The Rapid-Fire News Out of Netflix
Netflix’s head of film, Scott Stuber, stepped down from his post after seven years in a perfect ankling (meaning, it was unclear who left whom and why). That shocker was followed by one bombshell afte...
26 Jan 202446min
Ari Golds of a New Hollywood
Inside the gleaming towers of marble and modern art containing Hollywood’s storied agencies lays the beehive of Hollywood: 10 percenters rolling calls and doing deals (that close slowly), and fresh fa...
19 Jan 202435min
Pain in the New Year: Amazon Layoffs, Paramount Peril
Toast the New Year with RC Cola? It’s the kind of subpar beverage apropos to the first days of 2024, where a dreary Golden Globes (the RC Cola of Awards Shows) was celebrated for not being the lowest-...
12 Jan 202440min
'It's Like California in the 1920s'
Five years ago, Hollywood rose up in protest over Saudi Arabian dissident Jamal Khashoggi’s murder, which U.S. intelligence found was approved by the country’s leader, Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman...
5 Jan 202438min
The Most Blunder-ful Time of the Year!
From mass layoffs to major strikes to multiplex disasters, the entertainment industry isn’t likely to forget 2023. Richard Rushfield runs through his annual Ankler 100, Hollywood’s most miserable mome...
22 Des 20231h
A Peek Under Netflix's Secretive Hood
Hollywood officially entered the upside-down this week: streamers flexed like it was 2019 again with a flurry of new deals; Disney about-faced by licensing shows to one-time nemesis Netflix; and then ...
15 Des 202348min
What the Heck is 'Undeniable' TV?
The passing of Norman Lear coincides with a new TV era where, quite likely, not a single one of the legendary producer’s famous sitcoms would pass muster in a pitch meeting of today. While Elaine Low ...
8 Des 202354min
What Movie Audiences Want for the Holidays
As Hollywood reels from a string of high-budget box office flops, Kevin Goetz, says, sure, contraction is coming. But, “every movie — if made and marketed for the right price — should make money,” say...
1 Des 202355min
