What's news: The Trump vs. Twitter feud escalates, a CNN crew was arrested amid the protests in Minnesota, A lawsuit alleges new claims against Harvey Weinstein, there's a Sonic sequel and Fiddler on the Roof remake in the works, an Italian film festival is proceeding as normal amid the pandemic. Plus: THR wins an Ellie, Freeform has a new president, and Ted Hope exits Amazon. --Alex Weprin

 Trump vs. Twitter

►Some significant developments in the dispute between President Trump and Twitter: First, on Thursday President Trump signed his promised executive order, which targets social media companies over claims of censorship and bias. "They've had unchecked power to censor, restrict, edit, shape, hide, alter, virtually any form of communication between private citizens and large public audiences," he said during the signing, adding (apparently off-the-cuff) that if he could shut down Twitter, he would. The executive order came in response to Twitter adding a fact check to one of his tweets earlier this week.

--Early this morning, the dispute escalated, as Twitter hid one of President Trump's tweets about the situation in Minneapolis behind a warning label. Trump's tweet said: "These THUGS are dishonoring the memory of George Floyd, and I won’t let that happen. Just spoke to Governor Tim Walz and told him that the Military is with him all the way. Any difficulty and we will assume control but, when the looting starts, the shooting starts. Thank you!" The social media giant's notice said that the tweet "violated the Twitter rules about glorifying violence. However, Twitter has determined that it may be in the public’s interest for the tweet to remain accessible." The story.

+The White House Twitter account has since retweeted Trump's tweet, using the same language, essentially forcing Twitter to apply the warning label to the official government account. Sure enough, about an hour and a half after the tweet from the official account, the warning label was added.

+Also this morning: Sen. Ted Cruz called for a criminal investigation into Twitter, claiming that it violates sanctions against iran by allowing that country's leaders to use the service.

►A CNN correspondent was arrested while covering the protests. CNN reporter Omar Jimenez and his crew were on Friday arrested on live TV. Jimenez "has been taken into police custody during a live broadcast at the site of the protests in Minneapolis, after clearly identifying himself to officers," CNN said on its website. "Jimenez's crew, including a producer and a camera operator, were also placed in handcuffs." 

--Jimenez was released later in the morning, and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz apologized to CNN president Jeff Zucker. The story.

+Jimenez also appeared on CNN after he was released, where he gave his account of the arrest. In a call with staff, Zucker called Jimenez's arrest "outrageous," and said "thank goodness" it was being recorded.

+Meanwhile, a tweet from the Minnesota State Patrol has been criticized for being wildly inaccurate in its account of the arrests. The verified MSP account posted: "In the course of clearing the streets and restoring order at Lake Street and Snelling Avenue, four people were arrested by State Patrol troopers, including three members of a CNN crew. The three were released once they were confirmed to be members of the media."

--"This is not accurate - our CNN crew identified themselves, on live television, immediately as journalists. We thank Minnesota @GovTimWalz for his swift action this morning to aid in the release of our crew," the official CNN communications account responded. More.

►Harvey Weinstein raped four women, new lawsuit alleges. Court documents filed in New York include claims from four women for alleged sexual assaults that occurred between 1984 and 2013. A 43 year-old woman alleges Weinstein raped her in 1994, when she was 17. The filing says the woman was looking to break into the entertainment industry and was recruited by one of Weinstein's associates "under the guise of doing business."

--Bob Weinstein, Miramax and The Walt Disney Co. are also named in the suit, which states that they "knew or reasonably should have known that Harvey Weinstein had a propensity to engage in sexual misconduct and would use his position and power to lure Plaintiffs and other similarly situated aspiring female actresses to his apartments, hotel rooms, offices, etc. under the guise of discussing business opportunities to sexually harass, batter, assault, falsely imprison and rape them." The story.

►Not all film fests are canceled: In what could serve as a trial run for the Venice International Film Festival, which is still scheduled to take place Sept. 2-12 despite the ongoing coronavirus crisis, another major Italian event, the Ischia Global Film & Music Fest, has announced its plans to move forward July 12-19.

--Italy, of course, has been one of the countries hit hardest by the global pandemic, but it is reopening its borders to Europeans on June 3, and expects to be begin welcoming back other foreigners within the month after that. Scott Feinberg has the story.

