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Eriq Gardner
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October 3, 2022
Google’s Big SCOTUS Season
The O.G. tech giant is facing dire legal challenges from nearly every direction, over promoting terrorism, stealing rap lyrics, and more. The consequences could ricochet through Silicon Valley and Hollywood, from TikTok and Yelp to YouTube and Netflix.
Matthew Belloni
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October 2, 2022
Trevor Noah’s Moment of Zen
The ‘Daily Show’ star had nearly two years left on his contract, but it wasn’t a secret that Noah struggled to balance a nightly talk show with other ambitions, and MTV’s Chris McCarthy had few options but to let him leave. The franchise will continue, but the economics may never be the same.
Jonathan Handel
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October 2, 2022
Are Hollywood’s Virtual Auditions Illegal?
The post-Covid move toward “self tape” auditions has spawned a veritable arms race among actors to create featurette-style videos, and an entire pay-to-play cottage industry to produce them. Hollywood’s biggest union wants to dial it back.
Dylan Byers
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September 30, 2022
A Tree Falls in Late Night
Trevor Noah, not even 40, is the latest star to pull the plug on his own late night show—once again proving that the linear big bang has landed after 11:30, and may soon upend Colbert, Fallon, and Kimmel, too.
Matthew Belloni
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September 29, 2022
Shaken & Stirred: Amazon’s Bond-Sized MGM Challenge
It’s not just the struggle to find a film executive for its newly-purchased $8.5 billion studio and Bond franchise, but also to manage the Broccoli family that maintains full creative control.
Dylan Byers
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September 28, 2022
The Treaty of Paris
What to do when a living legend wants to keep working while her true natural heir is a future legend sowing his oats, and eager to expand his footprint? And when there is some history between the two, and the future of a historic brand hangs in the balance? Only at Condé Nast…