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…
‘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…
How Hollywood markets musicals says a lot about the way movies are sold
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Sundance 2024: Sue Bird on money in WNBA, her showbiz future
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Pauly Shore has Oscar hopes for unauthorized Richard Simmons movie
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Sundance CEO explains why film festivals need to ‘evolve’
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2024 box office: Strike delays lower expectations by $1 billion
Bad news first: Thanks to the wreckage inflicted on Hollywood’s production apparatus during the six months of combined actors’ and writers’ strikes, the film industry…
Five big themes for Hollywood in 2024
The new year in Hollywood always brings certain traditions: resolutions, predictions, last-minute deals squeezed in before quarter-end. Naturally, media reporters reflect on everything that went…
How the streaming business learned to love licensing again
When Disney+, HBO Max (now just Max) and other streaming services were launched, the idea behind their strategies was simple enough. The entertainment companies took…
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 16 will feature five Latina drag queens, Becky G as a guest judge
The 14 participants for the new season of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” have been announced, and they include five Latina queens from across the country. MTV…
What follows Bob Iger’s ‘Mr. Fix It’ era at Disney?
After the year of negative headlines Walt Disney Co. has had, I suppose it’s not exactly a shock that Chief Executive Bob Iger is facing…
Is Showtime’s ‘The Curse’ the ultimate Peak TV show?
In many ways, Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdie’s black comedy “The Curse” feels designed to become a zeitgeist show. It features Fielder, TV’s cringe king,…
SAG-AFTRA talks start again as the window for a deal closes
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