+Tribeca, Toronto Festival heads discuss going digital amid pandemic impact. "It's up to audiences to have more choices," Tribeca festival co-founder Jane Rosenthal said of producing the We Are One: A Global Film Festival on YouTube that kicks off today. More.

 A 'Sonic' Sequel and a 'Fiddler' Remake

►There's a Sonic The Hedgehog sequel in the works at Paramount. The studio and Sega Sammy are in early development on a sequel to the video game adaptation. Jeff Fowler will be back in the director's chair, with Pat Casey and Josh Miller returning to write the script. The first Sonic opened in February, with Ben Schwartz voice-starring as the Sega character and James Marsden, Jim Carrey and Tika Sumpter starring in live-action roles. More.

+New Fiddler on the Roof musical in the works from Hamilton director, MGM. The studio has enlisted Thomas Kail, the Tony Award-winning helmer of Broadway’s Hamilton and In the Heights, to direct the feature adaptation, which will be produced by Dan Jinks and Aaron Harnick. Kail will also produce. Steven Levenson, who wrote the stage musical Dear Evan Hansen and was the showrunner of FX mini-series Fosse/Verdon, is writing the script. The story.

 Talent agencies: Because everyone can sue us, nobody can sue us. It's been a month since a federal judge "gutted" claims brought by the Writers Guild of America against the three largest talent agencies. Perhaps because the COVID-19 pandemic has halted entertainment production, neither side in an ongoing high-stakes lawsuit in California federal court seems to feel pressing pressure to figure out a way to resolve writers' demands that agents no longer collect a producer-like compensation package called "packaging fees." And so, the case plays on, with the WGA recently amending its cross-complaint while CAA, UTA and WME now take aim at the few WGA claims surviving Judge André Birotte's order. The story.

+Judge finds unlicensed song in burlesque documentary to be "fair use" of copyright. Netflix is able to prevail over the musicians behind the children's song, "Fish Sticks n' Tater Tots," Eriq Gardner writes. The story.

Sometimes a TV series goes from a traditional TV channel to a streaming service, and sometimes a show goes from a streamer to TV...

+Gal Gadot-led Hedy Lamarr series moves to Apple from Showtime. The tech giant has given a straight-to-series order to Hedy Lamarr. The eight-episode drama, originally set up at Showtime, will air on Apple TV+, with The Affair co-creator Sarah Treem writing and executive producing. Gadot is also an executive producer. The story.

+Step Up series moves to Starz from YouTube. The cabler has revived scripted drama Step Up, a year after the series was canceled at YouTube and shopped to new buyers. The move, which will see the dance drama reimagined for a premium outlet, makes sense given that it is produced and owned by Starz parent company Lionsgate. Step Up becomes the second YouTube castoff to find a new home after the streamer pulled out of scripted originals; On Becoming a God in Central Florida moved to Showtime ahead of its planned YouTube premiere. The story.

+Also: There's a quarantine musical special from Laura Benanti coming to HBO Max. The just-launched streaming platform has greenlit Homeschool Musical: Class of 2020, a special inspired by Tony-winning actress Laura Benanti's Sunshine Songs initiative, in which high schoolers upload at-home performances from spring musicals that were canceled when the coronavirus pandemic shut down schools across the country. The scripted project, targeted to premiere later in the summer, will feature a diverse group of student actors playing seniors from the same high school. More.

►How I'm Living Now: Alec Baldwin, actor and host. The actor and TV personality, whose previously-taped season of Match Game returns to ABC on May 31, was supposed to be in the midst of filming Peacock's adaptation of the popular podcast Dr. Death. But for the moment, he's pretty much just a dad. In between attempts to keep his kids distracted, Baldwin spoke with THR about learning to podcast (WNYC's Here's The Thing) remotely, losing friends to COVID-19 and why he thinks Donald Trump, who he’s played on SNL since 2016, won't fare well during the upcoming election. The interview.

 Significant Revolving Door News...

+Ted Hope exits Amazon Studios post, signs first-look deal. The move was addressed by Amazon Studios head Jennifer Salke in an internal memo to staff. Hope came to Amazon in 2015 as the head of development, productions and acquisitions at the then fledgling tech-backed studio.

+Freeform taps Tara Duncan as its next president. The Netflix and AMC alum will start her new post June 8 and replace Tom Ascheim at the top of the cabler. Ascheim, who announced in April that he was stepping down at Freeform for a role at WarnerMedia. 

