Summary: The Directors Guild of America reached a deal with studios, networks and streamers on a new three-year contract avoiding what some believed would be the first true strike in its 87 year history. Entertainment and technology attorney <a href="https://twitter.com/jhandel" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Jonathan Handel</a> joins us to explain the proposed agreement the directors negotiated with producers. He wrote the book on labor in Hollywood, quite literally, as the author of “Hollywood On Strike.”<br> Meanwhile, Tom Cruise is facing another impossible mission. First he saved Hollywood with Top Gun: Maverick. Now he wants to save his new “Mission: Impossible” movie from being exiled from IMAX screens less than two weeks after it opens in July. We’ll explain what’s going on in the battle over premium screens.<br> Of course we also cover the week’s top entertainment headlines including how the French Open is protecting tennis players from toxic social media, why David Byrne’s upcoming Broadway show has no musicians and which summer blockbusters are sinking at the worldwide box office.<br> <br> <br> Jonathan Handel’s Website<br> <a href="https://jhandel.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://jhandel.com/</a><br> Jonathan Handel on Puck<br> <a href="https://puck.news/author/jonathan-handel" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://puck.news/author/jonathan-handel</a><br> Hollywood On Strike by Jonathan Handel<br> <a href="https://amzn.to/3oHtoRf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://amzn.to/3oHtoRf</a><br> ‘Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse’ Snares $209M Global Bow<br> <a href="https://deadline.com/2023/06/spider-man-across-the-spider-verse-china-global-box-office-opening-1235399058/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://deadline.com/2023/06/spider-man-across-the-spider-verse-china-global-box-office-opening-1235399058/</a><br> ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’ Swings to Huge $120.5M Box Office Opening<br> <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/spider-man-across-the-spider-verse-box-office-opening-1235506732/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/spider-man-across-the-spider-verse-box-office-opening-1235506732/</a><br> Directors Guild Reaches Tentative Deal With Studios and Streamers<br> <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/directors-guild-deal-1235499057/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/directors-guild-deal-1235499057/</a><br> Hollywood Writers Say the Bosses Make Too Much<br> <a href="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2023-05-30/writers-strike-executive-pay-compensation-david-zaslav-ted-sarandos-netflix-warner-bros-discover-hollywood-labor" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2023-05-30/writers-strike-executive-pay-compensation-david-zaslav-ted-sarandos-netflix-warner-bros-discover-hollywood-labor</a><br> David Byrne Musical Here Lies Love May Face Union Pushback on Lack Of Musicians<br> <a href="http://%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8Bhttps://deadline.com/2023/05/here-lies-love-broadway-musicians-union-pre-recorded-tracks-david-byrne-1235382926" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://deadline.com/2023/05/here-lies-love-broadway-musicians-union-pre-recorded-tracks-david-byrne-1235382926</a><br> After Years of Ever-shrinking Orchestras, Some Broadway Musicals are Going Big<br> <a href="https://www.npr.org/2023/06/03/1179684527/broadway-big-orchestras-returning-theater-sweeney-todd-josh-groban" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.npr.org/2023/06/03/1179684527/broadway-big-orchestras-returning-theater-sweeney-todd-josh-groban</a><br> Players Detail Drain of Social Media Hate as FFT Seeks Fix<br> <a href="https://www.espn."></a>
