Maybe another fake story planted to find yet another leaker?
Ellen DeGeneres is catching a LOT of flack right now. She's doing her show from home, and not using her regular crew, some of whom have been with her for the seventeen years since her show started. She's bringing in non-union people for camera, lighting, etc.
IF, as a lot of us believe, Hanks, DeGeneres, etc., are now controlled, it makes sense.
The union would give her a ton of hassles for using non-union people, they were already set up and had a routine for the show, and just the comfort factor of having familiar people around, plus avoiding the bad publicity would make the extra cost of using her own people seem like a no brainer.
If she's controlled, though, other people could be providing the crew. I think she's being kept isolated.