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1

The Biggest Winners and Losers of 2026 So Far

2

Why Attendance Tells a Better Story Than Box Office

3

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

4

How Larry Ellison’s Trump Bromance Is Helping WarnerMount

5

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

6

The Secret Industry That Makes Movies Go Viral

7

Have Platforms Unseated Content as King in Hollywood?

8

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

9

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

10

The ‘Obsession’ Windfall and How Indie Hits Pay Out

11

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

12

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

13

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

14

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

15

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

16

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

17

IMAX Suitors and Why Netflix Put Fincher in Theaters

18

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

19

Hollywood’s Inevitable Pivot to Vertical Video Is Here

20

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

21

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

22

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

23

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

24

A Sit-Down With Blake Lively’s Lead Litigator

25

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

26

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

27

The 2026 Summer Blockbuster Confidence Ranking

28

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

29

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

30

WarnerMount One Step Closer and the Bizarre ‘Michael’ Backstory

31

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

32

Could Hollywood Actually De-Monopolize?

33

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

34

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

35

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

36

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

37

The A-List Filmmakers Evangelizing Movie Theaters

38

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

39

Are Movies Actually Getting Longer? We Found Out.

40

Why Hollywood Needs Books More Than Ever

41

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

42

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

43

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

44

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

45

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

46

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

47

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

48

How to De-Age the Oscars with Amelia Dimoldenberg

49

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

50

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

51

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

52

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

53

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

54

How David Ellison Plans to Mash Two Major Studios Into One

55

Emergency Pod! Paramount Outbids Netflix and Wins Warner Bros.

56

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

57

Part 2: Sony Film CEO on Marvel’s Decline and Hollywood’s Originality Crisis

58

Sony Film CEO on Losing ‘Sinners’ and the Endless Big Tech Battle

59

Why the Former Sony Head Blames Himself for the Infamous Hack

60

Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos Makes the Case for Buying Warner Bros.

61

The Casey Wasserman Scandal, and Who Wants to Buy His Agency

62

Should Hollywood Take the Microdrama Boom Seriously?

63

Jeff Probst on What It Takes to Produce ‘Survivor’

64

Netflix in the Senate Hot Seat, and Disney’s Demographic Problem

65

The Behind-the-Scenes Jockeying for $10M Super Bowl Ads

66

What Disney’s CEO Choice Reveals About Its Next Chapter

67

Netflix's Growth, Peacock's Struggles, and the New Streaming Hierarchy

68

How a YouTuber Took His Self-Financed Movie Wide Without a Studio

69

The Life of a ‘White Lotus’ Producer, and the ‘Jury Duty’ Sequel Revealed

70

Sundance ’26 Bidding Wars and ‘Melania’ Box Office Prospects

71

Oscar Noms ‘26! Five Big Takeaways and Industry Narratives.

72

The Last Sundance (in Park City) and Why Boulder?

73

The 2026 Box Office Draft

74

Actors vs. Studios, and the Existential AI War, With SAG-AFTRA Lead Negotiator

75

'Zootopia 2,' China, AI, and the Battle for Originals With the Head of Disney Animation

76

The Shameless Golden Globes, and Paramount Takes Warner Bros. to Court

77

Is Hollywood Broken? A Savvy Investor’s View of 2026.

78

The 2025 Box Office Year in Review: Sydney and Timmy, Superheroes vs. Horror, and Studio Power Rankings

79

2026 Burning Questions: Another Strike? Is 'Avengers: Doomsday' Doomed? And David Ellison’s Movie Taste.

80

Who Won (and Lost) the Year in Streaming?

81

The End-of-Year Exec Survey: Next Disney CEO, Where to Sell Your Movie, and Worst Media Exec

82

The Townies, Part 2: Who Won the Year in Hollywood?

83

The Townies: Hollywood’s Best and Worst of 2025

84

Paramount Isn’t Giving up Warner Bros. to Netflix Just Yet

85

A Warner Bros. Antitrust Debate With Senator Elizabeth Warren, and the Oscars Go to... YouTube

86

Why Iger Gave OpenAI the Keys to Disney’s Vault

87

Ariana in Wicked and How to Cast a Billion-Dollar Movie

88

The Ellison Empire Strikes Back: Paramount Goes Hostile

89

Netflix Buys Warner Bros. Emergency Pod!!!

90

Is Film School Still Worth It? With a Top Dean.

91

Why the NFL (and Everything Else) Keeps Breaking Ratings Records

92

Would Netflix Really Embrace Theaters to Buy Warner Bros.?

93

Commercial Vs. Arthouse, Going Marvel, and Notes From Spielberg With ‘Hamnet’ Director Chloé Zhao

94

Part 2: James Cameron on ‘Avatar 4’ and ‘5,’ Movie Biz Fears, 3D, Netflix, and Aliens

95

Part 1: James Cameron on Avatar Misconceptions, AI’s Skynet Moment, and His Elon Musk Friendship

96

Did Hollywood Ever Have a Chance Against YouTube?

97

The Brewing Backlash to Hollywood Consolidation

98

The Fall Box Office Crisis: A Phase, a Fluke, or the Future?

99

Why Anime Is Becoming Undeniable in Hollywood

100

Tubi Takes on YouTube, and a Michael Jackson Movie Update

101

YouTube vs. Disney: Who Needs Whom More?

102

Mailbag! 'Star Wars' and Soderbergh, the Best Home for Warner Bros., and Netflix vs. Theaters.

