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

The Business Secrets Behind the ‘Love Island’ Juggernaut

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

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

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

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

The Case for Disney Exiting the Streaming Wars

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

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

The Future Blockbusters Draft, Part 2

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

The Surprising Winners of the AI-Enabled Entertainment Economy

Is Netflix Hurting YouTube by Poaching Talent?

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

The Numbers That Have Netflix Investors Spooked

The Data Scientists Quietly Powering Hollywood’s Greenlight Machine

The Case Against WarnerMount, with CA Attorney General Rob Bonta

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

Inside the Internet IP Gold Rush Sweeping Hollywood

The Biggest Winners and Losers of 2026 So Far

Why Attendance Tells a Better Story Than Box Office

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

How Larry Ellison’s Trump Bromance Is Helping WarnerMount

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

The Secret Industry That Makes Movies Go Viral

Have Platforms Unseated Content as King in Hollywood?

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

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

The ‘Obsession’ Windfall and How Indie Hits Pay Out

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

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

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

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

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

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

IMAX Suitors and Why Netflix Put Fincher in Theaters

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

Hollywood’s Inevitable Pivot to Vertical Video Is Here

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

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

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

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

A Sit-Down With Blake Lively’s Lead Litigator

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

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

The 2026 Summer Blockbuster Confidence Ranking

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

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

WarnerMount One Step Closer and the Bizarre ‘Michael’ Backstory

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

Could Hollywood Actually De-Monopolize?

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

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

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

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

The A-List Filmmakers Evangelizing Movie Theaters

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

Are Movies Actually Getting Longer? We Found Out.

Why Hollywood Needs Books More Than Ever

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

How to De-Age the Oscars with Amelia Dimoldenberg

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

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

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

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

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

How David Ellison Plans to Mash Two Major Studios Into One

Emergency Pod! Paramount Outbids Netflix and Wins Warner Bros.

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

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

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

Why the Former Sony Head Blames Himself for the Infamous Hack

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

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

Should Hollywood Take the Microdrama Boom Seriously?

Jeff Probst on What It Takes to Produce ‘Survivor’

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

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

What Disney’s CEO Choice Reveals About Its Next Chapter

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

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

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

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

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

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

The 2026 Box Office Draft

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

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

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

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

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

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

Who Won (and Lost) the Year in Streaming?

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

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

The Townies: Hollywood’s Best and Worst of 2025

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

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

Why Iger Gave OpenAI the Keys to Disney’s Vault

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

The Ellison Empire Strikes Back: Paramount Goes Hostile

Netflix Buys Warner Bros. Emergency Pod!!!

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

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

Would Netflix Really Embrace Theaters to Buy Warner Bros.?

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

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

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

Did Hollywood Ever Have a Chance Against YouTube?

The Brewing Backlash to Hollywood Consolidation

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

Why Anime Is Becoming Undeniable in Hollywood

Tubi Takes on YouTube, and a Michael Jackson Movie Update

YouTube vs. Disney: Who Needs Whom More?

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

The 2025 Movie Franchise Draft

Will Big Tech and AI Save or Kill Hollywood?

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

Savvy or Desperate? NBCU Poaches Taylor Sheridan From Paramount.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

One Box Office Battle After Another for PTA

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

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

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

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

Is the Rotten Tomatoes Formula Fresh or Rotten?

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

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

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

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

Why Gen Alpha Prefers the Big Screen Over Their Phones

How To Save Movies With the CEO of AMC Theatres

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

Venice, Sundance, and the New Film Festival Hierarchy

Why ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Is a Fascinating Hollywood Experiment

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

Why Fox Is Finally Entering the Streaming Wars

The 10 Worst Things to Happen to Hollywood Since 2010

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

The Power and Peculiar Psychology of ‘Disney Adults’

Paramount’s UFC Knockout and Amazon’s Podcast Flameout

Could Movies Start Skipping Netflix to Go Straight to YouTube?