+Paul Feig is headed to Netflix to direct the adaption of YA fantasy fairy-tale book The School for Good and Evil. Life of P writer David Magee and Laura Solon, who penned Let It Snow for the streamer, will write the screenplay.

►EA and the NFL strike a new deal. The multi-year partnership will keep the iconic Madden series as the exclusive NFL simulation game, with A also developing games in other genres. Earlier this year the NFL struck a deal with 2K Sports, giving that publisher rights to create non-simulation games. More.

►Hulu begins testing Watch Party co-viewing experience. Hulu Watch Party, the streamer's first social feature, will allow subscribers in different places to co-view a TV show or movie. The technology is launching today on the Hulu website for subscribers to its $12-per-month no-ads plan. More.

►The Hollywood Reporter wins National Magazine Award. THR won the Ellie for General Excellence, Special Interest, by the American Society of Magazine Editors. THR competed in the category alongside Atlanta, Audubon, National Parks and The Trace. The National Magazine Awards are considered among the most prestigious in digital and print journalism. More.

In development: Harvey Weinstein accuser Sarah Ann Masse is co-writing R Culture, a #MeToo-era drama that tackles Hollywood's rape culture and abuse of power... Black Bear Pictures, the production company behind The Imitation Game, Mudbound and Suburbicon, has optioned the rights to Naoise Dolan's debut novel, Exciting Times, ahead of its U.S. launch on June 2...

►TV's Top 5 podcast: This week hosts Lesley Goldberg and Daniel Fienberg speak with Bob's Burgers and Central Park creator Loren Bouchard and Men of a Certain Age creator Mike Royce. Listen.

►TV ratings: CBS' sports-themed game show Game On put up decent ratings for its premiere Wednesday, drawing the biggest primetime audience on the broadcast networks and tying for the lead among adults 18-49. ABC's Agents of SHIELD began its final season with numbers in line with last year's run. The numbers.

►TV Reviews: Inkoo Kang reviews season two of Hulu's Ramy, writing that this season's episodes "are nowhere near as bracing or hilarious as last year's..." The review... Daniel Fienberg reviews the AMC limited series Quiz, writing that the three episodes "move at an energetic pace designed to generally make you want or need more..." The review.

In other news...

--The English Premier League, the world's most widely watched and richest soccer division, is set to restart on June 17, with the number of games televised expected to be dramatically increased.

--AGC Studios has come on board to finance and co-produce Panopticon, a thriller from Ridley Scott's Scott Free shingle set in America's for-profit professional prison industry. CAA Media Finance coordinated the film’s financing.

--Fans of The Simpsons can rejoice as the cartoon is back to its proper 4:3 aspect ratio on Disney+.

--Mark Mylod, one of the directors behind the HBO hit Succession, is in talks to helm Searchlight's long-gestating psychological thriller The Menu.

--A virtual reality experience based on the Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge attractions at the Disneyland and Disney World Resorts is in development by ILMxLAB, Lucasfilm’s immersive entertainment studio, in collaboration with Facebook's VR unit Oculus Studios.

--Cate Blanchett has grabbed the leading role in Eli Roth’s adaptation of Borderlands for Lionsgate.

--France will allow cinemas to reopen on June 22, the government disclosed on Thursday.

--Twenty-five Playboy staffers were laid off Thursday as the iconic brand becomes the latest media company to be hit with cutbacks amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

--Animal Planet has set a special episode of Crikey! It's the Irwins that will feature Terri, Bindi, Chandler and Robert as they provide a personal look at their work and new challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic while taking care of the 1,200 animals they have dedicated their lives to at Australia Zoo during the zoo's temporary closure.

What else we're reading...

--"'We had no idea how to do it': YouTube's founders, investors, and first employees tell the chaotic inside story of how it rose from failed dating site to $1.65 billion video behemoth" [Business Insider]

--"Comcast, Charter and ViacomCBS join forces to make TV commercials more targeted" [WSJ]

--"HBO Max sees 90,000 mobile downloads on day one, trailing rivals" [Bloomberg]

--"The NBA playoffs will be weird. They also might be soccer" [WSJ]

Today's birthdays: Mel B, 45, Noel Gallagher, 53, Annette Bening, 62, La Toya Jackson, 64, Danny Elfman, 67.