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🎧 When Will the Young Lions Finally Attack?

Golf’s Big Swing: YouTube, Gen Z & Creators Over Country Clubs

Golf’s Big Swing: YouTube, Gen Z & Creators Over Country Clubs

The Grim Biz of Selling Off Cable TV — and the Surprise Buyers Circling

The Grim Biz of Selling Off Cable TV — and the Surprise Buyers Circling

☀️NFL, 'Old Guard 2' 👎 at NETFLIX but KPop 🤯

Transcript: When Will the Young Lions Finally Attack?

Emmy Noms: 8 Biggest Lessons

The AI Making Indie Sci-Fi Budgets Possible (James Cameron’s Team Agrees)

The AI Making Indie Sci-Fi Budgets Possible (James Cameron’s Team Agrees)

New! Prestige Junkie After Party is Here

☀️NETFLIX vs. AMAZON: Lessons from NIELSEN Top ‘25 Movie List

Richard & Sean: Zaslav Shows Up the Haters as ‘Superman’ Soars

What HBO & HBO Max Want to Buy Now (and What’s the Difference)

What HBO & HBO Max Want to Buy Now (and What’s the Difference)

☀️ ‘Superman’ Lands, But ’25 Summer Box Office Headwinds Ahead

‘New Paramount’ Org Chart; What Amazon TV is Buying Post-Salke

The Rushfield Lunch: Franklin Leonard

Billy Joel’s ‘in Great Spirits’: Inside a 50-Year Bond Through Sickness & Health

🎧 Meet the ‘New Paramount’: Cindy, Crumbling Cable & Chaos

☀️ HBO, ABC Re-Enlist Talent For New Projects

Sun Valley: My Agenda for CEOs Who’ve Done Nothing Wrong, Ever

10 Most Burning Qs Before Emmy Noms Next Week

‘It’s Brutal’: Shut Out by Leagues, Indie Sports Doc Creators Get Creative

‘It’s Brutal’: Shut Out by Leagues, Indie Sports Doc Creators Get Creative

Inside ‘New Paramount’: Likely Org Chart, Spin-Offs & Deal Flow Chaos

Inside ‘New Paramount’: Likely Org Chart, Spin-Offs & Deal Flow Chaos

☀️Stuber Buying Spree Continues at AMAZON

🎧 Never Talk Down to Your Audience — Even When They Have Terrible Taste

2025 Creator Boom: Deal Report, Key Trends & Where the Money’s Flowing

2025 Creator Boom: Deal Report, Key Trends & Where the Money’s Flowing

She’s Back! Cindy Holland at ‘New Paramount’ is About to Shake Up TV (Again)

She’s Back! Cindy Holland at ‘New Paramount’ is About to Shake Up TV (Again)

☀️ KPop Popping On NETFLIX With SONY Animation Pic

Transcript: Never Talk Down to Your Audience — Even When They Have Terrible Taste

Box Office is a Lie. I Propose a New Math

🎧 ‘The Bear,’ ‘Severance,’ ‘Adolescence’: Final Emmy Nom Predictions

☀️2025's Top 10 Movies: A Box Office Wellness Check

Mediterrane Film Festival: Malta’s Global Film Showcase Hosts Hollywood

Richard & Sean Unpack the ‘Jurassic World’ Numbers

‘Sinners,’ ‘Barbie’ & Oscar Double Standards That Won’t Go Away

The Shows Amazon Wants to Buy Now

The Shows Amazon Wants to Buy Now

☀️'Jurassic' Eats 💵, 'F1' Overseas 💰 Hits Overdrive

Film Schools’ AI Uprising; Apple’s Secret Series Strategy; HBO Shock Shakeup

The Rushfield Lunch: Parvati Shallow

My Watchlist of Second Chance Movies for a Long Weekend

Disney’s New Worst-Case Scenario

Disney’s New Worst-Case Scenario

Always a Bribesmaid, Never a Bribe… And Sometimes a Bezos

🎧 Druckmann Ditches HBO: 'The Last of Us' Faces a Creative Apocalypse

🎧 Dumb Comedies Will Save Hollywood

YouTube's Top Ghost Hunters' Big Bet on $52B Experience Economy

SCOOP: 'The Last of Us' HBO Shakeup as Creative Duo Parts Ways

SCOOP: 'The Last of Us' HBO Shakeup as Creative Duo Parts Ways

☀️PAR, Trump National Nightmare Over — Now What

Transcript: Dumb Comedies Will Save Hollywood

🎧 Cruise, Spielberg & the Couch: ‘War of the Worlds’ 20 Years Later

The $2K Ad That Shook the NBA Finals — and Put Hollywood Production on Notice

The $2K Ad That Shook the NBA Finals — and Put Hollywood Production on Notice

Scoop: HFPA Reboots, Upends Golden Globes Ownership by Penske-Boehly

AI Wars Hit Film School: Profs Teach It, Students Rage. 'What About Our Jobs?'

Richard & Sean: Did Mike & Pam Just Buy Flop Insurance?

The Early Oscar Race: ‘Nuremberg’, Bruce, Bigelow & ‘Bugonia’

The Shows Apple TV+ Wants to Buy Now

The Shows Apple TV+ Wants to Buy Now

☀️'F1' Runs Over 'M3GAN'

Cable's Hell; Gen Z Virgins; Indie TV Studio Surge; Spotify-YouTube War

The Rushfield Lunch: Claire Zulkey on the Kids' Screen Time Debate

Richard & Katey: Our Best Movies of the 21st Century

Build Your Breakthrough with Christine Vachon, Effie Brown & Indie Icons at BendFilm: Basecamp 2025

🎧 Now It's Spotify vs. YouTube — Plus Personal Struggles Post-L.A. Fire

☀️ SONY Gets Into AMAZON, Matt & Ben Biz

New Academy Members List: Surprises, Snubs & Shifting Power

Denial, Brought to You by AMC Theatres

A Netflix Dust-Up on the 'Prairie': When Laura Ingalls Wilder Meets MAGA

Losing Your Virginity on TV Is a Gen Z Smash. What Is Happening?!

Losing Your Virginity on TV Is a Gen Z Smash. What Is Happening?!

☀️NBA Finals: Which Studios Spent Big, Who Didn’t

Panic, Fear, 'Fire Sale': Inside Paramount, WBD & NBCU as They Split Apart

Panic, Fear, 'Fire Sale': Inside Paramount, WBD & NBCU as They Split Apart

SCOOP: Leaked Spotify Deck Reveals Big Video Push — and Raid on YouTube

SCOOP: Leaked Spotify Deck Reveals Big Video Push — and Raid on YouTube

☀️AMAZON Bets On Faith-Based Biz with New SVOD Service

🎧 The Celebrity Press Tour is Upended

After L.A. Fires, 200,000 Living in Limbo: ‘I Cannot Get My Bearings’

Who Killed Original Animation?

Kelly Butler Joins Ankler Media as Chief of Staff from 'Vanity Fair'

Indie Studio Revenge: TV's Big Hits (and Deals) are Now Off the Lot

Indie Studio Revenge: TV's Big Hits (and Deals) are Now Off the Lot

Katey Rich's Emmy Season TV Trends

☀️GOOGLE Connected TV Pullback as Ad Rates Tumble

Sean, Katey & Chris: The 'Elio' Oops

The Best, Worst & Weirdest: Emmy Campaign Awards, Phase I

'Afraid': ICE Raids Shake Hollywood’s Immigrant Workforce

'Afraid': ICE Raids Shake Hollywood’s Immigrant Workforce

☀️'Elio' Stumbles; 'Dragon' Eats Surging Zombies

12 Rising Execs; Neal Mohan on NFL, Netflix; Creator v. Celeb Ad Showdown

🎧 Brian Tyree Henry Needed a Rest. Then He Read 'Dope Thief'

Jimmy Kimmel Live | For Your EmmyÂŽ Consideration | Outstanding Talk Series

'Top Gun' to 'F1': Jerry Bruckheimer on the Art of the Blockbuster Banger

‘Andor,’ ‘The Last of Us’ & Sci-Fi Shows That Went Political This Year

🎧 YouTube vs. Netflix: Rumble on the Riviera

The Rushfield Lunch

Reunited on TV: Tina Fey, Luke Kirby, Walton Goggins on the Joy of a 'Fun Hang'

