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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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Tom Quinn to Diego Luna: The Ankler’s ‘Croisette Conversations’ Debuts at Cannes With Brand Innovators
Katey Rich leads our studio at the film festival with starry names including Ira Sachs and Academy CEO Bill Kramer
Latest The Ankler stories
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EXCLUSIVE: My Chat with Rep. Darrell Issa, New Hollywood Friend
The congressman’s anti-piracy fight, a ‘judicial blocking’ proposal, has Amazon, Disney and YouTube execs talking. Plus: his words on Trump & fire relief
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Our New Team Member, and Last Chance to Lock in 2024 Prices
Lesley Goldberg joins our TV reporting all-stars as The Ankler turns 3!
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🎧 A Dire Sundance, Indie Peril & the Creator Incursion
It was definitely a mood at the festival; plus: Peacock thwacked
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🎧 The New Showbiz: Hollywood, Creators & Brands
The ‘win-win’ as talent and brands reset the terms of engagement for the next phase of entertainment
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🎧 Hollywood’s New Trick to Screw Writers
Studios are asking scribes to develop without pay — and are getting away with it
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🎧 L.A. Production Spiral. Trump to the Rescue?
The 47th President enlists a team of ’80s action heroes
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🎧 Tales From the ’90s: New Line’s Decade of Domination
Mike De Luca and Richard Brener on the indie studio’s bold bets from ‘Austin Powers’ to ‘Se7en’: ‘Sleeper hits by necessity’
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🎧 Lively vs. Baldoni: Lawsuits! Exposés! Rumors!
Both sides lodged 80-page legal filings in a holiday greeting from hell
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🎧 Tales From the ’90s: Ain’t It Cool News’ ‘Titanic’ Impact on Hollywood
Drew McWeeny recalls his adventures with the upstart website that confounded studios, enraged execs and changed the fortunes of blockbusters
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Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni & the Journo: ‘This Proves How Nasty Hollywood Is’
The ‘New York Times’ insinuated Kjersti Flaa was part of a smear campaign. Trolls online told her to kill herself. Now she says the paper ‘owes her an apology’
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