103

The 2025 Movie Franchise Draft

104

Will Big Tech and AI Save or Kill Hollywood?

105

The Risks and Rewards of Self-Distributing Movies, With Black Bear’s Teddy Schwarzman

106

Savvy or Desperate? NBCU Poaches Taylor Sheridan From Paramount.

107

Do Standing Ovations at Film Festivals Mean Anything? The Town Investigates.

108

Warner Bros. Is Officially for Sale. It's Paramount vs. ... Whom?

109

Netflix Adds Podcasts and Makes a Deal With AMC Theatres. Why?

110

Is the “Netflix of AI” App a Friend or Foe to Hollywood?

111

Apple's True Intentions in Hollywood—With Top Exec Eddy Cue

112

The Hollywood Stock Market: The Rock, Louis C.K., Kevin Feige, Sora 2, and More!

113

Part 2: What Ari Emanuel Talks About With Trump and the Rock

114

Part 1 With Ari Emanuel and Mark Shapiro: AI, Live Events, and the Four-Day Work Week

115

David Ellison’s $150M Bet on Bari Weiss and a New-Look CBS News

116

The 'Smashing Machine’ Bomb and A24’s Big-Budget Burden

117

Sora 2, AI Actors, and How Hollywood Can Fight Back

118

The Return of the Spec Script—Is There Hope for Original Screenplays in Hollywood?

119

One Box Office Battle After Another for PTA

120

Where the Money Is Spent in Hollywood and How It's Changing

121

Kimmel Is Back, But Disney vs. Trump Is Just Beginning

122

Kimmel’s Return, Disney’s Decision, and Iger’s Legacy

123

Jimmy Kimmel vs. the FCC: Can Disney Escape This Mess?

124

Is the Rotten Tomatoes Formula Fresh or Rotten?

125

David Ellison Bought Paramount. Now He Wants Warner Bros. Plus, the 2025 Emmys Recap.

126

The Emmys vs. the Audience: Which Shows People Actually Watch

127

The Murdoch Succession War is Over, and Fox Crowns its Next Leader

128

YouTube’s NFL Debut, A Surprise Box-Office Hit at the Sphere, and Warner Bros. Merger Candidates

129

Why Gen Alpha Prefers the Big Screen Over Their Phones

130

How To Save Movies With the CEO of AMC Theatres

131

The Summer Box Office Report Card: Surprise Hits, Big Flops, and Key Takeaways

132

Venice, Sundance, and the New Film Festival Hierarchy

133

Why ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Is a Fascinating Hollywood Experiment

134

‘The Traitors’ and How to Craft Hit Reality TV in 2025

135

Why Fox Is Finally Entering the Streaming Wars

136

The 10 Worst Things to Happen to Hollywood Since 2010

137

Paramount’s New Playbook Unveiled and the Taylor Swift Podcast Bounce

138

The Power and Peculiar Psychology of ‘Disney Adults’

139

Paramount’s UFC Knockout and Amazon’s Podcast Flameout

140

Could Movies Start Skipping Netflix to Go Straight to YouTube?

141

ESPN Jumps Into Bed With the NFL. What About Everyone Else?

142

Paramount’s New Team, Fantastic Four’s Nosedive, YouTubers in Theaters, and Peacock’s Future

143

Why It’s Harder Than Ever to Make a Studio Comedy, With Seth MacFarlane

144

Why IMAX Is Becoming Bigger Than the Movie

145

Paramount Now Belongs to David Ellison. What Will He Do With It?

146

The F-You ‘South Park’ Episode and the Precarious State of Comedy in 2025

147

‘Fantastic Four’ Pressure, Marvel’s Next Steps, and Kevin Feige’s Future

148

Colbert’s Next Home, and Netflix Earnings Flexes and Anxieties

149

Colbert Is Cancelled. Is the Late-Night Dam Bursting?

150

The 2025 Emmy Nomination Awards: Winners, Snubs, and Thirstiest Campaigns

151

'Superman,' Marvel vs. DC, and the Studio Head Hot Seat

152

News and Deal Buzz From Inside Sun Valley’s Billionaire Summer Camp

153

After a Historic Hollywood Tax Break, Is Moviemaking Coming Back to California?

154

Why the Paramount-Skydance Merger is "F*cking Up ‘South Park’"

155

Bribe? Surrender? Both? Unpacking the Trump-Paramount Settlement.

156

Jason Blum Opens Up About the 'M3GAN 2.0' Flop, the Blumhouse Slump, and Bouncing Back

157

Apple’s ‘F1’ Win and Big Tech’s Streaming vs. Theaters Debate

158

The Case for Netflix Pillaging YouTube Creators

159

Marvel’s Decline, Hollywood Vs. AI, and the Most Under-Covered Stories of 2025 So Far

160

Tales From the Test-Screening Trenches

161

The ‘Sinners’ Deal, the Manosphere, and the Biggest Overreactions of the First Half of 2025

162

How to Get an Emmy Nomination (...for Matt??)

163

Running a Major Talent Agency in 2025 With the New CEO of UTA

164

Warner Bros. Discovery Is Splitting Up. What's Next?

