David Reads The Trades, 3/4/25

It’s still Oscars the day after the day after… Disney claims that 21% of viewership came on Hulu, which seems like utter bunk, but still under 20 million, again!… the mythology of “what’s wrong” misses the forest for the trees… Hollywood Reporter tries to promote Mikey Madison to Faye Dunaway status… Click-bait focus on Technicolor’s woes on TWO of the four Penskes… Rachel Weisz is still doing erotic drama in her 50s and no one is laughing… Harvey Weinstein’s AI publicist types up a vague and not-from-him non-response to his ex-wife having gum thrown at her… Elon challenges Stewart, then runs away… Denzel + Jake = Sold Out Shows…