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forbes.com - Dr. Liz Doe Stone - Homer, Hollywood, And College Admissions
Homer, Hollywood, And College Admissions
Forbes

The extraordinary success of The Odyssey reflects a broader cultural resurgence of the humanities. The Odyssey was always destined to be one of the year's biggest films. An epic directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Matt Damon as Odysseus was…

fastcompany.com - Tania Rahman - Hollywood was too afraid to distribute this movie. So the director built her own company and did it herself
Hollywood was too afraid to distribute this movie. So the director built her own company and did it herself
Fast Company

When Cherien Dabis entered the doors of Fast Company 's lower Manhattan offices, she was the picture of grace: Willowy and effervescent, she greeted me with the air of an old friend, though we had only connected once before. Dabis is an acclaimed…

deadline.com - Jake Kanter - Jared Leto Claims A 'Bellwether' For MeToo In Hollywood: BBC Producer
Jared Leto Claims A 'Bellwether' For MeToo In Hollywood: BBC Producer
Deadline

EXCLUSIVE: Hollywood's response to the criminal sexual conduct allegations against Jared Leto will be revealing of where the industry stands on the MeToo movement. That's the view of Mike Radford, the executive producer behind Jared Leto:…

hollywoodreporter.com - Georg Szalai - The Hollywood Left and the Blacklist: A Chat With the Curator of Locarno's Timely Retrospective for the Age of Trump & Co.
The Hollywood Left and the Blacklist: A Chat With the Curator of Locarno's Timely Retrospective for the Age of Trump & Co.
The Hollywood Reporter

The retrospective at this year's Locarno Film Festival feels particularly timely, maybe even scarily so. Red & Black – Hollywood Left and the Blacklist promises to put the spotlight on “one of the most turbulent and politically…

deadline.com - Peter Bart - Hollywood Wishes Seth Rogan's The Studio Pipe Dreams Were Real
Hollywood Wishes Seth Rogan's The Studio Pipe Dreams Were Real
Deadline

The dealmaking machinery seems stalled at some studios due to legalistic clashes over mergers, but at Continental Pictures, the green lights are flashing. Faux but green. Seth Rogen, production chief of the fictional Continental, is closing…

deadline.com - Anthony D'Alessandro - Spider-Man: Brand New Day' $309M Promo Campaign Is a Hollywood Record
Spider-Man: Brand New Day' $309M Promo Campaign Is a Hollywood Record
Deadline

EXCLUSIVE: This is just beginning for Spider-Man: Brand New Day as Sony is already beating their own records once again before the Marvel Studios co-production opens this weekend to what's expected to be $470MM at the global box office.The Culver…

hollywoodreporter.com - Seth Abramovitch - Hollywood's Wildest Meat Party Is Back - and This Time Everyone's Invited
Hollywood's Wildest Meat Party Is Back - and This Time Everyone's Invited
The Hollywood Reporter

More than a decade ago, The Hollywood Reporter ventured inside one of Los Angeles' strangest and most decadent industry traditions: Beefsteak, a sprawling, carnivorous feast where Hollywood comedy writers and their friends gathered to eat enormous…

express.co.uk - Jess Phillips - Meghan's desperate Archie and Lilibet move proves she's not fit for Hollywood
Meghan's desperate Archie and Lilibet move proves she's not fit for Hollywood
Daily Express

Meghan Markle needs to stop bringing her kids into it Meghan Markle just proved she's not fit for Hollywood … again. The Duchess of Sussex attended a special screening of the new film Cookie Queens in Los Angeles this week, which sees Meghan…

axios.com - Melissa Santos - Space Needle urged to restore Hollywood films to WA's biggest IMAX screen
Space Needle urged to restore Hollywood films to WA's biggest IMAX screen
Axios

The Seattle Film Commission is urging the Space Needle to resume showing Hollywood movies at IMAX at the Center, home to Washington state's only full-height IMAX screen. Why it matters: Washington moviegoers currently have to leave the state to see…

nbclosangeles.com - Camilla Rambaldi - Sister gets text about her brother's shooting death in Hollywood
Sister gets text about her brother's shooting death in Hollywood
NBC Southern California

The sister of a man who was found dead inside a Hollywood apartment along with two other men received a text message from an unknown number about her brother's death, NBC4 Investigates exclusively learned Thursday. When the three men were found…

thewrap.com - Loree Seitz - This Media Measurement Firm Has a Plan to Fix Hollywood's 'Broken' Metric System
This Media Measurement Firm Has a Plan to Fix Hollywood's 'Broken' Metric System
TheWrap

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… The business of measuring what people watch is overdue for a shake up. That's according to Bryan Goski, chief revenue officer of media measurement firm VideoAmp, who believes his company's approach of…

ign.com - Maximillian Dood, Justin Wong, and IFC Yipes Bring the FGC Hype to Hollywood with Cameo in Legendary's Street Fighter Movie
Maximillian Dood, Justin Wong, and IFC Yipes Bring the FGC Hype to Hollywood with Cameo in Legendary's Street Fighter Movie
IGN

Some of the most famous faces in the fighting game community scored a cameo in Legendary's upcoming Street Fighter movie, bringing the FGC hype straight to Hollywood. If you're part of the FGC, you probably recognized some familiar faces in the…

nypost.com - Ross O'Keefe - Bestselling author drops cryptic video after huge bust-up with Hollywood star and director on set
Bestselling author drops cryptic video after huge bust-up with Hollywood star and director on set
New York Post

The bestselling author of “Children of Blood and Bone” posted a cryptic video Wednesday slamming the on-set conditions of her novel's film adaptation. Author Tomi Adeyemi posted a five-minute, 40-second TikTok emotionally discussing…

radaronline.com - Aaron Johnson - EXCLUSIVE: Ryan Reynolds' Gin Business 'Bottoms Up' at 'Worst Time' for Hollywood Star
EXCLUSIVE: Ryan Reynolds' Gin Business 'Bottoms Up' at 'Worst Time' for Hollywood Star
RadarOnline

July was a tough month for Ryan Reynolds, RadarOnline.com can reveal. Days after being left off the starry guest list for former besties Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce 's wedding at New York 's Madison Square Garden, the Aviation American Gin…

heraldscotland.com - Rose Moncur - Multi-million-pound Hollywood Bowl development to create 40 jobs in Livingston
Multi-million-pound Hollywood Bowl development to create 40 jobs in Livingston
The Herald

The venue is due to open this autumn. The new attraction marks another Scottish expansion for Hollywood Bowl Group as it continues to grow its UK estate. It also represents a significant milestone for The Centre, Livingston as it expands into the…

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