Deadline’s Strike Talk Podcast Week 8: WGA Negotiating Committee Scribes Show Resolve After 50-Day Mark

Charna Flam Vivica A. Fox confesses that “Independence Day: Resurgence” didn’t live up its predecessor, specifically because the 2016 sequel didn’t manage to bring Will Smith back to reprise his role from the 1996 blockbuster classic. In a conversation with the A.V. Club to promote her new true crime series “The Interrogation Room,” Fox touched on the 2016 “Resurgence” saying she “didn’t feel like it was good” and that it “didn’t live up to the first one.” “I really feel we missed out by not bringing Will Smith back. We had most of the original cast, but I think the one true link that was missing to the success of ‘Independence Day 2’ was that Will Smith wasn’t there,” Fox shared. “I’m going to keep it real — I was at the premiere and I was like ‘Mmm, let’s see how the fans are going to feel about this.’ And sure enough on Twitter, they blew me up.”

Leaders of the Tasveer South Asian Film Festival are celebrating their newly announced status as an Oscar-qualifying festival. 

Less than two months after Shaquil Barrett and his wife, Jordanna Barrett, mourned the tragic death of daughter Arrayah, she is pregnant with another baby.

UPDATE: Austin Reaves is returning to the Los Angeles Lakers. Reaves, a restricted free agent, agreed to a four-year, $56 million Early Bird maximum contract. He proved himself this season, averaging 16.9 points, 4.4 rebounds and 4.6 assists for the Lakers in 16 playoff games.

Big Brother's Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace has broken down in tears to her followers, as she revealed she has booked in for surgery in Turkey. It following vicious online bullying about how she looked when she appeared on Good Morning Britain.The star opened up on her Instagram and revealed some of the comments she had received since appearing on GMB for a debate about dominant men.

Love Island viewers were left with their jaws on the floor after Friday evening's episode of Love Island, as six new boys and six new girls made their way into the two villas with hopes of finding love. One Casa Amor boy in particular is set to have quite an impact on the girls and turn some heads, following his own heartbreak in his personal life.

Briony Aston shared the heart-breaking news on Saturday morning that she was "miscarrying again", the second loss in four months.The 27-year-old wife of Coronation Street actor Sam Aston revealed the sad news in a lengthy Instagram post, sharing her experience "in the interest of breaking the taboo".The trainee midwife, who has two children with Sam, spoke openly about her reasons for posting the personal message, which she accompanied with a photo of a positive test edited to read "not pregnant anymore". "This is a difficult thing to share, but in the interest of breaking the taboo, I'm miscarrying again, the second time in four months," she wrote.

Nikki Manashe, Alex Reid's fiancée, has given birth to their twin boys after a traumatic pregnancy. The 36-year-old had a caesarean section during the delivery of their non-identical sons on Wednesday, June 28. After spending a few days in the new family bubble, Nikki and Alex have revealed that the names of their new sons are Phoenix Bobby and Hunter George.

Diana, Princess of Wales was beloved around the world for the way she modernised the Royal Family's approach to official engagements, as well as her efforts to destigmatise global emergencies such as landmines and HIV/AIDS.To mark what would have been her 62nd birthday today (Saturday, July 1), OK! have spoken to former BBC royal correspondent Jennie Bond about the late royal and her legacy.Throughout her impressive career, Jennie had the privilege of getting to know the Princess on a personal level and has offered glimpses into what they would talk about when they met at Kensington Palace. Jennie tells us: "In recent years, when the anniversary of Diana’s birthday comes round, I really only have one thought. And that is how desperately sad she would be to see her two boys so estranged.

Former TOWIE star Frankie Essex gave birth to her twins, whom she shares with boyfriend Luke Love, last May and has since shared updates while settling into life with babies Logan and Luella. In her exclusive column for OK! , Frankie has discussed a range of topics related to motherhood – from her first social outing with the twins and a blackout at her home when they were just a few days old, to “feeling more human again” as the babies dropped their dreaded 2am feed.

