Andy Lewis
Latest from Andy Lewis
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A Netflix Dust-Up on the ‘Prairie’: When Laura Ingalls Wilder Meets MAGA
The ‘Little House’ reboot, featuring a ‘Girl Dad’, Black doctor and Osage family, is a high-stakes test of Hollywood’s nostalgia machine and a franchise’s tangled legacy
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New Book IP: ‘Mean Girls’ with Murder; a Black ‘Thelma & Louise’ & More
Plus: A house swap gone awry, and the ‘James’ Pulitzer Prize controversy
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🔎 Frankenstein in the Old West & IP Picks of the Week
Plus: Two original takes on marriages gone bad and more available stories
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IP 2024: What Sold, What Didn’t & Why (+ 6 Picks for Now)
A special edition of The Optionist, The Ankler’s sibling newsletter about the world of available rights
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Lorne Michaels vs. NBC: The Epic 1990s War That Nearly Cost Him His Job
Excerpt: It was the ‘SNL’ era of Sandler, Farley, Carvey. But ratings fell, and the suits wanted its producer out, Judd Apatow to take over and O.J. erased
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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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Brando, Beatty and Connie Chung’s 7 Wild Years in L.A.
In an excerpt from her ‘New York Times’ bestseller, the legendary newswoman reveals her rollicking ride as the pursued (and pursuer)
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When Universal’s Basketball Team Played in Hitler’s 1936 Olympics
The company team competed in Berlin, an inspired gambit by the studio founder’s audacious son. Then the family and business went sideways
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Netflix, Hollywood and Making of the J.D. Vance Myth
The movie version of ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ meant to be a universal family story. But it accidentally became the perfect sizzle reel for Trump’s VP
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Hollywoodland’s Jews: ‘Dreams and Fears, Always Fear’
Two years ago, I interviewed Neal Gabler, a harsh critic of an Academy Museum omission. With its new exhibit, the author, still unsparing, helped tell the complicated story