The Hollywood Reporter

The all-new Hollywood Reporter offers unprecedented access to the people, studios, networks and agencies that create the magic in Hollywood. Published weekly, the oversized format includes exceptional photography and rich features.

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Filmmakers: Maybe Don’t See My Movie in Theaters Right Now • Even as U.S. exhibitors are hurting, some filmmakers are saying quietly that they can’t encourage audiences to return to cinemas despite safety protocols added during the pandemic

How a Supreme Court Without RBG Might Impact Hollywood • The justice often sided with copyright views favored by the entertainment industry, including ‘championing the rights of creators’

New Justice League Shoot Complicated by Abuse Claims • WarnerMedia’s investigation into Ray Fisher’s allegations of misconduct on the 2017 film may impact how the ‘Snyder Cut’ and spinoff The Flash proceed

How Immigrants Are Portrayed on TV • Many storylines emphasize undocumented status or add associations with crime

Virtual Insanity: The Emmys Raise the COVID-19 TV Bar • Deviating from Zoom with hazmat trophy delivery and broken social distancing among select stars, the TV kudos-fest offers a lesson in remote production

HBO Bests Netflix’s Batting Average

Who’s Hot and Who’s Not

Reconstruction Comes to Hollywood • It’s great to tweet about Black Lives Matter and give Emmys. It’s more important to award BIPOC executives with greenlighting power and to support men and women of color in this industry who call out harmful institutions or individuals

NETFLIX’S $30M BUY FOR ZENDAYA FILM OVERSHADOWS TORONTO DEALMAKING

Microsoft Nabs Gaming Giant for $7.5 Billion

Rights Available! • Hot new books with Hollywood appeal

7 Days of DEALS • Who’s inking on the dotted line this week

$20M Big Number • Series A funding for multiplayer gaming app Bunch, with investors including Electronic Arts, Take-Two Interactive, Ubisoft and Riot Games.

Michael Rainey Jr. • The breakout villain of Starz’s Power is ready to take center stage as the star of a spinoff series

‘No Bar? No Problem’: Cocktail Caterers Pivot to Boxed Kits • COVID-19 has been a bitter pill to swallow for anyone who loves to imbibe socially, but a new wave of DIY drink sets brings the party home

LIMOUSINES SIT IDLE AS COVID-19 RENDERS THEM OBSOLETE • L.A.’s thriving private-car biz was stopped dead in its tracks by the pandemic. Says an operator: ‘This was not on any of our business plans’

A Black Golden Girls for a Cause • A new Zoom series raises African American voter awareness through laughs

Yes, I Did Say That! • A look at who’s saying what in entertainment

Did I Really Say That?

Rambling Reporter

Social Action

Hitched, Hatched, Hired • Inside the industry’s celebrations and news

Birthdays

Erik Feig • The exec behind box office behemoths like Twilight and HBO Max hit Unpregnant on his new shingle Picturestart, adapting to the streaming age and why you should ‘let wood be wood’

Lights, Camera … COVID! The Perils of Shooting Amid a Pandemic • As film and TV production resumes after the novel coronavirus lockdown, uncertainty about industrywide safety protocols has led to chaos, but insiders say Hollywood is quickly adapting to the new normal: ‘Everyone’s trying to figure it out at the same time’

Best Dressed at the Virtual Emmy Awards • High glamour, at-home comfort and social statements: Hollywood offered up a mix of fashion and activism for TV’s biggest night

Watchmen Star’s Not-Too-Dressy Look

‘EVERYBODY HAS A ROLE IN THE REVOLUTION’ • Aaron Sorkin’s The Trial of the Chicago 7 takes place in the late 1960s, but its depiction of a politically motivated...