New Weinstein Charges; BAFTA Noms; Obama Instagram Show; Inside Vanderpump Inc.

What's news: Harvey Weinstein to face new charges in L.A. as his New York trial begins, BAFTA, DGA and WGA nominations, Michelle Obama's new Instagram show, "Filmmaker Mode" to hit TV sets and more from CES, Golden Globes ratings down. Plus: Lisa Vanderpump Inc., Medialink's Michael Kassan talks deals, and more. --Alex Weprin [The Hollywood Reporter]( [The Hollywood Reporter]( Today In Entertainment JANUARY 07, 2020 What's news: Harvey Weinstein to face new charges in L.A. as his New York trial begins, BAFTA, DGA and WGA nominations, Michelle Obama's new Instagram show, "Filmmaker Mode" to hit TV sets and more from CES, Golden Globes ratings down. Plus: Lisa Vanderpump Inc., Medialink's Michael Kassan talks deals, and more. --Alex Weprin What's news: Harvey Weinstein to face new charges in L.A. as his New York trial begins, BAFTA, DGA and WGA nominations, Michelle Obama's new Instagram show, "Filmmaker Mode" to hit TV sets and more from CES, Golden Globes ratings down. Plus: Lisa Vanderpump Inc., Medialink's Michael Kassan talks deals, and more. --Alex Weprin [New Weinstein Charges] New Weinstein Charges ►Harvey Weinstein to face new charges in Los Angeles: L.A. County District Attorney Jackie Lacey on Monday announced new criminal charges against Harvey Weinstein involving an alleged 2013 rape and a sexual assault of a second woman. He is accused of pushing one woman inside her L.A. hotel room and raping her and then sexually assaulting another woman the next day in a Beverly Hills hotel suite. During a Monday press conference, Lacey clarified that the alleged incidents happened on Feb. 18 and 19, 2013. Lacey said each of the women told at least one other person about the alleged assaults in 2013, and they filed reports with police in 2017. [The details](. +Day one of the Harvey Weinstein trial: On Monday morning in New York County Supreme Court Justice James M. Burke announced several key decisions that will have important ramifications for the way the case is prosecuted and defended over the next two months. The judge denied the prosecution’s request for a broad gag order, but also told Weinstein’s team to refrain from disparaging or discussing any of the witnesses in public. “Leave the witnesses alone,” he said. “Don’t talk about them in any capacity. Just excise the witnesses from your communications.” [The story](. +On the scene: Here's Jeremy Barr's [report on the "Weinstein Show" from the courthouse](... Jackie Strause and Evan Real [report from a press conference](, where a group of Weinstein's accusers spoke about the trial. "I thank those testifying for standing, not just for themselves, but for all of us who will never have even one day in court," said Rose McGowan, who was flanked by Rosanna Arquette... Also from the presser: Silence Breaker Lauren Sivan [on the Weinstein trial charges](: "There are 100 or more of us, but only two crimes"... +Weinstein trial evokes "dark hope" in survivors. In a guest column for THR, Rose McGowan writes that "the impending feeling of this trial is one of dark hope. Dark because we survivors are used to being abandoned by justice, and hope because we are human." [The column](. What to make of 1917 and Rocketman wins, and Irishman and JLo's losses. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association once again served up an eclectic list of winners and some surprise snubs at the Golden Globes during the crucial Oscar nominations voting window, Scott Feinberg writes.[The column](. Today is one of the busiest days in the Oscars calendar, with a flurry of awards nominations from a number of industry organizations being released ahead of the close of the first round of voting... ►BAFTA nominees: Joker led the pack with 11 nominations, closely followed by The Irishman (Martin Scorsese's 14th BAFTA nomination) and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (Quentin Tarantino's 11th BAFTA nom) on 10 each, and Sam Mendes' 1917 just behind with nine.