Robert Kolker walks us through the $400 billion lawsuit brought by the creators of This Is Spinal Tap against the movie studios, but Spinal Tap fans will love the insider tidbits about the creation of the film.
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Steve Bannon’s Hollywood Ending
How the White House advisor turned his talent for mediocre dealmaking into a passion to “weaponize film.”
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The (Film) Revolution Will Be Streamed
“We have to get rid of the romantic part.”
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The End of Independent Film As We Know It
How a new generation of indie filmmakers is finding its voice through Amazon and Netflix — and why this might be a scary development for the future of cinema.
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Not Giving Up on the Dream
In the Los Angeles Times, Jeffrey Fleishman profiles two young Angelenos trying not to break down as they try to break into show business.
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What’s Literally Underfoot at the Oscars, or The Secrets of the Red Carpet, Revealed
Daniel Miller goes behind the scenes to report on the famed red carpet that graces the entrance to the Oscars. What you learn about the care, installation, and true color of this 50,000 square foot rug may just surprise you.
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The High Price of Breaking Ground
McMahon hired her in 1997, and Chyna became the first woman to battle male wrestlers in the WWF ring, much to the chagrin of many fans, who protested Chyna’s presence by throwing batteries at her and spreading nasty rumors. (One was that she had the world’s largest clit; another, that she had a penis.) But […]
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The Problem With Hollywood’s Portrayal of Pregnant Women
Can Hollywood get pregnant women right?
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When Cecil B. DeMille Went Way Over Budget
David Ferry, writing in Outside about the extravagant faux-Egyptian set built for Cecil B. DeMille’s 1923 film “The Ten Commandments.”
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Hollywood Gets Authenticity and the Pentagon Gets Publicity
Jamie Tarabay explored Hollywood’s relationship with the Pentagon in a recent piece for Al Jazeera America. The Pentagon has a devoted “entertainment-liaison officer” who acts as a Hollywood point person and helps decide which projects get Pentagon support (in the form of expertise, equipment, and locations). According to scholar Lawrence Suid, the Hollywood military relationship relationship dates back to […]