The Wakeup Amazon fast-tracks OpenAI pic; summer ’26 gets opening 🎥 duel
Marc Maron is Done — and He’s Not Alone: ‘We’re Tired, We’re Burnt Out’ Natalie Jarvey analyzes strategy for pulling the plug without cutting off all the cash. Plus: exclusive Rhett & Link deal news
Crisis for Queer TV: Disappearing & Out of Vogue Lesley Goldberg talks to creators, activists and execs about the future of LGBTQ shows, down 36% YOY in 2024: ‘100% out of fear'
The 19 Press Tour Stops Ruthless Publicists Care About Now (and Don't) Vanity Fair or Theo Von? Reps unload to Nicole LaPorte on today’s A-list outlets and who has the new power
Peak Bono: AI, VR and a Dad Sermon May Save Apple’s Vision Pro Stories of Surrender doc shows a way to innovate in immersive storytelling, Erik Barmack writes
The Hollywood Dead Pool Richard Rushfield declares who and what is undead, critical and in hospice
L.A. Sound Stages: The New Dead Mall? Bat mitzvahs to live sports, anyone? Elaine Low reports on empty studios’ pivots — and hope for 2026
Last of Us Brought Apocalypse. Gustavo Santaolalla Brought Humanity The Oscar winner takes Rob LeDonne inside the series’ haunting score
TV Agent Panic as News Talent Goes Solo; WME Blocks Joy Reid Piers Morgan, Jim Acosta & more tell Claire Atkinson about life in Substack, YouTube and…the Noosphere?!
Blackmail, Bribes, Cockroaches: 10 Worst Moments of the Week Oh Shari! You pretty things... Richard on the industry’s latest gaffes
The $3M Episode Squeeze: Downton Duo Rethink How to Sell Prestige TV Carnival Films’ Gareth Neame & Nigel Marchant tell Manori Ravindran how they navigate a budget-crunched global market and life inside NBCU
Shrinking & the Trauma Sitcom; the Warm, Funny Adolescence Team (Really!) Co-creator Bill Lawrence and the cast of the Apple TV+ hopeful tell Katey Rich their secret sauce. Plus: Stephen Graham & Jack Thorne
Exclusive: Hacks Just Dropped 30 Emmy Submissions — I Got the List The comedy incumbent will compete in 20 categories, Katey reveals
📸 Todd on the Town Photos: Cumming, Kate, Schur & Questlove
📹 Richard & Sean: A24’s Next Hit; Karate Kid Trips; Box Office Concern Richard frets as Sean bets on Celine Song’s romcom Materialists
🎧 When American Idol Had a Pastor Who Helped Katherine McPhee and More Richard talks with Leesa Bellesi, a powerful figure in the wings of Fox's OG Idol, who prayed for future superstars
🎧 Jason Segel's Midlife Comedy Crisis (On Purpose) The How I Met Your Mother star says Shrinking is ‘what the whole search has been about.’
🎧 Questlove, Sly Stone & the Anxiety of Success A childhood memory, a haunting bass line, a doc years in the making: ‘I became hyper-obsessed’
🎧 Mubi vs. Marvel: A New High-Stakes Film Era What’s behind agents’ sudden optimism
