Ankler Features
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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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‘Heated Rivalry’ and the Risk of Loving Romance to Death
A once-niche genre is now a vertically integrated IP machine, and saturation is looming
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Bari Weiss and the Great TV News Pay Cut
Tony Dokoupil’s paycheck, Gayle King’s looming haircut and the shrinking economics of today’s on-air talent
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Searching the Epstein Files: Hollywood’s New Test of Fame (and Nerves)
Ctrl+F dread spreads as everyone who was anyone between 2008-2018 is name-dropped in a messy soup of the guilty, the adjacent, and the random
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Coppola & Lucas Started a Studio in the 1970s. Disaster Followed
Excerpt: Warners backed two promising film school grads. They fought, fell into debt and had nowhere to go — until a certain project came calling
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Lachlan Murdoch and the Cold Calculations of Estrangement: Fox Before Family
Author Gabriel Sherman on dynasty schism, the ‘California Post’ and why ‘you’d have to be a psychopath not to feel sadness’
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Shadow War for Warner Bros.: Advisors, Bankers, Out-of-Control Spin Doctors
The who’s who behind each camp — and yes, Trumpworld is on speed dial
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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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