The Ankler
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Paramount-WBD Deal on Pause: States Land the First Blow
A federal judge found the attorneys general’s antitrust case strong enough to indicate the mega-merger could break the law
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Ethan Smith Joins Ankler Media as News & Features Editor
He previously was at ‘The Wall Street Journal’ for two decades
Latest The Ankler stories
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Transcript – All-Access Pass: 40 Years of Bon Jovi
Director and EP Gotham Chopra and editor-producer Alex Trudeau Viriato unpack their Hulu doc series about the New Jersey glam rockers
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Cannes Daily: Neon Picks Another Winner as ‘Anora’ Takes Palme D’Or
The indie distributor hits for the fifth fest in a row. Plus: Trans actress shares best actress for first time
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🎧 Cannes vs. Box Office: Film’s Troubling Split Personality
Sales boom as theatrical slumps: What’s happening?
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40 Original Business Ideas That Saved Hollywood
Need inspiration? Read up on a history of how the town always plowed forward through innovation, dealmaking and great story
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Cannes Daily: ‘Slaves to the Streamers’ No More
Calls for death of the ‘bloated indie’ and rebellion prevail: ‘We have to innovate . . . [or] we’re dead.’ Plus: A new leader on the Screen Jury Grid
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Cannes Daily: Trump Film Divides, Delights, Infuriates
‘The Apprentice’ director angles for a U.S. fall release; Iranian filmmakers dominate discourse. Plus: Today’s Jury Grid
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It’s Time to Get Unstuck
It’s Creativity Week, a call for Hollywood to embrace risk and new ideas again: ‘It has to start with you’
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Cannes Daily: Costner’s ‘Horizon’ Earns Tears, Jeers, Applause
The American West auteur admits he needs money to finish his four-part opus. Plus: Trump movie meets U.S. resistance; today’s Jury Grid
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Cannes Daily: Gere, Schrader Get Serious About Death
‘American Gigolo’ team reunites for ‘Oh, Canada’; plus: deals, reviews, Screen International Jury Grid
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🎧 Scripted TV SOS!
Small-screen sizzle all but disappeared amid sports, stunts and live at the Upfronts
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Cannes Daily: ‘Disturbing,’ ‘Dark-Hearted’
‘Kinds of Kindness’ — the latest Yorgos Lanthimos/Emma Stone collab — polarizes. Can it be their next awards winner?
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Two White House Press Secretaries Walk Into Hollywood . . .
Jen Psaki & Dee Dee Myers’ straight talk on grim polling numbers, Biden and Bibi, and ‘double haters’ before a riveted SRO audience
