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A close Scott Stuber friend thinks he probably would have left Netflix early last year if not for the strikes—it wasn’t a great time to start a new thing.
HOLLYWOOD January 26, 2024
A $5 billion WWE deal and the exit of film chief Scott Stuber mark an inflection in the streaming wars as Ted Sarandos consolidates the market—adding live sports, producing fewer original movies, and absorbing content from the rivals Netflix is leaving behind.
The new Apple Vision Pro headset is displayed during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference on June 05, 2023 in Cupertino, California.
HOLLYWOOD January 22, 2024
Tim Cook’s fancy new $3,500 V.R. headset, which I recently (reluctantly) sampled, may seem like a gimmick—until you imagine the future of at-home theatrical. Take Steven Soderbergh’s latest movie as an example.
Jon Feltheimer, Rachel Zegler and Tom Blyth at the premiere of "The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes" held at TCL Chinese Theatre on November 13, 2023 in Los Angeles.
HOLLYWOOD January 14, 2024
An executive shake-up comes amid C.E.O. Jon Feltheimer’s latest play to make the ‘Hunger Games’ outfit more attractive to a buyer like Netflix or Apple. But is anyone in the market for a slimmed-down studio, and how do you solve a problem like Starz?
From left: Lindsay Dougherty, Lisa Takeuchi Cullen, Meredith Stiehm, Matthew Loeb, Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, and moderator Matt Belloni speak on the A.I. Goes to Hollywood panel at the 2024 Labor Innovation & Technology Summit in Las Vegas.
HOLLYWOOD January 11, 2024
For the first time since the strikes of 2023, the leaders of five major entertainment unions come together to debate the artificial intelligence threat, what they gained (and didn’t) by shutting down the industry, and the roadmap for negotiations in ’24: “Nothing is off the table.”


Tom Cruise and Miles Teller attend the Global Premiere of "Top Gun: Maverick" on May 4, 2022, in San Diego, California.
HOLLYWOOD January 11, 2024
Even as Tom Cruise sets a “strategic partnership” with Warner Bros., he may not be available until well into 2025 or 2026.
Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs arrives to Gillette Stadium before the game against the New England Patriots on December 17, 2023 in Foxborough, Massachusetts.
HOLLYWOOD January 8, 2024
Lots of Zaz hypotheticals, a Kelce career opportunity, re-bundling woes, and Apple’s put-up-or-shut-up moment.
Jenna Ortega at the photo call for "Wednesday" held at Hollywood Forever Cemetery on April 29, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.
HOLLYWOOD January 5, 2024
Declining budgets, a potential Imax sale, more agency consolidation, a Netflix film reckoning, Fox’s humbling, Jenna Ortega’s rise and exit, and other hypotheses for another wild year in the entertainment business.
CAA leaders Bryan Lourd, Richard Lovett, and Kevin Huvane pulled off a coup in getting French billionaire François-Henri Pinault to buy out TPG’s stake in the agency.
HOLLYWOOD January 2, 2024
It’s not the Villain of the Year award, but it’s a no less prestigious honor: This year’s inaugural Scrooge of the Year award goes to CAA leaders Bryan Lourd, Richard Lovett, and Kevin Huvane.


Nelson Peltz, founder and chief executive officer of Trian Fund Management, during the Future Investment Initiative (FII) Institute Priority Summit in Miami on March 30, 2023.
HOLLYWOOD January 2, 2024
Nelson Peltz, Ike Perlmutter, and Jay Rasulo say they want to help Bob Iger restore the company to its 2015 glory. But doesn’t everyone in Hollywood? And wouldn’t you trust literally anyone instead of them?
Ynon Kreiz, Chairman and CEO, Mattel Inc., speaks during the Milken Institute Global Conference on October 19, 2021 in Beverly Hills, California.
HOLLYWOOD December 28, 2023
Ynon Kreiz, the veteran executive who restructured Mattel and bet its future on the Barbie movie (and the tenuous I.P. business), has the experience and momentum to be a potential replacement for Bob Iger, despite a checkered past with Disney. At the very least, Kreiz is the Hollywood Hero of the Year.
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