165

Chalamet, Cruise, and the New Celebrity Press Tour Playbook

166

Clooney’s Big Broadway Bet, and How to Make Real Money in Theater

167

The Real Winners of the Taylor Swift Masters Mega-Deal

168

John Mulaney on SNL50 Hijinks and Getting Away With His Late-Night Netflix Show

169

The New Path to Stand-Up Fame and Fortune With Mike Birbiglia

170

Part 2: Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg on Rejecting Tim Cook, Pitching Ice Cube, and Plans for More ‘The Studio’

171

Part 1: Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, and Wild Stories From the Set of ‘The Studio’

172

The New Late Night with ‘Hot Ones’ Host Sean Evans

173

Is Streaming Killing Music—or Saving It? With a Top Spotify Exec

174

The Five Biggest Stories in TV: HBO Max Is Back, NFL Goes Global, and Netflix’s Franchisification

175

How YouTube Quietly Took Over TV, With CEO Neal Mohan

176

Hollywood Q1 Report: Disneyland in Abu Dhabi, a Warner Bros. Spinoff, and Streaming is … Stable?

177

The 2025 Summer Blockbuster Power Ranking

178

A Revealing Ranking of the Biggest Movie Stars: Tom Holland's Surprise Rise, Zendaya’s Stronghold, and Glen Powell’s Struggle

179

Trump's Movie Tariff Bombshell and Hollywood’s Freak-Out

180

The Future of HBO (and Max?). Part 2 With CEO Casey Bloys.

181

What Is the HBO Brand in 2025? Part 1 With CEO Casey Bloys

182

Can Paramount Solve Its Impossible Trump Problem?

183

How the Oscars’ Best Stunt Category Will Work (and Why Stars Are Still Doing Their Own)

184

Can Netflix Become a Trillion-Dollar Company?

185

How Did ‘Sinners’ Really Do This Weekend?

186

What Streamers Really Want From Their Sitcoms, With a Netflix Showrunner

187

David Zaslav and the Dying Era of Media Moguls

188

The Trump Tariff Pain Index: Who Suffers the Most in Hollywood?

189

Coachella and the Changing Music Festival Hierarchy

190

Director Eli Roth Will Kill You On-Screen for $1 Million

191

A ‘Minecraft’ Megahit and the Studios Best Suited for Gen Z and Beyond

192

Tom, Leo, Gosling (!), and the CinemaCon Studio Power Ranking

193

Agents, Managers, and the Shifting Power Dynamics of Representation

194

Four Industry Experts Debate Hollywood’s Moviegoing Crisis

195

Amazon’s Studio Head Firing and the Prime Video 7-Year Report Card

196

Why YouTubers Are Having a Hollywood Moment

197

The Most Important Movie for Each Studio in 2025

198

Apple’s Hollywood Identity Crisis: Who Do They Want to Be?

199

Trump 2.0: Should Hollywood Be Panicking?

200

The Four Hottest Topics Around Town: ‘Mickey 17’, Warner Bros., Trump, and Apple TV+

201

Lively Vs. Baldoni and the Legal Stakes With Baldoni’s Lawyer

202

Is Netflix Spending its $18 Billion Content Budget Correctly?

203

An AI Studio Making 'Quality' Movies for Dirt Cheap: Revolutionary or Dystopian?

204

How the Hell Do Nielsen Ratings Actually Work?

205

How YouTube Became TV (While TV Struggles to Be YouTube)

206

2025 Oscars: Sneaky Winners and Losers. Plus, Neon CEO Tom Quinn on a Big Night for 'Anora'

207

Does an Oscar Matter More or Less Than Ever?

208

Inside Tips to Predict the 2025 Oscar Winners

209

Amazon and James Bond: What Could Go Wrong?

210

'Severance’: When a Hit Show Goes Over Budget, Who Pays?

211

SNL’s Fate After Lorne, and Streaming’s Most Overpriced Platforms

212

What’s Next at Netflix With Content Chief Bela Bajaria, Part 2

213

Netflix vs. Everyone With Content Chief Bela Bajaria, Part 1

214

Can the ‘Emilia Pérez’ Oscars Implosion Be Salvaged?

215

New Trouble for the Paramount Sale

216

NFL and Streaming: A Super Bowl Data Dive

217

What Worries Directors: AI, Peaked TV, and Baldoni-Gate

218

Inside the 2025 Grammys: Beyoncé's Win, Chappell’s Speech, and Kendrick’s Sweep

219

The Secrets to Success in Producing, With Marc Platt of ‘Wicked’

220

Irving Azoff on His A-List L.A. FireAid Concert, and Six Decades in the Music Business

221

Is There a Netflix Bubble?

222

Narratives Surrounding the Oscar Nominations

223

Changes to the 2025 Grammys and the Complicated State of Music

224

The 2025 Box Office Draft

225

Is Hollywood Assistant Life Still Insane?

226

Why Broadcast Television Won’t Die

227

How Hollywood (and Awards Season) Can Help Rebuild Los Angeles

228

The Magical (and Profitable) World of Disney Cruises

229

Golden Globes Takeaways and the Biggest Questions for 2025

230

The Townies, Part 2: Who Won the Year in Hollywood?

231

The Townies: Hollywood’s Best and Worst of 2024

232

Turning Music Rights Into a Bob Dylan Biopic

233

A Holiday Grab Bag: Blake Vs. Baldoni, NFL on Netflix, Disney’s Next CEO, and UFC's Next Home

234

The Multi-Billion-Dollar Plan to Improve Going to the Movies

235

Making Millions on Dead Celebrities in the AI Age

236

The Fate of Warner Bros in 2025, and Iger’s Trump Capitulation

237

Which Movies Actually Popped (and Flopped) on Streaming in 2024?

