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‘Run It Through GPT-5’: The Phrase Changing Hollywood Overnight
Showrunners, writers, producers & marketing jumped on OpenAI’s update. Industry jobs will never recover By Erik Barmack
Microdramas are Minting New Six-Figure Careers
The genre’s top exec and star on how writers, actors, agents can tap into a (non-union) $5B Gold Rush By Elaine Low and Natalie Jarvey
The 19 Press Tour Stops Ruthless Publicists Care About Now (and Don’t)
Vanity Fair or Theo Von? 60 Minutes or 60 seconds? Reps unload on today’s A-list outlets and who has the new power By Nicole LaPorte
Gen X is Being Forced to Hustle. This Time with a New Career Plan
Inside their fight to keep rising as boomers and contraction stand in their way: ‘Most people I know out of work are in their 50s’ By Elaine Low
CEO Tom Quinn: How I Built Neon
Two best pictures (Anora, Parasite), 5 Palme d’Ors: The star exec opens his playbook By Ashley Cullins
Inside ‘New Paramount’
‘People working inside a mausoleum,’ says one rep of the Redstone crew awaiting their fate as David (Ellison) buys Goliath By Ashley Cullins
Sundance: Get it Together, Indie A-Holes
What part of ‘extinction event’ do you not understand? By Richard Rushfield
Amazon’s Amazing TV Mess: ‘Everyone’s Afraid of Their Own Shadow’
After Jen Salke’s exit, writers, sellers, agents spill tea on the torture of doing business there By Lesley Goldberg
Snow White Stupidity Should Terrify You
Faux-outrage over Disney’s film ends with a whimper — but not the fear and acquiescence By Richard Rushfield
Jobs! Talent Ditches Hollywood for the Creator Economy
Everyone from Dude Perfect to Dhar Mann is hiring legacy execs, writers and producers — if they’re willing to take the pay cut By Natalie Jarvey
Stalked: A Baywatch Star’s 13-Year Nightmare
For the first time, an actress reveals the private, shattering hell caused by an obsessed fan By Alexandra Paul
How-To H’wood: Climbing the Greasy Pole to Success
NEVER talk about work-life balance, and understanding that your boss, every single one, is scared By Richard Rushfield
White Lotus Composer: My Mike White Feud is ‘a Very Dark Thing’
Cristobal Tapia de Veer on the hit score he believes was ‘truly a gift’ and sharp words for HBO By Rob LeDonne
YouTube vs. Spotify vs. Netflix: The Creator Arms Race Gets Spicy
New details inside the war over video podcasts, and Netflix’s creator push accelerates (hi, Ms. Rachel!) By Natalie Jarvey
The TV Shows Netflix Wants to Buy Now
Fresh intel about the execs with greenlight power and what to bring them By Elaine Low
