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foxnews.com - Lori Bashian - Molly Sims calls out Hollywood for lying about beauty secrets
Molly Sims calls out Hollywood for lying about beauty secrets
Fox News

Molly Sims is getting real about Hollywood spewing fake beauty secrets. During a recent interview with US Magazine, the 53-year-old model slammed people in Hollywood for lying about how they maintain their camera-ready look. 'Early on, other models…

thehill.com - Hollywood goes quiet as stars rethink speaking out on politics
Hollywood goes quiet as stars rethink speaking out on politics
The Hill

As the midterm elections are heating up, more and more Hollywood stars say they're putting a freeze on speaking out about politics, perhaps feeling burned by the 2024 White House race. In recent months, entertainers from Dwayne “The…

hollywoodreporter.com - Alex Weprin - The Pillsbury Doughboy Is Coming for Hollywood
The Pillsbury Doughboy Is Coming for Hollywood
The Hollywood Reporter

Brian Grazer first realized that advertising and entertainment were colliding after a meeting with General Electric CEO Jeff Immelt a decade ago. Immelt had approached the megaproducer about having Imagine Entertainment create some TV spots for the…

nationalreview.com - Nicholas Creel - The Hollywood Merger Won't Kill Entertainment Jobs. Blocking It Might
The Hollywood Merger Won't Kill Entertainment Jobs. Blocking It Might
National Review

Something besides industry consolidation is clearly to blame for Hollywood's current contraction.

hollywoodreporter.com - Benjamin Svetkey - Relax, Hollywood, Nikki Finke Didn't Write a Memoir
Relax, Hollywood, Nikki Finke Didn't Write a Memoir
The Hollywood Reporter

News that Nikki Finke had left behind a memoir — and that her estate was seeking a publisher — had half of Hollywood hyperventilating into their Erewhon shopping bags last week. It proved that even from beyond the grave, the late…

eonline.com - Summer of '69: When Charles Manson Scared the Hell Out of Hollywood
Summer of '69: When Charles Manson Scared the Hell Out of Hollywood
E! Online

Watch: Margot Robbie Wore Sharon Tate's Jewelry On Set On Aug. 8, 1969, Sharon Tate was a strikingly beautiful B-movie actress best known for Valley of the Dolls and being married to director Roman Polanski. On Aug. 9, 1969, followers of turned her…

reason.com - Tosin Akintola - Rob Bonta's Paramount crusade could make California's Hollywood exodus even worse
Rob Bonta's Paramount crusade could make California's Hollywood exodus even worse
Reason Magazine - Free Minds and Free Markets

Paramount Skydance is escalating its legal battle with California. CEO David Ellison has threatened to move the company's operations in the Golden State to a more friendly locale unless the state's attorney general, Rob Bonta, agrees to settle its…

deadline.com - Glenn Garner - Lilly Wachowski Says Hollywood Won't Make Her Next Film Due To Trans Cast
Lilly Wachowski Says Hollywood Won't Make Her Next Film Due To Trans Cast
Deadline

As trans onscreen representation takes a hit in Hollywood, Lilly Wachowski is attempting to make a film with an all- transgender cast… if only the industry will let her. The Matrix co-auteur recently explained that despite some excitement…

express.co.uk - Sophia Papamavroudi - 'Real reason' Meghan Markle got brutally 'snubbed' by Hollywood legend revealed
'Real reason' Meghan Markle got brutally 'snubbed' by Hollywood legend revealed
Daily Express

Meghan Markle recently attended a glitzy event Meghan Markle had an awkward encounter with a Hollywood star last week, and now insiders have set the record straight on what actually happened. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex made a rare joint…

nypost.com - Christian Toto - If Hollywood studios flee California, a disaster movie will follow
If Hollywood studios flee California, a disaster movie will follow
New York Post

Could Paramount's David Ellison back up a super-sized U-Haul truck and take two historic studios out of California? Paramount's CEO, plotting to buy Warner Bros. Discovery for $110 billion, says he'll take his mega-studio elsewhere if California…

nypost.com - CA Post Editorial Board - How Rob Bonta's mulishness could blow up Hollywood
How Rob Bonta's mulishness could blow up Hollywood
New York Post

Is it hasta la vista, baby, for Paramount Pictures in LA? Could be, thanks to a reckless anti-merger lawsuit led by California Attorney General Rob Bonta. The iconic Hollywood studio has vowed to decamp to Tennessee, Texas or Georgia —…

deadline.com - Jake Kanter - After Cruise V Pitt Deepfake, Seedance 2.5 Blocks Hollywood Rip-Offs
After Cruise V Pitt Deepfake, Seedance 2.5 Blocks Hollywood Rip-Offs
Deadline

EXCLUSIVE: ByteDance ‘s new AI video generator Seedance 2.5 is successfully blocking efforts to steal Hollywood intellectual property after Seedance 2.0 prompted outrage among U.S. studios, research has revealed. The Chinese owner of TikTok…

express.co.uk - Jess Phillips - 'Meghan and Harry just burned one bridge too many - Hollywood is over for them'
'Meghan and Harry just burned one bridge too many - Hollywood is over for them'
Daily Express

Harry and Meghan have been rejected by Hollywood once again Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have reportedly “burned too many bridges” to make it in Hollywood, and their latest is “very telling”, according to News24 star…

boredpanda.com - Abel Musa Miño - Hollywood's 'Getting Thinner' Trend Raises Concern As Jenna Ortega Becomes The Latest Celebrity To Worry Fans
Hollywood's 'Getting Thinner' Trend Raises Concern As Jenna Ortega Becomes The Latest Celebrity To Worry Fans
Bored Panda

On August 11, Jenna Ortega sat down for an interviewto discuss becoming one of Hollywood's biggest young stars, working with Tim Burton, lying her way through childhood auditions, and the overnight explosion of Wednesday. Instead, much of the…

hollywoodreporter.com - Katie Kilkenny - Paramount Has Spent 100 Years in Hollywood. David Ellison Loved That. Until He Didn't
Paramount Has Spent 100 Years in Hollywood. David Ellison Loved That. Until He Didn't
The Hollywood Reporter

“Paramount has deep roots in Southern California. My vision is to stay true to our roots,” wrote David Ellison in a letter to lawmakers representing the state in February. What a difference a few months makes. Now the mogul is locked…

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