7 Sleeper Hits of the Streaming Wars

7 Sleeper Hits of the Streaming Wars

Warner Bros. Divorce, Netflix & Never Living in Regret

Coup on the Croisette: Creators, Brands & the Gen Z Remix of Entertainment

☀️ Movie Libraries Get Reality Check From Investor Community

🎧 What Keith McNally Can Teach Hollywood

Stealing the Show: The Oners That Ruled the Small Screen

Transcript: What Keith McNally Can Teach Hollywood

Scripted Sports TV is Having its Super Bowl Moment (as Long as You Don't Whiff)

Scripted Sports TV is Having its Super Bowl Moment (as Long as You Don't Whiff)

🎧 TV Tales: How ‘Traitors’ Broke Through & Upended Reality

🎧 YouTube's Neal Mohan on Netflix Jabs, Sports Rights & the Creator Coup

☀️'Straw' Gives NETFLIX Its Biggest '25 Movie Week

SQUID GAME is “Incredible. Stunning. Heartbreaking. Exhilarating.” | Behind the Most Pulse-Pounding Moments of Season 2

Listen Now: Paul Feig, Lauren LeFranc & Edi Patterson on "Nobody Knows Anything"

🎧 Franklin Leonard on Why Hollywood is Running Scared

A Crisis is a Terrible Thing to Waste (Except in Hollywood)

They Love L.A.: The Shows That Brought Hollywood Back to the Small Screen

A $5M Film? AI Studios Bet on a Cheap Future Hollywood Won't Buy (Yet)

A $5M Film? AI Studios Bet on a Cheap Future Hollywood Won't Buy (Yet)

☀️PAR Adds To Q2 Movie Comedy Buying 🔥

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: For Your Consideration 2025

Richard & Sean: 'Dragon' Hits Big; The Original Animation Buzzsaw

The TV Year of Billionaires Puppeteering the President

Private Thoughts of an Anonymous Top Agent-Turned-Manager

Private Thoughts of an Anonymous Top Agent-Turned-Manager

Cannes Lions 'Tipping Point': Creators & Brands Matchmake for $185B Ad Spend

AGATHA ALL ALONG is "a charming concoction of snappy humour, strong performances, and enchanting nostalgia" | FYC Outstanding Comedy Series, Lead Actress Kathryn Hahn & more

☀️UNI's 'Dragon' Soars, A24's 'Materialists' Makes Match

THE STUDIO | It's Giving Main Character Energy | FYC Apple TV+

🎧 Paul Giamatti & Charlie Brooker on Their Emotional 'Black Mirror' Moment

Microdrama Money!; 10 Careers Post-Participant; Amazon TV's U.K. Mess

From ‘A Closer Look’ to ‘Day Drinking’ – Late Night belongs to Seth Meyers

🎧 Jenny Slate Wanted to Know Everything Before 'Dying for Sex'

‘Another Simple Favor’ Director Paul Feig On His ‘Nuts’ Anna Kendrick & Blake Lively Sequel

The Rushfield Lunch: Ted Gioia on What the Media Doesn't Understand

Join Creator Jake Shane and UTA Chairman Paul Wachter for an Exclusive Fireside Chat at Cannes Lions 6.17

Documentary Spotlight L.A.: Chefs, Chimps & Martha Stewart

Exec Jon Glickman: 'We're Entering a Radical Transition Period'

🎧 Swipe, Pay, Cry: A $5 Billion Boom in 60-Second Soaps

☀️ PIXAR Sets 2027 Entry, AMAZON Re-Enlists 'Spaceballs' Original Cast

THE DAY OF THE JACKAL is “exhilarating. So relentlessly good.” – Watch How Eddie Redmayne Brought the Character to Life

You're Invited - “Overcompensating” Screening and Q&A with Benito Skinner and More 6.16

Showveralls & Mini-First-Looks: How to Win TV's Post-Quote Deal Era

Showveralls & Mini-First-Looks: How to Win TV's Post-Quote Deal Era

Producer Sarah Schechter: 'We Might Be in Hollywood's Panic Attack'

Rachel Bloom’s Wild DIY Emmy Campaign: No Billboards, Just Belief

Why Amazon Can't Find Its Way in the U.K.

Why Amazon Can't Find Its Way in the U.K.

☀️A24’s YT Creator Pic; AMAZON Comes For More TV Ad 💰

YELLOWJACKETS “secures its place in TV history” | Emmy® FYC - Outstanding Drama Series.

Inside Substack Writers' Civil War: Glennon Doyle, 'Gentrification' & Stars

🎧 ‘Penis, Penis, Penis, Penis, Me’: Comedy Legend Nell Scovell Tells All

R.J. Cutler: Still 'Bullish' on Docs, Bring the 'Bank Robber Mentality'

🇫🇷 Ankler at Cannes Lions: Neal Mohan, Paul Wachter, Top Creators & Parties

Participant Collapsed. These 10 Execs Landed Big Roles Afterward

Julie Plec Maps YA’s New Sweet Spot in Streaming: Platform Fit (& No Phones!)

☀️The Chaos Meter: What's Ahead in H'wood After June Gloom

NOBODY WANTS THIS is “One Of The Best Shows Of The Year” – An Inside Look at Kristen Bell & Adam Brody’s Undeniable Chemistry in the Hit Modern Rom-Com

Listen Now: Jen Statsky, Nik Dodani & Katie Aselton on "Nobody Knows Anything"

SNL Celebrates 50 Years with Variety Series, Specials and Documentaries

Colin Callender: 'We're Missing the Big Personalities Who Took Big Risks'

🎧 'Grey's Anatomy' to Gaslit? Ellen Pompeo's Un-Meredith Moment

Scoop: Apple's New TV Backend

Scoop: Apple's New TV Backend

☀️PAR Jobs Ax Falls Again; Reading WB/D Tea Leaves

You're Invited to a Virtual Screening and an Exclusive Q&A with Martin Scorsese + Matti Leshem

Richard & Sean: WB & D Consciously Uncouple

With Nail-Biting Twists & Turns, PARADISE is This Year's Most Exhilarating New Drama Series

Seth Meyers & the 'Late Night' Team on Trump 2.0, No Punches Pulled

Lorenzo DiBonaventura: 'The Only Leverage We Had Was Shame'

Microdramas are Minting New Six-Figure Careers: 'Faster You Can Get in, the Better'

Microdramas are Minting New Six-Figure Careers: 'Faster You Can Get in, the Better'

☀️'Ballerina' Falls Short, Box Office Hits 2nd Wknd of Malaise

Press Tour Power List; Sound Stage 911; PAR's Plan B Era; Queer TV Crash

🎧 'Forever' Began at Northwestern: Mara Brock Akil & Karen Pittman

🎧 Secrets, Sexy, Messy: Elizabeth Banks & Jessica Biel's Twisted Sisters

The Rushfield Lunch: Talking Young Hollywood with Tepper

THE DIPLOMAT is “One Of The Best Dramas Of The Year” – An Inside Look at Season 2 with the Cast

Billy Idol: Snarls, Scars & a Wild Chat with the Rollicking Rock Icon

🎧 Now Renting: 8 Million Sq Ft of Sadness

☀️AMAZON, Tatum Reunite; 3 ARTS Buys Into News Biz

Gotham Award Winner ADOLESCENCE is “The Best and Biggest Show of the Year” – An Inside Look at the Brilliance of the One-Shot

Streaming’s Final Frontier: 60M Cable Holdouts Still in Play

Streaming’s Final Front: 60M Cable Holdouts Still in Play

Former 'Pain in the Ass' Tony Kaye is Back, Vito Schnabel is Jacked, in Big Tribeca Bet

The Plan B Era: Paramount Packs a Parachute; Zaslav Slapped

☀️ WBD Ax Chops MORE Cable TV Jobs; BLUMHOUSE Wants ‘Saw’

Join us for the Mediterrane Film Festival – Celebrating 100 Years of Cinema!

Marc Maron is Done — and He’s Not Alone: 'We’re Tired, We’re Burnt Out'

🎧 When 'American Idol' Had a Pastor Who Helped Katharine McPhee and More

Queer TV is Crashing Out

The 19 Press Tour Stops Ruthless Publicists Care About Now (and Don't)

☀️AMAZON Fast-Tracks OPENAI Pic; Summer ‘26 Gets Opening 🎥 Duel

Listen Now: Susanna Fogel, Alex Edelman, Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck on "Nobody Knows Anything"

Peak Bono: AI, VR and a Dad Sermon May Save Apple's Vision Pro

Peak Bono: AI, VR and a Dad Sermon May Save Apple's Vision Pro

🎧 Jason Segel's Midlife Comedy Crisis (On Purpose)

You’re Invited to Documentary Spotlight L.A. on 6.8

The Hollywood Dead Pool

☀️DISNEY Ax Chops; Hundreds More Looming

PHOTOS: Cumming, Kate, Schur & Questlove

Richard & Sean: A24's Next Hit; 'Karate Kid' Trips; a Box Office Concern

'Shrinking' & the Traum-Com; the Warm, Funny 'Adolescence' Team (Really!)

