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What Donald Trump Is Really After With Movie Tariffs
Does he believe he’s saving Hollywood or screwing Hollywood?
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The Stars of ‘White Lotus,’ ‘Yellowjackets’ and ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Just Barnstormed Congress in the Name of Arts Funding
Trump wants the NEA gone. So some of your favorite Hollywood actors were let loose on the Capitol to stop him (think karaoke, gauntlets to Republican staffers and Jason Isaacs getting teary).
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Natasha Lyonne Set to Make Feature Directorial Debut With AI Film — With Help From Jaron Lanier (Exclusive)
The actress and the tech pioneer will also work with Brit Marling and AI studio Asteria on 'Uncanny Valley.'
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At WHCD Weekend, Glam With a (Small) Dash of Dystopia
Many of the Capital's parties went on per the crowded usual, with just a slightly uneasy undercurrent
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What Happened When ‘The Encampments’ Director and a Leading Pro-Israel Creator Debated Gaza
Much of the conversation about Israel's war in Gaza happens in silos. THR asked if pro-Israel influencer Hen Mazzig and 'The Encampments' director Kei Pritsker were open to talking at length to articulate their views. The results were illuminating.
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Why Joe Rogan’s Recent Tilt Is So Dangerous
With guests like Ian Carroll, Darryl Cooper and a major vax denialist, the world's biggest podcaster is slowly moving from conspiracy-curious to a launderer of antisemitic and anti-scientific ideas right before our eyes.
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How a Little-Known Movie About Trump’s Football Fiasco Explains His Tariff Tantrums
The key to the President's mercurial economic policies may be found ... in a 2009 sports doc quietly streaming on ESPN+ about a one-time NFL rival.
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Harmony Korine’s EDGLRD to Enter Pact With AI Company Runway (Exclusive)
The first-look deal has real implications for creativity as the debate over the use of AI in Hollywood rages on.
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With Paramount Deal in the Balance, Teamsters Meet With FCC Chair Over Job Protections
In a gathering with Brendan Carr, Sean O'Brien and Lindsay Dougherty advocated for the Commission to consider labor in its calculus as it reviews the $8 billion deal.
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25th Hour: Why Cory Booker’s Speech Was the Screen Performance of the Year
The New Jersey senator's epic floor session drew many cues from Hollywood, and may teach it a few things too.
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The Miyazaki Maelstrom: OpenAI’s Ghibli Craze Signals a Troubling Future for Hollywood
Sure, it's just some cool images. But it shows the tide is with the customized and the automated — and away from originality.
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Justine Bateman Wants to “Give a Book of Matches” to the Tech Companies So They Can Burn Down Hollywood
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the filmmaker and anti-AI activist offers a dark vision — and a different path forward.
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