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Activision Blizzard Reaches $54.8M Settlement to Resolve Pay Disparity, Discrimination Claims
Activision Blizzard has reached an approximately $55 million settlement with California’s Civil Rights Department to resolve pay disparity and discrimination claims, the agency announced on Friday. The gaming giant behind Call of Duty and World of Warcraft had been accused of discriminating against women denying them promotion opportunities and paying them less than men for doing […]
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‘A Christmas Story’ at 40: Peter Billingsley on Those 24-Hour Marathons and the Great ‘Die Hard’ Debate
The star of one of the most iconic Christmas films of all time has waded into one of the holiday season’s most divisive annual debates: Is Die Hard a Christmas movie? Peter Billingsley says yes — and in the season finale episode of his A Cinematic Christmas Journey podcast, which releases Dec. 15, he does […]
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‘Jessica Jones’ Breakout Turns to ‘Designing Christmas’: A Chat With Susie Abromeit on Storytelling and Holiday Movies
‘Tis the season for holiday films. This year, Susie Abromeit is stepping into the spirit playing an interior designer tasked with a career-changing assignment — a Christmas charity ball — that requires working with a difficult, but handsome, stranger. Designing Christmas With You is the latest project from Abromeit’s four-picture deal with Great American Family, which was […]
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Ava DuVernay Joins MasterClass Roster With Course on Filmmaking (Exclusive)
Award-winning filmmaker Ava DuVernay is giving an up-close view of her work on the set of Origin in a new course on MasterClass — and The Hollywood Reporter has a first look at the teaser. DuVernay’s class “Reframe Your Thinking” will launch in early 2024. In the class, DuVernay shares how the skills she uses to […]
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Marvel Settles Fight Over Spider-Man, Doctor Strange Rights
It looks like Marvel won’t be bringing its battle over the rights to Spider-Man and Doctor Strange into the new year. Attorneys for the company and the estate of Steve Ditko on Wednesday notified the court that they’ve reached an amicable settlement and expect a stipulation of dismissal with prejudice to be filed in the […]
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‘Somm’ Director on Why His New Wine Doc Is Really a “Geopolitical Thriller”
When Jason Wise set out to make the fourth documentary in his Somm series it was intended to be a history and religion-centric film — “the Planet Earth of wine” — but after meeting a winemaker named Vahe Keushguerian in Armenia those plans changed. Somm: Cup of Salvation centers on Keushguerian and his daughter Aimee, […]
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Why a Wave of High-Profile Sexual Assault Lawsuits Is Arriving Now
If it seems like the music industry is facing a moment of reckoning — this month, lawsuits were filed against Sean “Diddy” Combs, music mogul L.A. Reid and ex-Grammys CEO Neil Portnow — it might be, but it’s likely that these cases are making headlines all at once because a New York law that suspends […]
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Improv Made Amy Poehler More “Resilient,” Now She’s Teaching a MasterClass
As an SNL alum and co-founder of the Upright Citizens Brigade, Amy Poehler knows a thing or two about improv. Now she’s sharing the lessons she’s learned throughout her career in a new MasterClass special. “The principles of improv have made me more creative, more resilient and more collaborative,” Poehler tells The Hollywood Reporter. “My […]
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Next Gen 2023: The Hollywood Reporter’s 35 Rising Executives 35 and Under
In 1993, Jurassic Park (the first one) was the No. 1 movie at the box office, The X-Files went to air and THR debuted its first list of the top 35 Hollywood execs 35 and under. In the 30 years that followed, Next Gen alums have created cinematic universes (Kevin Feige was selected in 2003) […]
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Matthew Lillard on “Humbling and Exciting” ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ Success and Creating Authentic Experiences for Fans
Matthew Lillard is in his Renaissance era. His latest film, Five Nights at Freddy’s, is smashing box office and streaming records, he has a new improv show premiering on Amazon’s Freevee next week, his Quest’s End whiskey sold out its first drop, and he runs a luxury gaming company, Beadle & Grimm’s, with four of […]
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Hollywood Power Lawyer Spotlights Veterans in Documentary ‘Black Uniform’
When Power Lawyer Bob Darwell isn’t working on deals for clients like Amazon Studios, Nickelodeon and Wondery, he’s a documentarian. Darwell’s latest film, Black Uniform, tells the story of 12 Black men and women who served in the U.S. military during major conflicts dating back to World War II — including 104-year-old Romay Davis, who […]
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CAA’s Music City Office to Relocate to Nashville Yards
Creative Artists Agency has signed an agreement to move its rapidly growing Nashville office to a new luxury development downtown in late 2025, the company announced Monday. CAA’s Music City headquarters is home to more than 130 employees across music, digital media, sports, brand consulting, property sales and CAA ICON, which is a strategic management […]
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