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The Gulf Buys Big Into Paramount. What It Wants in Return
Saudi Arabia, Qatar and UAE sovereign funds will own 22% after the merger and potential influence to match
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Maria Sharapova: The ‘Bitch’ Label Every Ambitious Woman Knows
The tennis champ confronts the double standard on the court, in the C-suite and on the podcast charts
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Hollywood Is Struggling. Now L.A.’s Real Estate Market Is Too
Luxury pads slash prices, houses ‘sit for months’ as execs grow cautious and industry workers pull up stakes: ‘They just saw the writing on the wall’
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Wall Street’s Brutal Verdict on Hollywood ’26: Versant Fumbles, AI Buyers, Family Office Cash
Pros from TD Cowen, Integrated Media, Magid, Gamco and more map what’s coming for Disney, WBD and media as generational change arrives
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How Much AI Will Audiences Accept in Movies and Music? Here Are the Poll Answers
A clear line is drawn as 2026 becomes make-or-break for the technology
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The Strange Case of ‘Avatar’ and Its Missing Cultural Footprint
How could such a massive franchise be so small online? The data tells a fascinating story about fandom and filmgoing
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The Incredible Shrinking Production Company Hits Party Season
Invites dry up, checks are split, the $400 Wally’s gift basket is gone. Says Erik Feig: ‘Efficiency is the word of the day’
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Hollywood Took Your Job. The Holidays Can Help You Get Your Next One
Advice from a top industry leadership coach on navigating parties, family and awkward questions when your career is anything but jolly
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Gen Z Is Huge. Their TV Shows Are Tiny. And Hollywood Is Panicking
Showrunners Nahnatchka Khan, Ben Kronengold & Rebecca Shaw, and top execs, on the industry’s most-wanted demo miss
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The Fence That Broke Brentwood: A Country Club’s Barbed Wire Ignites War
The prison-like partition mysteriously sprung up along scenic San Vicente Blvd. without warning. Says one homeowner: ‘It’s like I live next to Sing Sing!’
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A Fascinating, Unsettling Conversation with Tilly Norwood’s Creator
Eline Van der Velden reveals new footage, responds to outrage and says her AI actress will be able to think all on her own next year
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Zohran Mamdani’s Great on Camera. Can He Help NYC Make More Film & TV?
How the likely next mayor’s stance on unions, production credits and affordability could transform Hollywood-on-Hudson (take that, New Jersey!)
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Inside WB’s Marketing Machine: The Chiefs Rewriting the Movie Playbook Tell All
In the midst of a banger year, Dana Nussbaum and Christian Davin reveal to me their strategy on AI and chasing audiences from gas stations to gridiron
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The Paramount–Skydance Merger, Through the Eyes of the Lowest Rung
A former page interviews others about Oracle VIP tours, layoff trauma and the pressure of an $8 billion deal while making $100 a day
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Sundance Canceled ‘Jihad Rehab.’ Its ‘Pit Bull’ Director Refuses to Let it Die
Meg Smaker renamed her film about ex-Guantanamo Bay detainees, crowdfunds screenings and won starry allies amid a renewed free speech debate
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Gen Z Only Watches TV Through Social Clips. Hollywood is Scrambling
As millions of viewers scroll instead of stream, studios grapple with a new marketing dilemma: fight or join?
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