Nicole LaPorte
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Did Hollywood DEI Just D-I-E?
“The industry had its ‘Black Moment’ and now it’s over,” says one writer, as studios pull back
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Did Hollywood DEI Just D-I-E?
“The industry had its ‘Black Moment’ and now it’s over,” says one writer, as studios pull back
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Execs on Eggshells: ‘This Puts Us in a Weird Place’
Already stressed-out, ‘I live in a state of… ugh’ says one suit, as the strike tests social lives, allegiances and all sense of what to work on
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Showrunner Crisis: ‘It’s a Sweatshop at the Top’
Caught in the middle of the strike, those in the seat tell me about slashed budgets, mini rooms, culture wars and misery
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‘Last-Day-of-School Energy’ in the Writers Room
Across town, scribes are preparing madly for possible pencils down
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The Squeeze: Actors on Shrinking Seasons, Residuals and Leaving L.A.
Even familiar faces on TV are having a hard time making ends meet: ‘I have to live’
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The Squeeze: Writers on ‘S*** Money’ and the New Gig Economy
‘I don’t know how to make a living’: Even successful scribes describe struggle and ‘despair’ amid smaller rooms, streaming, superheroes
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The Squeeze: Producers on ‘No Trust’, Anger, Struggle
‘You have to be a billionaire or dilettante’ to make it today, says one, as Netflix economics, mergers, mean ‘365 days’ work
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Royals, Obamas and the End of the $100M Vanity Deal
Starting in 2018, streaming cash rained on the world’s two most famous couples. The challenge? Neither had ever produced any Hollywood content
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Disney’s Mysterious Kareem Daniel
Chapek’s lieutenant is Disney+’s top decision maker. Amid power struggles, insiders are rattled — if they even know who he is