L.A. Sound Stages: The New Dead Mall?

L.A. Sound Stages: The New Dead Mall?

☀️'Karate Kid' Gets Bronze, As 'Lilo' Prints 💵

Agents on Edge: Indie Optimism Up; TV News Talent Goes Rogue

🎧 Questlove, Sly Stone & the Anxiety of Success

The Rushfield Lunch: Tom Segura & Jeremy Konner on the State of Comedy

Documentary Spotlight NYC: Diddy, Murder, Music & the Missing

'Last of Us' Brought Apocalypse. Gustavo Santaolalla Brought the Humanity

🎧 Mubi vs. Marvel: A New High-Stakes Film Era

☀️APPLE, NETFLIX Keep Writing TV Series Checks

You're Invited to an Exclusive Screening and Q&A for "Adolescence" at FYSEE LA 5.30

🎧 Designing Rebellion: Pirates, Rebels & Untold Stories of 'Andor'

ADOLESCENCE is “The Best and Biggest Show of the Year” – An Inside Look at the Brilliance of the One-Shot

Exclusive: ‘Hacks’ Just Dropped 30 Emmy Submissions — I Got the List

Blackmail, Bribes, Cockroaches: 10 Worst Moments of the Week

The $3M Episode Squeeze: ‘Downton’ Duo Rethink How to Sell Prestige TV

TV Agent Panic as News Talent Goes Solo; WME Blocks Joy Reid

☀️PAR, Trump Still Far Apart On 💰 As Deal Clock Ticks

You're Invited! Join the Star & Creators of "High Potential" on 6.2

🎧 ‘Say Nothing’: Tackling ‘Profound and Tough Questions’ of the Irish Troubles

🎧 Bruce Vilanch & the Wild World of 1970s Variety TV Spectaculars

'Secret Lives of Mormon Wives': How Swinging, Scandal, Soda = Big Bank

🎧 'Cheers' & Art of the 'Norm!' Entrance

☀️How Family Flicks Are Fixing ‘25 Box Office

Listen Now: Tracey Wigfield & Utkarsh Ambudkar on "Nobody Knows Anything"

🎧 Palme Today, Oscar Tomorrow?

Richard & Sean: Lilo & Tom Turn Up the Nostalgia

Mubi’s $24M Bet Just Made Agents Bullish Again. Here's Why

Mubi’s $24M Bet Just Made Agents Bullish Again. Here's Why

Joe Biden & Hollywood: Gerontocracy, Kleptocracy, Kakistocracy?

☀️ The Marvel ATM is Glitching: DISNEY's New Math

Ordinary People Enduring Life Under Dictators: The Jury's Choice

☀️'Lilo' Brings 🔥 to DIS '25 Slate; 'MI:8' Hits Mark at PAR

Kevin Beggs' TV Forecast; Upfronts Job Signals; 'GTA VI' & AI's Leap

The Palme D'Oracle Strikes Again as Neon Scores its 6th Winner

🎧 Pas de Deux with Paris: The Art of Filming 'Étoile'

You're Invited - The Ankler & Letterboxd Present an "Audience First" Screening of "Adolescence" at Netflix FYSEE LA on 5.30

Are You Joining the Leaders Shaping Marketing & Entertainment?

🎧 Netflix, Disney+ & YouTube: The Fight to Babysit Your Kids

☀️NEON, A24 Keep Buying; DIS Shakes Up ‘26 Summer

Oscar Buzz from Cannes; Eddie Redmayne Tells Me How to Disappear

The Biggest Studio Bet of the Year is in a Swamp

Global TV Market Reboot: A New Second Window Blows Open

Prime to Peacock: The Right Next Genre for Every Streamer

Prime to Peacock: The Right Next Genre for Every Streamer

☀️A24 & The Rock Pt. 2; NBC's Play For ⚾️

🎧 The Missing Middle-Zone Shows

🎧 ‘American Primeval’: Behind Peter Berg’s ‘Brutal, Dirty, Grimy’ Western

YouTube Stormed TV. Now They Want Its Emmys Too

🎧 Richard Rushfield's 'Hollywood Stories': 'Big Mouth' Creators Nick Kroll & Andrew Goldberg Tell (Almost) All

Lionsgate's Kevin Beggs on the Indie Playbook for TV’s Post-Peak Era

Lionsgate's Kevin Beggs on the Indie Playbook for TV’s Post-Peak Era

Day 8: Hollywood Ghosts Cannes — and the World Notices

☀️WBD Joins PAR in ‘Junk’ Bin; NETFLIX 'Clash of Clans' Play

Transcript: The Missing Middle-Zone Shows

Rebels, Rule Breakers & Political Animals: A Day of Great Conversation

'Grand Theft Auto VI': AI Characters Are a Hollywood Wake-Up Call

'Grand Theft Auto VI': AI Characters Are a Hollywood Wake-Up Call

🎧 Tony Gilroy & Diego Luna: How to Survive Hollywood’s Worst Moment

Day 7: AI Dubbing Debate; Big Deals M.I.A.; Denzel ❤️ Spike

☀️NETFLIX 🤝 Big Bird & the New Kids' Arms Race

🎧 ‘Day of the Jackal’: Crafting a Spy World Where ‘Everybody Lies About Everything’

CanapĂŠs & Camaraderie: In Praise of FYC Events in Tough Times

What Upfronts '25 Just Taught Us About Jobs

What Upfronts '25 Just Taught Us About Jobs

Day 6: Wes' Circus; JLaw Pic's $24M Mubi Sale; Skarsgard's BDSM

☀️ WB Now 3 for 3 as 'Destination' Soars

You’re Invited! 2025 Hollywood Climate Summit

Day 5: RFK Jr. & the Dr.: Doc Seeks Buyer; Linklater's Godard Pic Charms

Ken Kao's Hit Indie Model; Globes' Hot Mess Mediation; Upfronts Intel

For Two Days, Culver City Is the Center of AI Film

The Rushfield Lunch: Sonny Bunch on Critics & the State of Studio Films

Day 4: 'Eddington' Divide; Fashion's Film Dollars; $6K Tix Black Market

TV Directors Discuss Their Craft - 5.18

🎧 Upfronts: Less Glitz, Higher Stakes & a Fierce Fight

Christopher Rosen Joins The Ankler

Day 3: KStew Debut; IMAX CEO on Nolan; Screen Jury Grid Starts!

☀️CHARTER's Huge Buy: What it Means For Hollywood

Add "award-winning" to your unscripted credentials; enter the Realscreen Awards

'Andor': My Awe Over a (Pricey) TV Galaxy Far, Far Away

Creator War: Netflix is Coming for YouTube. And Vice Versa (Sorry, H'wood)

TV Producers' Delicious Dream of Fin-Syn's Return, One Step Closer

TV Producers' Delicious Dream of Fin-Syn's Return, One Step Closer

TV Producers' Delicious Dream of Fin-Syn's Return, One Step Closer

The HBO Brandicide Failure

Day 2: 'Prices are Crazy'; Cruise ❤️

☀️NETFLIX's Hard Sell: Gross Tonnage + Ad Tech

The global screen industry is coming to BANFF. Are you?

🎧 My ER Trip to Grey's Anatomy: Gen Z

Day 1: ‘Art Is a Threat’ as Oscar Race, the Resistance, Begin

☀️HBO MAX is Back 🤯, DIS Upfront: Scripted Shines

Transcript: My ER Trip to Grey's Anatomy: Gen Z

You're Invited - Janice Min Leads a Netflix FYSEE LA Conversation with TV Storytellers 5.17

🎧 'Étoile' Star Luke Kirby on His Second Dance with 'Maisel' Creators

Penske Scoops: SXSW Leak; Golden Globes-Attorney General Mess Builds

Bloody-Good TV Worlds: Inside 'Vampire' and 'St. Denis Medical'

'Favourite' Producer Ken Kao’s Hit Indie Model: No More Films 'Seven People See'

'Favourite' Producer Ken Kao’s Hit Indie Model: No More Films 'Seven People See'

☀️Upfronts Send 😳 Message to Scripted TV On Day 1

You're Invited: Documentary Spotlight From The Ankler & Pure Nonfiction Returns to NY 5.21

Box Office: Marvel’s New Normal & Summer Predictions

Cannibal Queens to Cancer Sex: Creators on Risk & Ambition in the Algo Age

Break 'Em Up: Google’s Reckoning Day is Hollywood’s Big Chance

Break 'Em Up: Google’s Reckoning Day is Hollywood’s Big Chance

Before You Fly, Read This. It Could Change Your Journey Home

Disney’s Rita Ferro Rethinks Upfronts: 'You Buy Cars All Year. Why Not Ads?

