Ankler Features
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DC Palace Coup: Gunn & Safran Ousted — What Now
The rise of Josh & Dana’s Hollywood empire, and what happens next for Superman, Batman and HBO
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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
Latest Ankler Features stories
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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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PSKY, Welcome to Wall St: Analysts Warn of ‘Risk Running This Into the Ground’
They tell me their worries on Day 1 of the company’s trading on NASDAQ
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Netflix Doubles D.C. Lobbying Spend; Paramount Paid Trumpworld Firm
I tell you how much every studio and union is coughing up as Hollywood floods Washington with cash — and calls in the fixers
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Smurfed: Inside the Rotten Tomatoes Market Weaponizing 1-Star Reviews
How an Aussie critic enriched top bettors on Kalshi, feeding a ‘degenerate economy’ that threatens any studio’s best laid plans
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