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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
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U.S. Audience: 3 Big Growth Demos Trump Revealed
His populism transcended demographics. Now Hollywood has a chance to shake its own assumptions about viewers. Today: Bicultural Latinos
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UFOs, Aliens & Steven Spielberg’s 20-Year Obsession
The director’s childhood celestial event led to ‘Close Encounters’ and a new sci-fi blockbuster era
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🎧 Trump 2.0: Why Ari Wins, Studios Lose
Mergers galore? Is the news business cooked? Does anyone want what Hollywood’s selling?
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Transcript: Trump 2.0: Why Ari Wins, Studios Lose
Mergers galore? Is the news business cooked? Does anyone want what Hollywood’s selling?
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James Carville: ‘Trump Won’t Last Four Years. He’s a Fat, Sick, Old Man’
The DNC is ‘irrelevant shit,’ the legendary strategist told a shellshocked Hollywood crowd: ‘Understand we have no power . . . we lost the Senate, we lost the Presidency’
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The Black List, LAist & The Ankler Partner on New Show, ‘Nobody Knows Anything’
Natasha Lyonne, Cord Jefferson and Sherry Cola appear alongside host Franklin Leonard in the premiere episode
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Vampira, Elvira and the Epic Battle Between Two L.A. Horror Queens
A bitter lawsuit, black wigs and major money (for one): The town wasn’t big enough for two strivers cut from the same goth
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🎧 Hollywood’s WFH Wars Worsen
Workers revolt over RTO mandates at Amazon and Lionsgate as industry vets warn about the eventual costs of a career on Zoom
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Transcript: Hollywood’s WFH Wars Worsen
Workers revolt over RTO mandates at Amazon and Lionsgate as industry vets warn about the eventual costs of a career on Zoom
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Kamala Harris’ 62 Biggest Hollywood Donors
Most Likely to be Sleeping in the Lincoln Bedroom? A list of who’s poured the most cash into their hometown candidate’s record $1B coffers
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🎧 Tea with Tina Brown: Trump, Harris, Meghan Markle & Menendez Bros.
Also on the agenda: Bret Baier, Bob Woodward, Elon Musk, Ta-Nehisi Coates and Gus Walz
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Brando, Beatty and Connie Chung’s 7 Wild Years in L.A.
In an excerpt from her ‘New York Times’ bestseller, the legendary newswoman reveals her rollicking ride as the pursued (and pursuer)