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washingtonexaminer.com - Zachary Faria - Unions and affordability are killing Hollywood in California
Unions and affordability are killing Hollywood in California
Washington Examiner

California and Los Angeles Democrats are willing to do anything to keep Hollywood filming in Los Angeles. Everything, that is, except making it more affordable to do so. Democrats and Hollywood figures are worried that Los Angeles is on the verge…

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…

newsbusters.org - Tim Graham - Column: The Hollywood Left Shamelessly Lies for 'The First Amendment
Column: The Hollywood Left Shamelessly Lies for 'The First Amendment
https://newsbusters.org/

Anyone could have predicted that the elitist snobs would lose their minds over the White House hosting a UFC event on President Trump's birthday, led by Lawrence O'Donnell wailing about the “despicable vulgarity” of the whole thing.

latimes.com - Kailyn Brown - Ziggy Marley turns grief into light on 'Brightside' and brings the vibration to the Hollywood Bowl
Ziggy Marley turns grief into light on 'Brightside' and brings the vibration to the Hollywood Bowl
Los Angeles Times

It's Friday afternoon in North Hollywood and Ziggy Marley is perched on a stool inside his newly built Rebel Lion Studio, tucked in one of the neighborhood's creative enclaves. The nine-time Grammy winner is surrounded by a collection of lion…

variety.com - Matt Minton - Streaming Titles Are Following the Theatrical Trend of Less Diversity, Finds UCLA Hollywood Report
Streaming Titles Are Following the Theatrical Trend of Less Diversity, Finds UCLA Hollywood Report
Variety

Despite the global success of Netflix's Oscar-winning “ KPop Demon Hunters,” which was directed by Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans, UCLA's Hollywood Diversity Report has found that diversity in streaming movies is falling overall…

variety.com - Rebecca Rubin - Don't Call It a Sequel. Or a Reboot. Or a Remake. Why Certain Words Trigger Hollywood
Don't Call It a Sequel. Or a Reboot. Or a Remake. Why Certain Words Trigger Hollywood
Variety

What do you call a movie that takes place after the events of a previous film, features the same characters and has the same creative team? That's not the set-up to a joke; it's a real question that's plaguing marketing executives at studios. As…

thesun.co.uk - Alice Lambert - 'UK Hollywood' movie hub officially gets green light in £1bn masterplan
'UK Hollywood' movie hub officially gets green light in £1bn masterplan
The Sun

PLANS for a £1billion “UK Hollywood” movie hub have been given the green light by the council. The major development is set to be a “creative neighbourhood”, including world-class studios and hundreds of new homes.

buzzfeed.com - Hannah Marder - 43 Juicy Hollywood Secrets From People Who've Actually Worked With Celebs
43 Juicy Hollywood Secrets From People Who've Actually Worked With Celebs
BuzzFeed

NOTE: We obviously can't confirm these stories or endorse these opinions! 'Some of the more minor celebrities are true actors, musicians, or sports heroes on their way up and trying hard. Then there are the truly evil ones that take advantage of…

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…

fortune.com - Christian Sylt - Exclusive: Universal beat Disney as Hollywood's maker of the most expensive movie of all time
Exclusive: Universal beat Disney as Hollywood's maker of the most expensive movie of all time
Fortune

NBCUniversal has taken Disney's title of making the most expensive movie of all time, according to analysis of recently filed financial statements. The filings show that Universal Pictures spent $658.8 million making the 2022 action-adventure pic…

hollywoodreporter.com - Tony Maglio - Hollywood Diversity Report: Streaming Films Have Abandoned Women and People of Color
Hollywood Diversity Report: Streaming Films Have Abandoned Women and People of Color
The Hollywood Reporter

Representation for women and people of color went down, down, down in streaming films in 2025 — and that's counting Netflix ‘s smash hit KPop Demon Hunters. UCLA's latest Hollywood Diversity Report found that as the number of…

express.co.uk - Jon King - Prince Harry brutally humiliated at major Hollywood outing: 'Losing only hope!'
Prince Harry brutally humiliated at major Hollywood outing: 'Losing only hope!'
Daily Express

Prince Harry suffered brutal humiliation when he joined a host of celebrities at a major outing in Hollywood, commentators have said. The Duke of Sussex was spotted among a crowd watching the New York Knicks basketball team win their first NBA…

breitbart.com - John Nolte - Nolte: Hollywood Wants People It Hates to Pay for Federal Tax Credits
Nolte: Hollywood Wants People It Hates to Pay for Federal Tax Credits
Breitbart

Even though Hollywood hates, denigrates, smears, insults, and dismisses half the country as ignorant, backwards racists, this failing industry is so desperate for more corporate welfare that there's a serious push to give the hateful bigots in…

variety.com - Cynthia Littleton - Ken Ziffren on the Fight for a New Spin on Fin-Syn, Six Decades of Hollywood Dealmaking and Awaiting a 'Cacophony of Decisions' in AI Cases
Ken Ziffren on the Fight for a New Spin on Fin-Syn, Six Decades of Hollywood Dealmaking and Awaiting a 'Cacophony of Decisions' in AI Cases
Variety

Ken Ziffren has logged more than 50 years in Los Angeles' legal community. He's represented a wide range of players from the late great showrunner entrepreneur Stephen J. Cannell to the Television Academy to the Directors Guild of America. He's…

indiewire.com - Joshua Encinias - 'Spa Night' at 10: Andrew Ahn on Telling Queer Asian Stories, Sundance, and Hollywood's Next Wave
'Spa Night' at 10: Andrew Ahn on Telling Queer Asian Stories, Sundance, and Hollywood's Next Wave
IndieWire

This year marks a decade since “ Spa Night,” the quiet, sweat-beaded debut that launched Andrew Ahn ‘s career in 2016. He came through the Sundance Labs in the same era as Ryan Coogler and Chloé Zhao, both since minted…

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