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NBA’s Slam-Dunk Deals Will Reshape TV • The league’s $76 billion worth of long-term rights agreements may usher in a ‘transfer of wealth’ from Hollywood, shifting spending on scripted programming to sports fare
Heat Index
What Hollywood Wants From Kamala • With a new Democratic ticket, there’s a push to influence policy — namely, whether to fire agency chiefs who have caused headaches for dealmakers
Rights Available! • A hot new book with Hollywood appeal
How the Strike Impacted Writers’ Earnings • After a 148-day work stoppage in 2023, WGA West members reported $600 million less in earnings year-over-year, the guild said July 26 in its annual report.
Shari Redstone’s Next Act • After inking a megadeal to sell off her Paramount Global empire, the mogul is investing in a Broadway play — a workplace drama
The Comic-Con Buzz-o-Meter • The studio presentations that wowed the fans in San Diego (yes, Marvel is back) — and the ones that left them wanting more (looking at you, Lionsgate)
Special FX: Behind a Remarkable Emmys Resurgence • ‘I was just stunned,’ longtime FX chief John Landgraf tells THR after his network — part of the Disney family since 2019 — landed 93 Emmy nominations, 37 more than its previous high and this year second only to Netflix’s 107
Shyamalan’s Singing Scion Makes Her Acting Debut • M. Night’s daughter Saleka talks about playing a pop star in his new film, Trap, for which she also wrote 14 songs
When a Hollywood Smile Is Too Perfect • While veneer-enhanced, $60,000 teeth certainly sparkle on red carpets, flawless chompers increasingly need to be dirtied up onscreen so they don’t look out of place
THR’S HOT DATES CALENDAR
Yes, I Did Say That! • A look at who’s saying what in entertainment
Power Dining
Rambling Reporter
Hitched, Hatched, Hired • Inside the industry’s celebrations and news
How Miami Vice Changed Menswear Forever • Ahead of the show’s 40th anniversary, its executive producer Michael Mann and costume designers show how Crockett and Tubbs’ wardrobes broke the mold and rule red carpets today
Comic-Con • San Diego, July 25-28
MANY MEN COME FOR HOLLYWOOD. 50 CENT CONQUERED IT • Against all odds, the rapper has launched an empire that includes a dozen shows, his own studio and even a Netflix doc on nemesis Sean Combs — without softening his edge or hustle
COLUMBIA’S STORIED CENTURY • IT BEGAN AS THE ‘SIBERIA’ OF STUDIOS, STUDIOS A SCRAPPY OUTFIT THAT WENT ON TO WIN MORE OSCARS THAN ANY OTHER. NOW THE SONY CROWN JEWEL, ONE OF THE LAST HOLLYWOOD MAJORS STANDING, IS PURSUING A SECOND ACT STRATEGICALLY BUILT ON ITS GRAND LEGACY
COLUMBIA’S COLORFUL HISTORY
HOW GREAT MOVIES GOT MADE • Though mythologized as enemies, in reality executives don’t always give annoying notes and directors aren’t always divas. Here, notable creative collaborations that along the way have set the culture on fire
HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD — AT 24 FRAMES PER SECOND • More than just about any other studio, Columbia has a long history of pushing Hollywood’s boundaries, with movies on hot-button issues from racism to nuclear energy
TORCH LADY: THE 2024 REMIX
BETTE MIDLER • THE DIVINE MISS M LOOKS BACK AT A LIFE FULL OF RAUNCH AND ROCK ’N’ ROLL AND SHARES HER HARD-WON WISDOM AS ‘AN OLD-TIMER WHO’S BEEN THROUGH A LOT’
A First Time for Everything • Eight freshman Emmy nominees, including Baby Reindeer’s Jessica Gunning and Shogun’s Tadanobu Asano, share the moment they knew their project...