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The Hollywood Reporter
Michael Ovitz, Me And The Truce That Never Was
As a new book puts the focus back on CAA’s origins, Kim Masters recalls how the agent’s fit at The Palm and her follow-up kicked off one of Hollywood’s prickliest pas de deux.
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September 2-9, 2016 Double Issue
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Songs Of Innocence And Experience
How 5 writers found the music to convey their films’ tragedy, injustice, patriotism and loveA Wonderful Example of ‘What the World Loves About America’
3 min |
Awards Playbook Special 2 - Nov. 2016
The Hollywood Reporter
Execs Can Boycott The Press Tour — But Not The Pressing Questions
With top programmers passing on January’s TV Critics Association panels, THR poses (and answers) the five toughest quandaries of the unfolding season
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December 16, 2016
The Hollywood Reporter
Making Of Kubo And The Two Strings
Old-fashioned stop-motion meets new-fashioned 3D printing in this directorial debut by the head of Portland, Ore.-based Laika studios — and THR was on the set.
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Awards Playbook Dec. 2016
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A World Of Pioneering Talents
Along with best picture contender Elle these 13 films may have the momentum to make the Oscar shortlist (still to be announced as this issue went to press)
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Essential Awards Playbook, Dec. 2016
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Iain Canning & Emile Sherman
The Brit-Aussie team behind Lion talk winning an Oscar for The King’s Speech, working with Harvey Weinstein and the upcoming biblical epic Mary Magdalene
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December 9, 2016
The Hollywood Reporter
Producer Of The Year Charles Roven
He reveals what really happened between George Clooney and David O. Russell, witnessed Richard Pryor behave (very) badly in church and fired an actor for repeatedly shouting ‘cut’ on a set. All in a day’s work for a Hollywood slugger with $2B in 2016 box office.
10 min |
December 23, 2016 - January 06, 2017
The Hollywood Reporter
No Happy Endings Required
The death of satire, when to kill a scene and how to write a Trump movie (‘Let’s hope it’s not a tragedy’).
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December 23, 2016 - January 06, 2017
The Hollywood Reporter
Matt Tolmach
The Sony exec turned Rough Night producer on Hollywood’s dilemma: ‘Audiences want what feels familiar, but they don’t want it to be familiar’
5 min |
May 31, 2017
The Hollywood Reporter
In Defense Of Good O1' Network TV
With his NBC breakout now broadcast’s best shot at cracking the Emmy drama category long dominated by cable and streamers, the This Is Us creator celebrates entertainment’s last wide net
3 min |
May 31, 2017
The Hollywood Reporter
When L.A. Became Home To ‘All The Class Clowns'
The Hollywood Reporter’s main contribution to Los Angeles’ vibrant 1970s comedy scene was a building.
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May 31, 2017
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The Business
Walden’s film chief responds to A Dog’s Purpose abuse claims and explains his no-R-ratings policy.
5 min |
February 3, 2017
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Jordan Levin
The NFL’s content chief talks Lady Gaga’s Super Bowl halftime show, TV ratings woes and why the Viacom decline is ‘criminal’
6 min |
February 10, 2017
The Hollywood Reporter
A Legendary Game of Musical Chairs
Thomas Tull’s ouster by Wanda could trigger a domino effect of executive moves across Hollywood as several studios may be impacted, and one person — ousted Fox film chief Jim Gianopulos — sits at the center of the speculation
7 min |
February 10, 2017
The Hollywood Reporter
Reality TV Power List: The 10 A-Listers of 2016
Like a competition show, reality's new guard faces steep challenges and elimination as this year's big players talk scripted ventures, franchise reinvention and a dream docuseries on Donald Trump.
10+ min |
April 8, 2016
The Hollywood Reporter
Two Guys From Brooklyn: The Bernie Sanders Interview
One’s from Flatbush, the other Crown Heights. Now, the Hollywood director and the senator from Vermont he supports for president meet for the first time to talk free education, guns, a certain ‘demagogue’ (you get one guess) and Obama’s legacy on the eve of the crucial New York primary.
