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Welcome to the Multiverse: Studios Lean Into Fan Demand • To boost their streaming services, Hollywood giants are developing dozens of shows and spinoff features based on a few valuable franchises — does that risk overexposure?
Release Date Deja Vu: Theatrical Films Are on the Move Again • Like last year, James Bond pic No Time to Die might lead a slew of delays from studios as insiders strategize on how long it will take for box office to be revived
Out of Time, Trump’s DOJ Loses Its Tune • The outgoing administration had been eyeing the deregulation of music licensing, which could have spurred price hikes and lack of access to libraries
Reality TV’s Overburdened (and Underrepresented) Workforce • Story producers, most of whom are freelancers without union protections, are leaned on for much of the unheralded editing tasks on unscripted formats — an increasingly unsustainable setup
Apple Mulls Podcast Push as Spotify Makes Gains • The iPhone giant has explored adding a paid audio product, a risky move given the proliferation of free, ad-supported programming
What’s James Murdoch Planning Next? • The mogul’s ‘passion for news’ may inform his emerging-markets firm
New Wave of Entries About to Hit Theaters and Your Local Streamer • The 2021 calendar year is underway, but there’s still time to throw a hat or two in the ring, as more films are doing
END OF AN ERA FOR TECHNICOLOR AS IT SELLS POSTPRODUCTION BUSINESS
Netflix Adapts Anti-Racist Scholar’s Work for All Ages
7 Days of DEALS • Who’s inking on the dotted line this week
$132M Big Number • Blackstone Group’s purchase price for Lucasfilm’s Sandcrawler building in Singapore, its primary facility in Asia since 2013.
Rights Available! • Hot new books with Hollywood appeal
Fisher Stevens • The Tiger King producer and Succession series regular is about to debut his feature film Palmer, starring Justin Timberlake
Pet Adoptions Still Surging • Applications to rescue dogs continue to pour into L.A. organizations: ‘Get the poodle instead of the Prozac’
‘RESIST ALGORITHMS’: DOUG AITKEN’S NEW ART
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Hitched, Hatched, Hired • Inside the industry’s celebrations and news
Yes, I Did Say That! • A look at who’s saying what in entertainment
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What’s in Store for Hollywood With Biden • From repairing strained relationships with foreign leaders to coping with COVID-19, how the new president handles the challenges facing his administration will impact businesses across the entertainment industry
Staging a Return to Saigon • Production designer Wynn Thomas, along with his longtime collaborator Spike Lee, re-created Vietnam’s ancient temples and re-landscaped the jungle in Da 5 Bloods
Women of a Certain Aesthetic • The writer-directors behind Never Rarely Sometimes Always, Promising Young Woman and The Assistant take us inside the minds of their socially relevant heroines with storytelling choices
New Star-Studded Content Studios Selling Meditation • In an age of anxiety, the lines between mindfulness and entertainment are blurring, as such apps as Headspace and Calm pair up with a host of celebrities
Remaking a Neglected Slope for Actor Charlie Carver • Designer John Sharp undertook a garden redo for the first-time L.A. homeowner that turned a forgotten hillside into a three-tiered usable and beautiful space
Riz, All In • With his risky, immersive and...