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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
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Transcript: Scripted TV SOS!
Small-screen sizzle all but disappeared amid sports, stunts and live at the Upfronts
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Cannes Daily: ‘Megalopolis’ & Lunch with IMAX’s CEO
Rich Gelfond has promised Coppola a large-format run as part of his filmmaker-friendly march on box-office market share
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Cannes & Women: It’s Complicated
Superstar women dominate the fest’s stages and its discourse. Down the Croisette, though, the chatter veers from #MeToo to AI-powered porn
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🎧 How They Made the Oscars Fun Again
Showrunner Raj Kapoor and choreographer Mandy Moore tell Debbie Allen about ‘I’m Just Ken’ and other iconic moments
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Cannes Daily: Audiences Mad for ‘Furiosa’
Did a George Miller-Denis Villeneuve Oscar showdown just begin? Plus: the Screen International Jury Grid begins today!
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Cannes Daily: Seller and Buyer Optimism; Women Celebrated
The Ankler x Screen International newsletter begins as dealmaking looks good and controversies swirl
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Franchise Fatigue? Not ‘Planet of the Apes’. Here’s Why
For 60 years, chimp change budgets, no attachment to stars — and a commitment to scorching the earth again and again
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When JFK Jr. and David Pecker Made a Magazine, and Went to Mar-a-Lago
Over email, the disgraced publisher recounts the years the scion was Pecker’s ticket to the big time — and his calling card to Donald Trump
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🎧 WBD, Disney and the New Frenemy Era
Struggling studios keep banding together to make streaming work
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Transcript: WBD, Disney and the New Frenemy Era
Struggling studios keep banding together to make streaming work
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Seinfeld’s ‘Unfrosted’ and Hollywood’s Cynical Corporate Cinematic Universe
Hero’s journey on aisle nine? Netflix’s Pop-Tart origin story is the latest consumerism-as-IP debacle
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Transcript: TV Deal Turmoil 2024
Overalls eroded, employment upended and Amazon, Apple bring back the backend
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Photos: ‘Poolman’ Premiere, Giffords’ Gang
Inside Hollywood’s premieres and parties with our roving photog
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Agents & Stars: Equity Stakes are the New 10%. While They Last
With packaging gone, the race for the next Ryan Reynolds — not the ‘Deadpool’ star but the gin pitchman — is facing market burn-out