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Welcome back to this mostly Trump and Vance-free edition of What I’m Hearing, though my thoughts and prayers are with Ron Howard and Glenn Close, who are about to endure months of What’s he like? questions. Also interesting, Eriq Gardner notes that Mrs. Vance, Usha, has represented Disney and Paramount as a lawyer, making her the other V.P. candidate spouse with an entertainment law background.
In more aspirational election news, good luck to everyone hoping for Emmy nominations on Wednesday. I’m predicting a big day for FX with Shogun and The Bear, though I do wonder whether the latter’s poorly received third season could impact voters’ willingness to vote for the second season in Phase 2.
Programming note: This week on The Town, Lucas Shaw and I parsed the Skydance/Paramount deal and why David Zaslav seems to want a Trump win, and Wicked filmmaker Jon M. Chu discussed his new memoir and why he’s never directed for a streamer. Subscribe here and here.
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Discussed in this issue: David Zaslav, Bob Iger, Scarlet Johansson, David Ellison, Brandon Riegg, L. Londell McMillan, Leslye Headland, Ezra Edelman, Adam Del Deo, Oz Perkins, Larry Mestel, O.J. Simpson, Kathy Kennedy, Ava DuVernay… and some good news for Warner Bros.
But first…
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| Over lunch with a documentary producer last month, I kinda unloaded on the music and sports nonfiction genre. In many ways, it’s never been better for fans like me—given the relatively low cost and breakout potential of these projects, there’s a constant and seemingly endless stream of content. At the same time, even my lunch companion agreed, most of these participation docs totally suck.
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