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forbes.com - Becca Brazil - ​Hollywood And Global Collaboration: What It Means For PR Leaders
​Hollywood And Global Collaboration: What It Means For PR Leaders
Forbes

As founder of Only 1 Media PR, Becca Brazil is passionate about helping people, brands & businesses be elevated and seen through media. Hollywood has long been seen as the center of the entertainment industry. But from what I've experienced…

bbc.co.uk - Alex Taylor - Backrooms: Kane Parsons' YouTube liminal space enters Hollywood
Backrooms: Kane Parsons' YouTube liminal space enters Hollywood
BBC

A movie poster showing a sheet of mono-yellow coloured wallpaper might typically wash over your head. Not this one. It's instantly recognisable to millions - and inspires dread. This is Hollywood's latest horror film - Backrooms - and it knows its…

businessinsider.com - Peter Kafka - Backrooms' and 'Obsession' are made by YouTube directors. They're crushing the Hollywood competition.
Backrooms' and 'Obsession' are made by YouTube directors. They're crushing the Hollywood competition.
Business Insider

Now it's trying a new strategy: hiring YouTubers. The early results look promising. This weekend, 'Backrooms,' a moody horror movie based on an internet meme, looks like it could bring in astonishing $60 million at the box office — which…

standard.co.uk - Jessica Salter - Hollywood's most famous hospital has just opened in London
Hollywood's most famous hospital has just opened in London
Evening Standard

Sign up for the best picks from our travel, fashion and lifestyle writers. I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice. It's not often that a hospital is as famous as the celebrities it…

buzzfeed.com - Haein Jung - 19 Celebrities Revealed Why They Changed Their Names For Hollywood
19 Celebrities Revealed Why They Changed Their Names For Hollywood
BuzzFeed

Vera is actually Mindy Kaling's real first name. Her full name is Vera Mindy Chokalingam, she told NPR. She shortened her name when she was coming up as a comedian because emcees would have trouble pronouncing it and crack jokes about it. 'It's a…

rollingstone.com - Becca Brazil - The New Hollywood Doesn't Wait for Permission
The New Hollywood Doesn't Wait for Permission
Rolling Stone

For a long time, success in entertainment followed a very specific formula. You waited to be chosen. Chosen by a studio, a label, a network or someone who already had access to the audience you were trying to reach. Breaking into the industry often…

buzzfeed.com - Mike Spohr - 11 Times Celebrities Killed Other Celebs, Because Hollywood History Is Legitimately Wild
11 Times Celebrities Killed Other Celebs, Because Hollywood History Is Legitimately Wild
BuzzFeed

Warning: includes mentions of murder and suicide. RAMSAY DE GIVE / POOL/AFP via Getty Images On the day of the shooting, the production team was preparing to film a scene where Baldwin's character would point a gun at the camera. To demonstrate…

foxnews.com - Lisa Wheeler - Pope Leo XIV's AI warning speaks directly to Hollywood's moral crisis
Pope Leo XIV's AI warning speaks directly to Hollywood's moral crisis
Fox News

For most of my career, I have worked between two worlds that often misunderstand each other: Hollywood and the Church. At Carmel Communications, my work has largely been about building bridges between them — helping faith leaders take…

observer.com - Brandon Katz - Hollywood Can't Agree on What Counts as a Hit Anymore
Hollywood Can't Agree on What Counts as a Hit Anymore
Observer

I love that classic old Looney Tunes bit where Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck argue back and forth about whether it's rabbit-hunting season or duck-hunting season. Their mutual goal is to avoid the wrath of Elmer Fudd 's shotgun. Any argument can and…

wwd.com - Kaleigh Werner - Lizzo Goes Full Blond at the 'Scary Movie' Young Hollywood Celebration
Lizzo Goes Full Blond at the 'Scary Movie' Young Hollywood Celebration
WWD

Lizzo embraced her inner blond at the “Scary Movie” Young Hollywood event in Los Angeles on Thursday night, debuting freshly bleached hair to match her set of barely-there brows. The 38-year-old rapper styled long, loose waves with a…

timeout.com - Mark Peikert - See pictures of Ian Schrager's new PUBLIC West Hollywood hotel
See pictures of Ian Schrager's new PUBLIC West Hollywood hotel
Time Out

News Forget a rooftop bar. The new PUBLIC hotel boasts a whole rooftop PARK. Ian Schrager's signature brand of impossibly chic hospitality is finally returning to Los Angeles with sprawling new hotel PUBLIC West Hollywood, which looks less like a…

france24.com - Hollywood studios and actors' union find common ground on AI
Hollywood studios and actors' union find common ground on AI
FRANCE 24

SAG-AFTRA chief negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland attributed the mostly drama-free agreements in this round of negotiations to a new mindset, 'because the studios and streamers came to the table with a different perspective.' With 160,000 members…

thewrap.com - Roger Cheng - Hollywood's AI Aversion Could Have Consequences for the Next Generation
Hollywood's AI Aversion Could Have Consequences for the Next Generation
TheWrap

While artificial intelligence remains a dirty word in Hollywood and cause for broader consternation over job losses in the U.S., studios and artists in other countries are more readily embracing the technology. It's a dynamic that could have…

thewrap.com - Tess Patton - Will Hollywood Vote for Spencer Pratt? | Exclusive Poll
Will Hollywood Vote for Spencer Pratt? | Exclusive Poll
TheWrap

Spencer Pratt, the reality star and self-proclaimed “Guy You Loved to Hate,” may slam into political reality in his bid to court Hollywood's vote to be the next Los Angeles mayor. A poll conducted this week of TheWrap's LA-based…

indiewire.com - Ryan Lattanzio - 'Backrooms,' 'Obsession,' and Why Two Gen Z Horror Directors Are Taking Over Hollywood
'Backrooms,' 'Obsession,' and Why Two Gen Z Horror Directors Are Taking Over Hollywood
IndieWire

On this week's episode of 'Screen Talk,' we wrap up the Cannes Film Festival and dive into the horror phenomena scaring up big box office. “The Mandalorian” and who ? Looking beyond the numbers — because, yes, the new…

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