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

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

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

Why IMAX Is Becoming Bigger Than the Movie

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Case for Netflix Pillaging YouTube Creators

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

Tales From the Test-Screening Trenches

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

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

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

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

Chalamet, Cruise, and the New Celebrity Press Tour Playbook

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

The Real Winners of the Taylor Swift Masters Mega-Deal

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

How YouTube Quietly Took Over TV, With CEO Neal Mohan

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

The 2025 Summer Blockbuster Power Ranking

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

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

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

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

Can Paramount Solve Its Impossible Trump Problem?

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

Can Netflix Become a Trillion-Dollar Company?

How Did ‘Sinners’ Really Do This Weekend?

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

David Zaslav and the Dying Era of Media Moguls

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

Coachella and the Changing Music Festival Hierarchy

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

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

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

Agents, Managers, and the Shifting Power Dynamics of Representation

Four Industry Experts Debate Hollywood’s Moviegoing Crisis

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

Why YouTubers Are Having a Hollywood Moment

The Most Important Movie for Each Studio in 2025

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

Trump 2.0: Should Hollywood Be Panicking?

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

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

Is Netflix Spending its $18 Billion Content Budget Correctly?

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

How the Hell Do Nielsen Ratings Actually Work?

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

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

Does an Oscar Matter More or Less Than Ever?

Inside Tips to Predict the 2025 Oscar Winners

Amazon and James Bond: What Could Go Wrong?

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

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

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

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

Can the ‘Emilia Pérez’ Oscars Implosion Be Salvaged?

New Trouble for the Paramount Sale

NFL and Streaming: A Super Bowl Data Dive

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

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

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

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

Is There a Netflix Bubble?

Narratives Surrounding the Oscar Nominations

Changes to the 2025 Grammys and the Complicated State of Music

The 2025 Box Office Draft

Is Hollywood Assistant Life Still Insane?

Why Broadcast Television Won’t Die

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

The Magical (and Profitable) World of Disney Cruises

Golden Globes Takeaways and the Biggest Questions for 2025

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

The Townies: Hollywood’s Best and Worst of 2024

Turning Music Rights Into a Bob Dylan Biopic

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

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

Making Millions on Dead Celebrities in the AI Age

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

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

Which Streaming Shows Hit and Bombed in 2024?

Winners and Losers of 2024 in Streaming

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

Equal Pay, Equal Stake: A Filmmaking Experiment

Does Disney Have Its Movie Mojo Back?

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

The Young Movie Star Draft

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

Secrets of the NBA-TNT Divorce Settlement With Bill Simmons

Disney’s Streaming Turnaround and Netflix’s Boxing Debut

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

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

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

Winners and Losers of Hollywood Under Trump 2.0

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

The Existential Crisis of the Cable Juggernauts

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

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

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

The Post-Pandemic Life of a Hustling Screenwriter

Netflix: Unstoppable or Overvalued?

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

The Secret Recipe For an Indie Horror Hit

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

Is Hollywood Screwing Up Male Characters?

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

Burning Questions for the Most Uncertain Oscar Race in Years

The End of the $20M TV Host Era

How Should Movie and TV Stars Be Paid?

Lionsgate, Meta, and a Wild Week in AI

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

Biggest Takeaways From Netflix’s New Data Dump

The War Over the Secret Nine-Hour Prince Documentary

The Screenwriter Struggle and How to Break Through

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

The Dire State of Movie Development

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

Five Burning Hollywood Questions for the Rest of 2024

How to Choose the Right Festival to Premiere Your Movie

Who's to Blame for the ESPN Blackout?

Should Someone Step In to Save Warner Bros. Discovery?

Summer Box Office Winners, Losers, and Head-Scratchers

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

Are Expensive Showrunner Deals Worth It?

The Arms Race Behind Where Movies Shoot

A New Setback in Hollywood's Cable Crisis

The Legacy of the Infamous Sony Hack, 10 Years Later

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

Why Can’t Apple Figure Out Movies?

The Biggest Losers of Hollywood’s Cable-pocalypse

Disney’s Streaming Profits and Parks Problem

Has the Music Industry Peaked?

