David Reads The Trades, 8/12/24

Another hot day in L.A,. but hotter for Tom Cruise bringing us the Olympic flag and Flea wearing underwear in concert. Box office ends with Blakey and Ryany. The Gilded Age adds amazing actors in black and white. New York loses their grip on news. Horror filmmaker is prepping new horror film. And Joaquin Phoenix was straight, then he was going to play graphically gay, and now he seems to have turned cis again… and Christine Vachon has to clean up the mess. And more…