A must-read from my colleague Pamela McClintock. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

New: The Writers Guild West and Editors Guild are attempting to unionize a YouTube content studio -- acknowledging the new balance of power in entertainment www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...

Jeffrey Katzenberg once talked about spending $100,000 a minute on projects for Quibi. Now, verticals are spending that much for a 60-90 minute series. How Hollywood is trying to get in the microdramas game (without blowing up budgets): www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

The Teen Vogue union on today’s consolidation news: The changes are “clearly designed to blunt the award-winning magazine’s insightful journalism at a time when it is needed the most” www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

New: The Hollywood AI threat through the lens of animal actors (and their trainers and wranglers) www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/li...

As studios/streamers are shying away from docs and scripted films considered too political or controversial, the celeb EP has stepped into the void. A look at this world! www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Wow. The Directors Guild of America has elected Christopher Nolan as its new president -- couldn’t get more high-profile than that. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

We asked some actual showrunners to try Showrunner AI, the platform that allows you to create short animations with a text prompt and some choices. They did not feel particularly threatened. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-featur...

ICYMI: The production assistants on ‘Abbott Elementary’ have filed for a union election www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

It’s been almost 2 years since the SAG-AFTRA strike ended, and the union has finally set up its streaming bonus fund just as Fran Drescher, who pushed for its creation, is ending her term as president. From @katiekilkenny.bsky.social:

I visited the offices of Steven Paul, Jon Voight's manager and one member of a team working to represent Hollywood interests at the White House. Here's what I learned about him, the plan and a potential federal film/TV tax incentive: www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

Big news for Hollywood support staffers: The PAs and office assistants on ‘The Pitt’ S2 have unionized. “This is only the beginning,” says a union leader www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

Being a production assistant is a rite of passage for some workers in Hollywood, but during the industry contraction it’s turned into a bit of a holding cell. We talked to PAs across the country about their experiences in 2025. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

Late-breaking Hollywood union news: Sean Astin, of ‘Lord of the Rings’ fame, is running for SAG-AFTRA president www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

WGA East and the company that produces “The Kitchen” and other Food Network shows have a new contract that includes culinary producers, food stylists, set PAs and others. From my colleague @katiekilkenny.bsky.social

Winston Cho and I somehow got to follow Jonathan Nolan, Patty Jenkins, Damon Lindelof and others around Sacramento for a day. They were there to talk about film and TV tax credits, but other things were going on. Our story: www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

Even at a time when Hollywood crews are struggling, production assistants (PAs) are pushing ahead with an ambitious, sprawling effort to unionize their entire cohort nationwide. Inside their effort: www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

The Writers Guild of America West has voluntarily recognized its own staff union. Still, there were allegations of union-busting during the campaign, which we’ve detailed here: www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

New: The Writers Guild of America West has its own unionizing drive on its hand, with staffers in legal, contracts, residuals, etc. looking to join the Pacific Northwest Staff Union www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

New: The WGA West has gone public with the members disciplined (expelled, suspended, censured) after its 2023 strike trials — and four have appealed www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

Some fun L.A. news: The staff of the La Brea Tar Pits and L.A.'s Natural History Museum have unionized www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/local-n...

The new head of the AMPTP has been named: Greg Hessinger, who has worked on both the union and employer side www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

The Hollywood Teamsters are taking over jurisdiction of film and TV work in Oklahoma after an investigation found "financial malpractice" at a Local there. My latest: www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

'Wolf Hall' is back! But it very nearly wasn't. My latest: www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-featur...

Breaking news: A federal judge just ordered the reinstatement of Democratic NLRB member Gwynne Wilcox, whom Trump fired to eliminate the board’s quorum. Trump’s firing was ‘unlawful’ and therefore ‘null and void’

An Alamo Drafthouse in Colorado is going on strike, just in time for the four-day Valentine's Day/Presidents Day box office weekend www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

The great @katiekilkenny.bsky.social and I both wondered how the streaming bonus payments that were a key point in the 2023 WGA & SAG-AFTRA strikes were going. So we asked.

Jonathan Sims, a VFX worker-turned-director, let me and a videographer follow him as he searched the remains of his home in Altadena for a family heirloom. Very grateful we were able to tell the story of the trip. www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/local-n...

If you're a member of the entertainment community and you've left or evacuated L.A. due to the fires, @throfficial.bsky.social would love to know where you're headed and why. Shelter? Staying with family? Airbnb or hotel? DM or email at [email protected]. Stay safe out there!

New: Hollywood crew members have been through so much over the past few years and now some are losing homes. "I keep reinventing myself. And this just kicked me right in the gut," says one. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

What will Hollywood activism look like during Trump 2.0? I dug into it with some figures in the entertainment/politics space. www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politic...

Going to use my precious first post on here to praise this incredible short film about Chaz Dean and his ubiquitous L.A. billboards (!). Local icon. www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...