Movie producer Randall Emmett is back w/a new name and new sidekick. But it's the same old Randall. “Sadly, I’ve been on a lot of train wrecks. And I knew this was going to be a train wreck,' says one member of Stallone movie crew. w/Amy Kaufman Los Angeles Times
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OSHA has opened an investigation into the accident injuring multiple crew members on the set of 'The Pickup' in Georgia, we've learned: hollywoodreporter.com/business/busin…

How Modern Hollywood Doomed Jeff Skoll’s Participant Media Dream.

New from Pamela McClintock and me hollywoodreporter.com/business/busin…

New: For documentary filmmakers, the end of Participant Media means one less major backer for issue-driven docs in a highly commercial (and cost-cutting) environment hollywoodreporter.com/business/busin…

New: I talked to some staffers who are currently in Condé Nast 'purgatory,' on a provisional layoffs list but doing 'centralized' work spanning brands until their union and management eventually come to an agreement hollywoodreporter.com/business/busin…

Had a super interesting talk with 'Brandy Hellville' director eva orner. This is her first doc on fashion: 'I’ve done so many films in war zones and with refugees, and when I started this I was like, what is happening here? I can’t get people to speak.' hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/bra…

Honestly so pumped
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For seven years I’ve been waiting to tell the story of what life was like on the inside of The National Enquirer during the notorious “catch and kill” campaign that now stands at the heart of Donald Trump’s first criminal trial.

My story for NYT Magazine —

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New: Dodgers Stadium tour guides, who are busier than ever in the Shohei Ohtani era, voted to unionize with IATSE B-192 this afternoon hollywoodreporter.com/business/busin…

Sobering look at the writing landscape from the great Lesley Goldberg twitter.com/Snoodit/status…

Universal‘s AMC at CityWalk:

The Universal City AMC workers have unionized, 37-6. Our story: hollywoodreporter.com/business/busin…

The Condé Nast labor negotiations have just gotten more contentious, with management filing an unfair labor practice charge, staffers marching on executives' offices and those on the layoffs list being assigned to a 'Central Content Unit' hollywoodreporter.com/business/busin…

In 2020, I wrote a story about a woman claiming to be an Irish heiress who conned a reality TV producer and allegedly other individuals in and around Hollywood. Now, she's been arrested again as Northern Ireland seeks to extradite her. hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-n…

“I literally can count on two hands how many people I know that are actually working right now. That’s now. In January, it was even less.”

New from Katie Kilkenny on Hollywood's production slowdown:

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so excited
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New: USC film school adjuncts have officially voted to unionize in an NLRB vote. Read more here: hollywoodreporter.com/business/busin…

New: Tyler Perry wants to raise the alarm about AI developments and their potential impact on Hollywood jobs: 'There’s got to be some sort of regulations in order to protect us' hollywoodreporter.com/business/busin…

Interesting....
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During the 2023 strikes, many actors in need turned to the SAG-AFTRA Foundation for emergency financial grants. Now, they're scrambling to figure out if that aid is considered taxable income after receiving 1099s. My latest: hollywoodreporter.com/business/busin…