Fed expected to cut rates and Hollywood's own drama kicks off awards season: Morning Rundown

The business of Hollywood was in trouble long before the earth-rattling news that Netflix had inked a $72 billion takeover of Warner Bros. And while the deal is widely seen as a coup by Netflix, once a scrappy startup that had to fight to be taken seriously,

Hollywood has faced a difficult last few years, with the COVID-19 pandemic and the dual strikes. A merger between two major players could mean even more job cuts, experts said.

Hollywood action star Lorenzo Lamas recoiled at the thought of California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom leading the United States in the country’s highest elected office.

The future of Hollywood depends in part on a battle between two Davids: Zaslav, who has agreed to sell Warner Bros. and HBO to Netflix; and Ellison, who has opposed the sale and launched a hostile takeover bid.

After another wild year for the industry, the women making the biggest impact across film and television reveal their predictions for Hollywood 2026, discuss the perks and pains of AI and even pitch their dream storylines for The Studio.

To my knowledge, Tarantino hasn’t randomly attacked many beloved actors in precisely this way before. But Dano isn’t even the only actor Tarantino disparages in this particular interview. Tarantino also tells Ellis that he doesn’t “care for” the work of Owen Wilson and Matthew Lillard.

At the dawn of this century, Al Pacino starred in "S1m0ne," a satire about a down-on-his-luck director who creates a computer-generated "star" that conquers Hollywood. Fast forward nearly 25 years, and it appears that real life has caught up with the movies, with the introduction of an AI-generated actress named Tilly Norwood.

These days, attracting a microconstituency of dedicated viewers can be enough to make a hit, as proven by the horror-video-game adaptation.

The Hollywood Reporter won 13 first-place prizes at the 18th annual National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards, including Angie Han being named TV critic of the year. The awards, overseen by the Los Angeles Press Club, were handed out at an awards gala held Sunday night at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles.

A dusty town in the parched northeast has become the nation’s show business destination. But climate change and technology are posing new challenges there.

Channel 4’s Gogglebox is set for a dose of Hollywood. Kieran Culkin, his wife Jazz Charton, Josh Hartnett and Tamsin Egerton are taking part in this year’s Gogglebox for Stand up to Cancer goes Hollywood!