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Can you hear the screeching tires? Do you see the donut marks on the pavement? In an extraordinary reversal, Drew Barrymore announced today that her cash-grab syndicated talk show will not be returning during the dual strikes of the WGA and SAG, but instead will return after the strikes have concluded. Luckily for our darling, funny-bunny Drew, this does not affect her cash-grab gambling app, Bingo Blitz, or her cash-grab kitchen product line, Beautiful at WalMart, or her cash-grab hair and beauty products, like Drew's Flower Hair Tools, or her cash-grab "Drew's News" products, like her branded coffee cups and T-shirts. So rest easy, kids. Drew will not be homeless. Phew. I knew you were worried. The most notable thing about this desperate, deeply cynical reversal is how swift it was, and how vehemently the public turned against her. Part of this was Drew's own doing. Her boneheaded Instagram posts and videos - one of which she pulled - were flat-out embarrassin...

Uh-oh. America's cutest ever little sister or wacky Auntie (take your pick) has pulled a boner. With no warning or logical reason, she's decided to resume shooting her eponymous talk show - even though it's a signatory of the Writers Guild of America, which, newsflash, Drew, is on strike. But cutesy-wootsy, funny-bunny Drew doesn't care.  In her garbled, word-salad post to Instagram, she makes the argument that she's been a good girl, since she didn't host the MTV awards at the onset of the strike. And she's only returning now, she says, because "this is bigger than me." What's bigger than you, Drew? Those fat, syndicated paychecks you're missing? Those eager production and network executives salivating for ad buys?  Her patented Little Girl Defensiveness™ continues when she states that her show is "built for sensitive times," as if it were a baby koala, or so sweet and darling that you mustn't ever slap it upside the head whe...

  Stars! They're just like us. Except for their multi-million dollar salaries, vast worldwide real estate holdings, and in some cases, side hustles which sell for a billion - as in "b," as in George Clooney's tequila distillery, which sold for one billion smackers to Diageo Lisensing. But whatevs. They're just folks! Even better? They're working their Just Folks Fashion™ on the SAG picket line. Even those on the lower rung, like Jason Sudeikis (pictured above), with a reported net worth of merely 20 million, is doing his part. Jason is sporting a regular dude cap, nothing special shades, a commoner hoodie and a watch that's not his Daytona 18k Yellow Gold Rolex. Not bad, Jason, not bad, But others are doing it far better.  In fairness, stars are damned if they do, damned if they don't. If they don't walk the picket line, they are out of touch richie-riches. If they do walk the picket line, they're performative richie-riches. But let's assum...

  Jamie Lee Curtis, who stole her Oscar win from Angela Bassett (I said what I said) (come for me), let out a big Activa™ shart when she commented on the ongoing fight between striking actors and the richy-rich mega-corporations at AMPTP, telling Variety, " I hope that I can be Switzerland in all this. I don’t like the rhetoric on both sides.  I don’t like the 'them vs. us .'"  So sort of like Switzerland during WWII, which is where the Nazis hid their looted gold and cash. Great analogy, Jamie Lee! Neutrality is always the best choice. Or not, because the pushback was quick and nasty from striking actors, SAG-AFRTA and the press.  Naturally, Jamie Lee walked back her statement lickety-split with a big "sowwy," saying her comments were "misconstrued," adding, "I have volunteered (to) make SAG-AFTRA signs multiple times!" This was in an Instagram post with the actor holding up one of the signs she presumably made, and with Melanie Griffith...

Ryan Murphy, seen above contemplating how many shows he can ruin after the first episode - "Great premise! Now drive it off a cliff!" he orders his writers - was getting ugly with the WGA right before the actors strike. Or more specifically, with WGA member and former strike captain, Warren Leight. Why? Because Warren, as reported to the Hollywood Reporter , tweeted that crew members for "American Horror Story" told him they'd be "blackballed in Murphy-land" if they didn't cross the picket line.   No, getting blackballed in Murphy-land by the likes of Lady Gaga is not the latest horror being offered up - or rather, perpetrated - by the uber-producer. And frankly, I believe Warren (don't sue, Ryan!) (this is a parody site!) (ah hahahahaha!). Ryan is known to be a nasty piece of work, who, with the exception of Jessica Lange, has offered up - or, rather, perpetrated - a veritable smorgasbord of questionable talent.  AnywayletsleaveJessicaoutofthi...

There ain't no wrath like the wrath of an actor ignored,  and yesterday, SAG President, Fran Drescher - sporting a bold, " I'm totally serious, you guys " look with no make-up, her hair disheveled - called for SAG actors to strike against AMPTP,  or the Producers, streamers and major studios  Hilariously, AMPTP reps, including Disney's head honcho, Robert I. Iger, are calling SAG's demands "unrealistic," even though Iger is taking home over 20 million a year in compensation, and that's without hefty bonuses. "Let them eat Mickey's ass," he may as well say, since everyone knows Goofy's cakes are messy. Also, guess who's being notably cool, and sometimes outright silent, about the strike? Democratic politicians, you silly, like California governor Gavin Newson, all of whom rely on big donations from AMPTP's fat cats, including their fundraising events thrown by producers, such as Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen. ...