Culture
How 'Stranger Things' became Netflix's 'Star Wars,' propelling it into Hollywood's stratosphere
Before the sci-fi series “Stranger Things” premiered on Netflix, several traditional studios had already passed on it. Its creators were…
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Hollywood’s School of Hard Knocks
Bruce Handy provides a flawed but fun survey of a social phenomenon that American pop culture essentially invented: ‘teenagerhood.’ Source…
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Hollywood’s Conservative Pivot
“King of the Hill,” the animated sitcom that first ran for thirteen Americana-powered seasons between 1997 and 2010, had a deceptively…
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The Wizard Behind Hollywood’s Golden Age
How Irving Thalberg helped turn M-G-M into the world’s most famous movie studio—and gave the film business a new sense of artistry and…
Culture
Rediscovering a Great Film Critic of Hollywood’s Golden Age
Sometimes there’s light at the end of the rabbit hole. When Josef von Sternberg’s film “The Devil Is a Woman,” from 1935, was recently…
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Hollywood's reaction to Trump's movie tariffs idea: Confusion, dread and a little hope
Hollywood executives scrambled Monday to interpret President Trump’s call for stiff tariffs on movies produced outside the U.S. — a…
Culture
Hollywood’s Filmmaking Continues Despite L.A. Wildfires
Over the past week, as eight wildfires destroyed vast portions of its home metropolis, Hollywood found itself violently impacted — and, at…