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bloomberg.com - With Dramas Big and Small, Hollywood Is Booming
With Dramas Big and Small, Hollywood Is Booming
Bloomberg

If you love the cinema, there's a good chance you've already seen The Odyssey (and had at least one prior conversation about the best screen format). Perhaps you made it to the blockbuster new Spider-Man or the indie horror hit Obsession (and…

theguardian.com - Zach Vasquez - How the mob took Hollywood: the story of organized crime and the movies
How the mob took Hollywood: the story of organized crime and the movies
The Guardian

“From the foundation of Hollywood, organized crime is there.” So claims Tom Patterson, producer and director of new three-part documentary series, Hollywood Crime Story: The Mob Takes Over the Movies. American witchhunt: how the…

eonline.com - See Bridget Fonda, 62, on Rare Outing After Quitting Hollywood
See Bridget Fonda, 62, on Rare Outing After Quitting Hollywood
E! Online

Watch: Toy Story 5's Joan Cusack Shares Why She Stepped Away From Hollywood Bridget Fonda is never far from the public eye. Twenty-four years after she retired from acting, the Single White Female star made a rare public appearance when she was…

hollywoodreporter.com - Claudia Rosenbaum - Counsel of Champions: Hollywood's Top Sports Lawyers
Counsel of Champions: Hollywood's Top Sports Lawyers
The Hollywood Reporter

When a deal looks like it's going to be heading into the billions, Argeris gets the call. He guided a consortium led by team ownerJosh Harris through a record-shattering $6.05 billion purchase of the Washington Commanders, at the time the largest…

express.co.uk - Jess Phillips - Harry and Meghan's latest disaster is wake up call they need to run from Hollywood
Harry and Meghan's latest disaster is wake up call they need to run from Hollywood
Daily Express

Harry and Meghan need to leave Hollywood now Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are facing a major blow at their Montecito home – and I think it's a sign that they need to get out of Hollywood before it's too late. Though they're tucked away in…

swissinfo.ch - Dylan Adamson, Locarno Critics Academy - Reds on the blacklist: Locarno revives Hollywood's radical authors
Reds on the blacklist: Locarno revives Hollywood's radical authors
www.swissinfo.ch

There are many ironies about staging an ambitious retrospective section at a large contemporary film festival. Novelty is the base currency of the movie industry, and a celebration of films made by dead people nearly a century ago provides scarce…

indiewire.com - Chris O'Falt - 'Godfather Part II' Changed Hollywood's Approach to Sequels Forever
'Godfather Part II' Changed Hollywood's Approach to Sequels Forever
IndieWire

Paramount was so desperate for a “Godfather” sequel they were willing to give Francis Ford Coppola virtually anything — a $1 million directing fee, complete creative control, they even promised that studio chief Robert Evans…

foxnews.com - Christina Dugan Ramirez - Blue Bloods' star Jennifer Esposito says she walked away from Hollywood after years of rejection and 'abuse'
Blue Bloods' star Jennifer Esposito says she walked away from Hollywood after years of rejection and 'abuse'
Fox News

After years of attempting to meet Hollywood's expectations, Jennifer Esposito reached a breaking point. During an appearance on Maria Menounos' 'Heal Squad' podcast, the 'Blue Bloods' alum reflected on the ups and downs she experienced as a young…

townhall.com - Amy Curtis - Harry Potter and Hollywood's Subversive Casting Problem
Harry Potter and Hollywood's Subversive Casting Problem
Townhall

Once I finish the audiobooks, I only have to wait a couple of months for HBO's 'Harry Potter' to debut. I am looking forward to that for a variety of reasons. First, I hope the television series allows room to include things from the books that…

hollywoodreporter.com - Lilly Workneh - Jerry Seinfeld Applauds Ted Sarandos' Impact on Hollywood: 'The Most Loved Industry Executive I Have Ever Seen'
Jerry Seinfeld Applauds Ted Sarandos' Impact on Hollywood: 'The Most Loved Industry Executive I Have Ever Seen'
The Hollywood Reporter

The Television Academy welcomed seven new members into its Hall of Fame Thursday night, honoring a class that has spent decades defining television across comedy, drama, documentary, journalism and entertainment. Actors Ted Danson and Jean Smart…

collider.com - Julio Bardini - 'Dungeon Crawler Carl's Adaptation Is Already Avoiding Hollywood's Biggest Mistake
'Dungeon Crawler Carl's Adaptation Is Already Avoiding Hollywood's Biggest Mistake
Collider

Nowadays, great IP with franchise potential is what drives the streaming industry, and Peacock has just found one of the best candidates in Dungeon Crawler Carl. The LitRPG saga has become an inescapable talking point on the internet in recent…

hollywoodreporter.com - Alex Weprin - ABC and NBC to Add 11 More NBA Games This Season, Further Squeezing Hollywood
ABC and NBC to Add 11 More NBA Games This Season, Further Squeezing Hollywood
The Hollywood Reporter

As Hollywood frets over Paramount's $111 billion deal for Warner Bros. Discovery, NBCUniversal and Disney are handing another 33 hours of broadcast TV programming to the NBA. The NBA announced its 2026-2027 schedule this week, and it includes an…

radaronline.com - Beth Shilliday - Meghan Markle Branded 'Intolerable' as Hollywood Is 'Sick of Diva Duchess': 'They Just Don't Want Her'
Meghan Markle Branded 'Intolerable' as Hollywood Is 'Sick of Diva Duchess': 'They Just Don't Want Her'
RadarOnline

Meghan Markle has reportedly burned nearly every bridge in Hollywood, with Tinseltown power players now branding the ex-royal 'intolerable' following her clash with domestic goddess Martha Stewart, RadarOnline.com can reveal. Amid the 45-year-old's…

cinemablend.com - Christina Radish - Universal Hollywood's New Coaster Complaints Have Not Been A 'Scream' To Navigate
Universal Hollywood's New Coaster Complaints Have Not Been A 'Scream' To Navigate
Cinemablend

One of the most anticipated roller coasters of 2026 is Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift, and excitement has only continued to build as we've been able to witness its progress firsthand. It's the first time Universal Studios Hollywood has gotten an…

hollywoodreporter.com - Katie Kilkenny - The War Over Warner Bros. Is Splintering Hollywood's Labor World
The War Over Warner Bros. Is Splintering Hollywood's Labor World
The Hollywood Reporter

When the antitrust trial over the planned $111 billion merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery was scheduled for March 2027, the delay was viewed as a major blow to studio CEO David Ellison and his team. It turns out the…

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