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With 'Backrooms' and 'Obsession,' Hollywood Is Having a Zoomer-Horror Renaissance.
Alice tumbled down a rabbit hole; Lucy wandered through a wardrobe. For Clark (Chiwetel Ejiofor), the middle-aged man-child protagonist of the new thriller “Backrooms,” the portal to another dimension lies in a strip-mall furniture…
American Culture Quiz: Test yourself on fast-food flashbacks and Hollywood hurdles
The American Culture Quiz is a weekly test of our unique national traits, trends, history and people — including current events and the sights and sounds of the United States. This week's quiz highlights fast-food flashbacks, Hollywood…
19 Celebrity Men Who Admitted Hollywood Completely Messed With Their Self-Esteem
This post includes topics of body image, body dysmorphia, and disordered eating. The National Eating Disorders Association helpline is 1-800-931-2237; for 24/7 crisis support, text “NEDA” to 741741. The National Alliance on Mental…
The Shocking Success of 'Backrooms' and 'Obsession' Should Be a Memo to Hollywood: You Need What's Outside the Box
“Thinking outside the box” is a phrase that tends to be used by those who are stuck inside the box. It means something real, but it's also corporate-speak for having an actual imagination — the audacity to make something that…
Neon's Tom Quinn Worries About 'Lack of Competition' in a Merged Hollywood
At Saturday's Produced By conference, Neon CEO Tom Quinn said he “wouldn't survive a day” in the environment of corporate Hollywood. He said he's worked with major studios before, navigated layers of middle management, and sat in…
Jeff Hiller Won an Emmy. So Why Isn't Hollywood Calling?
About 20 years ago, Jeff Hiller auditioned to play Kenneth Parcell, the demonically sunny NBC page ultimately portrayed by Jack McBrayer, in the pilot of 30 Rock. As things tended to go for Hiller back then, he did not get the job. “We all…
EXCLUSIVE: Tom Hanks' Trailer Park Boy - Radar Exposes Life Inside Hollywood Icon's Troubled Son's Nashville Campervan Home
Hollywood hell-raiser Chet Hanks is kicking it in a Tennessee trailer park, RadarOnline.com can reveal. The 35-year-old son of Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson has long struggled with substance abuse, including crack addiction and numerous stints in…
Michael De Luca Warns About the Danger of Hollywood Cutting Development Funds for Original Material: 'If You Cut Too Deep Your Pipeline Dries Up'
Warner Bros. Pictures chief Michael De Luca offered a master class in being a studio executive during his session Saturday at the Produced By conference hosted by the Producers Guild of America. “The North Star [is] the relentless pursuit of…
Reddit short stories are popular in Hollywood: Here are 5 of the best short stories on film
Short stories published on Reddit have been selling for lucrative amounts to studios like Warner Bros, Amazon MGM and Netflix. It seems there's no need to write a full screenplay: a few thousand words in a short story could be enough to kick start…
Spencer Pratt reveals plan to make Hollywood great again amid exodus
Former reality star and mayoral candidate, Spencer Pratt, is taking his vast TV knowledge to call out his opponents for destroying California's crown economic jewel. Pratt, 42, went on a lengthy X rant on Friday, calling out his opponents…
Amazon Pisses Off Animation Industy With AI Animation Fund
Earlier in May, Hollywood took significant steps in trying to bring generative AI into the animation industry. Both Netflix and Amazon announced different plans to use the controversial technology to create animated shows for their respective…
Keanu Reeves looks loved-up in latest appearance with partner Alexandra Grant
Keanu Reeves and Alexandra Grant proved their romance is still going strong as they made a rare red carpet appearance together in Los Angeles. The longtime couple attended the MOCA Gala 2026 at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA on May 30, looking…
We Need Old Filmmakers, but Why Are So Many of Them Obsessed with AI? - Opinion
Last week on IndieWire, two separate stories highlighted a strange generational divide emerging between some old and new filmmakers. The first article was about 20-year-old Kane Parsons, whose viral analog horror phenomenon…
A Remake of 'The Birds' Is Flying to Television
Hollywood's turned its eye toward finally remaking The Birds. Per Deadline, this new take will be a limited TV series courtesy of Universal through its International Studios offshoot. Described as a “visceral, present-day reimagining”…
Grogu's Star Wars Future Without Din Djarin Has An Easy Fix Now
Warning: Spoilers ahead for The Mandalorian and Grogu!Din Djarin won't be around forever, but The Mandalorian and Grogu revealed that 'The Child' now has someone else looking out for him who will be around for a long time. While The Mandalorian and…
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