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An essential, insider-friendly Hollywood tip sheet from Matthew Belloni, who spent 14 years in the trenches at The Hollywood Reporter and five before that practicing entertainment law. What I’m Hearing also features veteran Hollywood journalist Kim Masters, as well as a special companion email from Eriq Gardner, focused on entertainment law, and weekly box office analysis from Scott Mendelson.
THE LATEST ARTICLES
Matthew Belloni
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February 28, 2025
The Academy Did This to Itself
The overt internationalization of the Oscars, while cool in many ways, has fundamentally altered the taste of the awards body, and it threatens to further niche-ify the lucrative telecast when it most needs a shot of populism.
Matthew Belloni
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February 25, 2025
Kathleen Kennedy to Step Down at Lucasfilm
After a mixed 13-year run, the legendary movie producer has informed Disney, as well as friends and associates, that she will exit as Lucasfilm president by the end of the year.
Matthew Belloni
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February 21, 2025
Why the Broccolis Gave Up Bond
From the get-go, it was clear that a productive relationship between Amazon and the stewards of the billions-grossing James Bond franchise was not possible. And now, after years of failing to manage their talent, Jeff Bezos and Mike Hopkins have simply thrown more money at the problem.
Matthew Belloni
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February 14, 2025
Bela Spills the Beans
Netflix chief content officer Bela Bajaria weighs in on the ’Emilia Pérez’ Oscar scandal, the Greta Imax deal, the engagement metrics, Tiktok, live sports, the Prince doc, and so much more.
Matthew Belloni
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February 11, 2025
Kevin Mayer & Tom Staggs Want to Downsize
Candle Media, the once-M&A-hungry, Blackstone-backed roll-up company, is exploring a sale of ATTN, the video-based media publisher and creative agency.
Matthew Belloni
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February 7, 2025
Paramount in the Political Firestorm
As Shari Redstone decides whether to pay off Trump to settle a CBS News lawsuit, and a fiery F.C.C. chair raises a potential new obstacle to the Skydance merger, David Ellison can only watch and plan for the day when—or maybe if—he finally takes control of the languishing studio.
Matthew Belloni
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February 7, 2025
A New ‘Yellowstone’ Fight & Netflix’s Robinov Deal
A bundle of fresh intel from around Hollywood: The brewing legal battle between CAA and Gersh over Taylor Sheridan commissions, Netflix’s first-look arrangement with a former Warner Bros. chief, an Oscars telecast scoop, and much more.
Matthew Belloni
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January 31, 2025
Kabletown at a Krossroads
Comcast’s Brian Roberts has a decision to make with Peacock, a subscale, money-losing, U.S.-only streamer whose growth has been tied mostly to exclusive sports programming. As Netflix and the other global platforms pull away, new numbers add urgency to the push to merge or bundle.
Matthew Belloni
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January 24, 2025
A Dark Secret Has Imperiled the New Michael Jackson Movie
The late pop star’s estate overlooked a key contract with a child accuser that has now rendered the already shot third act of the film unusable. With the clock ticking on a delayed October release date, producers are scrambling to rewrite, reshoot, and somehow salvage MJ’s big-budget musical biopic.
Matthew Belloni
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January 17, 2025
Greta Gerwig’s ‘Narnia’ Release Plans Finally Revealed
Netflix has finally conceded to put the big-budget film on about 1,000 Imax screens over Thanksgiving as a streaming-theatrical hybrid—a major, precedent-setting deal months in the making.
