Richard Rushfield
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Movie Freaks, Producers and Hope: Postcards From TIFF
From presidential suites and midnight screenings to $800 tickets, I spend four days among the dreamers
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What the Hell Was That Emmys Broadcast?
Product placement galore and they couldn’t even fill three hours — but at least no one’s watching
Latest Richard Rushfield stories
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I Watched the Towers Fall. Hollywood Has Never Felt the Same Since
In NYC 25 years ago for a wedding, I never shook the dread that followed — or the sense the industry changed with it
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The 6 Worst People You’ll Meet During Fall Festival Season
A field guide to the scandal hunters, ovation timers, insta-critics and other vile species drowning out the movies
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Alison Pill: Hollywood Parents Don’t Let Their Kids Be Child Stars
‘There are very few nepo actual babies; there are nepo late teens,’ she says. Why? ‘A hint to knowledge of the exploitation’
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8 Fall Trends I Can’t Ignore
Merger mania, a box office Trojan horse and the midterms — what I’m watching (and you should too)
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Hayden Panettiere, the Final Blow of Child Stardom — and Hollywood’s Shame
Another lost soul joins an awful list of tragedies. When will this horror show make the industry realize something is wrong?
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First Look: Hollywood’s Secret AI Talks Go Public. Here’s the Plan
Kathleen Kennedy quietly convened Oscar winners, actors, studio execs, Silicon Valley — and me. Now our first public framework draws a line in favor of human-controlled AI
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Hollywood Abandoned August. But the Movies Didn’t
The dog days of summer get a bad rap. But the eighth month has long been where the most interesting cinema thrives
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Storm Clouds Over 2027
Yesterday, I was mostly positive about the state of movies; now, let’s get to reality
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Winners and Losers of a Long, Hot Movie Summer: What Changed
Movie stars returned — and Netflix suddenly looks a lot more like a legacy studio
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David Ellison Had a Done Deal. Why Did the Pitchforks Come Now?
Hollywood rolled over for every upheaval before this one. But this fight became different
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Be Original, Not a Try-Hard — More Advice From Hollywood’s Best
Jane Fonda, James Ellroy, RZA and others on finding your voice, ignoring ‘cool’ kids and making work only you can
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Lena Dunham Says ‘Say No’ — Advice from Hollywood’s Smartest
Marc Platt, Michael Moses, Parvati Shallow and more on the rules for surviving from those who’ve actually done it
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The Ellisons Aren’t Going Anywhere — and Neither Is This Deal
It’s the point of no return for Paramount-WBD amid the family’s web of entanglements
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Matt Stoller: Paramount Has a 60% Chance of Losing WBD
The monopoly expert who predicted the states’ challenge on why mounting legal and financing risks could kill the deal
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Writer, Jr. Agent, Indie Producer: The 10 Worst Jobs in Hollywood
Do you agree with my No. 1? I am sure the people in the seats do
A must-read for industry insiders, Richard Rushfield’s columns are unfiltered and unflinching analysis of the people and forces reshaping the business.