Hollywood Stagnation Shines At The Sunny Pandemic Oscars
The Oscars broadcast is en route to consciously serving just another elite progressive niche, like ‘The Late Show’ under Stephen Colbert or The New York Times.
Hollywood’s China Problem Unfolds In Ongoing Chloé Zhao Controversy
The Chloé Zhao case study offers such a useful glimpse into Beijing’s sensitivity and how it affects corporations in the West.
5 Long-Term Takeaways From Disney’s Big Plans For Future Shows
When Disney announced 52 upcoming films and series, Hollywood press, movie fans, and even Wall Street ate up the hype. Here’s an overview of the big takeaways.
With A Bleak Awards Season Looming, Hollywood Enters 2021 Changed Forever
The impending awards show season may be COVID’s last big cultural casualty before the dawn of the new normal.
Will Cheap Tickets And Christopher Nolan Be Enough To Boost Labor-Day Theater Re-openings?
Many wonder if months of shelter-in-place policies have led to a sea-change in Americans’ viewing habits. After nearly six months of closed theaters, movie studios are hedging their bets.
Prepare For Pop Culture To Shove Cool Kamala Down Your Throat
‘Saturday Night Live’s’ image of Kamala Harris is almost certainly a window into how she’ll be treated by Hollywood from now until November.
From Movie Theaters To Quibi, How Post-Pandemic Hollywood Will Be Different
Among the many lasting cultural changes this pandemic is poised to bring about will be serious shifts in the entertainment industry.
This List Shows How The Wuhan Virus Is Disrupting The Entertainment Industry
Major release dates have been pushed. Productions have been suspended. Broadway is closed.
Neil Druckmann Gets An HBO Series For ‘The Last Of Us,’ And It’s About Time
Video games have emerged as a serious art form in recent years, largely because of storytellers like Druckmann and games like ‘The Last of Us.’
After Distributing Films In China, Producer-Turned-Author Reveals Hollywood Complicity
Chris Fenton spent years on the front lines of Hollywood’s controversial relationship with China. Now he wants to tell his story. Few in the industry have been willing to do the same, making his project a rare break in the silence.
Netflix’s New Metrics Are Good But Not Good Enough
Netflix on Monday rolled out a feature that purports to show the top 10 most popular shows and series on a daily basis.
How The Media Enabled Harvey Weinstein For Decades
Harvey Weinstein’s fall from grace is both a triumph and failure of the media. This is a story of their complicity with star power.
Why Sundance Is Much Less Relevant Than Journalists Want You To Think
The annual event in Park City receives plenty of media attention, but do Sundance movies resonate after January?
Why Hollywood’s Cozy Relationship With China Could Face An Ugly Reckoning In The 2020s
From the Golden Globes to ‘Mulan,’ the foreshocks of a fight over Hollywood’s cozy relationship with China are trembling beneath our feet.
Ricky Gervais Made A Very Clever Golden Globes Maneuver
At Sunday’s Golden Globes ceremony, Ricky Gervais was clever enough to finally give all the Hollywood blather its proper framing.
The 12 Biggest Hollywood Losers In 2019
Now is the time annual compilation lists come out. While most focus on the year’s best, these are the bottom-dwellers in entertainment this year.
Perpetually Outraged Celebrities Boycott Georgia, Remain Silent On China
While Hollywood boycotts Georgia, its cozy relationship with China fails to stoke the outrage of our perpetually outraged celebrity class.
Netflix And Disney Don’t Get To Decide Georgia’s Abortion Laws
Consumers should fight back and let Netflix know that it can’t transplant its values to Georgia or any other state exercising its system of democracy.
Alan Alda Brought The Right Message Of Cultural Healing To The SAG Awards
Alan Alda accepted a Lifetime Achievement honor at the SAG Awards on Sunday, dispensing some timely wisdom just one day ahead of his 84th birthday.
5 Best Things About 2019’s SAG Awards
Hosted by Megan Mullally, the Screen Actors Guild Awards seemed to lack the laughter-free awkwardness that has been pervasive early in the 2019 awards season.
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