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James Carville: Democrats’ ‘Civil War Starts Wednesday’
5 Election Day dramas for your watch party with Carville and Mike Murphy — and the Oscar winner Nithya Raman snubbed
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Netflix Regime Change Explained in 5 Shocking Charts
Its originals aren’t hitting the zeitgeist — or Nielsen charts — the way they once did. Peter Rice, you’re up
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Baby Boomers Keep Outfoxing the Young Onscreen. Why?
Meryl Streep, Brad Pitt & Jean Smart eclipse younger generations. Amy Madigan in ‘Weapons’ is the warning
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The World Cup Is Exposing Sports Media’s Big Blind Spot
Telemundo is smashing records on the Spanish-language feed — proving why U.S. rights sold in two separate packages may not last
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The Hell of Runaway Production on Families: ‘Not a Way to Live’
Writers and crews are spending months away from home. The toll lands hardest, again and again, on women
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Nepo Babies Are Taking Hollywood’s Last Entry-Level Jobs
Yep, that’s Bob Chapek’s kid at Marvel. As the pie shrinks, famous last names take a bigger slice. But at what cost to the industry?
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James Murdoch’s Revenge Tour Starts at ‘New York’
Cut out of the family business, the scion is spending his payout on the kind of cultural cachet money usually can’t buy
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50 Young Hollywood Workers Tell All: ‘My Bank Account is So Sad’
A new wave of grads is about to flood the market — even as earlier ones still struggle to find their way
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Spencer Pratt’s Surge: The Hollywood Donor List
Haim Saban, Nicole Avant & Sir Lucian Grainge join the Pratt Pack as anger grips L.A. Dems — and billionaires
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How Casey Wasserman’s Olympic Agenda Warped L.A.’s Fire Recovery
An excerpt from Jonathan Vigliotti’s ‘Torched’ reveals how Newsom, Bass & the billionaire prioritized the 2028 Games
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L.A.’s Rat Attack: Panic Hits Hollywood’s Hot Tables
Orkin already crowned the city with a dubious honor. Then came hantavirus alarm
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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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The Live Nation Verdict Won’t Fix Tickets. It Should Rattle Hollywood
The same attorneys general eyeing Paramount-Warner land a victory, but not clarity on what happens next
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‘Love Story’ Is a Hit. JFK Jr.’s ‘George’ Staff Refuse to Watch
Former columnist Ann Coulter is a fan. One former boss couldn’t quite press play. Others weigh what to sell on eBay
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The Music Business Has a Problem. Bill Ackman Just Pounced
Inside details of his $64B bid for Universal Music Group — a wager that Wall Street is misreading the entire sector
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Cigarettes Get a Sequel: Hollywood’s ‘Cool’ Bad Habit Is Back
‘People are stressed out of their fucking minds’ as the industry lights up again
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