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Jon Peters’ Final Cut: Hair-Raising Tales From a Legendary Wildman
When the hairdresser turned Trump-loving sex-addicted producer isn’t busy embellishing his own escapades, he’s hustling for an epic last act: “There are no more guys like me in Hollywood.”
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Tom Cruise Eyeing ‘Days of Thunder’ Sequel for Paramount (Exclusive)
The actor-producer is exploring a follow-up to his 1990 NASCAR racing film while also developing a ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ sequel and figuring out the future of the ‘Mission: Impossible' franchise.
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Carol Lombardini to Step Down as Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers’ President Next Year
The president and chief negotiator of the AMPTP is preparing to transition out of her lead role as the studios' top labor negotiator, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
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Deep Background: Behind the Scenes of the Succession Battles Roiling Hollywood
Call it executive Hunger Games: As Sony Pictures seamlessly hands over its CEO reins, Rupert Murdoch is locked into a high-stakes court battle for control of his media empire and all eyes are on the bake-off to take over for Bob Iger at Disney.
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Who’s Really Going to Run Paramount?
David Ellison will soon take over as the entertainment giant’s CEO — but his mogul father, Larry, put in the $6 billion to buy it. So which Ellison will be boss?
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WME Agent Apologized to Co-workers for “Kill Them All” Text Message
The agent, Brandt Joel, told the group he wanted to address what had happened, expressed remorse for what he had done, said he deeply regretted it and holds himself responsible.
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Top WME Agent at Center of Firestorm After “Screw the Left Kill All” Text Reacting to Killing of Israeli Hostages
Brandt Joel texted a now-deleted message in an unofficial WME group chat on WhatsApp.
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Joaquin Phoenix’s Last-Minute Exit Sparks “Huge Amount of Outrage” Among Hollywood Producers
The Oscar winner departed Todd Haynes’ gay romance drama just five days before production began, a move insiders say makes legal action against him a likely outcome.
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Jeff Shell’s Past Lingers Over Paramount’s Future
Skydance mogul David Ellison will install Jeff Shell as the incoming chief of Paramount if the sale closes. But will the former NBCUniversal chief’s firing over claims of sexual harassment complicate the move?
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What’s Ailing ‘Euphoria’? Tragedy and Trauma Inside TV’s Buzziest Show
How a sudden death, a fractured partnership and mounting friction between star Zendaya and creator Sam Levinson almost derailed the HBO hit.
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How Francis Ford Coppola’s Embattled ‘Megalopolis’ Finally Landed a Distributor
The $120 million epic spent months searching in vain for a backer. Lionsgate, a studio with longstanding ties to the legendary filmmaker, is stepping into the breach. But Coppola is still paying part of the tab.
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David Zaslav Hires Former White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs as Warner Bros. Discovery Comms Chief (Exclusive)
The former Obama administration official will take over a role that has been vacant since the departure of Nathaniel Brown in January.
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