[The full list of nominees](. +BAFTAsSoWhite again: Lack of diversity in acting categories sparks backlash. Not a single person of color was nominated in the main acting categories, while women were shut out of the best director shortlist. BAFTA acknowledged the issue, admitting it – too – was frustrated: --"We'd have liked to have seen more diversity in the nominations, it does continue to be an industry-wide issue," BAFTA's director of awards, Emma Baehr, told The Hollywood Reporter following the nominations. "I think more films need to be made, and entered, giving people a chance to see them. We'd absolutely like to see more diversity, but I also don't want to take away from those celebrating today." [The story](. ►Writers Guild Award nominees: The Writers Guild on Monday revealed its nominees in the best original, adapted and documentary screenplay categories. Sam Mendes' 1917 made the cut in the original screenplay category, joined by Noah Baumbach's Marriage Story; Rian Johnson's Knives Out; Parasite, screenplay by director Bong Joon Ho and Han Jin Won from a story by Bong Joon Ho; and Olivia Wilde's Booksmart, written by Emily Halpern, Sarah Haskins, Susanna Fogel and Katie Silberman. --Notable omissions include Quentin Tarantino for his nostalgic tale Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, for which he won the screenplay Golden Globe on Sunday. Tarantino’s films are not eligible for WGA as he’s not a member of the guild. Anthony McCarten, the screenwriter of Netflix’s The Two Popes, was also missing. [The WGA Award nominees](. ►Directors Guild Award nominees: The guild unveiled the nominations in several television, commercial and documentary categories. However, the DGA added the nominees for the comedy series, dramatic series and variety/talk/news/sports — specials categories will be announced on Friday "due to a re-vote related to a newly implemented electronic entry submissions process." (The noms for best direction of a theatrical feature film and first-time feature film will be announced Tuesday.) [The DGA Award nominees](. +Also: GLAAD, the world’s largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization, is [set to honor](Taylor Swift and Janet Mock at the 31st Annual GLAAD Media Awards... Scott Feinberg on how Queen Elizabeth II and Barack Obama [could impact the odds]( for 1917, Two Popes and more Oscars contenders... 1917, Avengers: Endgame and Little Women [are among]( the Movieguide Awards nominees... Why the Oscars documentary race can be a [15-month slog](... Elsewhere in film... --After tackling the world of racing in Ford v Ferrari, director James Mangold is teaming with Timothee Chalamet [for an untitled musical biopic]( centering on Bob Dylan. --Christian Bale is [in talks to join]( Marvel Studios' Thor: Love and Thunder. Character details are being kept in Odin's Vault. --Lee Pace, Alison Brie and Riz Ahmed [are headlining]( the English voice cast of Weathering With You, GKIDS’ upcoming movie from director Makoto Shinkai and producer Genki Kawamura --Why Natasha Lyonne took [blink-and-you'll-miss-her roles]( in Ad Astra, Uncut Gems and Honey Boy. --The New Mutants has returned [with a brand-new trailer](, giving fans a new glimpse of what filmmaker Josh Boone has in store for Marvel’s teenage mutant team long after the project had been assumed close to death. Also: New Mutants and the [future of X-Men](... New Weinstein Charges ►Harvey Weinstein to face new charges in Los Angeles: L.A. County District Attorney Jackie Lacey on Monday announced new criminal charges against Harvey Weinstein involving an alleged 2013 rape and a sexual assault of a second woman. He is accused of pushing one woman inside her L.A. hotel room and raping her and then sexually assaulting another woman the next day in a Beverly Hills hotel suite. During a Monday press conference, Lacey clarified that the alleged incidents happened on Feb. 18 and 19, 2013. Lacey said each of the women told at least one other person about the alleged assaults in 2013, and they filed reports with police in 2017. [The details](. +Day one of the Harvey Weinstein trial: On Monday morning in New York County Supreme Court Justice James M. Burke announced several key decisions that will have important ramifications for the way the case is prosecuted and defended over the next two months. The judge denied the prosecution’s request for a broad gag order, but also told Weinstein’s team to refrain from disparaging or discussing any of the witnesses in public. “Leave the witnesses alone,” he said. “Don’t talk about them in any capacity. Just excise the witnesses from your communications.” [The story](. +On the scene: Here's Jeremy Barr's [report on the "Weinstein Show" from the