ParkerTe
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ParkerTe
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Kirk Acevedo had to sell his home because working actors are being "squeezed out of Hollywood." He's starred in series for Marvel (“S.H.I.E.L.D.”) and DC (“Arrow”) and in major Hollywood movies such as “Planet of the Apes” and “Insidious.” "Like in any economy in any country, the middle class always gets squeezed out. We’re getting squeezed out," Acevedo says of the working actor. “We’ve been in the business working steady, and then all of a sudden it just stops. They don’t pay you quote. They make top two on the call sheet regulars. Everybody else is recurring. And because everybody else is recurring, they can lowball you. There are actors that would do it for free. We have no leverage.” variety.com/2026/tv/news/k…

Marvel, DC and 'Planet of the Apes' Actor Kirk Acevedo Had to Sell His Home Because 'Middle Class' Actors Are Getting 'Squeezed Out' of Hollywood variety.com/2026/tv/news/k…

Sterling K. Brown is named one of the most influential people of 2026 by TIME.



A federal jury just found Live Nation has operated as a monopoly and broken antitrust rules. Potential remedy is divesture of Ticketmaster (argument is Live Nation forces venues to use its ticketing service or else lose concert tours). Ticketing is cash cow: while only 12% of sales ($3B of $25.2B), it is 37% of operating profits ($1.1B) in 2025. Conversely, the concert division — which is world’s largest promoter and producer of live events (booking, marketing, logistics etc.) — does 83% revenue ($20.9B) but operating margin is tiny at 3% ($687m). The company dominates right now. In 2025, it put on 55,000 events and sold 646 million tickets (Ticketmaster sold 10x more than #2 service AEG). Live Nation will try to fight the breakup but industry will almost certainly end up more free-flowing. Fewer exclusive events and concert venues can shop other ticketing services. Just chill on the fees, dude. *** NYT on court case: nytimes.com/2026/04/15/art… Sherwood on business model: sherwood.news/business/the-d…







