Why the studios have no immediate incentive to end the strike. Plus: Will Smith doesn't really sympathize with Hitler, silly!
Oh, so THAT’S why the studios didn’t send a rep to that L.A. City Council meeting about how the writers’ strike has devastated the local economy––their bottom lines are doing just fine. According to Jill Goldsmith at Variety, shareholders love the idea that the conglomerates are finally “cutting costs [and] getting tough with talent,” and thus seem prepared to support the AMPTP companies through the long haul.
The Anti-Defamation League has decided to forgive Will Smith for telling an interviewer that Adolf Hitler “woke up in the morning and using a twisted, backwards logic, he set out to do what he thought was `good.”’ Yes, on the Thursday after Christmas, this is news enough for me.
