☀️ TV Upfronts Preview: 'Flat Is the New Up'
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Mornin! This is Sean McNulty (connect here on LINKED-IN if ya like) and here’s the Hollywood + Media news to know on FRIDAY, April 12, 2024.
Where I hate to end the week for lovers of love . . . but it’s just not gonna work out for the two kids giving it a shot one more time in life, as the Golden Bachelor is getting divorced after 3 months of wedded bliss.
Well, at least you folks who spent hours of your life watching the show still have the memories.
AND: Happy Coachella weekend! You can watch a multi-stream on YOUTUBE from, well anywhere really, including your Palm Springs AIRBNB hot tub — I mean, just think of the crowds and the $10 waters.
HMM: UNIVERSAL MUSIC artist Taylor Swift’s songs reappeared on TIKTOK this week, in advance of her new album drop next week. Definitely a few raised eyebrows in the music biz coverage on this, but she of course has greater flexibility here as she owns her master recordings.
THEN: ROKU announced that 576k accounts were affected in a security hack, and the company has finally enabled two-factor authentication for all users.
TODAY IN WHAT’S OLD IS NEW-ISH AGAIN:
Glen Powell is starring in Edgar Wright’s reboot of The Running Man at PARAMOUNT. The original movie/book was set in 2025 🤯.
Scary Movie is getting a new life via PARAMOUNT & MIRAMAX, and will hit theaters next year.
Anyone know how I can bring back my hair from 1999 too while we’re at it 👱♂️?
WAKEUP BOX-OFFICE POLL RESULTS
I hate to say we have an Ankler divided on Civil War . . . but we kinda do.
OH: You know those ads you skip over see on YOUTUBE or INSTA where someone seems to be talking on a podcast about some trend / product / etc? Yeah oftentimes, that’s all staged and there is no actual podcast, with folks hiring actors on FIVERR and other places to be their “guests.” #SocialAdvertisingIsTheFuture🥴
Uh, speaking of . . .
NEW ANKLER PODCAST EPISODE!
🎥 THE SILVER SCREEN