238

Which Streaming Shows Hit and Bombed in 2024?

239

Winners and Losers of 2024 in Streaming

240

ESPN on Disney+, Cable’s Spinoff Moment, and Who Would Buy CNN?

241

Equal Pay, Equal Stake: A Filmmaking Experiment

242

Does Disney Have Its Movie Mojo Back?

243

‘Dune’ Director Denis Villeneuve on Plans for Part 3, ‘Star Wars’ Interest, and Art Vs. Commerce

244

The Young Movie Star Draft

245

‘Anora’ Actress Mikey Madison. Plus, ‘Wicked’ Vs. ‘Gladiator II’!

246

Secrets of the NBA-TNT Divorce Settlement With Bill Simmons

247

Disney’s Streaming Turnaround and Netflix’s Boxing Debut

248

Digital TV Giants: Amazon, Google, and … Roku?

249

Martha Stewart and When a Celeb Disavows Their Doc—With the Director!

250

Netflix’s Greta Gerwig Situation, a Buried Clint Eastwood Movie, and Streaming’s Good Week

251

Winners and Losers of Hollywood Under Trump 2.0

252

How Much Money a Hit TV Show Can Make (and How It’s Changed)

253

The Existential Crisis of the Cable Juggernauts

254

Is There a Right Way to Use AI to Make Movies?

255

FX’s John Landgraf on Resisting the Algorithm, Green-lighting ‘Shogun’, and ‘The Bear’ S3

256

FX Chief John Landgraf on Silicon Valley’s Effect on Hollywood

257

The Post-Pandemic Life of a Hustling Screenwriter

258

Netflix: Unstoppable or Overvalued?

259

The New Era of ‘SNL,’ 50th Plans, and ‘Saturday Night’

260

The Secret Recipe For an Indie Horror Hit

261

The Hollywood Stock Market: Travis Kelce, J.Lo, DC Studios, Prime Video, Todd Phillips, and More!

262

Is Hollywood Screwing Up Male Characters?

263

The 'Joker 2' Mega Flop and a New CEO at Sony Pictures

264

Burning Questions for the Most Uncertain Oscar Race in Years

265

The End of the $20M TV Host Era

266

How Should Movie and TV Stars Be Paid?

267

Lionsgate, Meta, and a Wild Week in AI

268

How to Make Your Own TV Show (and Get Netflix to Buy It)

269

Biggest Takeaways From Netflix’s New Data Dump

270

The War Over the Secret Nine-Hour Prince Documentary

271

The Screenwriter Struggle and How to Break Through

272

The Real Winners and Losers of the Emmys With the ‘Hacks’ Creators!

273

The Dire State of Movie Development

274

Seth Meyers on Late Night’s Future, 'SNL' 50, and Lorne’s Successor

275

Five Burning Hollywood Questions for the Rest of 2024

276

How to Choose the Right Festival to Premiere Your Movie

277

Who's to Blame for the ESPN Blackout?

278

Should Someone Step In to Save Warner Bros. Discovery?

279

Summer Box Office Winners, Losers, and Head-Scratchers

280

The Billionaire Battle for Paramount and the Return of 'Ted Lasso'

281

Are Expensive Showrunner Deals Worth It?

282

The Arms Race Behind Where Movies Shoot

283

A New Setback in Hollywood's Cable Crisis

284

The Legacy of the Infamous Sony Hack, 10 Years Later

285

Kamala’s Hollywood Connections: Do They Help or Hurt?

286

Why Can’t Apple Figure Out Movies?

287

The Biggest Losers of Hollywood’s Cable-pocalypse

288

Disney’s Streaming Profits and Parks Problem

289

Has the Music Industry Peaked?

290

The 2024 Intellectual Property Draft

291

‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ and Marketing Disney’s First R-Rated Marvel Movie

292

WBD’s Billion-Dollar War on the NBA

293

The High Stakes of Broadcasting the Olympics

294

Is Netflix or YouTube the King in Streaming?

295

Warner's M&A Options and an NBA Rights Scoop

296

The 'Star Wars' Ratings Problem and What To Do Next

297

Does Hollywood Need Deregulation?

298

Betting on Theaters, Embracing Tech, and ‘Wicked’ With Director Jon M. Chu

299

Burning Questions About the Future of Paramount

300

Skydance’s David Ellison on His Plans for Paramount

301

The NFL's $15B Sunday Ticket Problem

302

The Biggest Over- and Underreactions of the First Half of 2024

303

Will the Debate Debacle Revive TV News?

304

How Much Kevin Costner Stands to Win or Lose on ‘Horizon’

305

Is Hollywood Really That Effed Up?

306

Hollywood’s Big Big Tech Problem

307

Sony Bought a Movie Theatre Chain. Plus, Pixar’s Big Comeback

308

Jon Stewart on AI Fears, Election Plans, and ‘Daily Show’ End Date

309

Jon Stewart Talks Apple Split, Corporate Constraints, and Media’s Regression

310

Paramount-Skydance Is Dead. What Now?

311

Will Smith’s Comeback and the Butts-in-Seats Star Ranking

312

The Science of Green-Lighting Movies

313

Is Netflix Fumbling Ads?

314

The 2024 Summer Concert Tour Draft

315

TV Viewers Are Getting Old. Do Advertisers Care?

316

The Memorial Day Box Office Meltdown

317

Everyone Hates Ticketmaster, but Is It a Monopoly?

