Richard Rushfield
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Kimmel Fights. Tech Bros Bow Before The King
A who’s who at the state dinner tells us what we need to know about CEOs vs. creatives in Hollywood
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The Case Against Paramount-WBD Keeps Getting Louder
As backlash builds, so do the stakes. Plus: an update on The Ankler
Latest Richard Rushfield stories
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The Death of Dramatic Films: Hollywood Fades into Emotional Flatline
Are we really okay with just white men making action comedies?
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100 Days at Paradance: Warners, Trump & the Ellison Checkbook
Plus: A reader mailbag on the dearth of women directors; Elon demands employees let their likeness be used to train ‘adult’ AI
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Hollywood’s Backslide Into White Male Directors Becomes Undeniable
How to chase away our future, one complacent decision at a time
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Hollywood’s Advancement in the Art of the Layoff Memo
The industry ‘right-sizes’ its way into the ‘future’; thanks, John Malone!
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Female Directors and Hollywood’s Grim Post-#MeToo Reality
We’re in our own manosphere and it’s time to get mad
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Springsteen, Elizabeth Warren & the Last Populists in Hollywood
A senator calls out a WBD mega-merger while Bruce sings about America’s soul. So why does the industry hum along in silence?
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Our Close Encounters of the AI Kind
Silicon Valley didn’t conquer Hollywood — it cloned it. So why are our leaders suspiciously quiet?
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Hollywood’s Death Wish: Starring Everyone Who Should Know Better
Paramount, Warners and a silence that could kill the business
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Jane Fonda Relaunches the Committee for the First Amendment with 550+ Signatories (Including Me)
Fonda will talk to me LIVE today about the group, first led by her dad to fight McCarthyism: ‘This is not symbolic. This is a fight’
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Originals Win the Long Game. Warners’ Slate Just Showed Us How
Appraising a year-long lineup and its value to a business. The first in my State of Slate series
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Lina Khan Warning: Warnermount Has ‘Real Consequences Here’
The former FTC chair & former FTC commissioner Alvaro Bedoya joined us to tell unions, writers & creatives how to use their power to get their way
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FFS, Thank God. A Paean to Bob Iger & Dana Walden
Disney did the right thing (after going wrong). But Trump’s still coming for us
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The Kimmel Capitulation: We’re in F*** City
Disney serves up one of its biggest faces. Now let’s find our fight
A must-read for industry insiders, Richard Rushfield’s columns are unfiltered and unflinching analysis of the people and forces reshaping the business.