What I’m Hearing: Costner’s Groveling, CAA’s Equity War, and the Showrunner Sitdown

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Thursday Thoughts…

About that Showrunner strike meeting: As I teased on Sunday, showrunners Kenya Barris, Sam Esmail, and Noah Hawley finally set their chat with the WGA negotiators to discuss strike strategy. We’ll see if...

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Kevin Costner Spent His Strike Summer Fighting Over ‘Yellowstone’

Costner’s threat to sue over his likely exit from TV’s top show comes after months of back-and-forth with Paramount, a rep’s hasty trip to New York, and a call with Taylor Sheridan that did not go well.

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Here’s a fun contract detail that talent representatives will enjoy: Kevin Costner has a “moral death” provision in his Yellowstone deal. The clause, which was inserted during one of his renegotiations on TV’s No. 1 show, lists in general terms the various ways that Costner’s character can and can’t be killed off, including deaths that would...

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