318

Scarlett Johansson Vs. OpenAI: Does She Have a Case?

319

A War Is Coming Over Hollywood Pay

320

NFL on Netflix, and Big Tech’s TV Upfronts Takeover

321

Latinos See More Movies Than Anyone. Why Is Hollywood Ignoring Them?

322

Disney+ and Max Have Bundled, Who’s Next?

323

Are Producers in Hollywood Nearing Extinction?

324

The Year of Peacock?

325

‘The Fall Guy’ Swung and Missed … Should We Panic?

326

The 2024 Summer Blockbuster Confidence Scale

327

The Fight for the Last NBA Rights With Bill Simmons

328

A CEO Firing, and the Chaos at Paramount

329

The Rise of Tubi and If “Free” Is Really the Future of Entertainment

330

Aaron Sorkin, Live From D.C.

331

Which Bidder Is Best for Paramount?

332

Netflix’s Backtrack on Transparency

333

Taylor Swift’s Questionable Return to TikTok

334

Hollywood’s Struggle to Reinvent Itself

335

The Best and Worst Media Mergers of the 21st Century

336

Can IMAX Save Movie Theaters?

337

Hollywood vs. Big Tech in the Age of Consolidation

338

Early Winners and Losers of 2024

339

Why Documentaries Are Better and Worse Than Ever With Sheila Nevins

340

A WWE Business Smackdown With Nick Khan

341

The Disney Proxy War: Does Peltz Have a Shot Against Iger?

342

Inside TMZ’s Cozy Relationship With Hollywood

343

The Battle for Attention: Streaming Vs. Social

344

How AI Is Already Transforming Moviemaking

345

Lemon, Tucker, and the Cable News Star Turned Influencer

346

The Juice List: The Most Powerful People in Hollywood

347

‘The Holdovers’ Plagiarism Claim and How to Protect Your Script

348

Inside Netflix’s Calculated Sports Strategy

349

Oscar Winners and Losers and the Updated Movie Studio Power Rankings

350

Insider Tips to Predict the Oscar Winners

351

The Money and Power Behind the Oscars’ Red Carpet

352

New Film Heads and a New Direction for Netflix and Disney

353

The Awards Season Awards: Which Oscars Campaigns Worked (and Didn’t)

354

Will AI Video Replace Hollywood?

355

Panic Time for Max and Warner Bros. Discovery?

356

The Harsh Data Behind ‘Barbie’ and Taylor Swift’s Success

357

Peacock-Paramount+ Merger Rumors, Questions, and What-Ifs

358

How to Win Best Picture on a Budget, With Neon’s Tom Quinn

359

Hopeful or Hopeless? Takeaways From 2024's Bleak Box Office Beginning

360

Live From Las Vegas: Oscars Pressure, Late-Night TV, and the Vegas Sports Boom With Jimmy Kimmel

361

Did Disney Get Its Magic Back?

362

Will the New All-in-One Sports App Finally Kill Cable?

363

Five Major Music Business Questions After the Grammy's

364

TikTok vs. Universal Music: Why Taylor, Drake and Others Were Yanked

365

The Politics of Studios and Movie Stars

366

A Wild Week at Netflix: Stuber’s Out, WWE Is In, and Subs Are Up

367

A Top Dealmaker’s Media M&A Predictions

368

Can Sundance Save Indie Film? With CEO Joana Vicente

369

The 2024 Box Office Draft

370

The 'SNL' Succession Sweepstakes

371

Peacock’s NFL Debut and the Viability of Streaming-Only Sports

372

The Billionaire Blueprint to Buy Paramount

373

The McAfee Hail Mary and ESPN's Search for Answers

374

Four Burning Hollywood Questions to Kick Off 2024

375

Are the Golden Globes Unkillable?

376

The Young Movie Star Power Rankings

377

The Townies, Part 2: Who Won the Year in Hollywood?

378

The Townies: Hollywood’s Best and Worst of 2023

379

Warner Bros. and Paramount Are Talking. Should They Merge?

380

The Biggest Debacles of 2023: Studio Screwups, Executive Misfires, and Underrated Disasters

381

The Animation Arms Race With Illumination CEO Chris Meledandri

382

Ted Sarandos on Netflix’s New Era of Data Transparency

383

Are Streamers Helping or Hurting the Movie Business?

384

The Companies Most Likely to Be Bought or Sold in 2024

385

The Murky Metrics of Podcast Success

386

The Biggest Streaming Power Moves of 2023

387

Hollywood’s Star-making Problem, with a Top Casting Director

388

Who Will Buy Paramount?

389

Does Big Tech Belong in Hollywood?

390

Unexpected Winners and Losers of the Hollywood Labor Strikes

391

Potential Backfires in the Actors AI Deal

392

Rupert’s Retirement and Fox’s Place in Hollywood

393

Bob Iger’s Year One: Highs, Lows, and Marvel Woes

394

The End of the Actors Strike With Duncan Crabtree-Ireland

395

How the Strike Derailed Oscar Season

396

Why Batman and Everything Else Is Coming to Netflix

397

Should Reality Stars Have a Union? With Bethenny Frankel

398

The Reboot Era and TV’s IP Obsession

399

How Screwed Is the 2024 Movie Calendar?

