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Lord and Miller on ‘Project Hail Mary’ Secrets, Losing ‘Solo’, and Good Studio Execs

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Why You Don’t Need a Major Studio to Release Your Movie Anymore

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What Netflix's Exec Purge Means for Its Movies and TV

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Bring Back Fin-Syn? The Forgotten Rule That Could Save Hollywood

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Five Narratives That Could Swing the 2026 Awards Season

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The Six Toughest Decisions David Ellison Faces With WarnerMount

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Danny Boyle on Depicting Murdoch, AI, Bond, and ‘28 Years Later’

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Welcome to Skydance! Movies, TV ... and Massive Debt

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The Hollywood Stock Market: Johnny Depp, Curry Barker, Spielberg, MrBeast, and More!

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Why Every Agency Wants a Piece of the Creator Economy

11

The Ari Emanuel Experience

12

Dissecting the Bill That Could Transform Hollywood, With Its Co-Author

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Jeffrey Katzenberg on Why Hollywood Must Embrace AI

14

Emergency Pod: Paramount Settles—and Bonta Caves

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Tom Cruise and the New Age of Celebrity Profiles

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2026 Emmys Instant Reactions: Is Apple Really the New HBO? What Happened to Netflix?

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How to Run a Specialty Studio in 2026, with Searchlight President

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‘Resident Evil’ and the Tightrope of Relaunching Old IP

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Four Big Stories: Emmys ’26, Summer Box Office Pushback, Fed Tax Credit Odds, and ‘60 Minutes’ 2.0

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The 2026 Summer Box Office Winners, Losers, and Head-Scratchers

21

Did Donald Trump Just Save Filmmaking in America?

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The Five Biggest Hollywood Storylines for the Rest of 2026

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Disney's Biggest Swings and Misses, Plus Iger vs. Eisner—With the Acquired Guys

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America vs. the U.K.: Who Makes Better TV Shows?

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The WarnerMount PR War and the 'Dune 3' Ticket Crash

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Mailbag! Marvel’s Future, Johnny Depp’s Comeback, L.A.’s Recession, and Awkward Celeb Interactions.

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The Business Secrets Behind the ‘Love Island’ Juggernaut

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What Will It Take to End the Paramount–Warner Bros. Standoff?

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Where Have All the Action Heroes Gone? With 'John Wick' Producer Basil Iwanyk

30

Why Can’t We Build More IMAX Theaters? With CEO Rich Gelfond

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Fox Stands Up to the NFL, a Big Change to TV Ownership, and Ellison Commits to 30 Movies

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The Case for Disney Exiting the Streaming Wars

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Can the Paramount-WBD Merger Survive a Trial, Midterms, and a $650 Million Clock?

34

Why Spider-Man Broke Records, and Why Peacock Partnered With YouTube

35

The Future Blockbusters Draft, Part 2

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The Future Blockbusters Draft: The Directors, Actors, and IP That Will Define the Next Decade

37

The Surprising Winners of the AI-Enabled Entertainment Economy

38

Is Netflix Hurting YouTube by Poaching Talent?

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Paramount's Strategy to Beat California, With Its Top Lawyer

40

The Numbers That Have Netflix Investors Spooked

41

The Data Scientists Quietly Powering Hollywood’s Greenlight Machine

42

The Case Against WarnerMount, with CA Attorney General Rob Bonta

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Is California's $750 Million Bet on Hollywood Working?

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Inside the Internet IP Gold Rush Sweeping Hollywood

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The Biggest Winners and Losers of 2026 So Far

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Why Attendance Tells a Better Story Than Box Office

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Will the Comcast-NBCU Split Lead to Another Huge Hollywood Deal?

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How Larry Ellison’s Trump Bromance Is Helping WarnerMount

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Amazon Won’t Release Its Sam Altman Movie. Will Anyone?

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The Secret Industry That Makes Movies Go Viral

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Have Platforms Unseated Content as King in Hollywood?

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Fox Is Buying Roku for $22B. Is It Now a Streaming Power Player?

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Bonus Episode! Matt Risks His Life Eating Wings With Sean Evans of ‘Hot Ones.’

