The Hollywood Reporter

The all-new Hollywood Reporter offers unprecedented access to the people, studios, networks and agencies that create the magic in Hollywood. Published weekly, the oversized format includes exceptional photography and rich features.

Gold Medals for Summer’s Box Office Winners! • After a string of movies wildly overperformed, studios and theater owners are feeling more hopeful as a dramatic year-over-year revenue gap closes and the sky-is-falling narrative dissolves

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Summer Box Office: On the Road to Recovery

‘The Olympics Are Our Billion-Dollar Lab’ • Riding a viewership spike, NBCUniversal execs are already thinking about how to fine-tune their approach to the 2026 Games in Milan and the 2028 return to L.A.

Hollywood’s AI Rift Is Only Growing • While unions aim to establish guardrails and artists are going to court, studios are looking to use artificial intelligence tools more often in production

AI Goes to Court: A Timeline

Show Stephen A. Smith the Money • The fiery host of ESPN’s First Take doesn’t care that you’re talking about his ongoing contract negotiations or that you think he’s a conservative because he’s pals with Sean Hannity, but there is one box he’d like to escape: ‘I’m not interested in being pigeonholed in sports’

SNL’s ‘Junkie for Chaos’ Is Ready to Lead • Ego Nwodim takes her first starring series role in Peacock’s comedy Mr. Throwback opposite Adam Pally and Stephen Curry

A Hollywood Producer’s Long, Hot Summer • In her latest travel diary for THR, Irena Medavoy writes about dancing the night away in Provence, catching Robbie Williams in London and losing herself in Switzerland

THR’S HOT DATES

Yes, I Did Say That! • A look at who’s saying what in entertainment

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Hitched, Hatched, Hired • Inside the industry’s celebrations and news

Stars for Sale • Selena Gomez, Snoop Dogg, Jennifer Aniston and Ryan Reynolds share the secrets behind their successes with beauty, spirits, design, wellness, fashion and food lines. Minting cash amid a film and TV contraction, these 30 celebrity brand builders have leapt to the top of their categories

6 STAR-POWERED STARTUPS TO WATCH • Hair-care lines from Beyoncé and Brooke Shields lead some of the hottest new celebrity brand launches

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2024 Olympics • Paris, July 26-Aug. 2

The Instigators • New York City, July 31

THE INDUSTRY STRIKES BACK • HOLLYWOOD AND SILICON VALLEY HAVE BEEN LOCKED IN AN EPIC STRUGGLE FOR DECADES. BUT NOW, WITH A GALAXY-DEFINING ELECTION JUST THREE MONTHS AWAY AND BOTH CAMPS DUG IN ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE POLITICAL FORCE, THE STAKES HAVE NEVER BEEN HIGHER

THE THING ABOUT DATELINE • The TV show that turned true crime into an art form was caught flat-footed as podcasts encroached on its turf. But three decades after its debut, the beloved series has reclaimed its crown, bringing its investigative chops and its hosts’ unmistakable voices to the audio medium. Who says crime doesn’t pay?

THE 40(ISH) MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN PODCASTING • The on-air talent and behind-the-scenes dealmakers (increasingly the same folks) who are topping the charts and redefining the sector in its third decade

PODCASTING’S BIGGEST CHALLENGE RIGHT NOW? • There’s never been more podcasters. So what’s holding the industry back?

THOUGHTS ON 1.5X? • Top podcasters are deeply divided on accelerated listening

WHEN PACINO FINALLY REWATCHED THE GODFATHER • Hosting an Audible podcast about the creation of the 1972 gangster classic, the author watched the film with its star, who hadn’t seen it start-to-finish in decades. The experience for the actor, in a word? ‘Humbling’

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