400

Town Hall: Hasan Minhaj, a SAG Stalemate, and Apple’s Scorsese Bet

401

Marvel’s Post-‘Avengers’ Mismanagement

402

There Is Netflix, and There Is Everyone Else

403

NBA TV Rights and Players Owning Teams With Rich Paul

404

How Long Can the Live Concert Boom Last?

405

The Hollywood Stock Market: Travis Kelce’s Media Career, Netflix With Ads, Mega Music Docs, and More!

406

Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, and the Fights Over Song Credits

407

Price Hikes and the Streaming Class System

408

Live Sports on Max, and the Inevitable All-In-One App

409

Influencers Don’t Need Hollywood Anymore

410

The Post-Strike State of TV and Movie Writing

411

Lessons From the ‘Must-See TV’ Era, with Warren Littlefield

412

What the Writers Guild Won, With a Negotiator

413

The Writers Strike Is Over. Can We All Be Friends Again?

414

The End of Fox News and the Murdoch Empire

415

From Sports to Hollywood With Casey Wasserman

416

The Strike’s Permanent Damage: Who Will Suffer the Most?

417

Why Can’t Bob Iger Find a Successor?

418

A WWE and UFC Tag Team, With Endeavor’s Mark Shapiro

419

CAA’s New Billionaire Owner and the (Over)Value of Talent Agencies

420

Fall Festival Buzz and the Beginning of Oscar Season With the Head of TIFF

421

Disney’s ESPN Fight and Taylor’s Movie Takeover

422

The Summer Box Office Awards Show

423

The Growing Power of IMAX, With Its CEO

424

The Three Biggest Hold-ups in the Writers Strike

425

Is Apple’s Sports Experiment Working?

426

Justin, Ariana, and the Scooter Braun Mess

427

Predicting Hollywood’s September Surprises

428

How Much Money Does a Hit Movie Really Make (and a Flop Really Lose)?

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429

Disney’s ESPN Dilemma: to Sell or Not to Sell?

430

The Doomsday AI Scenario In Hollywood

431

Everyone Running Hollywood Is Old. Does That Matter?

432

Will Anyone Budge on Data Transparency in Hollywood?

433

Checking in on Warner Bros. Discovery and the Max Platform

434

The Barbie Effect on Female Filmmakers

435

Villains, Saviors, and Developments Three Months Into Hollywood’s Shutdown

436

Selling ‘Barbie’: Inside the Marketing Phenomenon

437

How 'Sound of Freedom' Outperformed 'Mission: Impossible'

438

Has Netflix Officially Won the Streaming War?

439

‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer's’ Epic Weekend Face-Off

440

Bob Iger’s Fire Sale: The Fate of ESPN, ABC, and Hulu

441

Inside the Actors Strike With Its Top Negotiator

442

BREAKING: Actors Go on Strike

443

The State of R-Rated Comedies, With Evan Goldberg

444

Amazon’s Spending Spree Under Scrutiny

445

Town Hall: Bob Iger’s Legacy, Summer Flops, and Streamer Mega-Mergers

446

Is David Zaslav Misunderstood?

447

What Will Bring Gen Z to Theaters?

448

How Taylor Swift's Eras Tour is Becoming the Most Successful in History

449

The 2023 Executive Draft

450

It’s Time to Break Up Hollywood

451

Is the Superhero Era Finally Ending?

452

Has Pixar Lost its Magic Touch?

453

'The Flash' and Marketing a Movie With a Controversial Star

454

Netflix Top 10 Lists and the Era of Streamer Manipulation

455

What the Writers Really Fear About AI in Hollywood

456

CNN’s Messy Chris Licht Era Is Over, Now What?

457

Hollywood’s Stealth Winners and Losers of the First Half of 2023

458

Who Is on the Studios' Side in the Writers Strike?

459

Cannes Winners, Losers, Scandals, and Big Takeaways

460

Disney’s Prickly Theme Parks Problem

461

How to Pull Off a Real-Life Mockumentary

462

Netflix Crashes TV’s Ad Party

463

The NBA Team Blowing Up Sports TV

E
464

Hollywood’s China Problem

E
465

Bob Iger’s Six-Month Report Card at Disney

E
466

The Struggle of the Modern TV Writer With Mike Schur

467

The Weird State of Media and Hollywood’s Role in It

468

The 5 Biggest Narratives After Week 1 of the Writers Strike

469

The 2023 Summer Blockbuster Confidence Scale

470

Inside the Writers Strike With a WGA Negotiator

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471

The Writers' Strike Deadline Is Here. What Will Happen?

472

60 Is the New 30: The Revealing Ranking of Biggest Movie Stars

473

Ben Winston Refuses to Declare Late-Night TV Dead

474

Another Executive Sex Scandal? How NBCU Can Pick Up the Pieces

475

One Year After the Crash: Is the New Netflix Working?

476

Inside Fox’s $787M Settlement With Dominion and the Future of Fox News

477

Is ‘Air’ a Hit? Why That's Harder Than Ever to Answer

478

Inside Rupert Murdoch’s Succession Drama

479

How the Fox News Billion-Dollar Lawsuit Will Unfold

480

One Year After the Merger: Is Warner Bros. Discovery Actually Working?

E
481

Disney vs. DeSantis: Who Will Win

482

From Viral Videos to Hit TV With Dave Burd

E
483

WWE Sells, Netflix Pulls Back, and the Oscars' Bold Bid on Theaters

484

Has Hollywood Finally Figured Out Video Games?