Disney’s Rita Ferro Rethinks Upfronts: 'You Buy Cars All Year.' Why Not Ads?

☀️'Thunderbolts*' Holds 👌, 'Friendship' Sees Big Start

AI & A24; Uni TV ‘Beta Test’ Writer Deal; App Store: 0, Streamers: 1

You're Invited! Join the Biggest Directing Names in Television on 5.18

The Rushfield Lunch: Ben Dreyfuss on the Left's Failings, Social Media & Drudge

New Book IP: 'Mean Girls' with Murder; a Black 'Thelma & Louise' & More

🎧 The Week Trump Terrified Hollywood

☀️PAR Rides Razor’s Edge in Q1

First Twins. Now Quintuplets? Cynthia Erivo's 'Poker Face' Turn(s)

TV Chaos Underway in U.S.-Canada Trade War: 'Someone Takes the Hit'

TV Chaos Underway in U.S.-Canada Trade War: 'Someone Takes the Hit'

Why Apple's App Store Beatdown is SO SO HUGE for Streamers

Why Apple's App Store Beatdown is SO SO HUGE for Streamers

☀️WBD Just Keeps Shrinking Despite Streaming Gains

The Ankler x Screen International Launch 2nd Annual Cannes Film Festival Newsletter

Nick Viall: How I Spun 'Bachelor' Into a $30M Podcast Empire

🎧 The Trickery of Tariffs & Incentives

Mara Brock Akil on 'Forever', Netflix, Judy Blume & DEI Rollback: 'You'll Lose'

Mara Brock Akil on 'Forever', Netflix, Judy Blume & DEI Rollback: 'You'll Lose'

☀️ DIS 🤐 on Trump, Streaming 💰 Gets Real in '25

☀️ AMAZON's Movie Slate Just. Keeps. Growing.

Transcript: The Trickery of Tariffs & Incentives

🎧 'Matlock' Star Kathy Bates: 'It's a Huge Gift at the End of My Career'

The AI App That Could Supercharge A24

The AI App That Could Supercharge A24

THAT'S TARIFFIC!

☀️HBO New Comedy Expansion; Tariff Qs

Talking 'Thunderbolts*' & Tariffs

'Thunderbolts*': Making Marvel Cool Again (With a Prestige TV Assist)

SCOOP: Uni TV ‘Beta-Testing’ New Deal Structure With Writers

SCOOP: Uni TV ‘Beta-Testing’ New Deal Structure With Writers

☀️'Thunderbolts*' Gives Summer 🎥 A Solid Launch

First-Looks & Overalls Q1; Indie TV Studio Winning Playbook; Film Finance 2.0

The Rushfield Lunch: Gen X Culture, 'Catastrophe' with Meghan Daum

🎧 What Deals in 2025 Reveal So Far

☀️ ROKU Losses Continue, As Key Ad Market Shifts Begin

‘The Pitt,’ Nurse Dana & an Actor’s Breakout Turn in Her 50s

Netflix Partners with The Ankler for FYSEE: LA, Featuring Janice Min, Katey Rich With Top Series Talent

Join Jessica Biel & Elizabeth Banks for "The Better Sister" Screening & Conversation on 5.4

'Sinners' Impact, Originals & Indie Hope: 2025 Q1 Deals Report

Originals, Indies & 'Sinners' Impact: 2025 Q1 Deals Report

Studios vs. WGA: Writers Reveal Rage, Rewards, Reality Two Long Years Later

Studios vs. WGA: Writers Reveal Rage, Rewards, Reality Two Long Years Later

☀️AMAZON MGM Movie Spigot Flowing (for A-List)

🎧 Upfronts, Auspices & Half-Truths

Creator Money is Growing 5X Faster Than Hollywood's. Here's How to Get Yours

Eli Roth's Fix for Indie Films' Bloodbath? Crowdfunding 2.0

☀️ SXSW Turmoil as Penske Cleans House

Transcript: Upfronts, Auspices & Half-Truths

🎧 'Hacks': How to Keep a 'Toxic Relationship' Fresh (and Funny)

First-Looks, Overalls & Skydance-PAR Fallout: 2025 Q1 Deals Report

First-Looks, Overalls & Skydance-PAR Fallout: 2025 Q1 Deals Report

The FOMO Era vs. Movie Marketing (as We Knew It)

☀️A24 Boosts A-List Roster, UNI '80s IP Revival Grows

'Hey, Who Looks Dumb Now?' 'Sinners' is a Winner and 4 Movies Open Over $20M

You're Invited! The Ankler Art & Crafts Live at the ASC Clubhouse 5.8

What Betting Markets Say About Emmys

'Poker Face' to 'Terminal List': How an Indie Producer Beats the Big Guys

'Poker Face' to 'Terminal List': How an Indie Producer Beats the Big Guys

☀️'Sinners' Gives ✋ To The Haters, Box Office Booms

Jobs! TV Writer, Creator Economy Opps; Shari on the Brink; Mike & Pam Morons

The Rushfield Lunch: Lena Dunham

🔎 Frankenstein in the Old West & IP Picks of the Week

Benito Skinner & Charli XCX DM'd. An A24 Show & Wild Soundtrack Followed

🎧 Hollywood Jobs 2025: Good, Bad & Who's Hiring

☀️Q1 Cable TV Melt Continues, CHARTER Adds to RSN Woes

'Sharpest Weapon': Europe's War Plans Will Hobble Trump-Era Hollywood

'Sharpest Weapon': Europe Lays Plans to Hobble Trump-Era Hollywood

An Indie's 8-Year Saga to Getting Made

TV Franchises: Winners & Losers in Streaming's New War

TV Franchises: Winners & Losers in Streaming's New War

Shari's Sliding Doors Moment is Closing

☀️COMCAST to H'wood: 'Who Dis?' in Q1 Call

☀️Spec Market Shows Life in Q2

🎧 The Leakiest Business

Jobs! Talent Ditches Hollywood for the Creator Economy

How to Get Staffed in a Writers Room Today

How to Get Staffed in a Writers Room Today

☀️ CBS Sets Spinoff Fall, ‘60 Minutes’ Boils Over

Transcript: The Leakiest Business

🎧 'The Residence' Finds Comedy in the White House. Really

China's AI Made Slick Memes of Fat U.S. Workers. H'wood Should be Scared

China's AI Made Slick Memes of Fat U.S. Workers. H'wood Should be Scared

Mike & Pamaggeddon: Everyone Was Wrong But Won't Let it Go

☀️UNI’s Next Video Game Franchise Move

Richard & Sean: Mike, Pam & Media's Sick 'Sinners' Doom

'The Studio' & Emmy's Stingy History With Shows About Showbiz

'Pop Culture Investigations': TV Buyers Swarm After 'Quiet on Set'

'Pop Culture Investigations': TV Buyers Swarm After 'Quiet on Set'

☀️ 'Sinners' Sings as WB, Jesus Drive Big 🎥 Weekend

Creative Exec Survival Guide; Gen Z 'Minecraft' Blur; Creeps & Cowards

H'wood Scion Matthew Specktor on Agents, Artists & the Arc of the Business

Dates Announced! The Ankler & Pure Nonfiction Documentary Spotlight NY, LA

🎧 Netflix's Push for TV's Final 80%

☀️ NETFLIX Crushes Q1: Where Its New Ambitions Lie

A Case for Bleak TV & Feel-Bad Entertainment

Creeps & Cowards Among Us

Buyers' New Good-for-Sellers Vibe Shift (& What 'The Pitt' Has to Do With It)

Buyers' New Good-for-Sellers Vibe Shift (& What 'The Pitt' Has to Do With It)

☀️NFLX, DIS, WBD, NBCU, PAR Q1 Earnings: Things to Watch

'The Next Paw Patrol Will be Born on YouTube': Nickelodeon Shifts Strategy

🎧 Just Buy It. Just Say Yes

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Transcript: Just Buy It. Just Say Yes

'Minecraft': Live Chickens, Popcorn & the Gen Z 'Blur' that Should Scare Studios

☀️NETFLIX Shrinking U.S. Film Output in 2025 To Date

🎧 Inside ‘The Wedding Banquet’ Romcom Redux

🎧 Inside ‘The Wedding Banquet’ Romcom Redux

🎧 WWE's Prez and Triple H on Global Ambition, the Netflix Deal & Bad Bunny

Far From Home: The Fight For Location Perks, Family Visits, 5-Star Travel

Far From Home: The Fight For Location Perks, Family Visits, 5-Star Travel

M&A Interruptus: Ellison, Malone & the Mystery Pause

☀️YT 📺 Lead Growing, L.A. Shoots Shrinking (More)

The Masters' Lessons in Swagger: Awards Shows, Are You Watching?

