Clooney Calls for Biden to Drop Out, NBA Finalizes $76B TV Contracts and Looking Back on Hollywood’s Pivot to Streaming 5 Years On

Plus: {NAME} scowls as ‘Rust’ trial begins, Media critic Brian Lowry is among CNN’s 100 layoffs and Michael Latt killer sentenced to 35 Years in prison [george-clooney-joe-biden]( [George Clooney Calls for Joe Biden to Drop Out of Election: 'This Is About Age']( By Adam Chitwood and Natalie Korach George Clooney, a lifelong Democrat and prominent donor to Joe Biden, joined the growing chorus of those calling for the president to step aside for another nominee in this year’s election in a New York Times op-ed on Wednesday. “The one battle he cannot win is the fight against time,” Clooney said. “None of us can. It’s devastating to say it, but the Joe Biden I was with three weeks ago at the fund-raiser was not the Joe ‘big F-ing deal’ Biden of 2010. He wasn’t even the Joe Biden of 2020. He was the same man we all witnessed at the debate.” [Read More]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [NBA sports rights]( [NBA Finalizes 11-Year, $76 Billion TV Contracts With NBC, Amazon and ESPN]( By Lucas Manfredi The NBA has finalized contracts with NBC, Amazon and ABC/ESPN in 11-year agreements worth approximately $76 billion. The pacts will now be sent to the league’s governors for approval, which is expected to be a formality, according to the New York Times’ Athletic, which first reported the news Wednesday. The board of governors are said to meet on Tuesday in Las Vegas. [Read More]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [streaming-theatrical]( [Hollywood's Pivot to Streaming 5 Years On: Fatal Error – or Key to Survival?]( By Alexei Barrionuevo, Jeremy Fuster, and Lucas Manfredi The big reveal of Disney’s leap into a streaming future came on April 11, 2019. On that day — seven months before the company launched Disney+ — executives gathered on the Disney studio lot in Burbank at their annual Investor Day and laid out their plans to Wall Street for how the entertainment giant was going to try to catch up to tech-entertainment company Netflix. [Read More]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Alec {NAME} Scowls as 'Rust' Trial Prosecutors Begin Manslaughter Case: 'Violated the Cardinal Rules of Firearm Safety']( [Brian Lowry speaks at a 2014 event at the The Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills, California.]( [Veteran Media Critic Brian Lowry Among CNN's 100 Layoffs]( [Michael Latt attends in New York City in June 2023]( [Michael Latt's Killer Sentenced to 35 Years to Life in Prison]( [IATSE]( [IATSE Publishes Full Studio Contracts Ahead of Ratification Vote]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [WrapPRO logo] Discover why entertainment executives and professionals rely on the WrapPRO platform daily for exclusive coverage, analysis, deeper reporting, and access to VIP events & screenings throughout the year. [Subscribe Today]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [YouTube]( TheWrap | 2034 Armacost Ave Los Angeles, CA 90025 [Preferences]( | [Unsubscribe]( [LiveIntent Logo]( [AdChoices Logo](