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How Samsung TV Plus Is Building Hollywood's New Marketing Channel
'Fallout' show on Samsung TV Plus Fox agreed to acquire Roku for $22 billion to gain greater control over the screen viewers encounter before choosing what to watch. Samsung already owns a version of that screen, and studios are increasingly…
Web of billions: how Spider-Man became the most heroic franchise in Hollywood
A year ago, the superhero-industrial complex looked like it was on the wane. All three of Marvel's big movies for 2025 underperformed to some degree or another, outgrossed by DC's newest reboot of Superman – which itself made less than any…
Free tiers are Hollywood's next big idea in the streaming wars
That is the question for paid streamers like Netflix, as free services, and YouTube in particular, attract TV viewers. Hollywood giants Disney and Paramount Skydance are exploring adding free tiers to their subscription services to build audiences…
The box office just rejected Hollywood's AI bet | Opinion
Every few years, someone confidently asserts that cinema is dead. First, it was television. Then home video. Then streaming. Most recently, it has been generative AI. We were promised a dystopian future where anyone could become a filmmaker with a…
Hollywood Sets Its Sights On an 'Action Man' Movie
With Barbie seeing if it can theatrically return and a Matchbox movie months away, another toy line's stepped up for adaptation. Our latest candidate is Action Man, a line of toys famous over in the UK. Per the Hollywood Reporter, Hasbro and studio…
Tom Holland and Zendaya become most bankable box office couple in Hollywood
Posted Tue 4 Aug 2026 at 4:25pm Let's talk about British actor Tom Holland and his wife American actress Zendaya. Both star in Spider-Man: Brand New Day which has delivered an historic $US927 million ($1.32 billion) worldwide opening. This includes…
I'm Seeing Hollywood In A Whooooole New Light After Reading Some Of These Wild Pieces Of Trivia
You can hear Harrison Ford tell the story himself on Where Everybody Knows Your Name (skip to 29:00). Disclaimer: Submissions have been edited for length and/or clarity.
Hollywood hotspot with secret entrance closed after disturbing vermin infestation
A popular '70s retro bar known for its secret entrance through a refrigerator in Hollywood was temporarily shut down due to vermin infestation on Thursday. Good Times at Davey Wayne's in 1611 N El Centro Avenue was shut down by the Los Angeles…
Hollywood's Hottest Fall Drama Is the Warnermount Merger
On July 31, the legal battle over Paramount Skydance's planned $110 billion merger with Warner Bros. inched forward. Several state attorneys general who sued to stop this merger asked a California judge to schedule a trial for April. The request…
St. Vincent Wraps Orchestra-Backed Tour With Cinematic Hollywood Bowl Show
St. Vincent wrapped up her critically lauded orchestral tour run in her “adopted hometown” of Los Angeles at the Hollywood Bowl Sunday night, enlisting the venue's famed orchestra to help turn her discography into a full-on theatrical…
Hollywood quietly incorporating AI, despite public protest
More than 10% of Hollywood job adverts are AI-related, The Los Angeles Times reported, suggesting the US movie industry is increasingly incorporating the technology despite public protests. AI use was a driver of the 2023 writers' and actors'…
The Hollywood Reporter and Sportico Launch 'THR's Game Recognize Game' Video Series
The Hollywood Reporter and Sportico are bringing star power and athletic excellence together in a new video franchise: THR's Game Recognize Game. Launching Aug. 26 in tandem with THR and Sportico's “The Sports Issue,” the…
How Top Hollywood Companies Toasted Next Generation on National Intern Day (Sans Alcohol)
When they say “it's all about who you know in Hollywood,” that usually refers to a contact list filled with people in positions of power who can help you move up the ladder. But on Thursday, Fifth Season took over the picturesque…
Meghan and Harry's Oprah snub has just proven one thing - their Hollywood dream is over
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle did a bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey in 2021 Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's desperate search for Hollywood success might hit a dead end as their former pal Oprah Winfrey is reportedly not keen on doing a…
EXCLUSIVE: Kevin Spacey Reaching Out to Powerful Pals to Help With a Hollywood Comeback
Kevin Spacey is craving a Hollywood comeback following his career-wrecking sexual misconduct scandal, so the two-time Oscar winner is begging famous friends for favors after years of legal battles left him low on dough and without a permanent home…
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