Harry and Meghan Produce a Hollywood Flop: Themselves
They arrived three years ago with royal star power amid a streaming boom, but have notched more cancellations and rejections than produced shows.
(Photo: Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, during their interview with Oprah Winfrey. HARPO PRODUCTIONS/REUTERS)
Princess Leia’s Dress Could Be Yours, if You Have $1 Million Lying Around
Props from ‘Star Wars,’ ‘Poltergeist’ and ‘Harry Potter’ will be up for auction this month; the dress worn by Carrie Fisher turned up in a London attic
At David Zaslav’s Cannes Party for Warner Bros., Pining for a Hollywood Past
The Warner Bros. Discovery chief, together with Air Mail’s Graydon Carter, conjure Old Hollywood at a Cannes more contentious than usual. –Erich Schwartzel
Erich Schwartzel is the author of Red Carpet: Hollywood, China, and the Battle for Global Supremacy.
Hollywood’s Oldest Super Agent Isn’t Retiring Anytime Soon
At 90, CAA’s Fred Specktor spends his days orchestrating the careers of A-list actors and looking for new talent: ‘You still need movie stars’
Paramount Can’t Say No to the Man Behind ‘Yellowstone’: $50,000 a Week for His Ranch, $25 Per Cow
Taylor Sheridan writes most of the company’s hits, giving him clout to dominate the big-budget productions through his network of commercial projects, pushing costs to among the highest in Hollywood.
TikTok Needed Help in Washington. It Hired Former Obama, Disney Advisers.
Zenia Mucha, Jim Messina and David Plouffe were brought on to advise the video app’s CEO on handling U.S. criticism over its China ties.
The Disney Executive Who Made $119,505 a Day
Even by show business standards, former Walt Disney executive Geoff Morrell netted a massive payday from his brief time in Hollywood.
'Top Gun' Tells The Whole Story of China and Hollywood
The blockbuster is about taking out a uranium plant in some unnamed country. Really, it's about taking on the Communist Party.
Transformed
In 2014, the movie "Transformers: Age of Extinction" made more money in China than any Hollywood film previously had — but only now are the implications coming into focus. (Credit: Visual China Group via Getty Images)
How China Captured Hollywood
Over this next century, China wants to use the movies to rebrand itself, and it has learned how to do so from the best.
How China’s Growing Clout Led Hollywood to Look for a New Villain
When MGM started work on a reboot of ‘Red Dawn,’ China was the obvious aggressor. By the time the movie was shot, that decision represented political suicide.
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Disney Disturbs the Force: Pleasing Star Wars Fans Complicates Saga
‘The Rise of Skywalker’ looms as a big hit and everyone loves Baby Yoda. But there’s also a disgruntled contingent of fans, a string of fired directors and a decline in ticket sales. ‘We’re gonna hit pause.’
Beauty and the Backlash: Disney’s Modern Princess Problem
A debate at Disney asks: How do you update the princess franchise without alienating fans of the classic characters.
Disney World’s Big Secret: It’s a Favorite Spot to Scatter Family Ashes
Fans say treating the parks as a final resting place is the ultimate tribute, assuming they can sneak the remains past security
Newspaper Hotline Has Some Readers Hot Under the Collar
Popular feature includes trash talk about deer carcasses, garbage cans