Puck News Hollywood expert Matthew Belloni sits down with Recode’s Peter Kafka to discuss the biggest stories in the past week: Reese Witherspoon’s new $900M deal and the lawsuit between Scarlett Johansson and Disney. Then, The Atlantic’s Derek Thompson joins the show to discuss how the media has been reporting on COVID-19 recently, especially now that the concerns of the Delta variant begin to increase.

Featuring: Matthew Belloni (@MattBelloni) Hollywood editor at Puck News

Derek Thompson (@DKThomp) writer at The Atlantic

Host: Peter Kafka (@pkafka), Senior Editor at Recode

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Reese’s $900 million deal; ScarJo vs Disney with Matt Belloni, + Derek Thompson on how the media covers Delta