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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 contributions from veteran Hollywood journalist Kim Masters, media analyst Julia Alexander, entertainment law expert Eriq Gardner, and special box office dispatches from Scott Mendelson.
THE LATEST ARTICLES
Matthew Belloni
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March 18, 2025
How UTA’s Jeremy Zimmer Lost the Troops
Pushed out of the top talent agency he co-founded and ran, Zimmer became a victim of the pressures from a changing Hollywood and the private equity investors who increasingly call the shots.
Matthew Belloni
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March 14, 2025
The Mailbag: Disney’s Kamala Problem, Taylor Sheridan Moves & “Worst” Streamer Rankings
Answers to burning questions from readers, sources, agents, producers, and maybe your secret enemy on the Disney succession race, China’s box office windfall, the Paramount-Skydance odds, what’s up with Jon Hamm, whether Netflix actually makes the worst movies… and much more.
Matthew Belloni
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March 7, 2025
Can Village Roadshow Go On?
A pioneer of film finance that had its hand in everything from ‘The Matrix’ to the ‘Ocean’s’ movies is teetering on insolvency amid a crippling legal fight with Warner Bros., private equity management, and the industry slowdown that has claimed other Hollywood players.
Matthew Belloni
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March 4, 2025
Behold, the 2025 Awards Season Awards!
From the contenders who never were contenders to the Netflix-bashing on Oscar night (and plenty of Karla Sofía Gascón), one of the oddest and most roller-coastery seasons in memory deserves its own set of accolades…
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.