Strike Tunnel Vision, A Legal Watershed, Drescher’s Disappearance

Welcome back to The Daily Courant, your afternoon guide to Puck’s latest reporting.

First up, Eriq Gardner digs into a genuinely bizarre post-#MeToo legal saga featuring a disgraced C.E.O. attempting to salvage his reputation—a potentially landmark case that could forever change the calculus surrounding congressional testimony.

Plus, below the fold: Matthew Belloni and Jonathan Handel trade insider observations on Hollywood’s most pressing late-summer strike talking points, including Fran Drescher’s whereabouts, agita over interim agreements, and the studios’ evolving negotiation strategy. And on The Powers That Be, Ben Landy and Eriq discuss whether Andrew Cuomo can turn the screws on the investigators that ran him out of office.

ERIQ GARDNER

The bizarre story of a disgraced C.E.O. attempting to win back his reputation. It’s a plot that involves former lawyers for Harvey Weinstein and Gretchen Carlson, landmark legislation, Congress, and more.

MATTHEW BELLONI & JONATHAN HANDEL

A candid conversation on The Eight’s strategy, Fran Drescher’s whereabouts, why Bradley Cooper isn’t in Venice, the interim agreements and more as Hollywood’s summer of unrest turns into an autumn free-for-all.

BEN LANDY & ERIQ GARDNER

Ace legal reporter Eriq Gardner joins Ben Landy to discuss how a cadre of disgraced #MeToo men are plotting their comeback.

BARATUNDE THURSTON

One way or another, we’re paying for climate change.