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After Katzenberg: Hollywood Democrats Come Back To Life — With Cash
6+ hour, 30+ min ago (551+ words) Katzenberg is really like the general that just lost three wars," veteran political consultant Mike Murphy tells me. The Democrats really want to bring up some colonels to take his place, and they will emerge." On Saturday night in the…...
The Fence That Broke Brentwood: A Country Club’s Barbed Wire Ignites War
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (636+ words) Restaurants in Brentwood (median home price: $3.5 million) that want to install neon signs cause heart palpitations for the board. Billboards? Please " put them up in Westwood. As for the sacred kaffirboom coral trees that line the grassy median on San…...
Jane Fonda’s Free Speech Warning: ‘They Come for One of Us… They Come for All of Us’
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (328+ words) For weeks, I've been shouting into the void, urging the most influential people in Hollywood to stand up against authoritarianism. Today, Jane Fonda answered the call (or maybe I answered hers). "The only thing that can defeat authoritarianism is people…...
‘Hour to Hour’: Kimmel Crisis Deepens at Disney as Comedy World Erupts
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (202+ words) So much can change in a week. Last Sunday, there was late-night host Jimmy Kimmel at Disney's Emmy afterparty in DTLA, roaming the room in good spirits. A day later, he'd deliver a monologue that would ignite the ire of…...
The Grim Biz of Selling Off Cable TV — and the Surprise Buyers Circling
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (404+ words) On July 13, 1985, MTV was at the center of the cultural zeitgeist as the basic-cable network broadcast the star-studded Live Aid benefit concert live in the U.S. Now, 40 years later, the flagship network no longer airs the music videos that once dominated…...
Losing Your Virginity on TV Is a Gen Z Smash. What Is Happening?!
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (177+ words) Virgin Island sits at the intersection between "old versus new TV," says Jonah Weston " the commissioning editor at Channel 4 (and former Double Act development boss) who greenlit the show. "It's the perfect case study that linear TV is traditionally an…...
🎧 YouTube's Neal Mohan on Netflix Jabs, Sports Rights & the Creator Coup
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (130+ words) It was with that backdrop that I interviewed YouTube CEO Neal Mohan in a one-on-one at ADWEEK House Cannes Lions yesterday on June 17. Give a gift subscription Janice Min: I want to start with the cultural change you're well aware…...
Crisis for Queer TV: Disappearing & Out of Vogue
9+ mon, 1+ week ago (507+ words) We watch these shows to support them and to ensure that we get more of them " but even if we watch, we still may not get more," I explained to my 80-year-old mother, who was staying with us. Immediately after…...
L.A. Sound Stages: The New Dead Mall?
9+ mon, 1+ week ago (274+ words) Choi Seung-Hyun and Lee Byung Hun in particular had the crowd at Netflix's Tudum Theater going wild, especially when Lee surprised the audience by responding in English to a question about stunt choreography " and Choi pretended he might do the…...
Eternal Celebrities: The Multi-Billion Opportunity Coming
11+ mon, 2+ day ago (1631+ words) Suzanne Somers reactivated as AI actress... (Second column, 4th story, link) Drudge Report Feed needs your support!" Become a Patron Suzanne Somers" appeal spans generations " from American Graffiti to her sitcoms Three"s Company, She"s the Sheriff and Step by…...