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Sheryl Lee Ralph Puts Positive Spin on Emmys Delay Amid Strike: “My Reign Has Been…
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No, Says Kim Cattrall, I Did Not Channel Samantha Jones in My New Skims Campaign
The actress catches up with THR to also talk about why she's impressed with Kim Kardashian and how she's been spending time amid the strike.
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Paris Hilton’s Walmart Journey: From Reality Show Dis to Business Partners
The socialite mogul catches up with THR to revisit an iconic scene on 'The Simple Life' and dishes on her new cookware line with America’s biggest retailer.
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Sunset Tower Introduces Fleet of Vintage Wheels for Guests
"I've always loved vintage architecture and cars, and have thought about how cool would it be to marry the two," explains hotelier Jeff Klein.
Irish Pub Owner Re-creates ‘Banshees’ Bar Using Film’s Set Pieces
Immersive cinema experiences are big business these days, with fans being invited, briefly, into the reconstructed worlds of Stranger Things, James Bond and other major titles. But few would put Martin McDonagh’s melancholic Irish comedy The Banshees of Inisherin as next in line. Enter Luke Mee, who has painstakingly rebuilt JJ Devine’s — the traditional pub […]
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Italian Restaurant Nerano Welcomes Beloved Toscana Veteran as New Maitre D’
When Nerano in Beverly Hills needed a new maître d’, owners drafted a familiar face from parent company Toscana Restaurant Group. Francesco Greco assumed the post earlier this summer, marking a return to the family after having served in a similar position at Toscana in Brentwood for 15 years before departing for a new chapter […]
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How One Dual Striker’s Custom Hats Are Raising Money for Picketers
As a member of WGA and SAG-AFTRA, actor, writer and producer Katie O’Brien (TV Land’s Teachers, Disney+’s The Santa Clauses) is double striking. But she’s found a way to fill her time while also supporting fellow picketers. O’Brien is selling custom hats (with a suggested donation of $25 a hat) with catchy slogans — “It’s […]
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Breaking Bread While Screening ‘The Bear’ in London
The SAG-AFTRA strike may mean that most promotional activity is strictly off the menu, but The Bear found a fitting — and filling — way to showcase its second season, serving up a four-course meal for select media during a special screening in London on July 18. Organized by Disney+ (where the hit show streams in […]
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World Harvest Food Bank Offering Free Groceries to Striking Writers and Actors
Drew Carey’s generous gesture of goodwill is spreading. Not long after SAG unanimously voted to join the WGA on the picket lines — bringing Hollywood to a halt with the first dual strike since 1960 — veteran SAG member (and Pulitzer Prize finalist) Kristina Wong thought of the Price Is Right host, as Carey had pledged […]
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Jaboukie Young-White on His Side Career as Rapper: “It’s Always Been a Very Personal Thing”
After making a name for himself as a writer, actor, comedian and a must-follow on Twitter, Jaboukie Young-White is on to his next venture: music. Young-White is dropping his debut album, All Who Can’t Hear Must Feel, this summer via Interscope Records, after the release of three singles earlier this year. “I kind of Forrest […]
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Michael B. Jordan Talks Meditation, Shirtless Scenes and New Brand Deal
Michael B. Jordan has a new(ish) partner in the fitness and wellness space. The actor, producer and filmmaker has teamed with Propel for the launch of the Propel Your City Project. Designed to “bring people together for movement,” the multi-city project will support the efforts of fitness organizations dedicated to addressing barriers to wellness in […]
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Why Jeffrey Katzenberg and Rabbi Marvin Hier Journeyed to Jerusalem With a Letter From Hitler
Jeffrey Katzenberg and Rabbi Marvin Hier, founder and CEO of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, took a trip to Jerusalem late last month to meet with Israeli President Isaac Herzog. The pair presented Herzog with a facsimile of the Hitler Letter, a correspondence written in 1919 by Adolf Hitler that espouses the destruction of the Jewish […]
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Cancel Summer Vacation or Just Don’t Post About it? How Hollywood Is Agonizing Over Time Off Amid WGA Strike
As the WGA strike stretches past the two-month mark, the industry reckoning has bumped up against another work stoppage: summer vacation. This time of year has long been the season of out-of-office replies, as insiders clear schedules en masse and set off on extended trips, taking advantage of school breaks and the July 4th holiday. […]
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‘The Afterparty’ Stars Dish on Keeping Whodunnit Plot a Secret: “It’s Really an Honor System”
It’s almost time for The Afterparty. The Apple TV+ murder mystery comedy series from über creators Phil Lord and Chris Miller returns to the streamer for a second season on July 12. The 10-episode installment introduces a new mystery with a new set of characters and episodes told through popular film genres. Though it’s not […]
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Why ‘Barbie’ Screening Left Issa Rae “Speechless”
Issa Rae has a new gig. The mogul, who steers a production company with film, TV and media projects, a management company, record label, coffee business, and more, has partnered with retail delivery platform Shipt on a new campaign. Debuting this week, the partnership, which marks Shipt’s largest advertising investment, finds Rae front and center […]
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John Mulaney Helps THR’s Scott Feinberg Toast Milestone 500th Episode of ‘Awards Chatter’
The Hollywood Reporter’s resident awards guru Scott Feinberg had a big night on June 14 by taping a milestone 500th episode of his Awards Chatter podcast with special guest John Mulaney, promoting his Netflix comedy special Baby J. The installment — recorded live in front of 40 guests during a private celebration inside the Beverly […]
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How Not Taking Himself Seriously Landed James Marsden in Emmy Contention
‘Tis the season again for FYC events, stunts and promos but it’s all new for James Marsden. The veteran actor turned up in Studio City on June 14 to stand on Laurel Canyon Boulevard in front of a taco truck to greet fans and speak to press about his Freevee series Jury Duty. A traveling […]
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Joshua Jackson on Why He Needs a “Love Story” After Multiple Intense Roles
In the last three years, Joshua Jackson has played a husband and father with his home life in chaos in Little Fires Everywhere, a murderous surgeon in Dr. Death and, now, adulterer and accused murderer Dan Gallagher — the role originated by Michael Douglas in 1987’s Fatal Attraction — in the Paramount+ series adaptation of […]
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Don Cheadle and Cedric the Entertainer Share Entrepreneur Secrets, Talk Hollywood at Inaugural “DonVersations” Event
An intimate and engaged group of Black entrepreneurs gathered on June 5 to take in a conversation between Don Cheadle and Cedric the Entertainer at Culver City’s Blackbird, the private work and wellbeing collective for women of color and allies founded by Don’s wife, Bridgid Coulter Cheadle. The wide-ranging conversation — dubbed a “DonVersation,” a […]
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How One Entrepreneurial Writers PA Is Navigating the Strike — With Coffee
The WGA strike has forced some to consider alternative employment including temporary jobs and side hustles. Others, like Andrea Alba Von-Buren, a writers’ production assistant who worked on The CW’s Gotham Knights, launched a business by staying close to her community of scribes — and keeping them caffeinated. In late May, she introduced Dean’s Coffee, […]
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