a lot,” she tells Mashable. Alexander learned about the writers’ strike from a Film Updates tweet and found out Yellowjackets ceased production on Season 3 from series co-creator, Ashley Lyle. In a tweet Lyle wrote, “Well, we had exactly one day back in the Yellowjackets S3 writers’ room. It was amazing, creatively invigorating, and so much fun, and I am very excited to get back as soon as the WGA gets a fair deal.”
“Pretty much everyone [in the Yellowjackets fandom] unanimously agrees that the writers need to be paid more, not just for the sake of the show, but because everyone should be able to afford to live,” Alexander tells Mashable. “It’s ridiculous that someone can work in Hollywood and still not afford to live.”
But not all fan responses to the strike are so harmonious. When The Los Angeles Times reported that shows like Abbott Elementary and Stranger Things might be affected, some fans began to grumble about possible delays. In response to the anti-strike sentiment, a 21-year-old student and Stranger Things stan in Florida who goes by the pseudonym Ariana on Twitter, crafted a tweet, saying, “it looks like Stranger Things could be delayed by the writers strike, and I just wanted to take this opportunity to remind everyone that the writers getting the right amount of compensation for the hard work they do on the show is much more important than it’s release date.” Her tweet received over 15,100 likes and 2,100 retweets.
“I saw people outside of the Stranger Things fandom complaining about the possibility that their comfort shows might be delayed or have setbacks. And it frustrated me because these [shows] are fiction, and it’s more important that real-life people are compensated for the work they’ve done,” she explains to Mashable.
Jamie Watson, a 25-year-old permanent substitute elementary school teacher in the suburbs of Chicago, also saw the news about Abbott Elementary and Stranger Things, two of her favorite shows. “I’m not too knowledgeable about the strike, but if it’s between millionaire companies and the working man, I’m supporting the worker. I support wealth distribution, livable wages, fair treatment in the workplace, and free healthcare,” Watson tells Mashable.
Photos from the picket line have also drawn attention to the strike on social media. Aurora Alumbaugh’s timeline became overrun with clever signs. One that caught her — and seemingly all of Twitter’s — attention read, “Pay your writers or we will spoil Succession.” “Honestly, I wouldn’t blame them for spoiling, because they built Succession, and they have every right to burn it down,” the 20-year-old journalism student and Succession stan tells Mashable.
Like Watson, Alumbaugh supports the strike. “It’s crazy that this had to happen again. People haven’t learned that they should pay their writers what they’re due because shows wouldn’t be what they are without the brilliant minds behind them,” explains Alumbaugh. “It’s just insane to me that they can barely make a living off doing something that creates such a big impact in entertainment.”
I’m just someone who takes screenshots and posts them. I just show off how fantastic the writers’ work is.
Even though the show won’t be affected by the strike, Alumbaugh isn’t the only Succession fan advocating on behalf of the WGA. Anna Golez quote-tweeted the WGA West’s strike announcement with the message, “Succession and this account would be nothing without the show’s incredible writers. Support the strike!” to her over 276,000 followers. The 33-year-old social media manager runs the popular “no context succession” account from her home in the Philippines, and her tweet featured a screenshot of Shiv Roy on the phone saying, “I’m ready. Let’s get started.”
“People ask me what makes Succession posts so viral, and I always say it’s because of the dialogue, the language, the writing is so specific,” Golez tells Mashable. “I’m just someone who takes screenshots and posts them. I just show off how fantastic the writers’ work is. Writing is work, and workers need to be compensated with living wages.”
You’ve heard this premise before: In a post-apocalyptic world, the remnants of civilization live in a stratified society, governed by oppressive rules as they struggle to maintain their humanity. Then, a hero appears and threatens to topple the social order. We’ve seen this story repeated so often throughout the history of dystopian fiction — most notably in Fritz Lang’s masterpiece, Metropolis — that I wasn’t immediately excited when Apple first announced Silo, an adaptation of Hugh Howie’s wildly popular Wool novels. Surely, this can’t top Bong Joon-ho’s bonkers Snowpiercer (itself adapted from an ’80s French graphic novel), so why even bother?
