Richard Rushfield
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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
Latest Richard Rushfield stories
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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
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Hollywood: Now the Joe Biden of Industries
Aimless, out of step, in denial: How to lose while pretending we’re winning
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🎬 Paramount–Warner and the Attorney General Who Could Kill It
The merger that would gut Hollywood’s ecosystem will sail through Trump’s D.C. But one man has the power to stop it, says antitrust expert Matt Stoller
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Warnermount: Is Anyone Awake Out There to Stop This?
This is an emergency, and Hollywood’s sad-sack shtick needs to end
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Mike & Pam Revenge Tour, Pundits Fed Their Own Garbage
Plus: ‘Variety’ takes down its creepy DiCaprio red carpet q after backlash
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Clear Eyes, Full House: Toronto Takeaways
Kirsten Dunst, Sydney Sweeney, Midnight Madness and how TIFF restored my faith in the industry (for now)
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Layoffs to Lost Guilds: Leaders, Pull Your S*** Together
10 man-made disasters coming this fall. It’s time to impeach the idiots
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The Rushfield Lunch: Nicholas Stoller & Francesca Delbanco
The ‘Platonic’ co-creators on comedy, theatrical and how they write: ‘We’re both hard on the material’
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Amber Alert: Hollywood Democrats Vanish — at the Worst Time
Don’t think Donald Trump is done with the studios or us
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Hollywood Syllabus: What to Read (and Watch) Before Opening Your Mouth
Franklin Leonard, R.J. Cutler, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Sarah Schecter and more share their essential curriculum for not embarrassing yourself — as do I
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How-To H’wood: Say Goodbye to Your Career the Right Way
The art of the transition: my final guide on industry survival
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How-To H’wood: Business Lunch Kabuki
Location, when to end chit-chat, and how to gain the upper hand. The art of the ‘friendly’ nosh — with an agenda
A must-read for industry insiders, Richard Rushfield’s columns are unfiltered and unflinching analysis of the people and forces reshaping the business.