Richard Rushfield
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Spencer Pratt is a Warning Shot for L.A. — and Hollywood
Studio leaders: Rage follows complacency and cluelessness, and it’s coming for you next
Latest Richard Rushfield stories
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How-To H’wood: Making Friends (and Keeping Them)
Insight into forging real bonds in this industry: part 2 of my four-day series
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How-To H’wood: The Blood Sport of Asking for a Favor
In the marketplace of asks lurks danger and payback. Part 1 of my four-day series with top names on outsmarting Hollywood’s dysfunction
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‘Naked Gun’, 90-Min. Movies & Hard Truths About Comedy Neglect
In my new Rushfield Rants series: A big LOL launch, the first in ages, means mid-budget crowd pleasers must return in a genre Hollywood left for dead
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The Rushfield Lunch: Lauren Greenfield
The ‘Social Studies’ creator and director says teens would ditch social media if they had the choice and are ‘nostalgic for the ’90s’
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‘South Park’ Rebellion & the Gaslighting of Hollywood
Trey Parker and Matt Stone poke a bear as our industry leaders cower
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The Rushfield Lunch: Joshuah Bearman
The writer/producer, whose work spawned ‘Argo’, has now written an account of Altadena and what was lost
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‘The Numbers Don’t Add Up’ Problem
On Colbert, Trump and the slippery slope that is leading us to the apocalypse
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The Rushfield Lunch: Priyanka Mattoo
The author and former WME and UTA agent explains how writing gigs have become a more glamorous factory job: ‘The optics of it have changed’
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The Media’s Whipping Boy Was Right (This Time)
As Zaslav gets a win, the press pretends it never doubted. Plus: a ‘Variety’ scoop with 8 reporters! And why Emmy noms feel like a participation trophy
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The Rushfield Lunch: Franklin Leonard
‘This town seems allergic to innovation,’ The Black List founder tells me. ‘But that can be a good thing’
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Sun Valley: My Agenda for CEOs Who’ve Done Nothing Wrong, Ever
Plus: Warners is out of ICU; PMC is really, really into Prime Day
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The Rushfield Lunch: Parvati Shallow
The ‘Survivor’ champ and author tells me: ‘I was doing really well, but internally, I was a mess. I didn’t have a real connection to my heart’
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Always a Bribesmaid, Never a Bribe… And Sometimes a Bezos
Plus: The Brad Pitt ‘F1’ dad mystery and the Spielberg tribute
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Scoop: HFPA Reboots, Upends Golden Globes Ownership by Penske-Boehly
As California’s AG withholds deal approval, the voting body required to dissolve for the transaction reverses course and is seeking to oust Helen Hoehne
A must-read for industry insiders, Richard Rushfield’s columns are unfiltered and unflinching analysis of the people and forces reshaping the business.