Well, I was wrong. Spearheaded by Graham Yost (Justified), Silo exemplifies everything I love about great science fiction. It wrestles with complex ideas and moral questions, it’s filled with memorable and realistic characters, and it features a truly distinctive setting: a 144-story self-sustaining underground city that’s reminiscent of The Matrix’s Zion. In this case, though, the population seems mostly content with their situation. There’s no memory of the world before the silo, so most people concern themselves with keeping the city running instead of breaking out. Why rock the bunker?
But, echoing a theme from HBO’s excellent Station Eleven and Deep Space Nine, survival is insufficient. Some can’t help but wonder about the nature of the silo: Is the video feed of the destroyed outside world real, or is it some sort of trap to keep them underground? Who, exactly, determines who can get pregnant? And what can they learn from the artifacts left behind from the previous civilization?
Silo makes a strong impression from the start. We’re introduced to Sheriff Holsten (David Oyelowo), a well-liked law man who goes about his morning and makes a shocking announcement: He wants to go outside. The gravity of his declaration is instantly made clear, even though the show doesn’t explain it up front. We later learn that anyone who asks to go out can, but it’s essentially a death wish. All of this is conveyed almost wordlessly at first, thanks to the strength of Oyelowo’s performance.
I can’t help but love a show that begins so confidently. Throughout the first two episodes, Silo makes it clear that you’re in good hands. Yost and his writing team — which includes Jessica Blaire (On Becoming a God in Central Florida) and Cassie Papas (Tyrant) — take time to introduce every character, establish their motivations and build a greater mystery. The impeccable production design makes the silo seem genuinely lived in. And the direction from Morten Tyldum deftly balances intimate drama with epic visuals (the silo has no elevator, just a very long stairwell that seems to go on forever).
Silo is the rare show where every word speaks volumes, every gesture seems meaningful, and every element of the frame tells a story. It’s also filled with grounded and believable performances across the board: There’s Rashida Jones as Allison, the Sheriff’s wife, someone who’s eager to start a family but also can’t help but be curious about the history of the silo. Rebecca Ferguson (Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation and Fallout), ostensibly the star of the show, doesn’t really get much screen time until the second episode, but she paints a convincing portrait of a world-weary engineer who just wants to solve the murder of her friend.
Of course, this wouldn’t be a dystopian story without some sort of greater conspiracy going on. The silo’s leadership is clearly hiding something from its citizens – though the mayor (played by Geraldine James) also seems genuinely concerned about the well-being of her people. There’s a sense that even those in power are only trying to do their best, but may be faced with hard decisions to keep society going.
You’d think after being somewhat burned by Lost, The X-Files and other shows centering on major sci-fi mysteries, I’d be less inclined to commit to yet another one. But Silo is so compelling, I just can’t help it.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/apple-silo-review-wool-tv-show-123024485.html?src=rss
AS the nation kick off the long weekend for the King’s coronation here is a list of things which have been cancelled or closed.
Celebrations for the historic event are taking over the country today with many Brits throwing street parties or tuning in to watch Charles be crowned.
King Charles will be officially crowned today[/caption]
Tesco will be open normal hours today[/caption]
Suella Braverman has extended licensing hours from the normal 11pm to 1am[/caption]
The UK’s economy will see a huge boost with over £8million expected to pour in from tourists and royal fans.
We have broken down what to expect from your local shops, favourite TV stations and go-to pubs over the Bank Holiday weekend.
BBC One and Two will be showing all things Royal today.
They will have live coverage of the event all day.
ITV and Sky will also be broadcasting the coronation.
Channel 4 however, will be showing films such as Johnny English and Star Trek Beyond if people want to watch something different.
Roads around London began shutting down from 4pm on Friday.
They will remain closed until 9pm today.
From Mayfair to Waterloo and down to Victoria – the area will be relatively out of action for drivers from 7pm on Friday until the end of Saturday.
These include The Mall, Constitution Hill, Birdcage Walk, Trafalgar Square, and Victoria Street.
The City of Westminster warns “roads and parks around central London will be affected by significant road closures and parking suspensions”.
Councils have also approved 3,087 road closures for gatherings marking the royal event, according to the road management company one.network.
However, Transport for London has promised there will be no closures on public transport to accommodate for the royal festivities.
There is no obligation for shops to close today but some small shops may opt to close their doors. Brits are advised to check opening hours in their local areas.
