NWSL agrees to revolutionary new CBA that empowers players
The NWSL and its players association have agreed to a collective bargaining deal that will eliminate the draft, guarantee contracts and grant unrestricted free agency,…
What’s behind Hollywood’s latest wave of layoffs?
Editor’s note: Wide Shot will be off next week, with Hollywood Inc. senior editor Ryan Faughnder taking vacation. Last year, Hollywood braved the summer of…
Attica Locke left Hollywood for fiction writing. Now she’s bringing her book to the screen
A great crime novel doesn’t just tell a story of wrongdoers being forced to answer for their misdeeds. It doesn’t stop at the whodunit aspect…
IATSE ratification vote results: Crews pass new contract
Film and TV crew members have ratified a new three-year contract with the entertainment companies following a relatively smooth bargaining period on the heels of…
How Kei Kamara escaped Sierra Leone to star for LAFC
The explosion outside of his school. The vultures feasting on corpses in the streets. The water gushing into the boat that was ferrying him to…
AI ate the metaverse’s hype-cycle. The internet’s future may still be in 3D
Remember the metaverse? It was just a couple of years ago when it seemed as if every technology, media and entertainment company was scrambling to…
Why haven’t the Dodgers rewarded Dave Roberts with a new contract?
Everyone knows how this will play out — the way it plays out every year. As the postseason approaches, the whispers will increase in volume.…
Why Chicken Soup couldn’t heal Redbox
Chicken soup may soothe the soul, but it can’t cure what ails the beleaguered DVD rental business. The parent company of Redbox — the onetime…
‘Inside Out 2’ is a blockbuster. But what’s happening with original animation?
“Inside Out 2” is a bigger box office hit than even Pixar’s staunchest believers had dared to expect, turning down the anxiety dial for fans…
Hollywood gets the crummy summer box office it paid for
A Hollywood movie can be two things at the same time. It can be a great piece of art and also a poor business decision.…
What the Live Nation suit is really about (Hint: It’s not Taylor Swift)
The fees Ticketmaster charges concertgoers have long been among the most universally despised music industry practices, perhaps only rivaled by paltry streaming royalties, the overuse…
How Hollywood’s tepid recovery is hurting jobs for writers and crew
This year has been rough for the entertainment industry so far. Not just at the box office and on Wall Street, as we‘ve covered in…
Hollywood’s bleak summer box office takes shape after ‘Fall Guy’ miss
Movie critics may be tired of superheroes, sequels and remakes. But Hollywood and the nation’s movie theaters are finding out what a lack of spandex,…
Producer Cathy Schulman on ‘The Idea of You’ and the state of Hollywood
Despite her success, film producer Cathy Schulman has never exactly had an easy go of it in Hollywood. Even having won the best picture Oscar…
Why Netflix wants us to stop obsessing over subscriber numbers
If you run a streaming service and you want Wall Street analysts and investors to stop caring so much about your subscriber numbers, you have…
Hollywood’s tepid return to work is a symptom of bigger problems
If you’ve been walking around the streets of Los Angeles and noticed a shortage of those white trailers and yellow-and-black signs that tell you there’s…
Why Blumhouse loves PG-13 horror
Horror films have long been among the most reliable profit centers for Hollywood studios, even as other categories of film — like rom-coms, raunchy comedies…
OpenAI’s Sora and Hollywood’s artificial intelligence ‘matrix’
The threat of artificial intelligence to Hollywood’s status quo entered a new phase of reality earlier this month when OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, introduced…
Dodgers re-sign Clayton Kershaw, who avoids retirement
The sun hasn’t set on Clayton Kershaw’s Dodgers tenure after all. On Tuesday, the free-agent pitcher and Dodgers icon agreed to a contract to return…
‘Anyone But You’ shows that the big-screen romcom never died
As the success of Sony Pictures’ “Anyone But You” has shown, Hollywood might have been too quick to give up on the romantic comedy as…