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Russia’s Ukraine Invasion Roils Eastern Europe Production • Under President Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine had begun to open up to the global film industry. After a Russian assault, the region that was experiencing a boom in shooting faces a sudden about-face

Steve Asbell • 20th Century Studios president

Academy’s TV Headache Turns Into a Migraine • The Oscars’ criticized decision to pretape eight categories for the live telecast exposes a wider rift within its leadership over how to appeal to viewers

Tom Holland’s Meteoric Rise in Theaters • The Spider-Man actor rocketed up the list of highest-grossing stars at the worldwide box office to currently rank as No. 1 this year (sorry, Samuel L. Jackson and Dwayne Johnson, who have led in the past), compared with No. 100 in 2017. The yearly rankings compiled by box office site The Numbers are based on leading roles for the current year and the two preceding years, with voice-only roles excluded.

Ozark Dominates Nielsen Chart • NETFLIX

The Playlist • Podcast and audio news worth following

Oscar Contenders’ Prospects Rise and, er, Sag Following SAG Awards • THR’s awards expert assesses the field after the Feb. 27 ceremony

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

HOW WILL CHRIS LICHT RESHAPE CNN?

Pamela Adlon • The Better Things multihyphenate has strong feelings about commercial breaks

Check Out (and Into) Two Transformed Boutique Hotels • Two formerly defunct hotels boast new makeovers as the erstwhile Farmer’s Daughter across from The Grove has reopened as Short Stories Hotel, while the onetime Redbury in Hollywood is set to become The Aster, offering both suites and co-working spaces

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

Rambling Reporter

Red Carpet

Power Dining

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

Michael Showalter • The Big Sick director has a new miniseries (Hulu’s The Dropout) and reservations about revisiting Wet Hot: ‘I’m getting old and misshapen’

How Much Power Do Film Critics Really Have? • Best picture nominees Don’t Look Up and Drive My Car, up for four Oscars each, offer competing ideas of the role film criticism plays in the awards race

‘We Want This to Feel Like Broadway’ • Pros from Disney Animation share the process behind the creation of the sequence for Encanto’s ‘We Don’t Talk About Bruno’

THE 2022 AMBIES

Now Hear This • Presenting the 10 nominees for podcast of the year at the 2022 Ambies

Seth Rogen Wants to Share Your Story • Storytime With Seth Rogen is not the first podcast to tease amazing anecdotes from guests. But as any comedian knows, the trick is how you tell it

Little Pitchers Have Big Ears — and That’s Big Business • Why studios, streamers and audio platforms are doubling down on children’s podcasting

How Did How Did This Get Made Get Made? • A brief history of the Siskel and Ebert of bad movies

Why Tiffany Haddish Is the Podcast Queen • There’s a reason the actress makes so many guest appearances: ‘She always delivers’

Hollywood Is Listening • As the industry scrambles for source material, podcasts are inspiring TV’s hottest series

Breaking the Sound Barrier • How the scrappy indie makers of What Happened in Skinner built out the show’s eerie alternate universe in real life

Life Lessons From 70 Over 70

Other 2022 Ambies...