The 2024 Intellectual Property Draft

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

WBD’s Billion-Dollar War on the NBA

The High Stakes of Broadcasting the Olympics

Is Netflix or YouTube the King in Streaming?

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

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

Does Hollywood Need Deregulation?

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

Burning Questions About the Future of Paramount

Skydance’s David Ellison on His Plans for Paramount

The NFL's $15B Sunday Ticket Problem

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

Will the Debate Debacle Revive TV News?

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

Is Hollywood Really That Effed Up?

Hollywood’s Big Big Tech Problem

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

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

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

Paramount-Skydance Is Dead. What Now?

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

The Science of Green-Lighting Movies

Is Netflix Fumbling Ads?

The 2024 Summer Concert Tour Draft

TV Viewers Are Getting Old. Do Advertisers Care?

The Memorial Day Box Office Meltdown

Everyone Hates Ticketmaster, but Is It a Monopoly?

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

A War Is Coming Over Hollywood Pay

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

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

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

Are Producers in Hollywood Nearing Extinction?

The Year of Peacock?

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

The 2024 Summer Blockbuster Confidence Scale

The Fight for the Last NBA Rights With Bill Simmons

A CEO Firing, and the Chaos at Paramount

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

Aaron Sorkin, Live From D.C.

Which Bidder Is Best for Paramount?

Netflix’s Backtrack on Transparency

Taylor Swift’s Questionable Return to TikTok

Hollywood’s Struggle to Reinvent Itself

The Best and Worst Media Mergers of the 21st Century

Can IMAX Save Movie Theaters?

Hollywood vs. Big Tech in the Age of Consolidation

Early Winners and Losers of 2024

Why Documentaries Are Better and Worse Than Ever With Sheila Nevins

A WWE Business Smackdown With Nick Khan

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

Inside TMZ’s Cozy Relationship With Hollywood

The Battle for Attention: Streaming Vs. Social

How AI Is Already Transforming Moviemaking

Lemon, Tucker, and the Cable News Star Turned Influencer

The Juice List: The Most Powerful People in Hollywood

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

Inside Netflix’s Calculated Sports Strategy

Oscar Winners and Losers and the Updated Movie Studio Power Rankings

Insider Tips to Predict the Oscar Winners

The Money and Power Behind the Oscars’ Red Carpet

New Film Heads and a New Direction for Netflix and Disney

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

Will AI Video Replace Hollywood?

Panic Time for Max and Warner Bros. Discovery?

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

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

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

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

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

Did Disney Get Its Magic Back?

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

Five Major Music Business Questions After the Grammy's

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

The Politics of Studios and Movie Stars

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

A Top Dealmaker’s Media M&A Predictions

Can Sundance Save Indie Film? With CEO Joana Vicente

The 2024 Box Office Draft

The 'SNL' Succession Sweepstakes

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

The Billionaire Blueprint to Buy Paramount

The McAfee Hail Mary and ESPN's Search for Answers

Four Burning Hollywood Questions to Kick Off 2024

Are the Golden Globes Unkillable?

The Young Movie Star Power Rankings

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

The Townies: Hollywood’s Best and Worst of 2023

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

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

The Animation Arms Race With Illumination CEO Chris Meledandri

Ted Sarandos on Netflix’s New Era of Data Transparency

Are Streamers Helping or Hurting the Movie Business?

The Companies Most Likely to Be Bought or Sold in 2024

The Murky Metrics of Podcast Success

The Biggest Streaming Power Moves of 2023

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

Who Will Buy Paramount?

Does Big Tech Belong in Hollywood?

Unexpected Winners and Losers of the Hollywood Labor Strikes

Potential Backfires in the Actors AI Deal

Rupert’s Retirement and Fox’s Place in Hollywood

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

The End of the Actors Strike With Duncan Crabtree-Ireland

How the Strike Derailed Oscar Season

Why Batman and Everything Else Is Coming to Netflix

Should Reality Stars Have a Union? With Bethenny Frankel

The Reboot Era and TV’s IP Obsession

How Screwed Is the 2024 Movie Calendar?

