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The American Cinematheque Award is not meant to be a “Life Achievement” honor like the AFI bestows, but rather a “mid-career” tribute, at least most of the time, and Thursday night at the Beverly Hilton Ballroom Michael B. Jordan became, at 38, one of…

Hollywood is torturing itself over this simple question: What's happened to the audience? Why have movies batted .000 with its 25 wannabe hits this fall? Many theories are being advanced, but I favor simple answers: Movies have gotten lost because…

There is growing concern in Hollywood about the future of the flop. The ability to create and absorb failure has always been a key resource in an industry whose losers historically outnumber its winners. But with production starts fading, assets…

EXCLUSIVE: Tessa Thompson as Henrik Ibsen's Hedda Gabler in filmmaker Nia DaCosta's sublime Hedda is a woman in charge of her own destiny. Studying literature would've been a whole lot more fun if this voluptuous, 1950s-set re-imagining had been included on my school's curriculum. In fact…

EXCLUSIVE: At the end of the day, NBCUniversal's poach of Yellowstone co-creator Taylor Sheridan came down to money. Sources said that the five-year deal that begins in 2029 (earlier for movies) is at the unprecedented $1 billion territory. That is how…

For a glimpse of turmoil these days, look no further than the nearest office. "It's an incipient war zone," says a McKinsey study. That's despite the fact that offices are mostly empty — both federal and corporate. The MAGA-era U.S. government…

EXCLUSIVE: Before he strummed his acoustic guitar and sang “Land of Hope and Dreams” at Lincoln Center following the New York Film Festival premiere of The-Boss-in-existential-crisis drama Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, Bruce Springsteen thanked…

Nothing about Hollywood should surprise Paul Thomas Anderson. The 55-year-old, Los Angeles born-and-bred filmmaker has made most of his movies in or about his hometown — films praised or challenged by his critical community. His darkly satiric new…

Editor’s note: Aside from a stellar list of writing credits ranging from Captain Phillips to The Hunger Games, Shattered Glass, Flightplan and others, Billy Ray co-created the popular Deadline Strike Talk podcast and writes occasionally for us. He also adapted the James Comey memoir A Higher Loyalty a…

The protests and petitions over Jimmy Kimmel reflected Hollywood's politicized mood this week but also raised this question: Will this '70s-type zeal impact policy, or even color content? Hollywood veterans see a sad irony in the passing of Robert R…

From Oscar-envelope SNAFUs, to L.A. wildfire evacuations, to real-time tweet attacks from Donald Trump and advocating for children's healthcare, Jimmy Kimmel has more than met the moment many times over the years. Still, with the ABC late-night host’s return tonight after a weeklong benching…

Editor's note: Andor writer Dan Gilroy last weekend won an Emmy for the Season 2 episode titled ‘Welcome to the Rebellion’, which features Mon Mothma's anti-fascism speech to the Senate [watch it below]. His Disney+ series was front of mind Thursday at Disney HQ in Burbank where the Writers and…