Are The Publicists On Strike Too

The Friday Post.

There was no Tuesday post this week because I felt very burnt out. But this Friday Post is extra long! And there will be chats in the app about Morning Show and RHONY this weekend :)

For months now, the entertainment industry has been at a standstill due to the major studios and streamers’ refusal to negotiate with the unions representing striking writers and actors. But a look at the headlines this week and I couldn’t help but wonder … are the publicists on strike too?

After the actor Danny Masterson was sentenced to 30 years in prison for raping two women, Masterson’s That 70s Show costars Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis submitted character letters to the trial’s judge. That they wrote letters is not entirely surprising: in January, Kutcher told Esquire he hoped Masterson would be found innocent, and that he is still close to Masterson’s family. The letters were full of platitudes and non-specific compliments (and Kutcher’s had the de facto two spaces after a period that you would expec…