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

Marvel’s Post-‘Avengers’ Mismanagement

There Is Netflix, and There Is Everyone Else

NBA TV Rights and Players Owning Teams With Rich Paul

How Long Can the Live Concert Boom Last?

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

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

Price Hikes and the Streaming Class System

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

Influencers Don’t Need Hollywood Anymore

The Post-Strike State of TV and Movie Writing

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

What the Writers Guild Won, With a Negotiator

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

The End of Fox News and the Murdoch Empire

From Sports to Hollywood With Casey Wasserman

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

Why Can’t Bob Iger Find a Successor?

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

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

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

Disney’s ESPN Fight and Taylor’s Movie Takeover

The Summer Box Office Awards Show

The Growing Power of IMAX, With Its CEO

The Three Biggest Hold-ups in the Writers Strike

Is Apple’s Sports Experiment Working?

Justin, Ariana, and the Scooter Braun Mess

Predicting Hollywood’s September Surprises

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

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

The Doomsday AI Scenario In Hollywood

Everyone Running Hollywood Is Old. Does That Matter?

Will Anyone Budge on Data Transparency in Hollywood?

Checking in on Warner Bros. Discovery and the Max Platform

The Barbie Effect on Female Filmmakers

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

Selling ‘Barbie’: Inside the Marketing Phenomenon

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

Has Netflix Officially Won the Streaming War?

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

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

Inside the Actors Strike With Its Top Negotiator

BREAKING: Actors Go on Strike

The State of R-Rated Comedies, With Evan Goldberg

Amazon’s Spending Spree Under Scrutiny

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

Is David Zaslav Misunderstood?

What Will Bring Gen Z to Theaters?

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

The 2023 Executive Draft

It’s Time to Break Up Hollywood

Is the Superhero Era Finally Ending?

Has Pixar Lost its Magic Touch?

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

Netflix Top 10 Lists and the Era of Streamer Manipulation

What the Writers Really Fear About AI in Hollywood

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

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

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

Cannes Winners, Losers, Scandals, and Big Takeaways

Disney’s Prickly Theme Parks Problem

How to Pull Off a Real-Life Mockumentary

Netflix Crashes TV’s Ad Party

The NBA Team Blowing Up Sports TV

Hollywood’s China Problem

Bob Iger’s Six-Month Report Card at Disney

The Struggle of the Modern TV Writer With Mike Schur

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

The 5 Biggest Narratives After Week 1 of the Writers Strike

The 2023 Summer Blockbuster Confidence Scale

Inside the Writers Strike With a WGA Negotiator

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

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

Ben Winston Refuses to Declare Late-Night TV Dead

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

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

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

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

Inside Rupert Murdoch’s Succession Drama

How the Fox News Billion-Dollar Lawsuit Will Unfold

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

Disney vs. DeSantis: Who Will Win

From Viral Videos to Hit TV With Dave Burd

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

Has Hollywood Finally Figured Out Video Games?

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

Apple’s Billion-Dollar Bet on Movie Theaters

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

BET and the Future of Small Streamers

Is the Franchise Model Starting to Fatigue in Hollywood?

Matt’s Year One Prediction Report Card

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

The Oscar Bump: Which Young Stars Won Awards Season?

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

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

The End of Peak TV Is Finally Here

The Ploys and Tactics Behind Oscar Campaigning

How F--ked Is Fox News?

The Perfect Storm for a Writers Strike

Watching Your Favorite Team Is About to Get Harder

The 2023 Box Office Draft

The Companies Most Likely to Be Sold or Acquired in 2023

The Soap Opera Fight Over Paramount and CBS

Will Bob Iger Sell Hulu or ESPN?

How to Write a Hit Rom-Com

True Crime Is Murdering Documentaries

The Death and “Rebirth” of Showtime

DC Is Going Big, but Can It Catch Marvel?

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

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

How an Indie Film Becomes an Oscar Winner

Is the Sundance Dream Still Alive?

How the Shocking Andrea Riseborough Oscar Nomination Happened

Inside the Netflix Executive Shake-up

Making Movie Stars Younger With AI

Should Disney Be Afraid of Nelson Peltz?