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DOUBLE ISSUE APRIL 15-22, 2016
The Hollywood Reporter
How Bloomberg Became Media's Money Sinkhole
As his terminals mint billions, Mayor Mike, succession an issue, must decide how long to indulge a vanity TV and digital arm.
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DOUBLE ISSUE APRIL 15-22, 2016
The Hollywood Reporter
Making Benjamins on Hamilton
Who’s cashing in on Broadway’s hottest ticket in years? It’s not just creator Lin-Manuel Miranda as THR analyzes the revenue from sold-out shows, music and even books.
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DOUBLE ISSUE APRIL 15-22, 2016
The Hollywood Reporter
BuzzFeed Finally Goes Hollywood
OMG! With a movie at Warner Bros., CEO Jonah Peretti’s goal of becoming a motion picture studio is one step closer to completion – and now he’s gunning for the small screen.
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July 22, 2016
The Hollywood Reporter
'Creating The Soundtrack For People's Emotional Lives'
Among them, they have 61 Grammys, one Oscar and, now, a foothold in Hollywood, as six hitmakers behind songs in this season’s movies reveal what it took to write them, the feeling of ‘blacking out’ (in a good way), the freedom of not wearing makeup and fears over a post-election ‘Divided States of America’
10+ min |
November 25, 2016
The Hollywood Reporter
Lisa Nishimura
The Netflix exec behind Oscar hopefuls from Ava DuVernay to Werner Herzog talks bringing back Making a Murderer and Chris Rock’s $40M payday.
4 min |
November 25, 2016
The Hollywood Reporter
Can Al Jazeera Survive Rising Mideast Tensions?
Qatar’s $1 billion media giant is in peril as Saudi Arabia leads a blockade against a country Trump called a ‘funder of terrorism’
3 min |
June 14, 2017
The Hollywood Reporter
Is Netflix Shifting Its Strategy? Wall Street Certainly Hopes Not
‘The rules are different,’ says one analyst of the streamer’s $6 billion-a-year content binge, even as CEO Reed Hastings says he wants to cancel more of its shows
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June 14, 2017
The Hollywood Reporter
Sam Taylor - Johnson Is Ready To Throw Shade
One of Hollywood’s most successful female directors, now back with a sexy Netflix series, lets loose on Fifty Shades (‘Every scene was fought over’), surviving cancer (twice), her unconventional marriage and the plight of women filmmakers: It’s ‘ego-denting’
8 min |
June 14, 2017
The Hollywood Reporter
Hannah Minghella
The TriStar president on Wonder Woman envy, buzzy Baby Driver and the legacy of her director father
6 min |
June 21, 2017
The Hollywood Reporter
It's CNN vs. NBC: Who Will Win The Trump Tug-Of-War?
With a post-Ailes Fox News virtually sidelined, ‘lucky bystanders’ Jeff Zucker and Andy Lack are feasting on a breaking-news buffet where even Megyn Kelly makes headlines.
5 min |
June 21, 2017
The Hollywood Reporter
ESPN's Heirs Apparent In A ‘New World Order'
A trio of promotions led by Connor Schell could determine the successor to president John Skipper as the ‘worldwide leader’ suits up for an uncertain future.
3 min |
June 21, 2017
The Hollywood Reporter
Bald? Not Bruce Willis? There's Hope
From robots to Regenix bespoke formulas, amniotic injections and — eww — fetal foreskin, new treatments are helping industry men maintain a full head of hair
6 min |
June 21, 2017
The Hollywood Reporter
The Plan To Reboot Paramount
Ten months ago, Jim Gianopulos was forced out as Fox chairman after 16 years. Now, in his first interview after landing atop Viacom’s struggling film arm, he lets loose on starting over, getting fired by the Murdochs, how Trump has changed his job and the strategy he hopes will bring stability (and profits) to a money-losing studio: ‘It’s surprising it got so bumpy here … because all the elements are in place’
10+ min |
June 21, 2017
The Hollywood Reporter
Which Personality Disorder Do You Have?
Top L.A. shrinks advise on what makes four kinds of high-ranking studio execs tick — plus their secret anxieties.
5 min |