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Can Discovery-WarnerMedia Get to ‘400 Million’ Subscribers? • Will the marriage of HBO and Warner Bros. — with reality staples like HGTV and Food Network — result in a super-service to tackle Netflix — or individual offerings that could be bundled?

Sure, Warner-Discovery Will Reap $3B in Cost Savings, but From Where? • The combined firm will likely see significant layoffs as leaders evaluate how big of a real estate footprint to keep

Could Blindsiding Talent Become the New Normal? • As WarnerMedia and ViacomCBS court Wall Street with lofty subscriber goals for their direct-to-consumer platforms, directors and stars are often caught off guard

Summer Box Office: Studios ‘Optimistic,’ Though ‘Only Time Will Tell’ • Polling indicates that consumers are more and more comfortable returning to theaters even as studios hedge their bets by releasing such tentpoles as Black Widow and Boss Baby: Family Business day-and-date

Hollywood Sentiment Shifts on Israeli-Palestinian Conflict • Some stars are more willing to take a pro-Palestinian stand on social media, while other industry notables are privately saying ‘the situation is just too intense for me to speak up at the moment’

HOW EMMY VOTERS CAN PREVENT A COMEDY DISASTER • With hardly any 2020 nominees and lackluster male-fronted projects (save Ted Lasso), getting it right depends on which worthy women can be recognized in a less-than-funny year

‘IP IS THE NEW PRIMETIME’: TV’S UPFRONTS PITCH TO ADVERTISERS

Warner Bros. Bets on Next Franchise Stars

7 Days of DEALS • Who’s inking on the dotted line this week

$130M Big Number • Snapchat’s payments to 5,400 creators since launching TikTok competitor Spotlight in November, the company disclosed May 20.

Carolina Miranda • The lead actress of Netflix’s Mexican hit Who Killed Sara? first broke out on telenovelas: ‘We made 25 scenes per day’

One Busy Day: Ben Winston’s Diary • How the Late Late Show With James Corden exec producer juggled also producing the Grammys and directing Friends: The Reunion (May 27 on HBO Max)

Well, Hello! The Return of Real Red Carpets

Lifetime & THR Celebrate Mentorship • The network’s May 24 special, Women in Entertainment: The Next Generation, spotlighted The Hollywood Reporter and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater L.A.’s scholarship program: ‘Education is everything’

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

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

Alan Yang • The Master of None co-creator discusses a mostly Aziz-free season three, being a Hollywood go-to for AAPI matters, and helping David Chang win Who Wants to Be a Millionaire

TV Studio Chiefs Sound Off • Seven of the industry’s top sellers perform an autopsy on broadcast’s big week — and reveal what pitch they never want to hear again: ‘AOC in a malt shop, AOC in a school, AOC in a maternity ward!’

How the Studios Stack Up on Broadcast • New scripted volume is up from the 2020 low — but still trails pre-pandemic levels

2021 Power Watches • The latest status timepieces for men feature dials made with out-of-this-world meteorite, while the hottest women’s watches eschew round cases for square, rectangular and tonneau shapes accented with diamonds

Walton Goggins’ Favorite Places to Eat Outside in L.A. • As Los Angeles residents increasingly venture out again, the...