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Epstein, Wasserman & Who’s in the Files; Bari Weiss’ TV News Pay Squeeze
Plus: Richard’s Trump Dossiers; how Hollywood scorched Sora 2
10 hrs ago • Alison Brower
🎧 What It Really Feels Like to Be an Oscar Nominee
I talk to 16 of this year’s contenders — including Amy Madigan and Rose Byrne — to find out
Feb 14 • Katey Rich
Creator Spotlight: The AI Expert Teaching 500,000 on Instagram
Stanford-educated computer scientist Harper Carroll demystifies what’s ‘under the hood’
Feb 13 • Natalie Jarvey
TV in 3: WGA Signals Lines in the Sand as Studio Talks Loom
Leadership faces the members as writers scrap for gigs. Plus: Barry Bonds’ Netflix MLB moment and farewell to James Van Der Beek
Feb 13 • Lesley Goldberg
‘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
Feb 13 • Daniel Parris
Canada’s Instant Cult Hit Comes for America
I talked to Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol about TIFF darling ‘Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie’
Feb 13 • Richard Rushfield
☀️AMAZON Film Spree Grows; ROKU Turnaround Gains
New China AI freaks everyone out / NETFLIX trims product group / CBS NEWS layoffs loom
Feb 13 • Sean McNulty
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
Feb 12 • Claire Atkinson
The Only Day Every Oscar Nominee Wins
My Nominees Luncheon dispatches, and exclusive photos and video, from inside the Beverly Hilton
Feb 12 • Katey Rich
Universal’s Michael Moses: My Modern Movie Playbook
The legendary chief marketing officer on selling urgency in the streaming age — and what we get wrong about Gen Z
Feb 12 • Richard Rushfield
🎧 The Epstein Files Hit Hollywood
Three million pages launch a thousand PR nightmares
Feb 12
☀️APPLE Buys Out ‘Severance’; SONY Snares Momoa
#Cordcutting gets next boost / PROPAGATE gets $50M injection / AMC NETS stagnant Q4
Feb 12 • Sean McNulty
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