Carrefour Launches First Ever “Sail-Thru” Supermarket in Dubai

A custom-built "Aqua Pod" will cater to customers on both shore and sea. | Continue reading


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Wildfires, Rising Crime Fuel L.A.'s Gated Community Craze

Fire fears from Malibu to Bel Air are adding to the allure of self-contained neighborhoods for A-listers — from Arnold Schwarzenegger to the Kardashians — who are already concerned about rising crime and the "Nextdoor effect" on anxiety. | Continue reading


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Bustle Digital Group Buys Publisher Mic in Another Tough Moment for Media

Mic.com, which was founded in 2011, laid off the vast majority of its employees on Thursday. | Continue reading


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How Netflix and Apple Are Upending Hollywood Hierarchy with Studio Deals

Paramount and A24 agreeing to produce original films for the digital giants represents an about-face in the traditional pecking order and signals a major shift in the entertainment industry. | Continue reading


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YouTube to Pull Back on Scripted in 2020 Amid Ad-Supported Push

After years of pushing a premium subscription tier, the Google video giant shifts strategy on shows. | Continue reading


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Directors Claim Small Victory in Bid to Save Classic Movie Service FilmStruck

"Round up your buddies," Steven Spielberg told Edgar Wright, when a campaign was launched to save FilmStruck. Now, a free-standing streaming service featuring The Criterion Collection is set to be launched. | Continue reading


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Stan Lee dies

The feisty writer, editor and publisher was responsible for such iconic characters as Spider-Man, the X-Men, Thor, Iron Man, Black Panther and the Fantastic Four — 'nuff said. | Continue reading


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Stan Lee dead at 95

The feisty writer, editor and publisher was responsible for such iconic characters as Spider-Man, the X-Men, Thor, Iron Man, Black Panther and the Fantastic Four — 'nuff said. | Continue reading


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A celebrated Shakespearean stage actor from Canada, he did all his work on the 1968 classic in postproduction, then voiced another computer for Woody Allen's 'Sleeper.' | Continue reading


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'Wallace and Gromit' Producer Aardman Animations Gives Ownership to Employees

Founders Peter Lord and David Sproxton say they're not - yet – quitting the iconic, Oscar-winning studio that they founded more than 40 years ago, but want to ensure that it maintains its independence and doesn't become just another asset on a balance sheet. | Continue reading


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Has Augmented Reality Pioneer Magic Leap Fallen Off a Cliff?

With outsize promises, the company lured massive investment from the likes of Warner Bros. and Legendary, but so far its hottest product seems to be hype. | Continue reading


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Disney+ is name for Disney’s forthcoming streaming service

Disney+ will be the home for family fare. | Continue reading


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MSNBC’s Joy Reid at Center of Free-Speech Legal Fight Over Retweets

Twitter users think of the platform as the Wild West, but a defamation lawsuit against Reid could lead high-profile figures to think twice about what they amplify — especially since damages could be higher for those with big followings. | Continue reading


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Red Dead,' 'Ocarina of Time' and the New Measure of a Classic

Twenty years ago, the 'Legend of Zelda' game was hailed as the greatest of all time, but is that a distinction that even makes sense in today's landscape? | Continue reading


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Fortnite,Twitch, Will Smith? 10 Digital Players Disrupting Traditional Hollywood

From a movie star turned YouTube personality to a Hollywood mogul reimagining digital video, The Hollywood Reporter highlights this year's biggest, most buzzed-about movers and shakers in the online space. | Continue reading


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Blame NBC News' Andy Lack for Megyn Kelly's Failure (Guest Column)

The network news chairman’s $69 million bet on a celebrity journalist who came to prominence at Fox News was fundamentally flawed for four separate and important reasons, writes independent news analyst Andrew Tyndall. | Continue reading


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Google to Fight Subpoena Demands Over “Shitty Media Men” Spreadsheet

Stephen Elliott has brought a defamation lawsuit over his inclusion on a list of allegedly sexually exploitive men — and the case could break new ground in many different ways. | Continue reading


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MST3K at 30: How Riffing on Bad Movies Anticipated Social Media

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What's Behind Netflix's Sky-High Employee Salaries

The streamer pays so well it's been sued by competitors. The downside: Your co-workers can see exactly what you make. | Continue reading


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Apple Hit with False Advertising Suit Over iTunes TV Bundles

The digital giant is accused of tricking customers into buying season bundles by counting promotional clips as episodes. | Continue reading


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Why Actor Tom Hardy's Voice Can Be So Hard to Understand

Dialect experts — including those who have coached the actor on his accents — dissect the most divisive aspect of the 'Venom' star's work. | Continue reading


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European Parliament Approves Netflix Content Quota

Under the new guidelines, 30 percent of all content carried on streaming services in Europe will have to come from the region. | Continue reading


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'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' Was Targeted by Russian Trolls, Study Says

An academic paper finds that half of criticism aimed at director Rian Johnson was politically motivated. | Continue reading


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Celebrated Hollywood Horse Trainer at Center of Animal Abuse Claims

Accusations of stallion abuse. Family fights on the set of 'Westworld.' Carcasses left to rot in the scorching sun. One of the industry's most revered equestrian trainers finds himself in the midst of a saga as twisted as a dark Western. | Continue reading


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Bob Iger Talks Disney's Streaming Service and a Coming 'Star Wars' “Slowdown”

The Disney CEO and most powerful person in entertainment opens up about his plan for a Netflix rival, ESPN’s politics problem and how #MeToo has changed his company | Continue reading


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In Hollywood, as Talent Agencies Push to Own Content, Some Creators Cry Foul

