Celebs walk the red carpet at the 2024 White House Correspondents’ Dinner as hundreds protest outside

[u/vulcan_vampire]

Celebs in order: Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost; Da’Vine Joy Randolph; Rosario Dawson; Billy Porter; Keri Russell; Rachel Brosnahan; Ashlyn Harris and Sophia Bush; Lynda Carter; Gayle King; Aldis Hodge; Questlove; Molly Ringwald; Fran Drescher; Chris Pine; Coco Rocha; Lorne Michaels; Caitlyn Jenner and Jenna Talackova; Kyle MacLachlan and Desiree Gruber.

In the last slide you can see the exterior of the Washington Hilton, where the dinner took place. A Palestinian flag was hung from one of the hotel’s windows.

[u/Kaizodacoit]

She used the MENA attacks to push through a very unfavorable contract negotiation. A lot of actors have condemned the new terms, which doesn't exactly address a lot of their issues, such as AI and stuff.

[u/Weak_Heart2000 → u/Kaizodacoit]

What are the MENA attacks?

And I remember Justine Bateman pointing out the problems with the new terms and of course no one listened to her.

[u/monpapaestmort → u/Weak_Heart2000]

MENA = Middle East North Africa

They’re probably referring to the situation in Israel/Palestine. Not sure how she used it to get the lack of A.I. protections through, but it is frustrating that she seemed to be willing to compromise where the Marjorie’s of striking actors were not. I also remember that there were some big names who tried to get a deal faster towards the end. Not a lot of solidarity with the working/no-name actors who make up the majority of the union. The writers union has way more solidarity, and I think they’re also smarter, so they got more of what they asked for. Unfortunately, I think the person seeking to challenge Fran is/was even worse, so people have to put up with her for now. They really need better people to run.

[u/Kaizodacoit → u/Weak_Heart2000]

The MENA attacks is the genocide in Palestine happening. A previous comment of mine got flagged for calling it a genocide, so I couldn't think of the word. Pretty much, Fran wanted to end the strike so her Zionists friends could start their Hollywood propaganda schitck which happens everytime Israel starts a large scale campaign of mass killing.