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Chris Brown
HOLLYWOOD November 20, 2022
The controversial singer was set to perform a Michael Jackson tribute until I alerted ABC and the Disney-owned network began considering the optics of a convicted domestic abuser feting an alleged child molester. A behind the scenes scramble ensued.
HOLLYWOOD November 17, 2022
The Chapek vs. Iger narrative was mostly just gossip, a product of one of the most celebrated media C.E.O.s of all time being replaced by a decidedly less dynamic manager. Their differences are much more relevant now that the company’s financial situation has become more perilous.
JK Rowling
HOLLYWOOD November 14, 2022
David Zaslav may want more Potter hits, but he has more than a few obstacles—franchise challenges, sequel blues, a complicated and semi-cancelled talent—in front of him. And Zaz needs Rowling more than she needs him.
David Young
HOLLYWOOD November 10, 2022
Writers are angrier than ever, and ready to strike. But between the industry’s streaming arms race and stock market woes, those studio water towers aren’t exactly overflowing with champagne these days. Look out below.


Brad Schwartz
HOLLYWOOD November 6, 2022
Brad Schwartz is taking over the last-place broadcast network that has become little more than a linear money pit, and the numbers are only getting worse. Those Greg Berlanti-produced Y.A. shows and DC Comics adaptations are likely coming to an end under new owner Nexstar, and ultimately, the economics of the entire network probably aren’t sustainable.
Hollywood movie producer Amy Pascal.
HOLLYWOOD November 4, 2022
Emanuel may be the C.E.O. of a public company, but he isn’t above putting the chill on an executive when they refer talent to Bryan Lourd.
Zaslav
HOLLYWOOD November 3, 2022
The plunging value of entertainment companies presents terrible options: limit streaming spending too much and you risk being left behind; go all in and you risk spending yourself out of business. Is there a magical middle ground?
James Gunn
HOLLYWOOD October 30, 2022
The inside conversation percolating in Hollywood about the new Gunn-Safran regime, and what it might reveal about Zaslav’s strategy to take on Marvel.


The 94th Academy Awards - Vanity Fair Party - Los Angeles
HOLLYWOOD October 30, 2022
If anyone wonders whether there are consequences in Hollywood for bad behavior, just juxtapose Smith’s seamless redemption tour for Emancipation with what people were saying about him after the Slap at the Oscars.
Kathleen Kennedy, president of Lucasfilm
HOLLYWOOD October 23, 2022
Kathleen Kennedy’s stewardship of the movie franchise continues to baffle as a key right-hand exits and a new film, perhaps the one in development with Damon Lindelof, isn’t expected until at least 2025, six years after ‘Rise of Skywalker.’ With Marvel churning out multiple movies every year, such a massive pause is borderline corporate negligence.
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