"Agencies should not be a boss to clients,” says one writer as WME and CAA lead a rush into producing and owning stakes in film and TV shows, a practice they say helps create opportunities but the Writers Guild believes raises potential conflict issues. | Continue reading


@hollywoodreporter.com | 5 years ago

Burt Reynolds Dead: 'Deliverance,' 'Boogie Nights' Star Was 82

The ex-jock from Florida starred in 'Deliverance' and 'Boogie Nights' but preferred making such populist, fun fare as 'Smokey and the Bandit,' 'The Cannonball Run' and 'Starting Over.' | Continue reading


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'Mr. Robot' to End with Season 4 on USA Network (Exclusive) – Hollywood Reporter

The series will conclude in 2019 with what sources say is an expanded 12-episode order. | Continue reading


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FBI Opens Investigation into Hollywood's Notorious “Con Queen”

The FBI and NYPD have opened investigations into the prolific scam artist impersonating Amy Pascal, Kathleen Kennedy and other top female execs — including one male suspect with a talent for female voice work. | Continue reading


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Read Crazy Rich Asians Director’s Letter to Coldplay About Yellow

“The color … always had a negative connotation in my life,” director Jon M. Chu wrote, “until I heard your song.” | Continue reading


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Why Are So Many Wannabe Screenwriters Getting Scammed?

From "pitch fests" to online script coaches, an entire cottage industry has sprung up to help aspiring scribes crack the movie business, and while some offerings are legit, many are schemes designed to prey on the Hollywood dreams of gullible strivers. | Continue reading


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Jeffrey Katzenberg's $1B Bet on Shortform Video Comes into Focus

Together with former HP CEO Meg Whitman, Katzenberg has raised $1 billion in funding from all the major Hollywood studios, China's Alibaba and lead investor Madrone Capital. | Continue reading


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Disney’s 'Christopher Robin' Won't Get China Release Amid Pooh Crackdown

A source pins the blame on the country’s crusade against images of the Winnie the Pooh character, which has become a symbol of the resistance with foes of the ruling Communist Party, namely Chinese leader Xi Jinping. | Continue reading


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The actor will reprise his 'Next Generation' role as Jean-Luc Picard more than two decades after the syndicated favorite wrapped its run. | Continue reading


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Actor Tom Cruise did 94 practice HALO jumps over the UAE for his latest film

Tom Cruise's 25,000-foot HALO stunt involved two UAE military planes and more than 100 jumps over the desert (which later became France). | Continue reading


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In Firing James Gunn, Disney Hurts All of Hollywood

A creative industry requires artists like the 'Guardians' director who push boundaries, make (offensive) mistakes and evolve, writes Hollywood Reporter columnist Marc Bernardin: “To demand that every artist who works for you to have never had a past...is asking for people who wil … | Continue reading


@hollywoodreporter.com | 5 years ago

The Legal Battle to Bring Buck Rogers to the Big Screen

Veteran producer Don Murphy hoped public domain would allow him to make a film based on the beloved sci-fi character, but now he's embroiled in a three-way fight that has broad implications for the future of copyright protection. | Continue reading


@hollywoodreporter.com | 5 years ago

Shinobu Hashimoto, Screenwriter on 'The Seven Samurai', 'Rashomon' Dies at 100

Hashimoto wrote or co-wrote more than 70 screenplays. | Continue reading


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Do Sacha Baron Cohen's Targets Have a Shot at Winning a Lawsuit?

"Victims" face an uphill battle: Most of the lawsuits spawned by Borat and Brüno a decade ago were thrown out in their infancy. | Continue reading


@hollywoodreporter.com | 5 years ago

How 'The Dark Knight' Gave David Dastmalchian a Brighter Life

Addiction left David Dastmalchian living out of a car, but after getting clean and working on a Batman movie, 'Ant-Man and the Wasp' and 'Prisoners,' he is in a different place entirely. | Continue reading


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Hunting the Con Queen of Hollywood: The “Evil Genius” Behind a Global Racket?

For more than a year, some of the most powerful women in entertainment — including Amy Pascal, Kathleen Kennedy, Stacey Snider and a 'Homeland' director — have been impersonated by a cunning thief who targets insiders with promises of work, then bilks them out of thousands of do … | Continue reading


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Hunting the Con Queen of Hollywood

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Emmys: Netflix Beats HBO with Most Nominations

This is the first time HBO hasn't led all nominations in 18 years. | Continue reading


@hollywoodreporter.com | 5 years ago

Hunting the Con Queen of Hollywood

For more than a year, some of the most powerful women in entertainment — including Amy Pascal, Kathleen Kennedy, Stacey Snider and a 'Homeland' director — have been impersonated by a cunning thief who targets insiders with promises of work, then bilks them out of thousands of do … | Continue reading


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European Networks Are Joining Forces to Take on Netflix and Amazon

Old media broadcasters in Germany and France are setting up ambitious joint national video platforms, but do they have what it takes to compete with the streaming giants? | Continue reading


@hollywoodreporter.com | 5 years ago

Steve Ditko Dead: Spider-Man Co-Creator Was 90

He also created Doctor Strange with Stan Lee during his years at Marvel. | Continue reading


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The writer and Gene Roddenberry famously clashed over "The City on the Edge of Forever," one of the finest episodes of 'Star Trek.' | Continue reading


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Jonathan Friedland Out as Netflix Communications Chief Following "Insensitive" Comments (Exclusive)

In lengthy internal memo, CEO Reed Hastings addressed letting go top communications executive Jonathan Friedland: "His descriptive use of the N-word on at least two occasions at work showed unacceptably low racial awareness and sensitivity." | Continue reading


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