Many supermarkets will trade under their normal hours today and tomorrow – but could chose to adopt bank holiday opening hours on Bank Holiday Monday.
Asda
On Monday, Asda will open as usual today but will shut at 8pm
Tesco
The majority of Tesco’s larger stores will be open from 8am to 6pm on May 8, although some may stay open until 8pm.
Meanwhile, all Tesco Express stores will be open as normal.
Sainsbury’s
Sainsbury’s said most of its larger stores will be open between 8am and 8pm.
The smaller Sainsbury’s Local branches will be open as normal from 7am to 11pm.
But these aren’t guaranteed opening hours and will vary from branch to branch so you should check ahead to avoid disappointment.
Lidl
Most Lidl stores across England and Wales will open between 8am and 8pm on Bank Holiday Monday.
Branches in Scotland will be operating their normal Monday opening hours.
However, the discounter told The Sun store opening times may vary depending on where you head and customers should use its store locator to double-check.
Meanwhile, it is predicting that the quietest time to shop will be before 11am and after 4pm.
Aldi
Aldi will open its stores at the usual time on Monday, May 8, but they will close slightly earlier at 8pm.
All stores in Scotland will be open until 10pm as usual.
Again, it’s worth checking Aldi’s store locator for your local’s opening hours.
Morrisons
Morrisons shoppers will be able to bag their usual trolley or basket of goods on May 8.
The retailer said its stores will open at their usual time, but will be closing at around 8pm, so slightly earlier than usual.
Co-op
Co-op stores will be open for business as normal on May 8.
Again, opening times may vary from branch to branch so it is worth double-checking the retailer’s store locator before venturing out.
Thirsty Brits watching the coronation in the pub are set to sink 62million pints this weekend.
Home Secretary Suella Braverman has extended licensing hours from the normal 11pm to 1am.
She said the new rules over the weekend will allow people to “enjoy an extra pint or two” as it is “a momentous occasion deserving of special celebration”.
Wetherspoons
Wetherspoon runs nearly 900 pubs across England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland, so you’ll be keen to know whether it’s opening its boozers on May 8.
Opening hours vary from pub to pub so you should always check ahead to see if your local will be open.
You can use its pub locator tool, or call on the phone.
Greene King
Greene King has over 300 pubs in London and a whopping 2,600 in the UK in total.
Opening times vary depending on which pub you go to, but again you can check the pub locator tool on its website to find out what time your local is open on May 8.
We checked out a number of Greene King pubs across the UK and they appear to be operating normal opening hours on this date.
Mitchells and Butlers
Mitchells and Butlers own notable brands including Harvester and Toby Carvery.
But again, opening times across its pubs and restaurants on May 8 may vary depending on which location you head to.
Luckily, the chain has a locator tool which you can use to find your nearest pub or restaurant’s opening hours.
With the coronation taking place on a Saturday, the extra bank holiday on Monday means schools are closed.
No football matches will be played while the coronation is on.
A huge chunk of the Premier League games today have been moved to another day – or will just be played later on in the afternoon.
With early kick off completely scrapped, the earliest game of the day will be 3pm.
Only one game – which is Spurs Vs Crystal Palace – will be played in London as the capital prepares to be swarmed.
In total, 36 games in the EFL have been postponed.
It’s understood the Premier League have asked all clubs playing tomorrow to sing the national anthem before kick off.
The royal ceremony will take over the TV schedule as it’s streamed live[/caption]
The Premier League has asked all clubs playing tomorrow to sing the National Anthem[/caption]
Sheeran will kick off the second season of Apple Music Live, a series of live performances by music artists on Apple Music, and also on Apple TV+ for the first time. Behind-the-scenes footage and a setlist will be available in the Shazam app after the show.
The first season of Apple Music Live began in May 2022 and featured performances by Harry Styles, Billie Eilish, Megan Thee Stallion, Alicia Keys, Wizkid, Luke Combs, and others. Apple has yet to announce additional performers for the second season.
Apple Music and Apple TV+ cost $10.99 and $6.99 per month, respectively, for a standard individual subscription in the United States. First-time users can try Apple Music with a free one-month trial, while Apple TV+ offers a free seven-day trial.
This article, “Apple Music and Apple TV+ to Live Stream Ed Sheeran Concert Next Week” first appeared on MacRumors.com
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