The Hollywood Reporter

The all-new Hollywood Reporter offers unprecedented access to the people, studios, networks and agencies that create the magic in Hollywood. Published weekly, the oversized format includes exceptional photography and rich features.

The Hollywood Reporter

Heat Index

See You in 2025? Box Office Might Take $2B Hit Amid Delays • Hollywood’s historic labor strikes are over, but they may still jeopardize the fragile post-pandemic recovery as next year’s theatrical calendar has lost a slew of tentpoles

On the Market: Historic Studio, a Few Declining Assets, Lots of Charm • As Shari Redstone entertains offers for Paramount, some suitors seem more interested in flipping parts

Catalog Wars: Sizing Up Streaming Giants’ Strength in Numbers • With studios rethinking exclusive streaming licensing deals and warming to the idea of selling to Netflix, execs face tough calls on how to bulk or trim libraries

Sports TV’s Tipping Point: ‘My Audience Is Over There’ • After years of cord-cutting, ESPN finally starts its streaming pivot, Max plans a new tier and Peacock (yes, that’s right) is quietly the biggest player in the space

Hollywood’s 2023 Yearbook • It’s been another tumultuous school year at Tinseltown High, marked by a nearly two-semester-long class walkout. Thankfully, the gossip, snark and scandal have gone uninterrupted, as chronicled in THR’s annual overview of the year’s highs and lows

A Game-Changing Week for the Race • THR’s awards expert on the L.A. Film Critics Association’s winners and the Golden Globes and Critics Choice noms

Erika Alexander Finds the Truth in Fiction • The American Fiction star on her ‘healing’ time shooting the drama on race and publishing

The Town’s Hot Gifts — in a More Restrained Season • After one of Hollywood’s rockiest years, some observers see a downscaling of ostentatious industry gift-giving (‘It just feels a little bit more quiet’), though it may simply come down to which list you’re on

Yes, I Did Say That! • A look at who’s saying what in entertainment

THR’s Women in Entertainment Toasted Adele, Kerry Washington • Will Ferrell, Helen Mirren, Dua Lipa, Ariana DeBose and more attended the event, which gave $1 million in scholarships

How We Paired the Women for the 2024 WIE Program • Matchmaking, mentorship style, is a labor of love that involves in-depth interviews and hours of discussion to make each pairing sing

Rambling Reporter

Red Carpet

Power Dining

‘My Second Dad’: Rob Reiner on Norman Lear • The actor-director, whose professional connection to Lear started with All in the Family, looks back at what was a lifelong friendship with the legendary TV producer, who died, at 101, on Dec. 5

‘He Made Me Feel Seen’ • Black-ish creator Kenya Barris on the friendship that changed the course of his career

Hitched, Hatched, Hired • Inside the industry’s celebrations and news

Birthdays

Big in Japan: Content Is Booming • With the country’s entertainment sector in the midst of a creative renaissance, streaming giants are investing heavily in a market that has plenty of room for growth: ‘There has never been more global curiosity and love for Japanese culture’

Everyone Wants a Piece of Leon Thomas • From Nickelodeon and Insecure to Drake and SZA, the producer joins Victoria Monét as music creators behind Ariana Grande’s 2013 debut who’ve graduated to their own Grammy noms

The Nominees for Best Picture Could Include Two Animated Films • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and the final movie from beloved Japanese icon Hayao Miyazaki, The Boy and the Heron, are the ones to beat in the animated race — and just might face off in Oscar’s top category

Oscar Loves Cartoons

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