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The ‘Obsession’ Windfall and How Indie Hits Pay Out

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The Gen Z Box Office Boom and What They Think of Spielberg, Marvel, and Star Wars

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Is the ‘60 Minutes’ Blowup a Threat to Ellison’s Empire?

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'Backrooms’ Director Kane Parsons on Bursting into Hollywood, Internet Fandom, and Old IP

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Is This Hollywood’s First Practical Solution to Control AI?

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The Right and Wrong Lessons From ‘Backrooms’ and ‘Obsession’

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Peter Chernin on ‘Backrooms’ and Where the Smart Money Is Going in Hollywood

61

IMAX Suitors and Why Netflix Put Fincher in Theaters

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Spencer Pratt, Karen Bass, and Why California Politicians Suddenly Love Hollywood

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Hollywood’s Inevitable Pivot to Vertical Video Is Here

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The Hollywood Jealousy Draft: What Each Studio Would Steal From Its Rivals

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Who Won (and Lost) TV’s Annual Billion-Dollar Cash Grab

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What Makes Good TV Writers (and Execs), With David E. Kelley

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Disney vs. Trump in the D’Amaro Era Looks Different

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A Sit-Down With Blake Lively’s Lead Litigator

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SubwayTakes, Tiktok Vs. YouTube, and New Late-Night TV With Kareem Rahma

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Hell Has Frozen Over: Netflix To Release Greta Gerwig’s ‘Narnia’ Exclusively in Theaters

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The 2026 Summer Blockbuster Confidence Ranking

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'Michael’s' Big Win, the Reshoot Drama, and Sequel Hurdles with Lionsgate’s Film Head

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Peacock’s Battle for Survival and the Catch 22 of Streaming

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WarnerMount One Step Closer and the Bizarre ‘Michael’ Backstory

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What Scares Hollywood’s Top Producers the Most About the State of Movies

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Could Hollywood Actually De-Monopolize?

77

Nolan, Spielberg, Ellison, Cruise(!), and the CinemaCon Studio Power Ranking

78

Jon Favreau on the Future of Star Wars, AI, and New Filmmaking Technology

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The 3 Biggest Stories in Music: Bieber’s Payday, Ye’s Comeback, and $64B for Universal Music Group

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The ‘Lorne’ Director on Two Years of Exclusive ‘SNL’ Access

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The A-List Filmmakers Evangelizing Movie Theaters

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Does the Surprise Writers Guild Deal Mean Labor Peace in Hollywood?

83

Are Movies Actually Getting Longer? We Found Out.

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Why Hollywood Needs Books More Than Ever

85

Netflix’s Price Hike and Opening Day Debut. Plus, HBO's ‘Harry Potter’ and the Millennial Nostalgia Era.

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Can D.C. Save Hollywood? Senator Adam Schiff on Bringing Production Home.

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Sora Is Dead: What Does That Mean for Disney? Plus, ‘The Bachelorette’ Scandal.

88

Gosling, MBJ, Timmy, and the Biggest Movie Stars Under 50 Power Ranking

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Secrets to Commercial Filmmaking With 'The Housemaid' Director Paul Feig

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The NFL's Billion-Dollar Cash Grab and Whether There’s Any Left for Film and TV

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Oscars Winners and Losers, and Universal’s Pivot to Keep Movies in Theaters Longer

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How to De-Age the Oscars with Amelia Dimoldenberg

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Why the Biggest Oscar Party Is Cutting Its Guest List in Half

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Oscars Preview! Timmy Trouble, a ‘Sinners’ Surge, and a Big Lead for 'One Battle'

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Why Netflix Bought Ben Affleck’s AI Company, and If Hollywood Should Worry

96

How to Chart a Career Path in Modern Hollywood, With Rachel Sennott

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Investor Gerry Cardinale on Why WarnerMount Will Work, Middle East Money, and Layoffs

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How David Ellison Plans to Mash Two Major Studios Into One

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Emergency Pod! Paramount Outbids Netflix and Wins Warner Bros.

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The Retro Innovation of ‘The Pitt,’ With Lead Producer John Wells