A Creative Exec Survival Guide

A Creative Exec Survival Guide

☀️'Minecraft', Jesus Lead Q2 Box Office Resurgence

Rushfield SAT for Execs; 'White Lotus' War; Tariff Terror; Dead Celeb AI Future

Amazon Studios Founder Roy Price Helps Me Save Hollywood

'White Lotus' Composer: My Mike White Feud is 'a Very Dark Thing'

🎧 WWE to Webtoon: Hollywood's New World Order

🎧 'If You Can't Tell a Good Story, Forget It': Jane Rosenthal & Lesli Linka Glatter

Time to Weed Out Hollywood Idiots

How to Bring $50M-$100M Box Office Movies Back

How to Bring $50M-$100M Box Office Movies Back

'Adolescence' Producers Were Struggling. Then Netflix Said Yes

'Adolescence' Producers Were Struggling. Then Netflix Said Yes

☀️A24 Buys Again: a Teen Comedy

Where Creators Make $1M a Year and Sell Shows to Netflix & Tubi

🎧 The Bezos Divide

'Handmaid's Tale' Screams Dystopia. But the Show Creator Won't Get Political

'Handmaid's Tale' Screams Dystopia. But the Show Creator Won't Get Political

Eternal Celebrities: The Multi-Billion Opportunity Coming

Transcript: The Bezos Divide

Listen Now: Justin Halpern, Kim Rosenstock & Mary Holland on "Nobody Knows Anything"

🎧'White Lotus' Star Jason Isaacs: 'I'm a Seeker of Extreme Experiences'

The Outsiders: 4 Players Fixing What Hollywood Won’t

Eternal Celebrities: A Multi-Billion Opportunity Coming

Eternal Celebrities: A Multi-Billion Opportunity Coming

☀️A24 Sets Video Game Pic

Tariff Terror: TV Production Braces for Trump-Induced Sticker Shock

Tariff Terror: TV Production Braces for Trump-Induced Sticker Shock

☀️'Minecraft' Restores Hollywood Swagger To Start Q2

Amazon's TV Mess; AI-Ghibli DEFCON; Ankler + A-List Execs in Vegas

CinemaCon: Uni, Disney & My Studio-by-Studio Journey

🎧 Amazon Delivery: TV & Film Whiplash

☀️PAR's Big Comedy Hope; DIS' Franchise Push

Live from Las Vegas CinemaCon Wrap

Kenya Barris Joins The Ankler at NAB Show

'The Friend' & the Indie Diehard Friends Behind It

☀️ AMAZON MGM's Shockingly Original Movie Slate

The Food Blogger Mistaken for an OnlyFans Star by AI, and the Hell That Followed

The Food Blogger Mistaken for an OnlyFans Star by AI, and the Hell That Followed

CinemaCon: Theater Owners' Window Wonderland

Amazon's Amazing TV Mess: 'Everyone's Afraid of Their Own Shadow'

Amazon's Amazing TV Mess: 'Everyone's Afraid of Their Own Shadow'

☀️WB Quiets Noise on Big 🎥 Swings, But Mum on Windows

Listen Now: Anna Konkle, Mary Elizabeth Ellis & Taran Killam on "Nobody Knows Anything"

🎧 'White Lotus' & Southern Discomfort

TV Schedule 'Disaster': How Reps Keep Talent Working in Hiatus Chaos

TV Schedule 'Disaster': How Reps Keep Talent Working in Hiatus Chaos

D'oh! TV Animation Meets AI With Unease, Opportunity

D'oh! TV Animation Meets AI With Unease, Opportunity

☀️SONY Pitches 'Bingeable' Beatles, A-List Directors to Theater Owners

Emmy's Clown Car Comedy Race

It's War: AI's Horrifying Boiling Point is Here

It's War: AI's Horrifying Boiling Point is Here

☀️Statham, Jesus Liven Up Box Office as 'Snow White' Sinks

A Celeb Stalking Victim's Terror

April 4th in LA: NEW Speakers Added!

Science of Personality: Hope for the Anxious, Angry, Introverted

🎧 TV Writers Hated Mini-Rooms. Now They Want Them Back

☀️Salke Out; DISNEYFOX A-List Director Push Grows

The 'Adolescence' Moment

You're Invited: The Ankler Series Business Showcase FYC Returns to Spotlight the Series of the Season 4.4

Copying Netflix? Standup, Sports & Korea Data Might Change Your Mind

Copying Netflix? Standup, Sports & Korea Data Might Change Your Mind

'Freeloading' No More: European TV Alliances Snub the U.S.

'Freeloading' No More: European TV Alliances Snub the U.S.

Amazon's Now All-in on Theaters. Why?

☀️ CBS ‘Yellowstone’ Spinoff Raises NBCU Hackles

Ad Dollar Duel! MrBeast, Top Creators Take Aim at TV $ Through This Startup

Ad Dollar Duel! MrBeast, Top Creators Take Aim at TV $ Through This Startup

🎧 Let’s Hold an IP Swap Meet

Jody Gerson, Jane Rosenthal, David S. Goyer Join The Ankler at NAB Show

Fixing TV: Shawn Ryan, Damon Lindelof on How They'd Change Development

Fixing TV: Shawn Ryan, Damon Lindelof on How They'd Change Development

Stalked: A ‘Baywatch’ Star’s 13-Year Nightmare

☀️'Electric State' Falls at NETFLIX, The Comps to Know

Transcript: Let's Hold an IP Swap Meet

IP 2024: What Sold, What Didn't & Why (+ 6 Picks for Now)

Listen Now: Timothy Simons, Tichina Arnold & Vella Lovell on "Nobody Knows Anything"

🎧 'White Lotus', 'Black Doves' & the Zeitgeist Effect on Emmys

Next Cash Cow: AI-Fueled Fan Fiction

Next Cash Cow: AI-Fueled Fan Fiction

☀️AMAZON's Curious Movie Slate Boom: 2 More Buys

'Long Bright River', 'Adolescence' & Limited Series' Long Comeback

WME's Top Digital Exec: AI's Here. Now Let's Cash In (Carefully)

WME's Top Digital Exec: AI's Here. Now Let's Cash In (Carefully)

☀️ 'Snow White' Digs '25 Box Office Ditch Even Deeper

Neon CEO Master Class; Ari & Bryan Succession; 'Snow White' Morons

Substack’s Hamish McKenzie on the Creator Revolution

🎧 MrBeast & Beyond: Hollywood's New Stars

☀️'Bourne' Rights Exit UNI, Up For Sale

'No Other Land' & a Raucous First Amendment Fight

Affordable PAYG Expert Support for Your Indie Has Arrived!

Exec Coach: The New Industry Must-Have (and Career Off-Ramp)

Exec Coach: The New Industry Must-Have (and Career Off-Ramp)

Ari and Bryan Are on the Clock

☀️WB Revamps Q3 🎥 Slate, Enlists Jonah Hill

🎧 The Lineman TikTok TV Show

Jake & Logan Paul: Secrets of the Producer Who Shaped Their Outrageous Story for TV

Jake & Logan Paul: Secrets of the Producer Who Shaped Their Outrageous Story for TV

H’wood Dem Donors Rage: ‘Ask Me for Another Dollar, I Dare You’

CBS Ex-Pres on Life After the Big Job: 'You Don't Get to Choose Your Own Exit'

CBS Ex-Pres on Life After the Big Job: 'You Don't Get to Choose Your Own Exit'

H’wood Dem Donors Rage: ‘Ask Me for Another Dollar, I Dare You’

☀️How WBD's NETFLIX Strategy is Paying Off

Transcript: The Lineman TikTok TV Show

Listen Now: Mark Anthony Green, Rose McIver & Raamla Mohamed on "Nobody Knows Anything"

🎧 Oscars 2026: Irresponsible Predictions!

