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How Top Creator Dhar Mann Built The Hollywood Studio Of The Future
For a glimpse of where showbiz is headed, walk a few hundred yards off the Burbank Airport runway into a 125,000-square-foot complex of warehouses where Southwest jets roar over the roof and Amtrak trains rattle the walls. Inside is a maze of jail…
Google DeepMind bets $75M on AI's future in Hollywood with A24 deal
A new alliance has formed between a Hollywood studio and a tech juggernaut. On Monday, Google DeepMind announced a $75 million investment (per the WSJ) into popular indie film studio A24, known for hits like “Marty Supreme,”…
Below-the-Line Hollywood Talent Agencies Plan Merger
With major Hollywood talent agencies often on the hunt to gobble up boutique shingles or bolt-on acquisitions, some smaller firms are faced with the question of whether to merge — out of necessity or out of choice — to avoid that…
Is AI Hollywood's New Cosmetic Surgery?
Welcome to Rendering, a Deadline column reporting at the intersection of AI and showbiz. Rendering examines how artificial intelligence is disrupting the entertainment industry, taking you inside key battlegrounds and spotlighting change makers…
LGBTQ+ Representation on TV Is Cratering. Does Hollywood Care? | Analysis
This television season brought the end of two of the most significant scripted shows of the streaming era, and with them, some beloved queer characters left the screen for good — the latest casualties in what is shaping up to be a troubling…
Paid $6700 for a $300 million movie? Indie hit ignites bitter Hollywood debate
The indie horror film Obsession is an unmistakable sign of Generation Z's box-office power, an original movie that has made $US300 million ($430 million) in the US on a $750,000 budget. In Australia, it has grossed more than $19 million – an…
To save Hollywood, create simple tax credits - and let stars qualify
The production exodus we're experiencing from California is not a mystery. It is a rational, predictable response to a policy environment that has consistently underdelivered. That's what I can tell you, as someone who manages studio assets across…
Inside Hollywood's Plan to Sell Congress and Trump on a Federal Film Tax Credit
As Hollywood and the American film industry at large fights to claw back productions from global competitors like Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia, there is one piece of policy that has been lobbyists' great white whale: a federal…
A $1 million horror film and a 30-year-old franchise are saving Hollywood's summer
“Toy Story” still has a friend in moviegoers. The fifth installment in the Pixar series debuted with $160 million in domestic ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday, easily setting a new franchise record and notching the…
Scoop: Death renews calls for Hollywood to keep boats farther from shore
A group of Hollywood divers and snorkelers want the city to reconsider allowing boats closer to shore after a 31-year-old woman was recently struck in the water. Why it matters: Kellie Williams' death has reignited concerns about Hollywood's recent…
'Toy Story 5' Shows Hollywood Is Still Not Releasing Enough Kids Movies
Each year, there's usually three or four kids movies or family films that crack the Top 10 for the annual domestic box office, but to see the staggering numbers that “ Toy Story 5 ” put up this weekend makes you think that Hollywood…
15 of the Longest Running Couples in Hollywood
Hollywood relationships are often seen as short lived, shaped by constant travel, public pressure, and lives that don't slow down. That is exactly why the couples who last for decades feel so fascinating. In an industry built on reinvention, these…
John Cena, Ludacris and a Michelin star: Curtis Stone's extraordinary Hollywood life
Curtis Stone isn't your average celebrity chef. The Melbourne-born star owns Gwen – the world's only Michelin-starred butcher shop, tucked into the heart of Hollywood – and when he walked into the MasterChef Australia kitchen, steak…
Discover Vinyl Room, the Hollywood Palladium's hidden listening lounge
California Live's Jessica Vilchis goes inside Vinyl Room, the hidden listening lounge tucked inside the Hollywood Palladium, where music-inspired cocktails, elevated bites, and hi-fi listening culture are redefining the concert-night experience.
Disclosure Day's Dismal Box-Office Drop Reveals Hollywood's New Generation Gap
The disclosure has not, seemingly, had the desired effect. Over its second weekend in theaters, Steven Spielberg 's talky, two-hour-25-minute sci-fi chase-pursuit potboiler Disclosure Day declined by a steep 62 percent from its opening…
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