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Netflix Regime Change Explained in 5 Shocking Charts
Its originals aren’t hitting the zeitgeist �� or Nielsen charts — the way they once did. Peter Rice, you’re up
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$100,000 Bar Mitzvahs: Hollywood Empty Soundstages’ New Stars
As film and TV production slumps, studios roll out red carpets for lavish coming-of-age parties to rival ‘a Netflix premiere’
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Jon Ossoff Is Hollywood’s New Crush: ‘He’s Dreamy’
It’s midterms mania as power brokers write checks — and Casey Wasserman crosses party lines against Abdul El-Sayed
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The Future of Entertainment 25: New Stars, Studios & Storytellers
YouTube’s power players. Netflix’s Brandon Riegg. Issa Rae. MrBeast. Audiences are making the rules now — and showbiz has never looked wilder
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Did Ari Emanuel Buy His Way Onto the ‘NYT’ Bestseller List?
‘Roll the Calls’ hit No. 2 on the paper’s list. But ‘Publishers Weekly’ excluded it after BookScan flagged excessive bulk sales
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Tick Tick: Skydance’s Debt Clock Is Spooking Wall Street
‘It has all the factors of what make a mega merger fail,’ as analysts see no room for error
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2 Million Viewers or Bust: Inside Documentary’s ‘Darwinian’ Collapse
Sheila Nevins, Dawn Porter, Josh Braun and more tell me it started with the algorithm and finished with the White House
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The Definitive Superhero Power Ranking: Hollywood’s 67 Most Valuable Characters
Box office, multipliers, streaming minutes and theme-park play: from the MCU to DC, who’s still flying — and who’s grounded
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John Green on Hollywood: ‘I Thought Fame Would Fill a Hole.’ It Didn’t
The author opens up as he releases his first adult novel — and reveals the notes he got from a producer, agent and actor
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Private Equity Is Coming for Authors, Dead or Alive
Like music catalogs, literary estates are now targeted by investment firms and changing how Hollywood will deal with IP
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The NFL Has a Rom-Com Strategy
I go inside Hallmark Channel’s three-movie experiment to super-serve the other half of the league’s 250 million fans
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Inside Macron’s Room: Sarandos, Langley, Walden — and a Big Warning
Hollywood flew to France as its chief made the case U.S. leaders haven’t: that cinema is an industry worth fighting for
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729 Auditions Later, Vertical Dramas Made Him a Star at 47
TJ Wilk, Kate Mantilini waiter, Equinox trainer and Beverly Hills manny, is now A-list — just not where he expected
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As Directors Rise From YouTube, What’s Film School for, Then?
Lessons in craft are free online, as deans sell something else now — including room to fail comfortably
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The 17 Press Stops Publicists Are Fighting Over — and Fighting About
Matt Damon in costume, influencers charging six figures: Hollywood’s ever-changing PR circuit is a ‘cycle of hell’
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‘I’m Not Successful Enough to Get Away With Being Old’
As careers stall, Hollywood professionals confess they’re on a costly hamster wheel of treatments to stall their faces, too
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