Ankler Features
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The Gulf Buys Big Into Paramount. What It Wants in Return
Saudi Arabia, Qatar and UAE sovereign funds will own nearly 40% 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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Terrence Malick’s Lost Decades: What Really Happened
EXCERPT: He burst on the scene with ‘Badlands’ and ‘Days of Heaven’ and then disappeared. A new biography solves the mystery
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MSNBC Mayhem: Rachel Maddow Pay Cut, Brutal Lineup Shakeup Coming
SCOOP: TV’s ‘safe space for liberals’ is about to reshuffle its stars as the network re-ups its marquee name under a tough new spinoff-ready reality
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How Cybertruck Became a Hollywood Reject
Execs, agents, managers and showrunners flex their wheels, but Elon Musk has them in a bind. Says one owner: ‘I’m stuck’
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How Cybertruck Became a Hollywood Reject
Execs, agents, managers and showrunners flex their wheels, but Elon Musk has them in a bind. Says one owner: ‘I’m stuck’
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Oliver Stone’s Political Films Were Massive Hits. Why Did They Vanish?
His brand of incendiary onscreen stories are now radioactive — relegated to history — as fear grips the market: ‘Let’s hope that the safe movies don’t win out’
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TV News’ ‘Perfect Storm’: Brian Williams’ Humble Amazon $; Star Exits; Power Struggles as Election Stress Mounts
New scoops out of CNN, NBC, CBS & the ‘NYT’ on the eve of Nov. 5 as top talent flees, leadership flails and rivalries take hold: ‘It’s time to get the fuck out’
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The ‘Chingonas’ Fighting For Hollywood’s $18B Latin Opportunity
Presidential candidates battle for Hispanic audience. So why doesn’t Hollywood? Latina execs from Netflix, 20th Television, Hulu and more want to change that
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Agencies, Amazon, ‘Ghost Town’ Studios: How WFH is Killing Hollywood
As RTO orders come down hard, a relationship industry of resistant employees is put to the test: ‘No, I’m not doing this’
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CNN Star Salary ‘Beheadings’: ‘Take It or Leave It’ is the New Message
SCOOP: Chris Wallace is being offered a pay cut, and Jake Tapper and Wolf Blitzer were renewed without raises. Inside CEO Mark Thompson’s massive overhaul
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One Year Later: Jewish Hollywood Still Feels Abandoned
Top industry figures talk about raw wounds as war in the Mideast escalates: ‘Every single Jew I know feels like they don’t have allies’
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Toscana: How Kamala’s Power Spot Became a C-Suite Clubhouse
Harris’ blind date with Doug Emhoff was there. Today, Ellison, Iger and Walden are at the window tables. Says Jay Sures: ‘I’ve been coming from day one’
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‘Make Money Faster’: What ‘Emily in Paris’ and a Leaked Netflix Memo Reveal About its Ad Tier
I talk to Peter Naylor and marketers about the dangerous game the streamer is playing as it blurs ads, shopping and content
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Gamblers Are Making Big Money Off Your Movie. And It’s 100% Legal
New online traders bet on release dates, Rotten Tomatoes scores and box office. Will studios gamify their own business for part of a $1 trillion market?
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Love-Love: How Tennis Took Over Hollywood (and Dealmaking)
Forget the U.S. Open: The real action is on L.A. courts as writers and producers reveal how playing sets became the best way to talk shop and make friends
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Actorvists Unite! Newly ‘Self-Aware’, Hollywood Walzes into the DNC
‘These are our Olympics’: I’m on the scene as bright stars, big issues take Chicago
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