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scmp.com - Joshua Hendren - Chokers are back - and the best-dressed men in Hollywood are all in
Chokers are back - and the best-dressed men in Hollywood are all in
South China Morning Post

A new jewellery trend has emerged of late, with men embracing the choker necklace, challenging traditional norms. Chokers have been a staple in women's jewellery boxes for decades, but over the past few seasons something has shifted. Men are…

nbcnews.com - The fight to stop a Hollywood megamerger is far from over
The fight to stop a Hollywood megamerger is far from over
NBC News

Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison's bid to take over rival Hollywood studio Warner Bros. Discovery moved closer to the finish line last week after the Justice Department signed off on the $110 billion deal. Paramount swiftly vowed to finalize…

hollywoodreporter.com - Marc Adelman - What Hollywood Can Teach Harvard
What Hollywood Can Teach Harvard
The Hollywood Reporter

Politics has always been a game of competitive storytelling. Successful leaders — and successful demagogues — instinctively know how to sell voters narratives: hopeful visions of the future, apocalyptic warnings, enemies to fear…

mirror.co.uk - Jasmine Allday - First look at Emily Atack in hot new BBC drama alongside Hollywood icons
First look at Emily Atack in hot new BBC drama alongside Hollywood icons
Daily Mirror

Emily Atack has been busy filming the new series of BBC drama Reputation. The Rivals star has been seen on the set of the hotly-anticipated BBC drama, which focuses on the story of a high-stakes celebrity defamation battle. Soon, the legal battle…

bookriot.com - Community - Hollywood's calling for the movie rights
Hollywood's calling for the movie rights
BOOK RIOT

June 16, 2026 🌈 We're usually cranky about book awards that wait until midway through the year to honor the previous year's best books, but we're thrilled to see the Lambda Literary Awards land during Pride Month. Congratulations to all of…

nbc.com - Tara Bennett - Why Is Minions & Monsters Set During the Golden Age of Hollywood?
Why Is Minions & Monsters Set During the Golden Age of Hollywood?
NBC

Lights, cameras, Minions! Get the story behind Minions & Monsters' Tinseltown setting. The Minions spin-off films are prequels to the Despicable Me films, with Minions & Monsters exploring their misadventures in 1920s Hollywood. The Minions briefly…

hollywoodreporter.com - Alex Weprin - 'Backrooms' Sends Hollywood Running to Reddit for New Ideas
'Backrooms' Sends Hollywood Running to Reddit for New Ideas
The Hollywood Reporter

Years before Backrooms burst into theaters with its $118 million global box office debut, it was the focal point of fan debate, creativity and discussion on Reddit. The tech platform is built around “subreddits,” communities focused…

hollywoodreporter.com - Gary Baum - Puppet Masters: Hollywood's Beloved Marionette Theater Pulls Strings Back Into Zeitgeist
Puppet Masters: Hollywood's Beloved Marionette Theater Pulls Strings Back Into Zeitgeist
The Hollywood Reporter

Not long ago, Hollywood's beloved Bob Baker Marionette Theater was hanging on by a thread. In the final decades of its eponymous founder's life — he died in 2014, at the age of 90 — the puppetry organization was in perpetual dire…

variety.com - Carole Horst - Entertainment Partners Reflects on 50 Years Powering Hollywood's Back Office From 'Little House on the Prairie' to 'The Pitt'
Entertainment Partners Reflects on 50 Years Powering Hollywood's Back Office From 'Little House on the Prairie' to 'The Pitt'
Variety

Chances are, if you've worked in the entertainment industry, Entertainment Partners has handled your paycheck, helped you set up a budget, provided guidance on production incentives, managed your project's paperwork or even assisted with casting.

nypost.com - Kevin Barr - Food critic blasts Sushi Samba in West Hollywood after $560 dinner
Food critic blasts Sushi Samba in West Hollywood after $560 dinner
New York Post

A flashy new West Hollywood rooftop restaurant may have the views — but one Instagram food critic says the food left him feeling “fleeced.” SUSHISAMBA Los Angeles, the Japanese-Brazilian-Peruvian fusion spot that opened in…

variety.com - Gene Maddaus - Hollywood's Mass Exodus: Why Film and TV Production Is Fleeing L.A. and What Can Be Done About It
Hollywood's Mass Exodus: Why Film and TV Production Is Fleeing L.A. and What Can Be Done About It
Variety

“ Baywatch ” was a staple of low-budget, first-run syndication in the 1990s, as natural to Los Angeles as David Hasselhoff's chest hair and as defining of the city in that era as the O.J. trial and the Sunset Strip. By the time it…

variety.com - Cynthia Littleton - LISTEN: Hollywood's Problems Intersect With California Politics Like Never Before as Showbiz Rallies for a Federal Production Tax Incentive
LISTEN: Hollywood's Problems Intersect With California Politics Like Never Before as Showbiz Rallies for a Federal Production Tax Incentive
Variety

On today's episode of “Daily Variety” podcast, in our Cover Story segment, Variety 's Gene Maddaus unpacks the brawl that has erupted as Hollywood's systemic problems become a pivotal political issue in the race for L.A. mayor and…

timeout.com - Phil de Semlyen - It's official! Camden is getting its own £1bn answer to Hollywood
It's official! Camden is getting its own £1bn answer to Hollywood
Time Out

News It's lights, cameras, traction for the Camden Film Quarter Written by Phil de Semlyen Global film editor The biggest thing to hit the borough since the invention of the joss stick, the new Camden Film Quarter has just been given the go-ahead…

express.co.uk - Jess Phillips - Meghan's Hollywood stunt on Trooping the Colour proves she can never return to UK
Meghan's Hollywood stunt on Trooping the Colour proves she can never return to UK
Daily Express

Meghan and Harry have made a big mistake Meghan Markle 's latest Hollywood blunder is a clear signal she can never return to the UK – and it took place on the same day as the Trooping the Colour ceremony. The annual event celebrates the…

hollywoodreporter.com - Daniel Fienberg - Hollywood Reporter Critics Pick the 10 Best TV Shows of 2026 So Far
Hollywood Reporter Critics Pick the 10 Best TV Shows of 2026 So Far
The Hollywood Reporter

Only the brilliant oddball behind Los Espookys and Problemista could have come up with something like this HBO special. Styled like a Dr. Seuss character and speaking in his signature deadpan, the comic delivers what begins as a whimsical exercise…

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