'Snow White' Stupidity Should Terrify You

CEO Tom Quinn: How I Built Neon (and Why You Can Too)

CEO Tom Quinn: How I Built Neon (and Why You Can Too)

☀️AMAZON Keeps Buying Movies

First Thoughts About Emmy Contenders

Development Execs in Development Hell Too

Development Execs in Development Hell Too

☀️ The Box Office Hits Bottom. Again.

Scoops: Streaming Bonuses Revealed; Netflix's OWA News; Emma Chamberlain's VC Pitch Leak

Richard Rushfield, Katey Rich & Emily Yoshida Talk 'Traitors' Season 3

🎧 Big IP’s Midlife Crisis: Marvel, DC, Bond

Big IP Franchises in Crisis, Part II: Spidey, Potter, F&F & More

☀️UNI Pairs Glen Powell, Barry Jenkins for Sci-Fi Pic

Sony Classics' Pres on Strategy and 'Big Unsaid Things' About Streamers

Big IP Franchises in Crisis, Part I

Exclusive: Inside Emma Chamberlain's Fundraising Scramble to Keep her Coffee Buzz Going

Exclusive: Inside Emma Chamberlain's Fundraising Scramble to Keep her Coffee Buzz Going

☀️AMAZON, NETFLIX Land Hot A24, Tiger ⛳️ Projects️

🎧 A Priest Walks Into a Pitch Meeting . . .

Save The Date - The Ankler's TV Event Returns to Highlight the Season's Hottest Shows 4.4

The 3-Letter Deal TV Writers Love/Hate

The 3-Letter Deal TV Writers Love/Hate

☀️NETFLIX Scores with Int'l, PAR Pics

Transcript: A Priest Walks into a Pitch Meeting...

Listen Now: Paul Scheer, Ashley Nicole Black & April Prosser on "Nobody Knows Anything"

🎧 What We Learned from the Oscars

The Animation App That Should Terrify Hollywood

The C-Word War: Tales from the Warners Front

☀️What AMAZON’s New Theatrical Goal Means for Streaming Pics

Bong Joon-ho, 'Mickey 17' and the Fine Art of Following Best Picture

SCOOP: The First Shows Where Writers Scored Streaming Bonuses

SCOOP: The First Shows Where Writers Scored Streaming Bonuses

☀️'Mickey' Hits Target, But WB Losses Ahead

H'wood's Rich People Problem; Fast v. Slow Celeb Brand Deals; Gen Z Bleed

🎧 Tina Brown & Janice Min Talk Meghan Markle, Demi Moore, DOGE

🎧 The Lost Art of Hollywood Swagger

☀️AMAZON Enters Viking Era; TIKTOK Deal Extension Likely

A (Adrien) to Z (Zoe): Oscar Stars' Next Moves

State of the Showbiz Union: We're F-ked (& What to Do About It)

The Chart About Audience Every Exec Should Obsess Over

☀️A Movie Theater Biz 💰 Health Check

Star Chef Confession: How I Got 'Trapped' Losing Money on YouTube

Star Chef Confession: How I Got 'Trapped' Losing Money on YouTube

CW's Scripted Death is Writer Hell

CW's Scripted Death is Writer Hell

☀️ Scoop: PAR 'Sonic' Franchise's Streaming Value

Listen Now: Michael Urie, Jackie Tohn & Lauren Lapkus on "Nobody Knows Anything"

Gen Z on 'Fuck You-ness', 'Productive Rudeness', Learning Swagger (and More)

Gen Z on 'Fuck You-ness', 'Productive Rudeness', Learning Swagger (and More)

🎧 Oscars: Demi, 'Anora', Adrien & a Final Debrief

Celeb Endorsements: Cash, Sweat Equity or Go for the Mega Exit?

Celeb Endorsements: Cash, Sweat Equity or Go for the Mega Exit?

PHOTOS: Oscars' Grand Finale (+ SAG!)

Oscar Fashion: Stealth Wealth’s Rich Switch

Holy Crap, I Went to the Oscars!

What Really Just Happened Inside the Dolby

☀️Box Office Hits '25 Low; 'Anora' Takes the Oscars

ICYMI: CBS Prez Tells All; Gen Z vs. Gen X; Disney's 'Snow Woke' Woes

'Point to Hope': Lumen Awards Highlight Community and Changemakers

'Wicked' Wiz Teases Ariana Grande-Cynthia Erivo Oscar Spot, Part Two's New Songs

🎧 Broadcast TV Surge; WBD's Sports Pause; Paramount Stalled

Co-Pros, Sales, Formats: 'Japan Is Now the Cool Place You Want to Be'

Co-Pros, Sales, Formats: 'Japan Is Now the Cool Place You Want to Be'

☀️ 2024 Cable TV Bundle Melt Report, As FUBO Stock Plunges

My Night at Oscar's Final Photo Call

Who's Winning: Final Oscar Predictions

🎧 Michael Wolff on Trump's Coming 'Self-Destruction': 'He Will Pay the Price'

☀️ WBD 2024: The Losses, Strat Changes & What’s Next

☀️ PAR Revenue Stalled, What Lies Ahead For SKYDANCE

Dude Perfect Got $100M in PE Money. This is What They're Doing With It

Dude Perfect Got $100M in PE Money. This is What They're Doing With It

🎧 James Bond's Corporate Suit

RFK Jr.’s $100K Deal to Shill Just Like Tom Brady and Khloé Kardashian

CBS Pres Amy Reisenbach: How We Pick What to Buy (+ Prequels, Sequels & IP)

CBS Pres Amy Reisenbach: How We Pick What to Buy (+ Prequels, Sequels & IP)

☀️AMC THEATRES 💰 Loss Continues, Wants Bigger Windows 🙏

Transcript: James Bond's Corporate Suit

Listen Now: Dana Fox, Fortune Feimster & Abdullah Saeed on "Nobody Knows Anything"

🎧 Making Oscar Great Again: How Do You Follow 'I'm Just Ken'?

Disney's 'Snow Woke' and the Dumbest 'DEI' Attack of All Time

7 Big Oscar Categories AI Will Blow Up

7 Big Oscar Categories AI Will Blow Up

☀️ DC's New Slate Plans, Output Ambitions

'Conclave' Quietly Maneuvers Into Position as a Potential 'Anora'-Killer

Salary Confessions: A Gen Z Creative Exec's Stark Warning for Gen X

Salary Confessions: A Gen Z Creative Exec's Stark Warning for Gen X

☀️NEON's 'Monkey' Shines as 'Captain' Plummets at Box Office

ICYMI: How to Sell a Film or TV Show Now

Penske, Can You Spare a Dime?

🎧 Hollywood's New Mission Impossible: Greenlights

☀️The DISNEY 💰 Math That Sunk MLB and What’s Next

Oscar's Final Tea Leaves: Spirits, SAG Awards & What They'll Reveal

The Wide World of Made-Up Sports as TV Bets on Rookies

The Wide World of Made-Up Sports as TV Bets on Rookies

☀️AMAZON Takes James Bond Control, Daniel Craig Departs DC

The Ankler x NAB Show Partner on Business of Entertainment in Vegas

The New Creator Business VC Rush — and Slow Ventures' $60M Bet

The New Creator Business VC Rush — and Slow Ventures' $60M Bet

Dolores Huerta, Jeff Hermann, Avery Colbert and more . . .

The New 'Blinking Yellow Light' Hell of TV Development

The New 'Blinking Yellow Light' Hell of TV Development

☀️CBS Keeps ‘Blue Bloods’ Alive, HULU Back in Kaling Biz

🎧 The Eternal Intrigue of Best Actress and Demi Moore's Comeback

Listen Now: Kris Bowers, Peter Straughan & Caitlin Reilly on "Nobody Knows Anything"

Fighting for a Greenlight: The Art of Selling an Original Film in '25

Fighting for a Greenlight: The Art of Selling an Original Film in '25

The Great Shrug: Why's No One Fighting Back?

