"On this week's episode, Gabfest old friends Steve, Julia, and June Thomas convene on two showbiz works of midlife retrospection and regret: the new film Jay Kelly and Stephen Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along. The former, directed by Noah Baumbach, stars George Clooney as the titular movie star looking back on his life while on a European train picaresque."
"In our third segment, the panel turns to another showbiz saga full of bitter regret: the fight to acquire Warner Brothers Discovery. Joined by writer and Hollywood watcher Mark Harris, they untangle the fight between Netflix and Paramount to outbid each other for the legacy film studio-and what it all has to do with Trump and the future of movie-going itself."
"Endorsements June: The novel The Late Americans by Brandon Taylor. Julia: The work of the late, beloved Los Angeles architect Frank Gehry and the essay remembering his legacy " Frank Gehry's Best Work Was Not his Flashiest" by Carolina A. Miranda in The Atlantic. Steve: Season 2 of Nobody Wants ThisandChristmas music that is heartfelt without being sentimentalizing, which Steve has compiled into a big playlist and welcomes more listener recommendations."
Steve, Julia, and June Thomas analyze two showbiz works of midlife retrospection and regret: Noah Baumbach's Jay Kelly, starring George Clooney as a movie star reflecting on life during a European train journey, and Stephen Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along, a past flop that received a triumphant Broadway revival and is now in theaters. The panel also examines the contested acquisition of Warner Brothers Discovery, with Mark Harris tracing bidding dynamics between Netflix and Paramount and implications for Trump and the future of movie-going. A Slate Plus bonus revisits Pluribus episode 7 "The Gap." Endorsements and contact details are provided.
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