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Hollywood goes quiet as stars rethink speaking out on politics
As the midterm elections are heating up, more and more Hollywood stars say they're putting a freeze on speaking out about politics, perhaps feeling burned by the 2024 White House race. In recent months, entertainers from Dwayne “The…
The Pillsbury Doughboy Is Coming for Hollywood
Brian Grazer first realized that advertising and entertainment were colliding after a meeting with General Electric CEO Jeff Immelt a decade ago. Immelt had approached the megaproducer about having Imagine Entertainment create some TV spots for the…
The China Strategy Hollywood Doesn't Want You to Know About
A Hollywood producer who spent years courting China to support American film studios is now speaking out against Tinseltown's attempts to work with the communist nation. Christopher Fenton, producer of the new film, “Bad Counselors,”…
The Hollywood Merger Won't Kill Entertainment Jobs. Blocking It Might
Something besides industry consolidation is clearly to blame for Hollywood's current contraction.
Summer of '69: When Charles Manson Scared the Hell Out of Hollywood
Watch: Margot Robbie Wore Sharon Tate's Jewelry On Set On Aug. 8, 1969, Sharon Tate was a strikingly beautiful B-movie actress best known for Valley of the Dolls and being married to director Roman Polanski. On Aug. 9, 1969, followers of turned her…
If Hollywood studios flee California, a disaster movie will follow
Could Paramount's David Ellison back up a super-sized U-Haul truck and take two historic studios out of California? Paramount's CEO, plotting to buy Warner Bros. Discovery for $110 billion, says he'll take his mega-studio elsewhere if California…
'Hollywood Crime Story: The Mob Takes Over the Movies' Review: Fallen Angels
That there's always been crime in Hollywood probably won't surprise anyone. That the crime was actually organized might come as a shock. “The Mob Takes Over the Movies,” a three-part docuseries about Mafia infiltration of the…
How Rob Bonta's mulishness could blow up Hollywood
Is it hasta la vista, baby, for Paramount Pictures in LA? Could be, thanks to a reckless anti-merger lawsuit led by California Attorney General Rob Bonta. The iconic Hollywood studio has vowed to decamp to Tennessee, Texas or Georgia —…
After Cruise V Pitt Deepfake, Seedance 2.5 Blocks Hollywood Rip-Offs
EXCLUSIVE: ByteDance ‘s new AI video generator Seedance 2.5 is successfully blocking efforts to steal Hollywood intellectual property after Seedance 2.0 prompted outrage among U.S. studios, research has revealed. The Chinese owner of TikTok…
Inside Stockard Channing's Private World Away From Hollywood
Watch: Sophie Turner Reveals the Only Part of America She Misses After Moving Back to U.K. For a stretch after Stockard Channing 's partner Daniel Gillham died in 2014, The West Wing alum struggled to figure out what's next. 'It was more…
'Meghan and Harry just burned one bridge too many - Hollywood is over for them'
Harry and Meghan have been rejected by Hollywood once again Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have reportedly “burned too many bridges” to make it in Hollywood, and their latest is “very telling”, according to News24 star…
Hollywood's 'Getting Thinner' Trend Raises Concern As Jenna Ortega Becomes The Latest Celebrity To Worry Fans
On August 11, Jenna Ortega sat down for an interviewto discuss becoming one of Hollywood's biggest young stars, working with Tim Burton, lying her way through childhood auditions, and the overnight explosion of Wednesday. Instead, much of the…
Hollywood Keeps Heading to St. Lucia - and Harbor Club Is at the Center of the Action
Los Angeles to St. Lucia may be a journey, but that only makes it a better escape for Hollywood's biggest names — after all, Oprah Winfrey, Justin Bieber and Matt Damon are just a few of its famous visitors. And thanks to the striking…
After the Backrooms, a new creepypasta is about to get the Hollywood treatment
Considering just how much money Kane Parsons's first foray into directing made, it was only a matter of time before Hollywood suits started jumping on that latest “cool thing with the kids” and started digging up whatever creepypasta…
Paramount Has Spent 100 Years in Hollywood. David Ellison Loved That. Until He Didn't
“Paramount has deep roots in Southern California. My vision is to stay true to our roots,” wrote David Ellison in a letter to lawmakers representing the state in February. What a difference a few months makes. Now the mogul is locked…
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