485

Marvel’s Bad CGI and the Firing of a “Kingmaker”

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486

Apple’s Billion-Dollar Bet on Movie Theaters

487

Lionsgate Film Chief Joe Drake on ‘John Wick’ and the Modern Independent Studio

488

BET and the Future of Small Streamers

489

Is the Franchise Model Starting to Fatigue in Hollywood?

490

Matt’s Year One Prediction Report Card

491

Michael B. Jordan and How to Build a Modern Movie Star Career

492

The Oscar Bump: Which Young Stars Won Awards Season?

E
493

Academy CEO Bill Kramer on the New and Improved (?) Oscars

494

Tips, Trends, and Storylines to Help You Bet on the Oscars

E
495

The End of Peak TV Is Finally Here

496

The Ploys and Tactics Behind Oscar Campaigning

497

How F--ked Is Fox News?

E
498

The Perfect Storm for a Writers Strike

499

Watching Your Favorite Team Is About to Get Harder

E
500

The 2023 Box Office Draft

E
501

The Companies Most Likely to Be Sold or Acquired in 2023

502

The Soap Opera Fight Over Paramount and CBS

503

Will Bob Iger Sell Hulu or ESPN?

504

How to Write a Hit Rom-Com

505

True Crime Is Murdering Documentaries

506

The Death and “Rebirth” of Showtime

507

DC Is Going Big, but Can It Catch Marvel?

508

The Future of Live Events and Late Night TV With Grammys EP Ben Winston

509

Peacock’s Promising Start to 2023 Might Not Be a Fluke

510

How an Indie Film Becomes an Oscar Winner

511

Is the Sundance Dream Still Alive?

512

How the Shocking Andrea Riseborough Oscar Nomination Happened

E
513

Inside the Netflix Executive Shake-up

E
514

Making Movie Stars Younger With AI

515

Should Disney Be Afraid of Nelson Peltz?

E
516

Around the World With Netflix’s Head of TV

E
517

‘M3GAN,' and How to Market a Movie to Young People

518

Vince McMahon’s Return and the WWE’s Most Intriguing Suitors

E
519

The New Black List and the Original Screenwriting Recession

520

Why Audiences Have Given Up on Awards Movies

521

The Townies Part 2: Hollywood’s Best and Worst of 2022

E
522

The Townies: Hollywood’s Best and Worst of 2022

E
523

Why YouTube Landed NFL ‘Sunday Ticket’

524

2022 Debacles Part 2: The 2023 Hot Seat and Hollywood’s Biggest Loser

525

2022 Debacles Part 1: Movie Bombs, Executive Misfires, and Secret Disasters

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526

The Stranglehold of Streaming, With United Talent Agency CEO Jeremy Zimmer

527

‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ With Producer Jon Landau

E
528

The Biggest Flexes of the Year in Hollywood

E
529

John Skipper on the Rise of the Sports Documentary and Bob Iger’s Big Plans

530

Rob McElhenney on Merging Soccer, Celebrity, and a TV Empire

531

Smoke or Fire? The Most Troubled Hollywood Companies

E
532

The Streaming Year-End Review: Biggest Hits, Misses, and Questions

533

The Big Business of Christmas Movies

534

Disney’s Five Biggest Dilemmas in the New Bob Iger Era

535

The Taylor Swift Ticketmaster Debacle, Explained

536

A Major Disney Shake-up: Former CEO Bob Iger Is Back

537

Oscars Watch Begins: Front-Runners, Story Lines, and the ‘Top Gun’ Debate

E
538

The Secrets of Marvel’s Magic

E
539

The 2022 Directors Draft

E
540

Town Hall: Apple Buying Disney? 'SNL's Host Problem, and a Ryan Murphy Apology

541

Predicting the Opening Weekend for ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’

E
542

What a Wall Street Meltdown Means for the Consumer

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543

Netflix vs. HBO: The TV Rivalry of the Century

544

Why Are Movies Longer Than Ever?

545

TikTok Killed the Pop Star

E
546

Ad-Supported Television Was the Past, and It Might Be the Future

547

Can James Gunn Deliver as New Head of the DC Universe?

548

The Riskiest Hollywood Bets for the Rest of 2022

549

Netflix Is Back, Baby!

550

The Looming NBA Rights Bonanza

E
551

The Best and Worst Deals of the Past 10 Years in Entertainment

E
552

Endeavor President Mark Shapiro

553

The Unfunny Decline of Comedy Central

E
554

Tom Cruise and an Explosive Scientology Book

E
555

Angelina Jolie vs. Brad Pitt Goes Nuclear

E
556

‘House of the Dragon’ vs. ‘The Rings of Power,’ Who Is Winning?

E
557

Can ‘SNL’ Get Back to Making Stars?

558

Hollywood’s (Still) Embarrassing Gender Gap

E
559

Millions Are Watching the NFL on Amazon Prime. Is This the Future?

E
560

Town Hall: Star Wars Missteps, Top Gun’s Oscar Potential, and Where Is James Bond?

E
561

‘Don’t Worry Darling’ and How Controversy Impacts the Box Office

E
562

Did a $200M Direct-to-Streaming Movie Ever Make Sense?

E
563

Is TV Saving or Killing College Football?

