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Netflix chief admits Trump is helping showbiz industry as federal tax credit bill aims to fuel Hollywood jobs
LOS ANGELES — One of Hollywood's top executives offered praise for President Donald Trump as he rallied behind a proposed federal tax credit aimed to bringing back American jobs in the entertainment industry. Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos was…
Nithya Raman Promises She'll Be a 'Relentless Advocate' for Hollywood
Political rhetoric aside, Nithya Raman comes by her Hollywood bona fides honestly. Her husband, after all, is Vali Chandrasekaran, writer on Modern Family, 30 Rock and other TV hits. On Thursday Raman went in front of the industry's biggest names…
Primetime' Is Hollywood's Attempt To Normalize Pedophilia
A24's new movie, Primetime, is a fictionalized drama inspired by the popular 2000s real-life investigative television show To Catch A Predator. Hosted by journalist Chris Hansen, the original program famously led to the arrests of 256 alleged child…
Ex-Lucasfilm President Says Hollywood Has AI 'Leadership Void'
Film producer Kathleen Kennedy, who ran Walt Disney Co. 's Lucasfilm division until her departure in January, said she's looking to help steer the industry in the right direction as artificial intelligence emerges as a bigger force in Hollywood.
Woman Said she Saw Terrifying Things at Hollywood Industry Party
A TikTok creator is recalling a 2010 Hollywood industry party where she says she witnessed drug use, celebrities leaving with women, and an encounter that ultimately made her want to leave. A video posted by @emoeshawty had received more than 3.2…
Martin A. Grove, Longtime Columnist for The Hollywood Reporter, Dies at 83
Martin A. Grove, who wrote more than 3,300 columns for The Hollywood Reporter over 25 years as one of his era's most respected and influential film experts, has died. He was 83. Grove died Tuesday at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center…
Ben Affleck Worries More About AI Impact on Kids Than Hollywood
Actor and filmmaker Ben Affleck said he's more worried about the impact of artificial intelligence on children and society than he is about the movie industry. “When I worry about AI, I worry about like my kids in school,” Affleck…
Ben Affleck Praises Smart Use Of AI In Hollywood
Donald Trump could have done a lot worse than inviting Ben Affleck to his AI lunch with tech CEOs this week at the White House. Unlike the heads of OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta and more, the Oscar winner and InterPositive founder isn't playing defense…
The Restaurateur Behind One of Hollywood's Favorite Haunts Makes His Directorial Debut
Josh Loeb has spent the past two decades surviving the high-risk, low-margin, passion-driven local restaurant business with his pioneering farm-to-table restaurant Rustic Canyon, which has become a Santa Monica classic. Now, he's turned to a…
Hollywood film to have Jamie Foxx under fire in Melbourne's Docklands
Be alert but not alarmed seems to be the message for when Oscar-winning actor Jamie Foxx hits Melbourne in hero mode next week as the headliner in an international film with elaborate siege scenes planned for the Docklands. Foxx, who won the 2005…
Hollywood Dealmakers Eye Creators as Mega-Merger Options Dwindle
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… Hollywood's pool of potential mega-mergers is shrinking, pushing dealmakers toward a more fragmented corner of the business: creators, intellectual property and smaller entertainment companies that…
Former 'Hawaii Five-O' Showrunner Peter Lenkov Launches Website For Out-of-Work Hollywood Pros
Former Hawaii Five-O showrunner Peter Lenkov is rolling out a new website this week that seeks to match out-of-work pros in Hollywood with employers who are in need of skilled craftspeople. Dubbed Between Gigs, the website is currently onboarding…
August Barron's Glitzy Hollywood Fever Dream
When I arrive at August Barron's showroom in the 19th Arrondissement for a preview of the SS27 collection “Walk of Fame,” the designers are nowhere in sight, and all I can hear is the drone of a saxophone in the distance. But I've…
Meghan Markle faces fresh humiliation after devastating Hollywood blow
It has been speculated that no one in Hollywood wants to be associated with Meghan Markle Meghan Markle has been torn apart on TV after Ari Emanuel briefly spoke out about their working relationship coming to an end. In 2025, Emanuel confirmed that…
Range Managers Cora Olson and Michael Diamond on the New Rules for Hollywood Representation
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… Like every job in Hollywood, managers have grappled with plenty of change in their work in the last decade. Luckily for Range Media Partners' Cora Olson and Michael Diamond, they have each other. The…
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