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Peter Bart: ‘Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F’ Will Be Netflix’s Latest Triumph, And Contradiction
This week used to be nail-biting time in Hollywood as the studios nervously unfurled their summer blockbusters and prayed for lines at the box office. That time is bye-bye.
To be sure, a few movies are still opening. I decided to drop by one pre-opening…
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Peter Bart: As Hollywood Contracts, The Sports Universe Is Rapidly Expanding In Unexpected Directions
Laurence Fishburne is a talented actor who has played a range of characters from Morpheus to Mr. Clean. The new FX series Clipped offers him yet another unexpected role as an NBA coach who employs force and gravitas in guiding players in combat with the…
Peter Bart: Paramount Global’s Skydance Rejection Puts Heavy Pressure On Shari Redstone To Sort Shaky Future
Sumner Redstone earned renown as both dealmaker and deal breaker (he once said he'd fired Tom Cruise). His daughter, Shari, seems to have inherited only part of his skill set.
Flash back 50 years: The Beverly Hills dinner party was lavish. The mood among the Hollywood power players was upbeat. Gossip…
Peter Bart: Do We Want A Kinder, Gentler Bill Maher?
Buoyed by a two-year deal at HBO, a weekly CNN presence and a new book, Bill Maher now has decided to describe himself as a "centrist." Is it a claim in vain?
Having watched his show for years and done several shows with him, I suspect he's instinctively too "incorrect" to qualify for "moderation."…
Peter Bart: Coppola’s Utopian Epic Stirs Debate At Cannes While Former Partner George Lucas Quietly Sets His Own Pricey, Futuristic Surprise
The Megalopolis parties and debates last week generously fed Cannes' appetite for media buzz. Fest-goers were reminded that Francis Coppola's journey had been a thrill ride for those who witnessed it, invested in it or were impacted by its turmoil.
The…
Peter Bart: Cannes Festgoers Dote On Parties & Applause While ‘Bleak Week’ Fans Plunge Into Grateful Despair
As the Cannes Film Festival celebrates its parties and standing ovations, audiences in Hollywood and New York prepare to wallow in despair. And they'll enjoy it (almost).
The festival called Bleak Week this week will deliver 43 films to an expected audience of 10,000 at theaters including the…
Peter Bart: Paramount Yearns For “Seamless Transition” But Past Studio Takeovers Have Been Costly And Chaotic
"The transition will be seamless."
Those words usually accompany an announcement of a corporate takeover and, of course, it never works out that way. And it likely won't for Paramount 2024.
Consider history: When MGM found it had become a corporate…
Peter Bart: ‘Challengers’ Finds Box Office Heat By Serving Up Gen-Z Date With Zendaya And Her Tennis Partners
Luca Guadagnino believes filmgoers will endorse his Zendaya movie Challengers because it delivers "a canon of Hollywood golden age comedy – seductive fun with queerness." The movie's “big sell” is a shot of Zendaya, Mike Faist and Josh O’Connor kissing one an…
A Media Moment: News Organizations Challenged To Win Public Trust In An Assault Of Mixed Messages
Editors note: This is one of those moments when the flow of news seems like an assault on the senses. The Donald trump trial, the student protests, Gaza, the election campaigning — will our trust in the media survive these traumas? Can our pop culture assimilate them? Peter Bart, based on the West Coast, a…
Peter Bart: Trapped In A Circus Of Sleaze, David Pecker Had Looked For An Escape Route
David Pecker stabbed impatiently at his veal piccata. We'd been having a cordial business lunch, but he was growing frustrated. The publisher of the National Enquirer was pitching an ambitious deal to me involving major money — not a Stormy Daniels sort of…
Peter Bart: In Movies As In Politics, Young Protagonists Are Scarce These Days
I never liked Tom Ripley but I keep meeting him.
I've “met” Ripley in five films, and he's now the protagonist of a somber eight-part Netflix series. So filmmakers clearly find his character intriguing. Even though he has no character.
That, in…
Peter Bart: Eleanor Coppola Played Quiet But Vital Role As Family’s Matriarch
To outsiders, Eleanor Coppola, who died Friday at age 87, presented as soft spoken and unassuming, yet as someone who always understood exactly what was going on. When I first met her she was playing the role of the perfect ’60s “hippie chick” who hung with…
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