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Behind ESPN’s New Streaming Playbook • As the sports powerhouse plans to launch a flagship service next year, it’s dramatically reworking its on-camera talent and executive ranks with an eye toward keeping its pole position in broadcasting while still resonating with younger viewers

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Studios Plan Pause Amid Election Frenzy • Early November release dates are usually coveted, but execs think tentpoles could get drowned out this year: ‘It’s going to be such a shitshow’

The New Cool Kids of Indie Filmmaking • After launching during the pandemic with backing from A24, the trio behind production-management company 2AM is finally ready to talk about how to make a movie in this economy

8 Questions for … Brooke Shields ACTORS’ EQUITY PRESIDENT

You Can’t Spook Mike Flanagan • The horror hitmaker tackles a different kind of Stephen King adaptation with his heartfelt The Life of Chuck, but don’t expect it to herald a career reinvention (Next up? ‘The scariest movie I’ve ever made’)

Grace Under Pressure • Her headlining role in Tell Me Lies — not to mention her offscreen romance with co-star Jackson White — has put Grace Van Patten in the spotlight, right where she belongs

Visions of Future Past • Red pill or blue pill? Utopia or dystopia? At PST Art — the largest art event in the U.S. — two major shows ask what science fiction says about the modern world

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

If Starting a Streaming Service Were Easy, Everyone Would Do It. Oh, Wait, They Are • What’s the difference between chicken nuggets and streaming content? An eight-episode order doesn’t come with fries. Still, Chick-Fil-A is reportedly launching its own subscription service, a bird-brained idea but hardly the first time a non-entertainment company gave streaming a try.

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

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ANGELINA’S SECOND COMING • After a long hiatus from Hollywood, the actress returns with two intensely personal projects — starring as opera diva Maria Callas and helming the powerful survivor drama Without Blood

Coralie Fargeat Is Not Afraid to Gross You Out • After turning heads (and stomachs) in Cannes, the director’s provocative Demi Moore starrer The Substance is about to be unleashed on the public. Are audiences ready for a bloody, femme body horror about the perils of self-hatred?

‘They’re Not Good Dudes’: New Doc Vice Is Broke Digs Into Giant’s Downfall • Attorney turned chef turned author Eddie Huang tries his hand at nonfiction filmmaking with a TIFF-bowing title about how he and others were treated by Vice Media: ‘I exercised a lot of self-control’

Slasher Director Kills It With Slapstick • With his TIFF opening-night film Nutcrackers, Halloween director David Gordon Green takes on a rare genre: low-budget comedy

Anderson .Paak Unpacks K-Pops, His Directorial Debut • The Grammy-winning R&B artist also co-wrote, starred in and contributed the music for the Korea-set father-and-son comedy, and he’s ready for more: ‘I’m obsessed — I want to do it again’

Shop Here! The Hot List • Five sales titles featuring the likes of Mads Mikkelsen, Sydney Sweeney and Pamela Anderson that could tempt Toronto buyers

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