courthouse](... Jackie Strause and Evan Real [report from a press conference](, where a group of Weinstein's accusers spoke about the trial. "I thank those testifying for standing, not just for themselves, but for all of us who will never have even one day in court," said Rose McGowan, who was flanked by Rosanna Arquette... Also from the presser: Silence Breaker Lauren Sivan [on the Weinstein trial charges](: "There are 100 or more of us, but only two crimes"... +Weinstein trial evokes "dark hope" in survivors. In a guest column for THR, Rose McGowan writes that "the impending feeling of this trial is one of dark hope. Dark because we survivors are used to being abandoned by justice, and hope because we are human." [The column](. What to make of 1917 and Rocketman wins, and Irishman and JLo's losses. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association once again served up an eclectic list of winners and some surprise snubs at the Golden Globes during the crucial Oscar nominations voting window, Scott Feinberg writes.[The column](. Today is one of the busiest days in the Oscars calendar, with a flurry of awards nominations from a number of industry organizations being released ahead of the close of the first round of voting... ►BAFTA nominees: Joker led the pack with 11 nominations, closely followed by The Irishman (Martin Scorsese's 14th BAFTA nomination) and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (Quentin Tarantino's 11th BAFTA nom) on 10 each, and Sam Mendes' 1917 just behind with nine.[The full list of nominees](. +BAFTAsSoWhite again: Lack of diversity in acting categories sparks backlash. Not a single person of color was nominated in the main acting categories, while women were shut out of the best director shortlist. BAFTA acknowledged the issue, admitting it – too – was frustrated: --"We'd have liked to have seen more diversity in the nominations, it does continue to be an industry-wide issue," BAFTA's director of awards, Emma Baehr, told The Hollywood Reporter following the nominations. "I think more films need to be made, and entered, giving people a chance to see them. We'd absolutely like to see more diversity, but I also don't want to take away from those celebrating today." [The story](. ►Writers Guild Award nominees: The Writers Guild on Monday revealed its nominees in the best original, adapted and documentary screenplay categories. Sam Mendes' 1917 made the cut in the original screenplay category, joined by Noah Baumbach's Marriage Story; Rian Johnson's Knives Out; Parasite, screenplay by director Bong Joon Ho and Han Jin Won from a story by Bong Joon Ho; and Olivia Wilde's Booksmart, written by Emily Halpern, Sarah Haskins, Susanna Fogel and Katie Silberman. --Notable omissions include Quentin Tarantino for his nostalgic tale Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, for which he won the screenplay Golden Globe on Sunday. Tarantino’s films are not eligible for WGA as he’s not a member of the guild. Anthony McCarten, the screenwriter of Netflix’s The Two Popes, was also missing. [The WGA Award nominees](. ►Directors Guild Award nominees: The guild unveiled the nominations in several television, commercial and documentary categories. However, the DGA added the nominees for the comedy series, dramatic series and variety/talk/news/sports — specials categories will be announced on Friday "due to a re-vote related to a newly implemented electronic entry submissions process." (The noms for best direction of a theatrical feature film and first-time feature film will be announced Tuesday.) [The DGA Award nominees](. +Also: GLAAD, the world’s largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization, is [set to honor](Taylor Swift and Janet Mock at the 31st Annual GLAAD Media Awards... Scott Feinberg on how Queen Elizabeth II and Barack Obama [could impact the odds]( for 1917, Two Popes and more Oscars contenders... 