Tag: hollywood

• Sacha Baron-Cohen

  February 12, 2021

  https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/sacha-baron-cohen-borat-subsequent-moviefilm-acting-advice-72538/ more ›

• Twilight of the Media Elites

  October 18, 2020

  COVID has been the great accelerant of every budding trend: Virtual kitchens instead of restaurants, physical stores turning into e-commerce fulfillment centers, universal work from home (at least for the… more ›

• Reed Hastings Had Us All Staying Home Before We Had To

  September 7, 2020

  Does it feel good to be the man who killed Hollywood? At 59, the slender, gray-haired Mr. Hastings remains a mystery in the industry he dominates. “He’s a complete cipher… more ›

• The Week Old Hollywood Finally, Actually Died

  September 6, 2020

  For decades, the best thing about being a Hollywood executive, really, was how you got fired. Studio executives would be gradually, gently, even lovingly, nudged aside, given months to shape… more ›

• The Disruptive World of Edward Norton

  October 13, 2019

  Edward Norton’s intense, cerebral presence in a film has always been a fairly reliable indicator that you’re going to see something good. In recent years, though, Norton’s onscreen performances have… more ›

• Ben Affleck’s ‘Broken’ Batman

  March 14, 2016

  Ben Affleck’s ‘Broken’ Batman » SANTA MONICA, Calif. — On the morning of the Academy Awards, Ben Affleck was at my hotel door. more ›