‘ABBA Voyage’ Is Making $2 Million a Week With an Avatar Band
One of the most expensive tours in music history has created a new model for aging stars.
Happy Labor Day to everyone and a special shoutout to those of you I will see at Beyonce this evening. Having written about the strike several times in recent weeks, I am going to devote this week’s issue to a couple other subjects.
But for those wondering, the optimistic take is that the writers and studios got close a couple weeks ago and will hammer out a deal in the coming weeks. The pessimistic take is that the studios still haven’t come far enough and the writers will extract as much as they can before doing a deal.
Chris Keyser, co-head of the negotiating committee for Hollywood screenwriters, said the studios need to do more and offer more than they normally do if they want to end this strike.
I’ve been teasing some big additions to the lineup for our Screentime conference in October, and I can now reveal a couple: award-winning TV host Padma Lakshmi (host of Taste the Nation) and Grammy Award-winning musician Questlove. You can buy a ticket to the event here. (For those unable to afford the sticker price, message me.)
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