1917, Avengers: Endgame and Little Women [are among]( the Movieguide Awards nominees... Why the Oscars documentary race can be a [15-month slog](... Elsewhere in film... --After tackling the world of racing in Ford v Ferrari, director James Mangold is teaming with Timothee Chalamet [for an untitled musical biopic]( centering on Bob Dylan. --Christian Bale is [in talks to join]( Marvel Studios' Thor: Love and Thunder. Character details are being kept in Odin's Vault. --Lee Pace, Alison Brie and Riz Ahmed [are headlining]( the English voice cast of Weathering With You, GKIDS’ upcoming movie from director Makoto Shinkai and producer Genki Kawamura --Why Natasha Lyonne took [blink-and-you'll-miss-her roles]( in Ad Astra, Uncut Gems and Honey Boy. --The New Mutants has returned [with a brand-new trailer](, giving fans a new glimpse of what filmmaker Josh Boone has in store for Marvel’s teenage mutant team long after the project had been assumed close to death. Also: New Mutants and the [future of X-Men](... [Michelle Obama's Instagram Show] Michelle Obama's Instagram Show ►Michelle Obama to launch IGTV show with ATTN:. A Year of Firsts will highlight the journeys of students as they embark on their first year of college. Media company ATTN: is producing the series in partnership with Reach Higher, working with students to document their first year of school as they deal with issues like academic stress, relationships, finances and physical and mental health. The six-episode series will debut in mid-January and end in June. More. [More](. +Walmart's Vudu orders Dwyane Wade-produced docuseries. Walmart's digital video service has ordered Legacy about up-and-comers in their respective sports who all happen to be the children of famous athletes. The eight-episode series hails from Whistle and is executive produced by former NBA player Dwyane Wade through his 59th & Prairie. Wade's son Zaire is among the athletes that Legacy will follow.[The story](. The latest from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas... +A rollout of a “Filmmaker Mode” setting on a range of 2020 television models from most major set makers is slated to begin this spring. Filmmaker Mode is a TV setting that effectively disables post processing such as motion smoothing and aims to give consumers the opportunity to view content in the way that the filmmakers intended, including with the original aspect ratio, color and frame rates. [The story](. +SiriusXM hits subscriber milestone. Audio entertainment giant SiriusXM Holdings, the home of Howard Stern, ended 2019 with around 30 million self-pay satellite radio and 34.9 million total paid subscribers, a new high for the firm. The company on Tuesday said it added more than 1.06 million self-pay SiriusXM subscribers in 2019, exceeding its guidance, but did not break out its year-end Pandora subscriber base.The company also forecast 2020 self-pay net subscriber additions for SiriusXM of more than 900,000 and full-year company revenue of around $8.1 billion. [More](. +Sony revealed a number of new details about its PlayStation 4 console during Monday's press conference at the CES convention in Las Vegas. Sony Interactive Entertainment president and CEO Jim Ryan revealed that the company has sold more than 106 million PS4 consoles and more than 1.1 billion games worldwide since the PS4's initial launch in 2013. The company's online service, PlayStation Network (PSN), has also surpassed 103 million monthly active users. [The story](. +Amazon Fire TV hits 40 million active users. It's a big number for Amazon's video platform, with its chief competitor Roku announcing that it had more than 32 million active users in September. Golden Globes Rambling Reporter: Phoebe Waller-Bridge's lost Globes trophy, Rita Wilson's missing stylist and Tim Cook's awards debut. Chris Gardner reports from behind the scenes and inside the weekend's biggest parties. [The full report](. ►Golden Globes ratings: The Golden Globe Awards came down a bit vs. last year's broadcast, but the show still put up healthy numbers compared to the rest of network TV this season, Rick Porter writes. The Ricky Gervais-hosted awards averaged 18.33 million viewers, a scant 2 percent drop from the 2019 show's 18.61 million. The Globes fell a little bit more sharply in the key ad demographic of adults 18-49, dropping half a point to a 4.7 rating. That's a 10 percent decline year to year. [The numbers](. + Also: 1917 and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood may have won big during the 2020 Golden Globes on Sunday, but Joaquin Phoenix's acceptance speech took over social media. [More](. +NFL ratings: The four NFL wild card games this weekend combined to average better than 30.5 million viewers, making for the most-watched wild-card round since January 2016. The league is also coming off a 5 percent