Stacey Solomon has provided fans with a rare look at Rose and Belle's bedroom at Pickle Cottage.The Loose Women star took to Instagram to share a video as she made their beds and gave a closer look inside their sprawling £1.2 million Essex home. The 33-year-old lives at Pickle Cottage with her husband Joe Swash, and their three children - Rex, four, Rose, 20 months, and four-month-old Belle.

The Prince of Wales and Prince George have enjoyed a father and son day out at the cricket. George, aged nine, was seen tucking into a slice of pizza while his father talked with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.The royal pair were spotted watching the second Ashes test match from a box at Lord’s cricket ground in London on Saturday 1 July. Commentators on social media noted how alike the father and son appeared as they both wore blue blazers and light-coloured shirts while watching England take on Australia, where Stuart Broad is playing.

Ryan Thomas shared an adorable clip of his little boy Roman as they enjoyed a “lads’ night” while “mummy is away”. Taking to his Instagram Stories, the former Coronation Street star posted a video of himself and his son sitting together on the sofa.

In a shocking twist, Molly Marsh has returned to Love Island as part of the Casa Amor bombshells. Now she's back fans think that the 21-year-old musical theatre performer has her eyes on one boy - and it's not Zach or Mitch.

Love Island stars Lana Jenkins and Ron Hall ventured to the hotly anticipated Casa Amor for a special project, as the drama and explosive antics continue on the smash hit reality series. As part of an advertorial campaign with alcopop brand WKD, the duo, both 25, unexpectedly ventured to the "secret" villa and hid a range of canned drinks around the space. Captioning the footage, Lana penned: "Casa is back! [blue heart and palm tree emojis] "Ron and I headed out to explore the legendary villa for a cheeky game of Where’s Your WKD At? [eyes looking emojis] How do you think I did?" The couple challenged one another to then find the hidden cans around the space in just three minutes.The light-hearted footage was well received by fans, who were keen to see the couple back in the iconic setting where they met and fell in love in front of the nation.

Rebekah Vardy has shared a sweet snap of her daughter as she celebrates finishing school, and fans can’t get over how much the mother-daughter duo look alike. Rebekah, who is married to Leicester City player Jamie Vardy, gushed over her 18 year old daughter Megan as she shared the milestone of finishing her A-Levels.The proud mum posted a sweet snap where her daughter posed in front of a bunch of pink balloons, as one of the big balloons read: “class of 2023, Megan”. Megan looked just like her mum as she donned a bright pink maxi-dress and wore her brunette hair in loose curls.

Summer is in full swing, and if you’re lucky enough to have a holiday booked, you’ll be starting to think about what to pack. For TV personality Vicky Pattison , that includes one of her favourite bargain holiday finds; a pair of knotted sandals from Primark that she took with her as she jetted off on a luxury trip to Montego Bay in Jamaica with fiance Ercan Ramadan.

Mum of 22 Sue Radford has opened up on having another baby on her YouTube channel where she addressed the possibility of extending their family once again. 22 Kids and Counting stars Noel and Sue are parents to 33 year old Christopher, 29 year old Sophie, 27 year old Chloe, 26 year old Jack, 26 year old Daniel, 22 year old Luke, 21 year old Millie, 20 year old Katie, 19 year old James, 17 year old Ellie, 16 year old Aimee, 15 year old Josh, 14 year old Max, 12 year old Tillie, 11 year old Oscar, 10 year old Casper, seven year old Hallie, six year old Phoebe, five year old Archie, four year old Bonnie, and their youngest, three year old Heidie.

Arguably the most controversial shoes on the market, Crocs have been making their comeback for the past few years now. And whether you love them or hate them, Crocs have taken over shop shelves, our TV shows and our Insta feeds.They're also a Love Island favoured brand, continuously cropping up around the villa with this year's Islanders including Mitch Taylor and Tyrique Hyde seen sporting the divisive shoe. If you’re a diehard Crocs fan, you might want to drop some hints to your partner because you can now get the world’s first engagement charm to accessorise your pair.

Loose Women star Andrea McLean has revealed the results of a liposuction procedure. The TV presenter, 53, showed off her new look in a black swimsuit as she shared a candid update with fans on how the procedure had gone.

After her much-ballyhooed cameo on “And Just Like That”, what are the odds that Kim Cattrall will return to return to revive her “Sex and the City” character?

