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Hollywood Is “Inherently Financially Unstable” for Writers, Survey Finds
A new community survey from Humanitas is offering a first-of-its-kind look into the state of food insecurity within the TV and film writing industry. Published by the nonprofit behind the Humanitas Prizes, New Voices, College Screenwriting Awards, and a slate of public programs, the Groceries for Writers Food Insecurity Survey Results are some of the […]
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‘Daruma’ Writer and Director Duo on Making — and Screening — Their Authentically Cast Disability Indie
Writer Kelli McNeil says she was already “deeply insecure about [her] work” when she handed over an early draft of Daruma — a drama about Patrick (Tobias Forrest), a veteran and quadriplegic who discovers he’s the father of a young girl born from a one-night stand years earlier — to her fiancé, director-cinematographer Alexander Yellen. […]
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Hinton Battle, Three-Time Tony Winner and Original ‘The Wiz’ Actor, Dies at 67
Hinton Battle, the Tony-winning performer who originated the role of The Scarecrow in Broadway’s The Wiz, has died. He was 67. The actor died Tuesday morning at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles following a lengthy illness. In a statement, a rep told The Hollywood Reporter that his family has no plans to disclose his […]
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How ‘Hazbin Hotel’ Explores What It Means to Be Human in a Hellish Place
[This story contains mild spoilers for season one of Hazbin Hotel.] “On paper, there’s a lot of people that might say no to something like this — a very raunchy animated musical comedy world written by a young woman,” Hazbin Hotel star Stephanie Beatriz tells The Hollywood Reporter. But for the Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Encanto actress, […]
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Evan Rachel Wood Still Doesn’t Know ‘Westworld’ Ending After Cancellation: “It Keeps Me Up at Night”
Evan Rachel Wood knows about as much as fans when it comes to what Westworld creators Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan had up their sleeves for the final season of their hit HBO series — which is to say, she knows nothing at all. Wood, who spoke to The Hollywood Reporter ahead of her New York […]
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Universal Orlando Resort Unveils Epic Universe Celestial Park, Teases ‘Harry Potter,’ ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ Lands
Universal Orlando Resort has revealed the first official look at one of five new lands slated to open as part of its Universal Epic Universe park, and confirmed the themes of three additional lands. On Tuesday, the Florida-based NBCUniversal theme park and resort teased Celestial Park, a land that embodies the literal “park” experience with […]
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Evan Rachel Wood, Darren Criss on Stepping Into ‘Little Shop of Horrors’: “We’re Both These Little Theater ’90s Nerds”
It’s early afternoon on a Friday when Darren Criss and Evan Rachel Wood pick up the phone, just five days before they are set to debut as the new Seymour and Audrey in off-Broadway’s Little Shop of Horrors. Both are on their way to the Westside Theatre stage for their first top-to-bottom run-through, taking over […]
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E. Jean Carroll on Defamation Win Against Trump: “He Was Nothing … No Power. He Was Zero”
E. Jean Carroll says looking at Donald Trump during his defamation trial last week was “like looking at nothing” or “an emperor without clothes.” The author and journalist who sued the former reality star and U.S. president after he claimed that she fabricated a sexual assault allegation against him to sell a book — an allegation […]
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‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’ Trailer Teases Original Cast’s Take Down of “Tall, Dark and Horny” Enemy
Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Ernie Hudson and now Annie Potts are suiting up in the latest trailer for Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, helping the Spengler family stop something strange in New York. The latest trailer for the Gil Kenan-directed sequel to 2021’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife features new and more extensive footage of the surviving original Ghostbusters and […]
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Oscars: America Ferrera, Colman Domingo, Lily Gladstone and John Williams Among 2024 Nominee Milestones
Following the nominations for the 2024 Academy Awards on Tuesday, Lily Gladstone, Martin Scorsese and Emma Stone were among the stars and films setting new records or carving out their own unique place in Oscar history. Gladstone achieved a historic nomination, with the Killers of the Flower Moon star paving a new path for Native […]
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Jake Gyllenhaal’s a Nice Guy With a Mean Uppercut in Trailer for Doug Liman’s ‘Road House’
Jake Gyllenhaal is the Mr. Rogers of bar brawls in the first look at Doug Liman’s updated take on the Patrick Swayze and Sam Elliott 1989 classic, Road House. In the trailer, which is nearly two and a half minutes of nonstop knockouts, Gyllenhaal leads as Elwood Dalton, an ex-UFC middleweight fighter who takes one […]
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Wondery Launching Toyline for ‘Wow in the World’ Kids Podcast With Thames & Kosmos (Exclusive)
Amazon’s podcast studio Wondery and STEM toy makers Thames & Kosmos are releasing a new toy line tied to Tinkercast’s hit kids podcast, Wow in the World. The line, which was planned by Thames & Kosmos in close partnership with the Wondery and the Wow in the World teams, will launch this fall with seven classic learning […]
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