Lorne Michaels vs. NBC: The Epic 1990s War That Nearly Cost Him His Job

☀️2025 Movie Slate: New Realities for Movie Biz

BAFTA's 11th Hour Oscar Surprises

Art of the Virtual Pitch: Buyer, Seller Secrets for Nailing It in the Zoom Room

☀️MARVEL's Good/Bad 'Captain 🇺🇸' Numbers as Moviegoing Rebounds

ICYMI: Anon TV Exec Tea; Fleeing L.A.; Ready for AI Execs?; RIP H'Wood Romance

🎧 Don't Ask Monica Barbaro to Sing Karaoke

'The Brutalist' Score: An 'Extreme Piece of Work' for an Extreme Film

FYC | SUGARCANE is "Astonishing" | Watch Directors JULIAN BRAVE NOISECAT & EMILY KASSIE In Conversation with EP LILY GLADSTONE, JESSE EISENBERG + More

Watch Zoe Saldaña Perform Oscar® Nominated Song “EL MAL” from EMILIA PÉREZ | Best Supporting Actress & Best Original Song Winner - Critics Choice & Golden Globes®

🎧 Hollywood's DEI Cave-in; Post-Fires Leave L.A. Debate

☀️ROKU Doing Great . . . Except For Making a Profit

Painstaking Craft: 'Wallace & Gromit', 'Wicked' and the Art of World Building

FYC | SUGARCANE is "Astonishing" | Watch Directors JULIAN BRAVE NOISECAT & EMILY KASSIE In Conversation with EP LILY GLADSTONE, JESSE EISENBERG + More

Score! How the NFL-YouTube Romance is Moving into Overtime

DGA, PGA, CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS WINNER | ANORA is the Most Awarded Film of the Year

Disney Goes Full Orwell

Disney Goes Full Orwell

Psst! Your Fave U.S. Game Show is Probably Shot in Ireland

Psst! Your Fave U.S. Game Show is Probably Shot in Ireland

☀️SONY Q4 Revenue 👆 Profit 👇 As TV Biz Looks For Rebound

You're Invited to The Impact Lounge - Lumen Awards Feb 26th

Choose JOY | Academy AwardÂŽ Nominee INSIDE OUT 2 is The Cultural Phenomenon that Changed the Way We Talk About Our Emotions

'Buffy' Reboot Will Shoot in L.A.; Veteran Broadcast Writers are Winning

☀️ SKYDANCE 2024 Revenues Likely Falling Short of Projections

PHOTOS: Bryan, Bob, Donna & the PGA's Big Night

Listen Now: Joe Manganiello, Julie Plec & Jason Reitman on "Nobody Knows Anything" presented by Anora

🎧 Fans' Dirty Campaign Tricks; Plus, How 'Anora' Became Oscar's 'Heart Movie'

Let The CONCLAVE Begin | Nominated for 8 Academy AwardsÂŽ

How AI Will DOGE H'wood Exec Ranks (& What to Do About It)

How AI Will DOGE H'wood Exec Ranks (& What to Do About It)

Timothée Chalamet delivers “the performance of the year” and Edward Norton is “masterful” in James Mangold’s A COMPLETE UNKNOWN | Nominated for 8 Academy Awards®

Our Dating, Love & Romance Emergency

☀️YOUTUBE TV Subscriber Growth Freezes

FYC: Porcelain War “a truly heroic piece of filmmaking” | Best Documentary Feature

Oscars: Maybe It Was 'Anora' All Along. Plus, a 'Conclave' Confab

THE SUBSTANCE | Nominated for 5 OscarsÂŽ Including Best Picture

‘Broke as a Joke’: Who’s Staying, Who's Fleeing Hollywood After Fires

☀️Dud SB🏈 Box Office Wknd Continues 🥱 '25 Trends

ICYMI: L.A. Real Estate Hell; Indie Market Intel; Super Bowl Sacks H'wood Ads

🎧 In Search of a New Oscar Frontrunner

Team Trump Spent $9,137 on a Calm App Subscription (and LOTS of News)

Watch Now: Exclusive Roundtable | 2025’s Academy Award-Nominated Costume Designers

Richard Rushfield's How-To H'wood Series

Gazillion-Dollar Listings: Inside L.A.'s Wild Post-Wildfires Real Estate Market

How-To H'wood: Turn into a Bold-Face Name

🎧 Inside #StayinLA; Two Minutes with Bob Iger; SpinCo Woe

The Super Bowl Has Changed. Hollywood's Boring Ads Have Not

The Super Bowl Has Changed. Hollywood's Boring Ads Have Not

☀️NETFLIX, MUBI Make Latest Sundance Buys

What 3 Big Awards Shows Will Mean for Oscar (& 'Emilia PĂŠrez')

YouTube vs. Spotify vs. Netflix: The Creator Arms Race Gets Spicy

Here Come FAST Originals. Will They Work?

Here Come FAST Originals. Will They Work?

Gazillion-Dollar Listings: Inside L.A.'s Wild Post-Wildfires Real Estate Market

☀️NETFLIX, AMAZON Line Up More A-List Pics

🎧 The Garbageman's Vanity Card

TV Has Changed, But My Passion for Covering the Industry Never Will

WICKED – Watch a New Conversation with the Ensemble Cast – Nominated for 10 Oscars® Including Best Picture

How-To H'wood: Winning Feuds & Settling Scores

☀️DISNEY Earnings Audit: Pics Boom, Bets on Streaming Tech, and Linear TV Defense

☀️DISNEY Earnings Audit: Pics Boom, Bets on Streaming Tech, and Linear TV Defense

EXCLUSIVE: My Chat with Rep. Darrell Issa, New Hollywood Friend

☀️NETFLIX Sees Big Returns in 'Ms. Rachel', WWE 'Rumble'

Transcript: The Garbageman's Vanity Card

Listen Now: Dana Ledoux Miller, Joshua Zetumer & Jason Ritter on "Nobody Knows Anything"

🎧 'Anora' Auteur Sean Baker Unpacks His 'Twist' on the Romcom

Best in Fest: Experts on Where (& How) to Sell an Indie Film Now

Best in Fest: Experts on Where (& How) to Sell an Indie Film Now

How-To H'wood: Firing & Being Fired

☀️ FOX Going D2C, SPINCO's Negative ‘24 Biz Trends

Our New Team Member, and We Turn 3!

Epic 'Emilia PĂŠrez' Spiral; 'The Wild Robot' Music Man Soars

FYC | CONCLAVE | Nominated for 8 Academy Awards including Best Picture

How-To H'wood: Climbing the Greasy Pole to Success

A 'Desperate' Campaign to Bring L.A. Production Back: 'People Can't Live Where There is No Work'

A 'Desperate' Campaign to Bring L.A. Production Back: 'People Can't Live Where There is No Work'

☀️UNI's 'Dog Man' Finally Brings '25 Box Office To Life

☀️UNI's 'Dog Man' Finally Brings '25 Box Office To Life

Our New Team Member, and We Turn 3!

ICYMI: Indie TV Surge, Indie Film Doom; Oscar Dirt; Tech's Malibu Land Grab

🎧 Nope, 'The Brutalist' Auteur Won't Make a Franchise

Producer's Grammy Dish: Taylor, Bey & A Night 'People Will Talk About for Years'

You’re invited: CONCLAVE | An Ankler x Letterboxd “Audience First” FYC Screening + Q&A 2.5

🎧 A Dire Sundance, Indie Peril & the Creator Incursion

☀️CHARTER Believes in Video Bundle Again! Here's Why

Mudslinging Comes Back in Style

'Fewer, Bigger, Better': How the Producers of 'Traitors' & 'Squid Game: The Challenge' Make Reality Hits

'Fewer, Bigger, Better': How the Producers of 'Traitors' & 'Squid Game: The Challenge' Make Reality Hits

Indie A-Holes Part II: Fixing Production, Distribution & Marketing

☀️PEACOCK Growth Freezes, What's the Plan Here?

