More from Steven Zeitchik
Why This May Be The Strangest Oscar Season Ever
From one frontrunner undone by AI to another favorite torpedoed by old posts, this year's awards campaigns have been fractured, confused and filled with excitement and ennui.
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The Musk-Altman Feud Is Kendrick-Drake…But With a Lot More Impact on Our Lives
Why we should care about these broligarchs dropping diss tracks.
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This Is What Big Tech Was Trying to Do to Us at the Super Bowl
Commercials during the Big Game sought to make AI our cuddly friend. It rarely worked.
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‘Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat’ Director: Our World’s Problems Go Well Beyond Trump and the Republicans
The “extraction economy” is to blame for many social ills, says Johan Grimonprez.
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Oscar Studios Are Taking a Lot Fewer Risks Than They Used to
The big awards companies like to tout their dice-rolling. Eye them skeptically.
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Beat the Press: Inside Trump’s War on Big Media
Settling landmark lawsuits, jettisoning "loser" anchors, shoveling out millions for vanity productions nobody (but Trump) wants to see — how Hollywood and the media are caving to the new MAGA order.
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The (Literal) Ralph Fiennes Cinematic Universe
Sure, you know he’s prolific. But did you know that his film characters can fill a galaxy?
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Here’s How the Oscars Should Address L.A.’s Wildfires
Nominees talk with THR about how the Academy should approach the tragedy.
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Almost Golden: Demi Moore, Ariana Grande, Sebastian Stan and Others on Being First-Time Nominees
This year’s acting nominees range from box office legends to newcomers. Here’s how they feel about vying for Hollywood’s highest honor.
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One Diversity Initiative Trump Can’t Destroy? The Oscars
This year's nominees are the optics antidote we didn't know we needed.
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As He Awaits Release From Federal Prison, Leonard Peltier Is Still in Danger, Advocates Say
The warning comes after the joyous twist of clemency for the Indigenous activist, as shown in a Sundance film premiering Monday.
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A Pulitzer-Winning War Photographer Allegedly Tried to Stop a Sundance Screening of a Doc About Him
The battle heats up between indie journalists and the Associated Press over a movie questioning the author of an iconic Vietnam image.
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