bump for regular-season ratings, tying its biggest audience since the 2016 season. [More](. Revolving door: A couple of notable departures in the TV world. First, Marcy Ross [is stepping down]( as president of Skydance Television. The executive, who who has run the indie studio's TV division since 2013, will segue to a producing deal at Skydance. Chief creative officer Dana Goldberg will take over as interim head of the division. And: Kelly Day is [leaving her post]( as president of Viacom Digital Studios, and Viacom veteran Stefanie Schwartz has been appointed to fill the role. Elsewhere in TV... --Daniel Fienberg reviews NBC's new musical [dramedy Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist](... Also: How Playlist creator Austin Winsberg[turned his grief]( into NBC's joyful musical dramedy. --Competing "gets" on the evening newscasts. NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt will interview Joe Biden tonight, while CBS Evening News anchor Norah O'Donnell sits down with Mike Pence. Also: Judge Judy [has endorsed]( Michael Bloomberg for president. -- Patricia Arquette, coming off her Globe win for Hulu's The Act, [will star opposite Adam Scott]( in Severance, a thriller set at Apple's TV+. --Rick and Morty co-creator Justin Roiland and the studio behind Robot Chicken are [teaming for an animated series]( at Quibi. --Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop [released the first trailer](for Netflix's The Goop Lab, a six-episode series highlighting wellness issues including female sexual pleasure, psychedelics and longevity. Michelle Obama's Instagram Show ►Michelle Obama to launch IGTV show with ATTN:. A Year of Firsts will highlight the journeys of students as they embark on their first year of college. Media company ATTN: is producing the series in partnership with Reach Higher, working with students to document their first year of school as they deal with issues like academic stress, relationships, finances and physical and mental health. The six-episode series will debut in mid-January and end in June. More. [More](. +Walmart's Vudu orders Dwyane Wade-produced docuseries. Walmart's digital video service has ordered Legacy about up-and-comers in their respective sports who all happen to be the children of famous athletes. The eight-episode series hails from Whistle and is executive produced by former NBA player Dwyane Wade through his 59th & Prairie. Wade's son Zaire is among the athletes that Legacy will follow.[The story](. The latest from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas... +A rollout of a “Filmmaker Mode” setting on a range of 2020 television models from most major set makers is slated to begin this spring. Filmmaker Mode is a TV setting that effectively disables post processing such as motion smoothing and aims to give consumers the opportunity to view content in the way that the filmmakers intended, including with the original aspect ratio, color and frame rates. [The story](. +SiriusXM hits subscriber milestone. Audio entertainment giant SiriusXM Holdings, the home of Howard Stern, ended 2019 with around 30 million self-pay satellite radio and 34.9 million total paid subscribers, a new high for the firm. The company on Tuesday said it added more than 1.06 million self-pay SiriusXM subscribers in 2019, exceeding its guidance, but did not break out its year-end Pandora subscriber base.The company also forecast 2020 self-pay net subscriber additions for SiriusXM of more than 900,000 and full-year company revenue of around $8.1 billion. [More](. +Sony revealed a number of new details about its PlayStation 4 console during Monday's press conference at the CES convention in Las Vegas. Sony Interactive Entertainment president and CEO Jim Ryan revealed that the company has sold more than 106 million PS4 consoles and more than 1.1 billion games worldwide since the PS4's initial launch in 2013. The company's online service, PlayStation Network (PSN), has also surpassed 103 million monthly active users. [The story](. +Amazon Fire TV hits 40 million active users. It's a big number for Amazon's video platform, with its chief competitor Roku announcing that it had more than 32 million active users in September. Golden Globes Rambling Reporter: Phoebe Waller-Bridge's lost Globes trophy, Rita Wilson's missing stylist and Tim Cook's awards debut. Chris Gardner reports from