[ad_1] Michigan desperately wanted a Hollywood makeover. And for $500 million, studios were more than happy to help. When the state started writing checks in 2008 from one of the nation’s most generous film incentive programs, productions flocked there, making box-office hits such as Clint Eastwood’s “Gran Torino,” Sam Raimi’s “Oz the Great and Powerful” […]
Winners Thank Hollywood Foreign Press
[ad_1] Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Rich Polk/Golden Globes 2024 via Getty Images Someone must have forgotten to tell Hollywood speechwriters what happened to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Following the dissolution of the (controversial) body that formerly awarded the Golden Globes, multiple of tonight’s winners still thanked the HFPA in their speeches. Da’Vine Joy Randolph kicked […]
What Hollywood Stars Are Named in the Epstein Documents?
[ad_1] Jeffrey Epstein. Photo: Rick Friedman/Corbis via Getty Images Since a judge unsealed court documents containing details about the deceased convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, it has been a race to uncover new details about the late financier’s sex-trafficking case and identify his famous associates, especially anyone with an Oscar. Released to the public on […]
Hollywood’ Shutting Down After 10 Years
[ad_1] Kim Kardashian in Hollywood. Photo: Glu Mobile After almost ten years on the mobile devices, it’s time we bid Kim Kardashian: Hollywood adieu. The reality star’s role-play game from developer Glu Mobile is shutting down in just a few months, TMZ confirmed on January 3. Launched in 2014, the game gave players the chance […]
Rotten Tomatoes Is Still Has Hollywood in Its Grip
[ad_1] In 2018, a movie-publicity company called Bunker 15 took on a new project: Ophelia, a feminist retelling of Hamlet starring Daisy Ridley. Critics who had seen early screenings had published 13 reviews, seven of them negative, which translated to a score of 46 percent on the all-important aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes — a disappointing […]
Remembering William Friedkin, A Hollywood Director Possessed
[ad_1] Friedkin’s life ended like a true Friedkin film. It’s hard to tell if he won or lost, or something in between, or if those terms even apply. Photo: Laura Lezza/Getty Images Was William Friedkin the best director of the 1970s? Maybe. He was certainly the most 1970s director, making ’70s movies long after the […]
Billy Porter Says He Has to Sell House Amid Hollywood Strike
[ad_1] Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images Disney CEO Bob Iger had the lowest possible bar to clear when he returned to the C-suite: just be better than the universally loathed Bob Chapek. More of a chalk line in the dirt, really. But then Iger went on CNBC and called striking actors’ and writers’ demands for labor […]
Be Kind Rewind YouTube Channel on Hollywood Strike
[ad_1] Cloris Leachman. Photo: The Legacy Collection/THA/Shutterstock Be Kind Rewind feels like an anachronism. A YouTube channel focused on classic Hollywood films, it features video essays that are smart, well scripted, and modern in tone, all while keeping both of its eyes trained on the past. The channel, which is the brainchild of Izzy Custodio, […]
The Hollywood Strike’s Bring AI Front and Center
[ad_1] Photo: Vuk Valcicy Images/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Gett Writers and actors in Hollywood are demanding more control over how artificial intelligence will be used by studios in the future. There’s a lot of dystopian language being thrown around — that AI could be an existential threat to livelihoods; that it could replace entire professions. But […]