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Scarlett Johansson vs. Disney: How should talent be paid for streaming?
This is the Aug. 3, 2021, edition of The Wide Shot, a weekly newsletter about everything happening in the business of entertainment. Sign up here to get it in your inbox. It’s the biggest show in Hollywood: “Suing With the
What came after Japanese American internment? A mystery novelist holds the key
On the Shelf “Clark and Division” By Naomi Hirahara Soho Crime: 312 pages, $28 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. Just as only James Ellroy
No long term planning but industry cautiously optimistic as theatres reopen
Cinema turnstiles are beginning to turn again with biggies such as Akshay Kumar’s Bell Bottom lined up for release, and industry insiders, hopeful but wary, say they are only too conscious that the road to economic recovery is riddled with
L.A. and O.C. museums: August’s best bets for MOCA, Getty, the Broad and beyond
Charming 19th century photographic portraits at LACMA, illuminated prayer books at the Getty and a groundbreaking 1946 graphic memoir at the Japanese American National Museum lead our August list of exhibitions across Southern California. Check back here for weekly updates.
Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine sells in $900-million deal
Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine, the production entity behind shows such as “Big Little Lies,” has been acquired by a newly formed media company launched by former Walt Disney Co. executives. Newsletter Inside the business of entertainment The Wide Shot brings
Review: An album about fame? Yawn. But Billie Eilish upends clichés on sumptuous ‘Happier Than Ever’
When you fall into superstardom, where do you go? Billie Eilish has some answers to the question on her disquieting new album, “Happier Than Ever,” and despite that title they’re hardly advertisements for the journey. In one song she laments
Kathy Griffin announces lung cancer diagnosis, surgery, makes a plug for vaccination
Kathy Griffin has been diagnosed with stage 1 lung cancer, the veteran comedian and actor announced Monday morning on social media. In a statement shared to Instagram and Twitter, Griffin revealed her condition before undergoing lung surgery, adding that she
‘Fully obsessed’: ‘Queer Eye’ star Tan France introduces his newborn son
Tan France, the resident fashion designer and French tuck connoisseur on Netflix’s “Queer Eye,” is now a father. France took to Instagram Monday to welcome his son, Ismail, posting a picture of him holding the newborn alongside his husband, Rob
Review: The most sinister power in this riotously fun dystopian novel? Still Hollywood
On the Shelf Something New Under the Sun By Alexandra Kleeman Hogarth: 328 pages, $28 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. Alison takes a crowbar
With Netflix’s ‘Resort to Love,’ Christina Milian embraces rom-com lessons
For her latest Netflix rom-com, Christina Milian explores the roundabout road to love. “Love is like this journey that you don’t know where it’s gonna take you but it makes you feel good,” Milian said about “Resort to Love,” now
160,000 music fans pour into SoCal’s Hard Summer festival in face of Delta variant surge
If music festivals are going to safely return this year, more fans should make appointments with Quynh Borkenhagen. Borkenhagen was the pharmacist running the free COVID-19 vaccine tent at this past weekend’s Hard Summer festival at the NOS Event Center
DaBaby apologizes again for homophobic rant after losing yet another festival gig
DaBaby is continuing to reap the consequences of his homophobic outburst as yet another major music festival has removed the scorned rapper from its lineup. The organizers of New York City’s forthcoming Governors Ball released a statement Monday morning condemning