behind the scenes and inside the weekend's biggest parties. [The full report](. ►Golden Globes ratings: The Golden Globe Awards came down a bit vs. last year's broadcast, but the show still put up healthy numbers compared to the rest of network TV this season, Rick Porter writes. The Ricky Gervais-hosted awards averaged 18.33 million viewers, a scant 2 percent drop from the 2019 show's 18.61 million. The Globes fell a little bit more sharply in the key ad demographic of adults 18-49, dropping half a point to a 4.7 rating. That's a 10 percent decline year to year. [The numbers](. + Also: 1917 and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood may have won big during the 2020 Golden Globes on Sunday, but Joaquin Phoenix's acceptance speech took over social media. [More](. +NFL ratings: The four NFL wild card games this weekend combined to average better than 30.5 million viewers, making for the most-watched wild-card round since January 2016. The league is also coming off a 5 percent bump for regular-season ratings, tying its biggest audience since the 2016 season. [More](. Revolving door: A couple of notable departures in the TV world. First, Marcy Ross [is stepping down]( as president of Skydance Television. The executive, who who has run the indie studio's TV division since 2013, will segue to a producing deal at Skydance. Chief creative officer Dana Goldberg will take over as interim head of the division. And: Kelly Day is [leaving her post]( as president of Viacom Digital Studios, and Viacom veteran Stefanie Schwartz has been appointed to fill the role. Elsewhere in TV... --Daniel Fienberg reviews NBC's new musical [dramedy Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist](... Also: How Playlist creator Austin Winsberg[turned his grief]( into NBC's joyful musical dramedy. --Competing "gets" on the evening newscasts. NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt will interview Joe Biden tonight, while CBS Evening News anchor Norah O'Donnell sits down with Mike Pence. Also: Judge Judy [has endorsed]( Michael Bloomberg for president. -- Patricia Arquette, coming off her Globe win for Hulu's The Act, [will star opposite Adam Scott]( in Severance, a thriller set at Apple's TV+. --Rick and Morty co-creator Justin Roiland and the studio behind Robot Chicken are [teaming for an animated series]( at Quibi. --Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop [released the first trailer](for Netflix's The Goop Lab, a six-episode series highlighting wellness issues including female sexual pleasure, psychedelics and longevity. [Lisa Vanderpump, Inc.] Lisa Vanderpump, Inc. Restaurateur Lisa Vanderpump has exploited Bravo’s 'Vanderpump Rules' to build a hospitality brand with 350 employees and a net worth bested only by Kardashians; as her show returns (and she ditches the 'Housewives'), she speaks with Michael O'Donnell about the plans to build on her unusual success. --Original cast members of the show, who were paid $10,000 for the entire first season of the show, are now said to earn around $25,000 an episode. The restaurant scene has changed as well. "Customers want to see the cast working, but what they most want to see is the crew shooting while the cast is working," says showrunner Bill Langworthy, describing the biggest obstacle of the three-month shoot that takes place every summer. "You can ask them, 'Maybe put your phone down?' but they don't. They physically can't." Quote: "I don't like people to do things for me, and sure, a bit of that stems from my being a control freak," says Vanderpump. "I don't want to just point my finger. I want to create it myself. That's why I'm incapable of being passive in any relationship." [The story](. ►Facebook to crack down on "deepfakes." The company announced its new policy on "manipulated media" in a[blog post]( Monday night. "Our approach has several components, from investigating AI-generated content and deceptive behaviors like fake accounts, to partnering with academia, government and industry to exposing people behind these efforts," writes Monika Bickert, vp of global policy management. ^Hollywood deal adviser and Medialink CEO Michael Kassan predicts the future of the streaming wars and a cooling M&A market in a Creative Space interview with Natalie Jarvey. --On the M&A market: "I still believe you've got Discovery, MGM and Lionsgate that are out there