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🎧 It Didn’t Matter That I Was Right

It Didn’t Matter That I Was Right

The Oscars’ AI Lie: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell

The Oscars’ AI Lie: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell

‘Pitt’ Boss John Wells on Netflix’s Endgame — and Whether the WGA Strikes Again

‘Pitt’ Boss John Wells on Netflix’s Endgame — and Whether the WGA Strikes Again

☀️AMAZON, AGBO Layoffs Add to ’26 Job Woes

The YouTuber With $7M in Ticket Pre-Sales for His Movie. How He Did It

🎧 Oscar’s Instagram Wars; Sundance’s Last Magical Hurrah

The People, the Parties: Inside the Last Sundance in Park City

☀️Sundance Deals Come Alive; AMAZON TV Shakeup

Amazon MGM’s First Swing of ’26: Hit, Miss or TBD?

Oscar’s 11th Hour Showdowns, Decoded

‘Heated Rivalry’ Casting Directors On Finding Connor Storrie & Hudson Williams: ‘Lightning in a Bottle’

‘Heated Rivalry’ Casting Directors On Finding Connor Storrie & Hudson Williams: ‘Lightning in a Bottle’

☀️ Box Office Freeze-Out ☃️ as ‘Mercy’ Wins

Sundance Day 3: A Gen Z Congressman and a ‘Totally F*cked Up’ Racist

How a Universal Exec Picks IP; Sundance’s Last Dance; Netflix-WB Global Fallout

Sundance Day 2: Charli XCX, It Girl

Sundance Day 1: Indie Film Organizes to Stop the Merger Era

TV in 3: Netflix Licensing Spree, Decoded; WBD Cable Strategy

☀️NETFLIX ’25: The SONY, WB 🎥 and Sports Shows That Worked

🎧 What ‘Heated Rivalry’ Reveals About Minting Stars

Judgment Day for Indie Film Starts Today at Sundance

Oscar Morning Shockers, Snubs & Screams

Netflix, Warner Bros. and the Global Fallout Begins

SCOOP: Substack Is Launching a TV App Today

☀️PSKY Extends Offer; NETFLIX Can’t Get Enough Wahlberg

🎧 What Happened to Our Great Parties?

Brent Montgomery: Hollywood ‘Needs a Win.’ Microdramas Are the Answer

Inside Hollywood’s Book Wars: How a Top Universal Exec Decides What to Buy

Inside Hollywood’s Book Wars: How a Top Universal Exec Decides What to Buy

☀️NETFLIX ’26: Behind the Numbers

The Impact Lounge returns to Park City during the 2026 Sundance Film Festival

What Happened to Our Great Parties?

Was the ‘28 Years Later’ Sequel Netflix’d?

Super Bowl Ads: A New Ruthless Game for Stars and Their Agents

Super Bowl Ads: A New Ruthless Game for Stars and Their Agents

🎧 Final Oscar Predictions: Who’ll Make It In?

You Bet: Hollywood’s New Money Is Dirty — and Hard to Resist

You Bet: Hollywood’s New Money Is Dirty — and Hard to Resist

All the right people are converging @ Realscreen + NATPE

☀️SONY’s 16-Month Banger Drought Continues With ‘28 Years’

L.A. Real Estate Freeze; The Anthropic Assault; Ankler’s Power Hire

Hollywood Stopped Making Movies About Women. Susanna Fogel Flipped the Script

Lynne Segall Joins Ankler Media as Publisher

TV in 3: Is Pilot Season Taking Off Again?

Kathleen Kennedy: A Legend in a Galaxy That Rarely Makes Them

☀️NETFLIX Theatrical Blitz: Big 💰 SONY, UNI Deals

Closing Arguments for This Year’s Best Picture Frontrunners

How-To H’wood: Take Credit and Avoid Blame

Hollywood Is Struggling. Now L.A.’s Real Estate Market Is Too

🎧 Hollywood’s New Gamble: Interactive TV Goes All In

☀️A24, DISNEYFOX Set New Pics, BLACK BEAR Sets '26 Plan

🎧 ‘Heated Rivalry’ and the Oldest Trick in Showbiz

Andrew Jarecki on His Unsettling Prison Doc That Broke the Rules

Sara Bareilles Is Back: ‘Grief Is This Miraculous Teacher’

Versant’s Mark Lazarus and Val Boreland Detail What’s Coming: ‘No Handcuffs’

Versant’s Mark Lazarus and Val Boreland Detail What’s Coming: ‘No Handcuffs’

How-To H’wood: Dark Arts of Film Pitching

☀️ NETFLIX Mulls All-Cash To Speed Up WBD Deal Vote

James Cameron’s AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH “is a True Epic” | Discover the Innovation of Pandora

'Heated Rivalry' and the Oldest Trick in Showbiz

TikTok, BuzzFeed Jump Into the Microdrama Race

BUGONIA is “The Movie of the Moment” | For Your Consideration

Anthropic Is a $350 Billion Problem for Hollywood About to Strike

Anthropic Is a $350 Billion Problem for Hollywood About to Strike

🎧 Oscar Ballots Are Live: Who’s Peaking at the Right Moment?

