Is TikTok Actually Creating More One-Hit Wonders?
Elias Leight, Billboard
The portion of artists who failed to follow-up their first hit has been relatively constant in the last two decades — but rose in 2020.
In 2020, CBS made a landmark deal with the NAACP. So where are the TV shows?
Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times
The 2020 murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police horrified the country, sparking massive protests and propelling the Black Lives Matter movement demanding justice for Black people in the face of systemic racism and violence.
Why Hollywood isn’t — and can’t be — just about blockbusters
Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times
Studio executives like to talk about the good old days when companies would release a lot of mid-budget titles at the box office — your adult comedies, your mid-tier erotic thrillers, your star-studded rom-coms.
Faced With the AI Revolution, the Entertainment Industry Can’t Pull a Napster
Peter Csathy, The Wrap
Lawsuits won’t stop change from coming, so it’s better to learn everything we can about new technology.
Netflix & the Most Valuable Real Estate in Hollywood
Julia Alexander, Puck News
While its rivals shift back to a theatrical-first, monetize-as-you-can content strategy, Netflix is doubling down on what it does best: leveraging its massive scale, data, and that coveted home page to resurface content that the rest of Hollywood needs to sell.
Post-#MeToo, Progress for Women in Hollywood Has Stalled. Will It Get Back on Track?
Diane Garrett, Variety
With Women’s History Month well underway, Variety asked female leaders in Hollywood a simple question: Are we better off today than we were five years ago?
Paramount’s Chris McCarthy on the Future of ‘Daily Show,’ ‘Yellowstone’ Offshoots and Why Showtime Eulogies Are Premature
Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter
In the latest “Table for Two,” the fast-rising head of Paramount Media Networks — and now Showtime — explains how the doubters fuel him, the logic behind his franchise strategy and why he leaves the script reading to his deputies: “I often get confused for a creative.”
“It’s a Lot of Suffering”: The Audacious Filmmaking Behind ‘John Wick: Chapter 4’
Miles Surrey, The Ringer
The latest “John Wick” might be the most entertaining chapter yet—and one of the best action films in recent memory. It required the creative minds behind the assassin to up the ante in every way imaginable—while also laying the groundwork for the future of the Wick universe, with or without Keanu Reeves.
Dominique Fishback already turned in the performance of the year — and she’s just getting started
Lester Fabian Brathwaite, Entertainment Weekly
Dominque Fishback in Swarm is the kind of performance that makes careers. It’s the kind of performance that turns an ingenue into an “it” girl, a working actress into a bona fide star whom everyone wants for their next big thing.
Audie Cornish’s Long Struggle to Remake the News
Sarah Larson, The New Yorker
Cornish has watched the media evolve, experiment, and experience dramatic layoffs. In “The Assignment,” her CNN podcast, she’s trying to find a new way forward.
Ari Aster Has Something Funny to Show You. Don’t Be Scared.
Joshua Rothkopf, The New York Times
The maker of “Midsommar” may be known for horror, but he thought that film was comical. With his latest movie, “Beau Is Afraid,” the dark humor is more apparent.
