THB Headlines: July 14
Apologies for being off the grid for a few days… not a lot of actual non-emmy, non-Beanie news out there worth repeating. The big news was Mickey Rourke meaninglessly croaking something out about Tom Cruise, Jamie Lee Curtis thinking Ana de Armas was inexperienced and Chris Hemsworth not eating meat before kissing vegan co-star Natalie Portman. Oy.
In celebrity gossip, Kevin Spacey did lose the one job he’s had recently. So there’s that.
New Yorker - Elliot Page Brings His Misfit Characters to Life
The Wall Street Journal has spent the week before the Netflix quarterly report discussing Netflix in depth, led by Joe Flint’s news scoop on Netflix selecting Microsoft as its primary partner in building out advertising. Before that, in the week, Joe had pointed to the next shoe to drop on Netflix advertising… paying content partners for the privilege. And Ben Cohen did a think and overstate piece: Netflix Disrupted Entertainment With Binge Viewing. Now Can It Avoid Disruption Itself?
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