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Hollywood Flashback: A Title Change Couldn’t Save ‘The Pope Must Die’

The 1991 British satire starring Robbie Coltrane as Dave the First might be the most controversial film about the Vatican ever made.

Donald Trump Wants to Reopen Alcatraz — After Watching ‘Escape From Alcatraz’ on TV

The president is apparently making decisions about America's penitentiary system based on a 46-year-old Clint Eastwood movie.

Yesterday, All His Photos Seemed So Far Away

Now Paul McCartney's Beatles-era snapshots are finally viewable (and buyable!) at Los Angeles' Gagosian Gallery.

Has ’60 Minutes’ Run Out of Time? Shari Redstone’s Painful Predicament

The Paramount mogul is stuck in the middle of an impossible choice. Fight Donald Trump and blow up her $8 billion Skydance deal, or cave to the president and torch the most valuable news property in her media empire. Tick, tick, tick …

Who’s Really Who on ‘The Studio’? THR Gets to the Bottom of It

Seth Rogen’s savvy Hollywood satire has half the town wondering who inspired the show’s characters. We rounded up the prime suspects.

License to Shill: Inside Amazon’s 007 Takeover

It’s the Bond movies’ most shocking plot twist in decades. But will the tech giant’s surprise buyout of the franchise prove deadly? Or could it breathe new life into cinema’s most famous spy?

How Streaming Is Making Us All Cinema-Illiterate

The oldest title available on Netflix last month was 1973’s 'The Sting.' Where does that leave the next generation of film lovers?

Oscars: Music of James Bond Celebrated in Song by Lisa, Doja Cat and Raye

“Live and Let Die,” “Diamonds are Forever” and “Skyfall” were on the set list as Margaret Qualley opened the tribute with a dance performance.

Trump’s Least Favorite Writer — “a Total Loser” — Gets the Last Word (Again) With ‘All or Nothing’

'Fire and Fury' author Michael Wolff's new page-turner is packed with revelations about Trump's comeback, including a desperate campaign by Rupert Murdoch to regain the president's trust.

The Rooms Where it Happened: Lost Photos From the Chateau Marmont

A rediscovered book about the legendary hotel — a shabby chic center of Hollywood creativity and debauchery for nearly 100 years — proves that nothing changes there except the names and room numbers

From ‘A Complete Unknown’ to ‘Selena’ to ‘Ray’: 33 Notable Music Biopics

THR takes a look at the ways in which filmmakers have depicted the life stories of some of the industry's most acclaimed musicians (and a few fictional ones).

Who’s a Good Boy? A Brief History of Krypto the Superdog

The backstory on the canine who stole the show in the trailer for James Gunn's upcoming 'Superman.'