Year 20, Episode 1

About this episode

The hosts discuss Hollywood news, including lawsuits, SAG-AFTRA deals, Oscars changes, and upcoming film festivals.

Original Release Date: Monday 11 May 2026 Description: Welcome to Year 20 (“the year we get it right!”). On this, their overall 988th installment, Dean and Phil really put the “Hollywood” into “Chillpak Hollywood Hour” with showbiz news, analysis, previews and reviews. It starts with a discussion of the long-running series “Supernatural”. Then in the “Lawsuit of the Week” the supposed end of the It Ends With Us lawsuits gets discussed. The surprising details of the SAG-AFTRA deal with the AMPTP get analyzed and the fact that it (most likely) means no labor stoppage for the next four years gets celebrated. Some fascinating rules changes for next year’s Oscars get dissected, and some seemingly terrific, but certainly intriguing, news regarding Greta Gerwig’s “Narnia” movie for Netflix gets hailed. The Cannes film festival gets previewed. As does the American Cinematheque’s Bleak Week festival. Finally, two current theatrical releases get hailed as modern masterworks and the plans for a new episode of “Deep Dive” get finalized.

People in this episode

Hosts: Dean, Phil

Topics covered

• Hollywood news
• showbiz analysis
• lawsuits
• SAG-AFTRA deal
• Oscars rules changes
• film festivals
• theatrical releases

Keywords

• Hollywood
• Supernatural
• lawsuits
• SAG-AFTRA
• Oscars
• Cannes
• Narnia
• Deep Dive

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: SAG-AFTRA, AMPTP, Netflix

Books & works: Supernatural, It Ends With Us, Narnia, Deep Dive

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• Year 20, Episode 5 · June 8, 2026 · 1h 10m
• Year 20, Episode 4 · June 1, 2026 · 1h 14m
• Year 20, Episode 3 · May 25, 2026 · 1h 13m
• Year 20, Episode 2 · May 18, 2026 · 1h 5m
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