Prince William and Princess Catherine AKA Kate Middleton weren’t going down without a fight during their feud with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle!

The Big 12 Conference officially added four teams Saturday.

Kim Zolciak divorce drama has a new wrinkle. She's being sued over an unpaid credit card bill in the amount of $2,482.24.According to, which obtained the court documents, Target National Bank claims Zolciak has «failed, neglected and refused» to cover the amount owed to the bank.

according to IMDB’s Box Office Mojo.The film stars Harrison Ford in his fifth and final portrayal of archeologist-extraordinaire Jones. “While Ford is scrappy and lovable as ever, Indy was never a role that should have been played for 41 years,” The Post said.“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” remained in second place this week, taking home $3.435 million.

Elon Musk has set a limit on the number of tweets users can read each day. Musk announced the new program Saturday as thousands of users reported problems attempting to access the site.

 according to DownDetector. As of 1 p.m., there were over 7,000 outage reports regarding the website.Some users flagged issues that included being unable to retrieve tweets, or the error message, «Sorry, you are rate limited. Please wait a few moments then try again.» Rate limits increasing soon to 8000 for verified, 800 for unverified & 400 for new unverified https://t.co/fuRcJLifTnElon Musk, who took over the platform in 2022, tweeted around 1 p.m.

John Mulaney was the guest on the “Hot Ones” podcast Thursday when host Sean Evans asked who had the “worst reaction” to some of his pitches while on SNL.

Russell Crowe has had it with all those questions about “Gladiator 2”.

Don Kennedy, star of the long-running WSB-TV children’s show “Officer Don and The Popeye Club,” has died at 93.

The fatal shooting of a 17-year-old by a police officer in Nanterre, France earlier this week has set off a swath of nationwide riots and violence, resulting in early closures of some cinemas, curfews in certain cities and a plea for calm from the national football team, among more widespread issues.

Jamie T brought out The Maccabees‘ former guitarist Hugo White during his huge show at London’s Finsbury Park last night (June 30).White came out to perform ‘Sticks ‘N’ Stones’ with the singer, as he previously did at last year’s Glastonbury. White produced Jamie’s T recent album ‘The Theory of Whatever’, which came out last year.Jamie T dedicated the song to his long-time friend Joe Bispham, describing the night as a “family affair”.Earlier in the night, he described the show, performed to a crowd of 45,000 people, as “the biggest moment of my life”.He also thanked his band, who had been with him for “many years” and got the crowd to sing ‘Happy Birthday’ to his drummer Alex.Saw Jamie T play Finsbury Park last night I went straight back to feeling like a teenager stealing cigarettes and drinking two litres of strongbow pic.twitter.com/ZUvD16seO0— Parker (@panoparker) July 1, 2023IDLES and Jamie T @ Finsbury Park, unreal.

Ezra Miller is speaking out after a temporary harassment prevention order against them expired.

Hailey Bieber is giving her thoughts on the backlash over that viral “nepo baby” shirt she wore earlier this year!

It was musical Monday for WGA picketers on day 56 of the Writers Guild strike, with Death Row Records representing in front of Sunset Bronson Studios, site of one of Netflix’s many Los Angeles-based offices.

Billy Ray is back for the sixth installment of Strike Talk, a podcast that began with the start of the Writers Guild standoff. Falling on the 50th day of the strike, this episode is groundbreaking, in a Stanley Kubrick 2001: A Space Odyssey‘s HAL meets James Cameron’s The Terminator kind of way. As he will explain in the podcast, Ray was able to make it so that he could have a back and forth verbal conversation with the AI that is a major bone of contention for the WGA in its dispute with AMPTP signatories. While the voice of AI seems amiable enough, it makes clear that as its technology and learning abilities become more sophisticated, fears that it could be used to lessen the number of writers coming up in the creative ecosystem by the use of cost-effective technology is validated in technicolor. Below-the-liners, writers and actors and even studio heads are expendable. Ray, who wrote the classic ‘I am the captain now’ line in Captain Phillips, unveils a new and potentially scarier skipper here, one that might give studio chiefs pause to consider what they’re unleashing to save a few bucks. Click below to listen.