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The Harvard Lampoon Takes on Hollywood (with The Hollywood Reporter as an Accomplice)
Targets and their corresponding features include: NOLAN: So, This Guy's Clearly Lying, Right? Christopher Nolan Claims to Live With No Phone, Computer, Email, Plumbing, Heat, Water or Food CHALAMET: 'I guess the question for me is...what's behind…
As Hollywood courts influencers, movie critics are getting squeezed out
Modern-day movie publicity has changed significantly over the last several years. The standard routes of press interviews on shows like “Access Hollywood” and “Entertainment Tonight” are still around, but they're far…
Forget Hollywood. AI could trigger a new Renaissance in cinema
Hollywood has spent the best part of a century convincing us that bigger means better. Bigger budgets, bigger stars, bigger franchises, bigger explosions, bigger data and bigger opening weekends. Artificial intelligence might be about to blow that…
Sam Altman Gets Hollywood's Mark Zuckerberg treatment
Get your news from a source that's not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. “Countries will fall. Industries are gonna collapse,” Andrew Garfield, the actor playing OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, says in…
Your Favorite Hollywood Hotspot? Guess Who Owns It.
What do Annabel's, Sexy Fish, Delilah and the Bird Streets Club have in common — besides serving as Leonardo DiCaprio's natural habitat? They're all now controlled by investment interests tied to Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Abu…
Suki Waterhouse Says She'd Be 'Nepo-Babying' Her Daughter With Robert Pattinson If She Wanted to Work in Hollywood
Good news for Suki Waterhouse and Robert Pattinson 's two-year-old daughter: if she ever wants to pursue a career in the arts when she's older, her mom is happy to help. In a recent interview with Nylon, when asked if she'd ever invite her daughter…
The Rise of Skinimalism: How Hollywood Stars Are Redefining Beauty Standards in 2026
The landscape of celebrity beauty is undergoing a significant transformation in 2026, as A-list stars increasingly pivot toward a trend known as 'skinimalism.' This shift, which emphasizes skin health over heavy cosmetic coverage, has moved from…
A Hollywood Creators Group Is Trying to Assess What AI Is Doing to the Industry (Exclusive)
Are story editors in Hollywood especially prone to AI disruption? What about concept illustrators? Sound mixers? Those are some of the questions tackled in an evolving public project that will be launched Wednesday by the Creators Coalition on AI.
Hollywood CEOs Are Spending Millions On Bodyguards As Threats Soar
At 3:45 a.m. on April 10, a man approached the fence outside of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's home and threw an incendiary device over it. The homemade Molotov cocktail bounced off the house, and no one was hurt, but Altman, one of the highest-profile…
Michael Rapaport tells Craig Carton that his support for Israel has cost him work in Hollywood
In case you thought 'cancel culture' was a thing of the past, there's one position that can immediately lead to immense blowback and financial harm in the modern world: supporting Israel. The entertainment industry, filled with those on the extreme…
Hollywood Puts Four Tech Moguls on Trial in October Movie Pileup
Hollywood's obsession with Silicon Valley is about to reach a fever pitch with four major films set to take on controversial tech moguls. What's more: All the movies have key dates in October, resulting in a rather extraordinary thematic pileup as…
I'm an Award-Winning Hollywood Writer and Producer, But My Fun Side Hustle Can Pay Better - Up to $15,000 a Month
Yuhas' pet-sitting business grew quickly thanks to word-of-mouth endorsements. She began hiring people she trusted to help her expand The Funny Sitter. Now, she averages $5,000 a month, with a significant spike during the holiday season.
Liv Morgan Joins the Cast of Another Hollywood Film
Liv Morgan's foray into Hollywood is taking another step. The reigning Women's World Champion took a brief hiatus from the company in May 2025 to travel overseas for her role in Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo, which is scheduled to premiere this coming…
Hollywood legend dies after brief illness as 'devastated' tributes flood in
Jeff Lowell died aged 52 after a brief illness Jeff Lowell, the Hollywood screenwriter behind endless comedy hits, has died at the age of 52. According to Deadline, the film and TV legend died in Virginia on August 24, following a brief illness. He…
Hollywood's 'new business model' comes into view as Gen Z shows a moviegoing taste that combines 'fast food and fine dining'
Spider-Man swung, Odysseus sailed, and Hollywood rode them to its biggest summer box office ever. There was just one thing missing: nearly 249 million ticket sales. Theaters across the U.S. and Canada generated $4.765 billion between May 1 and…
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