Around the World With Netflix’s Head of TV

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

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

The New Black List and the Original Screenwriting Recession

Why Audiences Have Given Up on Awards Movies

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

The Townies: Hollywood’s Best and Worst of 2022

Why YouTube Landed NFL ‘Sunday Ticket’

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

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

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

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

The Biggest Flexes of the Year in Hollywood

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

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

Smoke or Fire? The Most Troubled Hollywood Companies

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

The Big Business of Christmas Movies

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

The Taylor Swift Ticketmaster Debacle, Explained

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

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

The Secrets of Marvel’s Magic

The 2022 Directors Draft

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

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

What a Wall Street Meltdown Means for the Consumer

Netflix vs. HBO: The TV Rivalry of the Century

Why Are Movies Longer Than Ever?

TikTok Killed the Pop Star

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

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

The Riskiest Hollywood Bets for the Rest of 2022

Netflix Is Back, Baby!

The Looming NBA Rights Bonanza

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

Endeavor President Mark Shapiro

The Unfunny Decline of Comedy Central

Tom Cruise and an Explosive Scientology Book

Angelina Jolie vs. Brad Pitt Goes Nuclear

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

Can ‘SNL’ Get Back to Making Stars?

Hollywood’s (Still) Embarrassing Gender Gap

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

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

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

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

Is TV Saving or Killing College Football?

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

A Status Check on Disney and CEO Bob Chapek

The Summer Box Office Reckoning

The Biggest Threat to YouTube’s World Domination

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

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

The Troubled Coexistence of Movie Theaters and Streaming

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

MoviePass CEO Stacy Spikes On Reinventing Moviegoing (Again)

David Zaslav Doesn’t Care About Your Favorite HBO Shows

The 2022 Showrunner Draft

The Wackiest CEO in Entertainment

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

Should Disney Sell ESPN?

Disney+ and the Streaming Price Hike

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

Springsteen and the Scourge of Concert Ticket Pricing

The Great TV Purge Is Coming

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

Will Smith's Apology and Apple’s Predicament

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

The 2022 Intellectual Property Draft

How the Metaverse Could Transform the Entertainment Industry

Release the Snyder Article

Is the Netflix Movie Model Broken?

The Uncertain Futures of Netflix, Hulu, and Apple

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

A New Look at Harvey Weinstein and Hollywood’s Enablers

The 10 Nicest Stars in Hollywood

Predictions for Sun Valley’s Summer Camp for Billionaires

CAA and the New Reality of Talent Agencies

Producer Jason Blum on Money vs. Creativity

The 2022 Half-Year Hollywood Awards

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

How the Pandemic Changed the Way You Consume Entertainment

Who Survives at the New CNN?

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

What the Heck Is Going On at Disney?

NBA Finals Ratings and ESPN's Future in Sports Television

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

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

Johnny Depp Wins: Inside the Verdict and the Fallout

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

The Summer Blockbuster Confidence Scale

Can Lorne Michaels Reinvent ‘SNL’ One Last Time?

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

What Happened to Comedy in Hollywood?

Amber Heard Testifies: How Did It Go?

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

Disney vs. Netflix: The Deathmatch of Streaming

Does Marvel Have a Quality Problem?

The 2022 Streaming Service Draft

A Scientology Star in the Spotlight

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

Have We Finally Reached the End of Peak TV?

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

The Legal Loophole That Could Strip Marvel of Its Superheroes

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

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

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

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

Is Rupert Murdoch the Most Dangerous Man in the World?

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

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

Why Was Bruce Willis Still Working?

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

Winners and Losers of the 2022 Grammys

Will Smith Resigns From the Academy

The 2022 Grammy Awards and the State of the Music Industry

WWE President Nick Khan

The Oscars Aftermath

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

How to Gamble on the Oscars

Do the Oscars Need to Be Saved?

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

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

Amazon Closes Deal to Acquire MGM. Now What?

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

'The Batman' Ticket Upcharge and the Future of Moviegoing

Introducing ‘The Town With Matthew Belloni’