on their own. If you put Sony into that mix, do I think there's a likelihood that something happens in that space with those four? Yeah, I would think so, because on their own, they're not big enough to play right now. And size does matter. In terms of large-scale M&A, it looks like that's pretty much done." --Can the market handle the volume of new streaming services? "I do believe there will ultimately be binary choices. I read something recently, which was consistent with what I believe, that the average consumer will probably end up with four, maybe five, subscriptions. That's going to be hard to do when you think about the myriad of choices." [The interview](. What else we're reading... --"AT&T's Xandr readying 2020 WarnerMedia integration" [[Axios](] --"For the cast of Schitt’s Creek, the end is near. That means one thing: heartache" [[LA Times](] --"7 reasons why video gaming will take over" [[Matthew Ball](] --"Fox host’s ‘America First’ shift makes an exception for Trump’s Iran strike" [[NY Times](] --"The Walking Dead movie to go in 'wild new directions'" [[EW](] Today's birthdays: Aloe Blacc, 41, David Caruso, 64, Jann Wenner, 74, Jeremy Renner, 49, Katie Couric, 63, Ruth Negga, 38, Tom Harper, 40 Lisa Vanderpump, Inc. Restaurateur Lisa Vanderpump has exploited Bravo’s 'Vanderpump Rules' to build a hospitality brand with 350 employees and a net worth bested only by Kardashians; as her show returns (and she ditches the 'Housewives'), she speaks with Michael O'Donnell about the plans to build on her unusual success. --Original cast members of the show, who were paid $10,000 for the entire first season of the show, are now said to earn around $25,000 an episode. The restaurant scene has changed as well. "Customers want to see the cast working, but what they most want to see is the crew shooting while the cast is working," says showrunner Bill Langworthy, describing the biggest obstacle of the three-month shoot that takes place every summer. "You can ask them, 'Maybe put your phone down?' but they don't. They physically can't." Quote: "I don't like people to do things for me, and sure, a bit of that stems from my being a control freak," says Vanderpump. "I don't want to just point my finger. I want to create it myself. That's why I'm incapable of being passive in any relationship." [The story](. ►Facebook to crack down on "deepfakes." The company announced its new policy on "manipulated media" in a[blog post]( Monday night. "Our approach has several components, from investigating AI-generated content and deceptive behaviors like fake accounts, to partnering with academia, government and industry to exposing people behind these efforts," writes Monika Bickert, vp of global policy management. ^Hollywood deal adviser and Medialink CEO Michael Kassan predicts the future of the streaming wars and a cooling M&A market in a Creative Space interview with Natalie Jarvey. --On the M&A market: "I still believe you've got Discovery, MGM and Lionsgate that are out there on their own. If you put Sony into that mix, do I think there's a likelihood that something happens in that space with those four? Yeah, I would think so, because on their own, they're not big enough to play right now. And size does matter. In terms of large-scale M&A, it looks like that's pretty much done." --Can the market handle the volume of new streaming services? "I do believe there will ultimately be binary choices. I read something recently, which was consistent with what I believe, that the average consumer will probably end up with four, maybe five, subscriptions. That's going to be hard to do when you think about the myriad of choices." [The interview](. What else we're reading... --"AT&T's Xandr readying 2020 WarnerMedia integration" [[Axios](] --"For the cast of Schitt’s Creek, the end is near. That means one thing: heartache" [[LA Times](] --"7 reasons why video gaming will take over" [[Matthew Ball](] --"Fox host’s ‘America First’ shift makes an exception for Trump’s Iran strike" [[NY Times](] --"The Walking Dead movie to go in 'wild new directions'" [[EW](] Today's birthdays: Aloe Blacc, 41, David Caruso, 64, Jann Wenner, 74, Jeremy Renner, 49, Katie Couric, 63, Ruth Negga, 38, Tom Harper, 40 [Image] [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn]( Is this e-mail not displaying correctly? 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