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The Wakeup The Marvel ATM is glitching: Disney’s new math
Mubi’s $24M Bet Just Made Agents Bullish Again. Here's Why CAA’s Roeg Sutherland, WME’s Deborah McIntosh and more tell Ashley Cullins why the JLaw-Pattinson Cannes buy signals that the market ‘turned a corner’
Joe Biden & Hollywood: Gerontocracy, Kleptocracy, Kakistocracy? A new book names names in the Worst Generation web of DC's leaders and ours, Richard Rushfield writes
Ordinary People Enduring Life Under Dictators: The Cannes Jury’s Choice Analysis: The just-wrapped fest honored films ‘from human points of view’ that critics loved, Claire Atkinson reports. But will audiences?
The Palme D’Oracle Strikes Again as Neon Scores its 6th Winner Mon Dieu! The jury’s ‘Conclave with Champagne’ deliberations leave U.S. filmmakers in the cold as a slow market wraps
Lionsgate’s Kevin Beggs on the Indie Playbook for TV’s Post-Peak Era He tells Lesley Goldberg about everything from tariffs to recovery to Ted Sarandos’ The Studio cameo
Prime to Peacock: The Right Next Genre for Every Streamer Netflix isn’t doing this. Disney+ used to. HBO Max forgot how. Here’s what each platform should pursue now to grow, writes Entertainment Strategy Guy
Grand Theft Auto VI: AI Characters Are a Hollywood Wake-Up CallThe next version charts a path for truly interactive entertainment, Erik Barmack writes — if the industry opens its eyes
Global TV Market Reboot: A New Second Window Blows Open SCOOP: Amazon is now selling some of its biggest shows to buyers where they already stream, reports Manori Ravindran
The Biggest Studio Bet of the Year is in a Swamp Uni just opened the first major U.S. theme park in 24 years. Richard was there
🎬 Richard & Sean: Lilo & Tom Turn Up the Nostalgia Taking stock after a record-breaking Memorial Day weekend
🎧 Palme Today, Oscar Tomorrow? Katey breaks down post-Cannes Film Fest buzz with Chris Feil. Plus, Severance star Britt Lower & creator Dan Erickson take Katey inside the dystopian drama
🎧 Netflix, Disney+ & YouTube: The Fight to Babysit Your Kids Sesame Street and Ms. Rachel are just the start. What’s next
🎧 Richard Rushfield’s Hollywood Stories: Big Mouth Creators Nick Kroll & Andrew Goldberg Tell (Almost) All Mike Levin and Jennifer Flackett also join to reveal how the beyond-bawdy animated hit rose from Netflix's ‘Wild West’ early days
🎧 The Missing Middle-Zone Shows Rob Long on what makes an ideal restaurant — and TV series