Tom Smuts (@TomSmuts) header
Tom Smuts (@TomSmuts) profile picture

If I didn't have schadenfreude, I wouldn't have any freude at all.

Santa Monica, CA
Joined March 2013
Photo by Tom Smuts (@TomSmuts)Photo by Tom Smuts (@TomSmuts)Photo by Tom Smuts (@TomSmuts)Photo by Tom Smuts (@TomSmuts)Photo by Tom Smuts (@TomSmuts)Photo by Tom Smuts (@TomSmuts)Photo by Tom Smuts (@TomSmuts)Photo by Tom Smuts (@TomSmuts)
The arrogance here is stunning. He thinks government has the right to force people to have children. DO YOU WANT GOVERNMENT INSIDE YOUR PERSONAL LIFE LIKE THAT? I fucking don't. But that's MAGA. And that's Vance. Also, his novel sucked.
Unearthed video: JD Vance says he and Trump will “go to war against” childless people, who he calls “sad, lonely, and pathetic”: “They should feel like their life is inadequate”
23
141
3
394
32,668
BREAKING: The media might not say it, but Democrats are by far more enthusiastic about electing Vice President Kamala Harris as President than Republicans are about electing Donald Trump. Retweet so all Americans see the enthusiasm at Kamala’s rally today.
1,903
14,381
560
45,562
1,370,062
BREAKING: Vice President Kamala Harris just demolished Donald Trump for backing out of the debate saying “Donald, if you’ve got something to say, say it to my face.” Retweet so all Americans see this badass moment from Kamala Harris.
1,203
6,723
314
20,808
675,720
Replying to @nytimes
@nytimes reporting on strike mistakenly suggests a few unhappy showrunners with limited perspective played a significant role ending this strike. Not true.
1
5
41
2,397
It was resolute leadership, thousands on the picket lines and hundreds in the shadows shutting down productions. The story matters because it is the basis of future successful negotiations.
1
1
14
580
Steven Rattner on the $2 billion Jared Kushner received from the Saudis: “The board of it voted against giving the money to Jared and they were overruled by MBS… I’ve been in this business for 40 years I’ve never seen someone gets $2 billion…two third of their money from a single investor…” (Video: MSNBC) #HUNTER #TrumpCrimeFamily
579
5,954
406
16,636
1,872,729
That’s how significant the monopoly power of UFC is in terms of suppressing wages.
nate diaz would make more boxing jake paul than his total ufc career earnings combined.
4
21
122
21,350
Tom Smuts retweeted
Former NFL player Michael Oher, subject of "The Blind Side," petitioned a court Monday with allegations that Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy never adopted him, instead tricking him into a signing a document making them his conservators and enriching themselves. spr.ly/6010PiiY6
2,454
7,096
8,281
25,619
37,211,351
Missing millionaire crypto influencer found dismembered in suitcase trib.al/RqjrC3S
433
354
780
1,215
4,958,164
💯
Replying to @MarkRuffalo
Share profits. If the project does well, everyone does well. This will also help our fellow filmmakers “The Crew,” who we love, to keep working. This is also part of #Solidarity. We have to take care of each other. @frandrescher
2
216
Great guests w great insights about the deep rifts within the AMPTP - and why it doesn’t work anymore. Added bonus: I somehow manage to get thru this entire episode WITHOUT quoting Lincoln…
The 11th installment of Deadline Strike Talk with Billy Ray (@BillyRay5229) lands at the close of another seismic week in the Hollywood labor battle. Yesterday, SAG-AFTRA joined WGA members on the picket lines after a breakdown in talks with AMPTP effectively shut down production and will keep actors from promoting new films at festivals in a prolonged standoff. Ray analyzes the wildly different business models of the signatories that make up the AMPTP, positing that the alignment of traditional studios and streamers makes no sense... LISTEN to a clip below and download the full episode here: bit.ly/44sPrKU #WritersStrike #ActorsStrike
13
33
9
91
93,325
💯
People think writers and actors are soft. And we ARE attention-seeking validation magnets. But pursuing a career in the arts is also brave, foolhardy, and kinda batshit. We have all withstood incredible pain to get here, and we can take much more. #SAGAFTRA #WGA #Solidarity
3
276
Tom Smuts retweeted
A SAG-AFTRA TV/Theatrical/Streaming Strike has been ordered effective July 14, at 12:01 a.m. Additional details are forthcoming. The Strike Order can be found here: ow.ly/aqOK50PaX2W
225
3,892
840
9,728
3,528,642
Tom Smuts retweeted
Christopher Nolan says the cast of #Oppenheimer left the premiere to ‘go and write their pickets’ and join the strike
65
1,019
317
4,417
963,920
Today, a studio terminated my contract on a feature that I had been working on for years. Spread out over such a long time, my pay on the project came out to $352/week. One of the things we’re striking for is weekly pay for screenwriters, which is absolutely necessary.
11
165
6
1,061
84,352
I’ll tell you something about this @sagaftra negotiation: it’s the finger in the dike. You let the acting profession fall to #AI, and the entire business collaspes. If you don’t need actors, you don’t need a set, you don’t need a cameraman, a crew, an editor, none of it.
16
176
12
861
76,895