☀️ Gen X Dudes Propel ‘Naked Gun,’ ‘Fantastic’ Plummets
Charlize + Tatum at UNI / Krasinski back to ‘Quiet Place’ / APPLE TV+ reviving ‘The Holiday’
Afternoon! This is Sean McNulty (connect with me on LINKEDIN here if ya like or email me at seanmcnultynyc@gmail.com), and here’s the Hollywood + Media news to know on SUNDAY, August 3, 2025.
Where I finally have good news for Elaine Low — she can now start The Ankler Podcast each week with an F-bomb like she’s always told me was on her wishlist of ideas.
Yes, it seems YOUTUBE is no longer penalizing monetization of videos that drop one 🤬 in the first 7 seconds. Previously those videos were not eligible for full monetization.
So, tune in this week to see Elaine unleashed . . . although I think Katey Rich’s Prestige Junkie After Party is really the one that’s gonna go up a notch.
AND: The CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING will be no more next year after almost 60 years in existence after Trump/Congress cut all of its funding, and Trump fired the Head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics after he simply didn’t like the statistics in the latest jobs report (something apparently Hoover also kinda did in 1932).
Don’t worry, world: Democracy’s global shining hope is going great. See you at the midterms in 15 months, America . . . assuming we still have them.
BUT: TRUTH SOCIAL nailed it on the Q2 earnings report — yeah, this totally tracks:
REVENUE: $883k
NET LOSS: -$20M
ASSETS: $3.1B
OH: This NY Times column this weekend on writing a letter to yourself at the same time every year, to be opened 5 years in the future is both a thought-provoking idea to try . . . and also — how has this idea/conceit never been made into a studio movie?
I guess this may scream more NETFLIX rom-com these days (kinda similar-ish to The Life List?) — but no reason this couldn’t be a mother/daughter studio movie? Daughter discovers letters in mom’s attic or something?
Or even just someone who finds their own old letters, with their story told out of order . . . or, even as a limited series maybe? Eh, maybe this movie has totally been made already and I’m totally forgetting — if so, I’m all ears: seanmcnultynyc@gmail.com.
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Kudos to my fellow 28%’ers on The Naked Gun!
FINALLY: I had 2 goals for my weekend here between the big Q2 earnings weeks: to watch Jelly Roll wrestle, and drink some beers.
Thanks to the WWE for putting those 2 things together for me at SummerSlam yesterday.
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