Executive Level Drama

The Friday Post.

Well that’s what this is! Photo: Screenshot.

Generally, I don’t have a high tolerance for the internecine dramas of Hollywood’s C-suite. It’s all nebulous and feels not exactly right for this newsletter — movie stars and TV stars (derogatory) and influencers really act bizarrely enough!  But sometimes … sometimes something sooooo dramatic happens. Lately, it’s been Disney CEO Bob Chapek doing something out of pocket. 

Chapek — the Bob Iger replacement, who is rather miraculously capable of one snafu after another (and you better believe those are individual links because all this man does is find a way to step in it!) — fired Disney General Entertainment Content chairman Peter Rice this week.

“The ouster of Mr. Rice went off like a sonic boom in Hollywood, where he is widely admired,” the New York Times reported. “Many people in the entertainment business (outside Disney, at least) have even seen Mr. Rice as a possible candidate to succeed Mr. Chapek as Disney’s chief executive. Mr. Chap…