564

HBO’s Reassertion, Quinta Brunson’s Breakout, and More Emmy Takeaways

E
565

A Status Check on Disney and CEO Bob Chapek

E
566

The Summer Box Office Reckoning

567

The Biggest Threat to YouTube’s World Domination

568

Florence Pugh or Pete Davidson? Buying or Selling Hollywood’s Biggest Stars Under 30, Part 2

569

Chalamet or Holland? Buying or Selling Hollywood’s Biggest Stars Under 30

570

The Troubled Coexistence of Movie Theaters and Streaming

571

Winners and Losers of NBC Axing an Hour of Prime-Time TV

572

MoviePass CEO Stacy Spikes On Reinventing Moviegoing (Again)

573

David Zaslav Doesn’t Care About Your Favorite HBO Shows

574

The 2022 Showrunner Draft

E
575

The Wackiest CEO in Entertainment

E
576

The Lawsuit Striking Fear Into Fox News (Plus 'LOTR' Predictions)

E
577

Should Disney Sell ESPN?

E
578

Disney+ and the Streaming Price Hike

579

TikTok’s Dominance and Hollywood’s Place in the Creator Economy

E
580

Springsteen and the Scourge of Concert Ticket Pricing

E
581

The Great TV Purge Is Coming

E
582

Why Warner Bros. Just Made the $90M ‘Batgirl’ Movie Disappear

E
583

Will Smith's Apology and Apple’s Predicament

E
584

Town Hall: Writers vs. Hollywood, an 'E.T.' Legacy Sequel, and Apple’s Animation Bet

E
585

The 2022 Intellectual Property Draft

E
586

How the Metaverse Could Transform the Entertainment Industry

E
587

Release the Snyder Article

E
588

Is the Netflix Movie Model Broken?

E
589

The Uncertain Futures of Netflix, Hulu, and Apple

E
590

Snubs, Surprises, and Industry Takeaways From the 2022 Emmy Nominations

E
591

A New Look at Harvey Weinstein and Hollywood’s Enablers

E
592

The 10 Nicest Stars in Hollywood

E
593

Predictions for Sun Valley’s Summer Camp for Billionaires

E
594

CAA and the New Reality of Talent Agencies

E
595

Producer Jason Blum on Money vs. Creativity

E
596

The 2022 Half-Year Hollywood Awards

E
597

You Will Pay More for Disney Parks and You Will Like It

E
598

How the Pandemic Changed the Way You Consume Entertainment

E
599

Who Survives at the New CNN?

600

The ‘Stranger Things’ vs. ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ Value War

E
601

What the Heck Is Going On at Disney?

602

NBA Finals Ratings and ESPN's Future in Sports Television

E
603

‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ and A24’s Mystique

E
604

Town Hall: Tom Cruise’s Pay Day, ‘LOTR’ Buzz, and HBO’s Secrets

E
605

Johnny Depp Wins: Inside the Verdict and the Fallout

E
606

‘Top Gun: Maverick’: Fluke or Future of the Summer Box Office?

607

The Summer Blockbuster Confidence Scale

E
608

Can Lorne Michaels Reinvent ‘SNL’ One Last Time?

E
609

The Hollywood Stock Market: Netflix, Star Wars, Harry Styles, Pete Davidson, and More!

E
610

What Happened to Comedy in Hollywood?

E
611

Amber Heard Testifies: How Did It Go?

E
612

You May Not Be Watching, but Broadcast TV Still Makes Billions

E
613

Disney vs. Netflix: The Deathmatch of Streaming

E
614

Does Marvel Have a Quality Problem?

E
615

The 2022 Streaming Service Draft

E
616

A Scientology Star in the Spotlight

E
617

Did Johnny Depp Really Lose ‘Pirates’ Because of Amber’s Op-Ed?

E
618

Have We Finally Reached the End of Peak TV?

E
619

Does Jerry West Have a Case Against HBO’s ‘Winning Time’?

E
620

The Legal Loophole That Could Strip Marvel of Its Superheroes

E
621

The New Netflix (With Ads!) and How to Get People Back In Theaters

E
622

Why the Late Night Talk Show Is Dead, and ‘SNL’ After Lorne

E
623

Netflix’s Crash and the Company's Future in Streaming

E
624

Coachella’s Dominance, and Why You Are Paying More Than Ever for Concert Tickets

E
625

Is Rupert Murdoch the Most Dangerous Man in the World?

E
626

Film Producer Neal Moritz on Video Games as Movies, the 'Fast & Furious' Franchise, and Theaters vs. Streaming

E
627

‘Ambulance’ and the Death of Original Action Movies, Plus Apple TV+’s MLB Debut

E
628

Why Was Bruce Willis Still Working?

E
629

WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar on HBO Max, What’s Next for Streaming, and His Resignation

E
630

Winners and Losers of the 2022 Grammys

E
631

Will Smith Resigns From the Academy

E
632

The 2022 Grammy Awards and the State of the Music Industry

E
633

WWE President Nick Khan

E
634

The Oscars Aftermath

E
635

Live From Inside the Oscars: The Will Smith-Chris Rock Slap

E
636

How to Gamble on the Oscars

E
637

Do the Oscars Need to Be Saved?

E
638

The NFL Sunday Ticket Bidding War and How Peyton and LeBron Went Hollywood

E
639

Do Stars Still Need Agents? Plus, Iger vs. Chapek, and Oscar Drama Begins!

E
640

Amazon Closes Deal to Acquire MGM. Now What?

E
641

Netflix’s Password Crackdown and Their Struggle to Make Movies People Care About

E
642

'The Batman' Ticket Upcharge and the Future of Moviegoing

E
643

Introducing ‘The Town With Matthew Belloni’