🎧 Sean Evans, Rhett & Link on Building Creator Businesses (and Each Other)

Bums vs. Billionaires: Malibu’s Silicon Valley Takeover is Almost Complete

🎧 ‘You Guys Are All the Same’

Bums vs. Billionaires: Malibu’s Silicon Valley Takeover is Almost Complete

☀️NETFLIX WWE Audience Report, and What Sports Leagues Can Learn

Transcript: ‘You Guys Are All the Same’

🎧 The New Showbiz: Hollywood, Creators & Brands

🎧 Sundance: J. Lo Shines at a Muted Fest With High Hopes, Few Hits

Jacques Audiard and the Emilia PĂŠrez Producing Team Pulled Off the Most Audacious Film of the Year | Nominated for 13 OscarsÂŽ including Best Picture

Sundance: Get it Together, Indie A-Holes

Listen Now: Stephanie Koenig, Zach Baylin, Alyssa Limperis on "Nobody Knows Anything" presented by FX

David S. Goyer's New AI-Powered Sci-Fi Fantasy World: My Interview

David S. Goyer's New AI-Powered Sci-Fi Fantasy World: My Interview

☀️PEACOCK, NFLX Keep New TV Series Projects Coming

You’re invited: WALLACE & GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWL | An Ankler x Letterboxd “Audience First” FYC Screening + Q&A

5 Oscar Best Actress Nominees Fight the Patriarchy (What's Your Film Doing?)

The MIT Grad Whose Prediction Market Can Reveal What Netflix Show Will Be #1

Indie TV: ‘Holy Shit, This is a Viable Model’

Indie TV: ‘Holy Shit, This is a Viable Model’

☀️LGF ‘Flight Risk’ Wins Latest Lackluster Box Office Wknd

ICYMI: Unscripted Intel; If-Come Deal Fury; Docs' MAGA Hell; Sundance!

How ‘Sing Sing’s’ Underdog Anthem Landed an Oscar Moonshot

🎧 Hollywood's New Trick to Screw Writers

☀️A24 Adds Charli xcx To Star Roster

🎧 Oscar Noms: A Race Wide Open With Trump, Trans Issues in the Mix

Subscriber-in-Chief: Donald Trump's News Outlets He Pays For

Streaming Libraries: Next War in the Retention Economy

Streaming Libraries: Next War in the Retention Economy

Sundance Postcard from the Edge; Thinking About Netflix

☀️WBD Ax Falls at CNN, Streaming Future Awaits

🎧 Craft Services Warning Signs

'Vulnerable to This Bullshit': The Tick, TikTok of Competitors

Docs Under MAGA: Stranded, Abandoned & Hollywood 'Kryptonite'

Docs Under MAGA: Stranded, Abandoned & Hollywood 'Kryptonite'

☀️NETFLIX Q4 🎤 Drop Ushers ‘25 Revenue, Ad Biz Boom

Transcript: Craft Services Warning Signs

A 'Brutalist' AI Backlash and Sundance Sparks

The Ankler Heads to Park City - Join us at the UTA House for a Live Podcast Recording presented by Watford Group on 1.25

Trump's Return: A Survival Guide for Hollywood

'If-Come' Deals: Writers’ Reps Fight 'Involuntary Servitude'

'If-Come' Deals: Writers’ Reps Fight 'Involuntary Servitude'

Unscripted Market: Who's Buying What in '25, Streamer-by-Streamer

Unscripted Market: Who's Buying What in '25, Streamer-by-Streamer

☀️SONY's 'Days' Adds To List of 🎥 Genres That Still Work

ICYMI: L.A. Production Hell; Prestige TV for Cheap; Gen Z vs. Studios

John, Yoko and a Cache of Private Taped Phone Calls

🎧 L.A. Production Spiral. Trump to the Rescue?

“This movie succeeds on every level” SEPTEMBER 5 now a Producers Guild of America nominee

FYC: HOW TO MAKE MILLIONS BEFORE GRANDMA DIES | “ONE OF THE BEST FILMS OF 2024” | BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE

☀️NETFLIX Goes IMAX, Sets 'Narnia' + NFL Christmas '26

Sundance's Eugene Hernandez: The Rushfield Conversation

'Conclave': Politics, Secrets & Shock, He Wrote

FOLLOW YOUR HEART. ANORA IS THE MOST ACCLAIMED AND BELOVED FILM OF THE YEAR

'Blue Cheap': 4 New Ways of Making TV Only Look Expensive

'Blue Cheap': 4 New Ways of Making TV Only Look Expensive

☀️2024 L.A. Production #s Show Exodus is Very Real

🎧 Wanted: A Hollywood Happy Ending

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Hollywood's Gen Z War: Win By Any Memes (Or Get Roasted Trying)

☀️WB, UNI Pics Dominate U.S. NETFLIX Movie Viewing

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🎧 'Nosferatu' Director on 'Wrestling With Hubris' to Remake a Vampire Classic

FYC ANORA | 3 SAG Noms, 7 Critics Choice Noms, DGA Awards Nominee

Year of the Full-Length AI Movie

Year of the Full-Length AI Movie

Hello, is Anyone Driving the Bus?

☀️DIRECTV Next To Give VENU-ish Bundle A Go

L.A. Fires Upend the Oscars

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'Trauma Bonded for Life': A TV Director's Home Burned Down. Now He's a Lifeline

☀️ 'Thieves 2' Scores For LGF, 'Better Man' Thuds For PAR

ICYMI: L.A. 💔; TV Market Trends 2025; Rushfield Saves the Oscars

The 'Emilia PĂŠrez' Couple Who Solved a Polyglot Musical Puzzle

🎧 'Say Goodbye to Your Utopias': 'I'm Still Here' Star's Edict for Brutal Times

Documentary Spotlight in NYC: Fierce Stories of Art, War, Abuse & Hope

Saving Oscar: Boomer to Zoomer

Jacques Audiard's Emilia PĂŠrez Reminds Us of the Limitless Potential of Cinema | Winner of 4 Golden GlobesÂŽ Including Best Picture

🎧 'An Intense Couple of Days'

☀️ VENU Dead: How DISNEY, FUBO Score

'Nickel Boys' Team: 'Everything We Shot Was a Joy'

Steve McQueen’s BLITZ | “A Monumental Achievement” starring Saoirse Ronan | Watch Now

Richard Rushfield's Saving Oscar Series

Saving Oscar: Recruiting an A-List Army

☀️ Ax Swings at WB, PEACOCK as '25 Exec Shuffle Starts

🎧 Gelson's, Ralph's and the Palisades

Transcript: Gelson's, Ralph's and the Palisades

Saving Oscar: Even MORE Best Pictures!

James Mangold’s A COMPLETE UNKNOWN starring Timothée Chalamet, Edward Norton, Elle Fanning and Monica Barbaro | FYC in all categories

🎧 Live from L.A.! 'Inside Out 2' Director on the Art of Anxiety

☀️NETFLIX Films 2024: What Worked, What Didn’t

OSCARS® FYC: Let’s Get Looney! Daffy Duck + Porky Pig star in THE DAY THE EARTH BLEW UP: A LOONEY TUNES MOVIE.

TV Sports Surge: Lawyers, Execs & Managers Get Ready to Rumble

TV Sports Surge: Lawyers, Execs & Managers Get Ready to Rumble

Listen Now: Jasmine Cephas Jones, Tommy Dewey, Liz Hannah on "Nobody Knows Anything" presented by FX

🎧 Guy Pearce Is Back in 'The Brutalist,' But 'I Didn't Ever Go Anywhere'

Saving Oscar: DON'T Save the Date!

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Photos: Globes to Palm Springs 🌴

Globes: What the Wins, Snubs & Speeches Mean for Oscar (and Not)

Saving Oscar: Go Big or You Will Go Home

Why INSIDE OUT 2 is a Best Picture Contender | The Cultural Phenomenon that Changed the Way We Talk About Our Emotions

🎧 Tales From the ’90s: New Line's Decade of Domination

TV '25: Self-Financed Series and 3 More Market Shifts to Know

☀️'Mufasa' Shows Huge Legs as 'Moana 2' Nears $1B

FYC | CONCLAVE | 11 Critics Choice Nominations for a "Stellar Ensemble Cast"

ICYMI: New TV 💰 in '25; $100M Movie Secrets; Lively-Baldoni Botched

THE WILD ROBOT – “A Towering Achievement” – Go Behind the Scenes of the Acclaimed Animated Film from Writer/Director Chris Sanders

🎧 Top Star Turns of 2024

Diane Warren: All My Songs Are F*@#able

FYC ANORA | See "the best film of the year"

🎧 Lively vs. Baldoni: Lawsuits! Exposés! Rumors!

AI, YouTube, TikTok: How TV Producers Plan to Cash In in '25

WICKED is “the Best Movie of the Year” | Go Behind the Scenes with Director Jon M. Chu

IP vs. Originals Showdown: What the Top 50 Movies Reveal

IP vs. Originals Showdown: What the Top 50 Movies Reveal

How to Watch a Second-Tier Awards Show

☀️PAR C-Suite Gets Accelerated Shares Payout