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.

The Hollywood Reporter

Why Is It So Hard to Film in Los Angeles? • As the number of movie and TV shoots approaches historic lows, threatening to turn the town into a production graveyard, insiders are lobbying for fewer restrictions, lower fees and more incentives to help bolster Hollywood’s place in the city it calls home

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Steve Asbell • 20TH CENTURY STUDIOS PRESIDENT

20th Century’s Call Sheet

A New Metric for Movies: The Empathy Score • Revealing new Stanford research finds that when people lose themselves in a story, their attitudes change. THR looks at how one test case study worked

Streaming’s Next Savior: Your Grocery Store • To reduce churn, Disney+, Max, Peacock and Paramount+ are turning to deals with food chains and delivery apps

Rights Available! • A hot new book with Hollywood appeal

Netflix’s Wall Street Dominance

Getting Sirius: Who’s Next After Howard Stern? • With big deals for SmartLess and Call Her Daddy, the satellite powerhouse aims to keep bringing in new names to grow subscribers and battle rivals as it prepares for the eventual retirement of its biggest host

Caped Fear: Being Super Isn’t Easy • After a career of fits and starts, Billy Magnussen finally lands a hero role — albeit on HBO’s tongue-in-cheek spoof The Franchise — but he’s still not entirely sold on Hollywood

The Week’s Best Dressed

Are Homes Getting Too Smart? • AI-enabled appliances are anticipating our every need. But the convenience comes at a price

City of Dreams SCREAMS • With horror killing it at the box office, it’s no wonder Hollywood is going all out this Halloween season, from kid-friendly hayrides to truly terrifying haunted houses

Who Did John and Yoko Call at 3 a.m.? • The publicist and indefatigable celebrity confidant — and now memoirist — Elliot Mintz is the throughline between the Beatle, his lover, Bob Dylan and Paris Hilton: ‘I took it all very seriously’

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

Follow the Money: Harris’ Biggest Hollywood Donors • Donald Trump might have Elon Musk (and his $75 million America PAC), but the vice president pretty much has all of Hollywood backing her bid for the White House. According to the latest FEC filings, this is how much eight notable names have ponied up to the Harris Victory Fund. Federal law limits contributions to $926,300 per individual, and some of these donors may have already neared their max-out number earlier in the election cycle

Rambling Reporter

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

Academy Museum Gala • Los Angeles, Oct. 19

Creators A-List Party • West Hollywood, Oct. 10

SECRETS OF A SCREAM QUEEN • Master chameleon Janelle Monáe owns the night — not to mention an increasing chunk of Hollywood’s Halloween trade with her own new attraction. The actress and singer dishes on her latest jaw-dropping costume (revealed here for the first time), spills the details of her star-studded Fright Night party and explains her lifelong Halloween obsession: ‘I’m a transformative motherfucker’

JANELLE MONÁE BRINGS THE GREEN ON HALLOWEEN

JANELLE, IS THAT YOU? • Monáe on the inspiration, execution and elaborate backstories of her last five years of epic ensembles

WE’VE ALWAYS LIVED IN FEAR • MCCARTHY-ERA PARANOIA. THE AIDS EPIDEMIC. POST-9/11 TRAUMA. HORROR HAS RELENTLESSLY REFLECTED OUR FEARS … AND SPUN THEM INTO BOX OFFICE GOLD

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