Hollywood Industry News

Crystal Hefner Lists Hollywood Hills Hideaway For Nearly $3.5 Million

Crystal Hefner is saying goodbye to her ultra-private Hollywood Hills sanctuary... putting the luxe property on the market for nearly $3.5 Million, TMZ has learned. The former Playboy model's Mediterranean-style estate packs plenty into its 2,233…

Lights, camera, algorithm: Hollywood's uneasy relationship with generative AI (WBD:NASDAQ)

Studios are using generative AI for tasks such as script development, concept art, pre-visualization, and visual effects to potentially achieve cheaper and faster production. Fears include the replacement of human creative jobs, threats to the…

Jackass: Best & Last Proof That Hollywood Can't Fake Reality

Over the last 25 years, Hollywood has systematically polished the danger out of the multiplex. Budgets ballooned, green screens multiplied, and once-impossible spectacles became routine, safe mouse clicks. We've been trained to accept digital…

27 Hollywood Scandals That Were A Massive Deal At The Time That Everyone Has Forgotten About Now

A Storied Hollywood Motel Is Engulfed in Mysterious Blaze - Just Before Becoming a Landmark

There is an excellent chance you have spent time at The Hollywood Center Motel — if only onscreen. The Rockford Files shot there. So did Cannon, Mannix and T.J. Hooker. In 1997's L.A. Confidential, a character turns up in one of its rooms…

Matt Damon says Hollywood's 'ruthless' nature has taken him away from fatherhood more than he'd like

After decades in the spotlight, Matt Damon is opening up about how Hollywood's 'ruthless' nature has impacted his most important job to date: being a father. In an interview with GQ, Damon — who stars as Odysseus, the king of Ithaca, in…

Leaders from FCC and FTC Team with Major Hollywood Union for Protest of Paramount Skydance Warner Bros. Takeover

A “Block the Merger” protest came together in Los Angeles on Saturday as opponents to the proposed Paramount Skydance takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery took their grievances to the public domain. Writers, actors, crew members, and…

70s TV star who quit Hollywood for delivery driving resurfaces in LA

Sign up for our weekly US Editor's Picks newsletter to get all the biggest exclusive stories A star from one of the most iconic television series of the 1970s was spotted out and about in Los Angeles on Tuesday during a rare public appearance. The…

Entertainment is in our DNA' as Bolton's 'Hollywood of the North' helps net £1.2m

According to Bolton Council's figures, producing television dramas, films, documentaries, and even student films helped pump the six-figure sum into local businesses. This comes alongside a recently announced fund of £10.5m from the Greater…

Emotions Spill Over at Town Hall of Industry Workers Opposed to Paramount-WBD Merger: 'It's the Death of a Great American Industry'

Emotions spilled over at a gathering of Hollywood workers, union officials and a current and former FCC commissioner opposed to the planned Paramount Skydance- Warner Bros. merger on Saturday, with some arguing that the mega-merger on top of other…

How Love Island is churning out the fashion industry's hottest stars for runway

NOW that Love Island is fully underway, many contestants are likely hoping to land a major deal after the show. Just like previous years, it seems there is one lucrative career path that many stars pursue after leaving the villa. Your info will be…

Unpublished anime documents created by Osamu Tezuka found

Several unpublished documents for anime works by Japanese manga legend Osamu Tezuka are in the possession of Tezuka Productions, Jiji Press learned Sunday. The materials include original drawings, storyboards and character designs created by…

Exclusive: The Story Of Earth, Wind & Fire Comes To Life In Questlove's Latest Documentary

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… It's hard to put into words what Earth, Wind & Fire means to me. I was first introduced to their music on a rainy Saturday morning in New Orleans—I was helping my mother rearrange some of the…

EXCLUSIVE: Radar Reveals the One Actor Leonardo DiCaprio Will NEVER Take Advice From Again After He 'Nearly Sunk His Entire Career

Leonardo DiCaprio will never again take career advice from John C. Reilly after the veteran actor once tried to talk him out of starring in Titanic – the blockbuster that transformed him into one of the biggest movie stars in the world.

Box Office: 'Scary Movie,' 'Obsession' and 'Michael' Set Records This Weekend

“Scary Movie” opened with $55 million at the domestic box office over the weekend, according to early numbers first reported by the Hollywood trade publications —breaking a record for the biggest opening weekend for the…