How-To H’wood: Surviving on Location, Reputation Intact

☀️NBC Ratings Test: NBA ’25 vs. Scripted ’24

🎧 The ‘Wicked: For Good’ Team Is ‘Heartbroken’ the Movies Are Done

Inside the Ankler Invitational: Where Hollywood Took the Court (and Who Won)

Sequel Math Comes for ‘Avatar’

Train Dreams Director Clint Bentley on the Strength and Tenderness Joel Edgerton Brought to His Character | Go Behind the Scenes

‘F1’: How Joseph Kosinski Turned Real Races Into Hollywood’s Most Exhilarating Set

Globes Night Was the Warm-Up. But the Parties Were the Point

The Golden Globes Just Humiliated Hollywood

☀️ Ape Beats Butler, ‘Housemaid’ Cleans Up, ‘Avatar’ Dropping 😧

Kurtzman on Star Trek’s Future; MoviePass 2.0; Blumhouse’s TV Playbook

FYC | HAMNET is “Soaring, Profound and Life-Affirming” | Now a PGA, DGA and Actor Award Nominee for Best Cast

Documentary Spotlight: Inside the Films Cutting Through Power, Prisons & Patriarchy

Spike Lee and the Star Born in His DMs

TV in 3: Sheridan Meets Cindy Holland’s Hammer; USA’s Post-Peacock Playbook

What ‘Wicked’ Producer Marc Platt Really Thinks of Awards

☀️ MTV Looks For Help, STX Gets New Life

🎧 Is Everyone Leaving L.A. (Or Is That Just Your Group Chat)?

SAG’s Actor Awards Blind Spot Strikes Again

Three Buckets of Deals About to Hit the Industry: ‘Transformational Crisis’

The Golden Globes Still Give The Ick

☀️NETFLIX ’25: What Worked, What Didn't in Movies, Docs, Comedy

Homebound | FYC Best International Feature | Watch Conversation w/ Exec Producer Martin Scorsese

🎧 Quibi: Short Form, Long Regrets

Snapchat’s Second Act: How the Underdog Is Minting New Creators — and Real Money

Alex Kurtzman on Star Trek’s Future — and Paramount’s New Regime

Alex Kurtzman on Star Trek’s Future — and Paramount’s New Regime

MoviePass Is Back (Really). This Time, The Bet Isn’t On Tickets

☀️Brutal Math: Why WBD Rejected PSKY Again

Jeremy Allen White Embodies The Boss in a Stunning Performance in SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE

Quibi: Short Form, Long Regrets

Three Buckets of Deals About to Hit the Industry: ‘Transformational Crisis’

Last Chance to Register – Virtual Documentary Spotlight: The Shortlist

Hollywood’s Last Stand: 6 Fronts That Make or Break 2026

🎧 Michael B. Jordan Tuned Out His Inner Director to Play Twins in ‘Sinners’

☀️Indie Film Wellness Check 🩺: A ’25 Box Office Analysis

Mona Fastvold’s THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE starring Amanda Seyfried “makes believers of us all” | Golden Globe Nominee for Best Actress

📹 ‘The Housemaid’ Proves Hollywood’s ‘Dead’ Genres Still Have Life

Wall Street’s Brutal Verdict on Hollywood ’26: Versant Fumbles, AI Buyers, Family Office Cash

Wall Street’s Brutal Verdict on Hollywood ’26: Versant Fumbles, AI Buyers, Family Office Cash

Nia DaCosta’s Double Header: The Week ‘Hedda’ Meets Horror

The Blumhouse TV Playbook in 2026, Straight From the President

The Blumhouse TV Playbook in 2026, Straight From the President

DIE MY LOVE is “staggering” | FYC Best Actress Jennifer Lawrence & Best Cinematography Seamus McGarvey

☀️Winners & Losers Of ’25 Holiday Box Office Season

8 AI Companies Doing it Right; IP Winners & Losers; Holiday Box Office’s Hard Truths

🎧 Vision, Trust & Risk: How Amanda Seyfried & Mona Fastvold Truly Connected

RSVP Today – Virtual Documentary Spotlight: The Shortlist 1.7

How Much AI Will Audiences Accept in Movies and Music? Here Are the Poll Answers

How Much AI Will Audiences Accept in Movies and Music? Here Are the Poll Answers

☀️ 18–34s Power Holiday Box Office, Even as Their Movies Disappear