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Even music schools aren't immune to the impact of Hollywood's labor disputes. The WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes have led to the delay of some apprenticeship programs at the USC Thornton [...]

The aftermath of COVID-19 continues to be felt in the world of academia, and its impact has extended to The Hollywood Reporter's annual list of the world's best music schools. [...]

After weathering more than a year and a half of the COVID-19 pandemic, most music schools in the U.S. are getting back to in-person classes and ensemble performances with vaccine [...]

Every year, THR surveys industry professionals to get their take on the world's finest institutions of musical learning, and in particular how they stack up in terms of positioning composers [...]

Hollywood's money pros prefer to avoid the limelight, but public documents and industry insiders help THR create the ninth annual list of the men and women who help A-listers build [...]

Walt Disney never quite had a 'court composer' for his movies, although legends like Leigh Harline, Frank Churchill and Paul J. Smith contributed iconic scores and song melodies to Disney [...]

Every year, when THR surveys key figures in the entertainment industry to determine the most-in-demand music schools in the world, a debate ensues: Are traditional music institutions more valuable than [...]

Walt Disney Co. CEO Bob Iger remains the most powerful person in entertainment, only adding to his empire with $71 billion of 21st Century Fox assets. But his dominance is [...]

For years, music schools could be divided into two camps: conservatory-style programs that concentrated on classical training, and others that focused on media scoring degrees for film and TV work. [...]

Did you make the list? The second annual ranking of Hollywood's most powerful people brings new blood (Sony's Tony Vinciquerra), stars who also produce (welcome, Reese!) and two Jenkinses (Barry [...]

The $71 billion Disney-Fox deal and recent influx of eight- and nine-figure overall talent deals at Netflix signal that Hollywood is making a serious investment in direct-to-consumer access. THR's third [...]

Following the AT&T-Time Warner mega-deal, Comcast comes out swinging, challenging Disney's $52 billion bid for Fox assets with a $65 billion cash offer. Now, as the Magic Kingdom mulls how [...]

Christian Slater 'MR. ROBOT' 'Everytime you get involved with something, it's a risk. You don't know what the outcome is going to be. But I sat down with Sam Esm [...]

The feuds and financial stakes are bigger than ever as THR presents its annual list of the 100 top legal minds in Hollywood, who brokered Wanda's $3.5 billion purchase of [...]

For students hoping for a career in music for film and television, L.A. still holds a big advantage on THR's annual list of the world's best music schools. As Mark [...]

A career in the music industry is not easy. The competition is fierce, talent alone provides no guarantees, and you're only going to get so many chances to prove yourself. [...]

In 1981, Eric Capogrosso figured out who should be making what in Hollywood--and put it all down on paper. The IDC Hollywood Labor Guide became the bible of the payroll [...]

BEHIND NEARLY EVERY DUSTUP, bust-up, big deal and boldface name in Hollywood are the 100 behind-the-scenes players on the following pages. Although diverse in their legal practices +(Disney corporate lawyer [...]

Howard Altman Grant Tani Barash & Altman Long considered among the very best Hollywood moneymen, Altman is incredibly selective when choosing whether to take on a new client. Pretty much [...]

THE MUSIC BUSINESS WAS BUILT ON THE backs of rebels, from the teen who graduates from troublemaker to rock star to the independent thinker and savvy capitalist who turns passion [...]

DURING A RECENT REPUBLICAN PRIMARY debate, Michele Bachmann spoke of having 'dozens and dozens of children without once having sex,' while Ron Paul pushed his new book about how to [...]

BY ALMOST ANY DEFINITION, Netflix has been the great disruptor of the entertainment business during the past decade. The company has turned more than 20 million Americans into regular consumers [...]

WHAT IS TALENT? For some, in the ever-evolving business world of Hollywood, it's the ability to see potential before anyone else does. For others, it's a knack for negotiating a [...]

ON SEPT. 23, MORGAN FREEMAN WENT ON CNN'S PIERS MORGAN Tonight to proclaim that Tea Party opposition to President Obama 'is a racist thing.' The timing wasn't ideal, considering Dolphin [...]

IN KNOCKED UP, PAUL RUDD'S PETE IS HOOKED ON FANTASY SPORTS TO THE POINT HE hides his participation in the pastime from his wife. It's somewhat biographical given the actor's [...]

WHEN THE PERFECT STORM WAS shooting a dozen years ago, second-billed Mark Wahlberg wasn't yet a full-fledged Hollywood star. But if you were on the set back then you could [...]

IF IMITATION IS FLATTERY, THEN NETFLIX should feel rather charmed lately, because the company's aggressive push into streaming TV shows and movies over the Internet is being copied by, well, [...]

NOW THAT KEITH OLBERMANN HAS LEFT MSNBC, PERHAPS cable news can begin weaning itself from its addiction to Sarah Palin. Sure, it will be tough, even expensive--withdrawals usually are--but we [...]

DISGUSTED THAT A VIDEO RENTAL store raked him over the coals for returning a movie late, Reed Hastings created Netflix. Seventeen million subscribers later, some people probably wish a clerk [...]

LOS ANGELES -- Talk recently overtook country music as the nation's most popular radio format. But with the genre losing Dr. Laura Schlessinger and possibly Howard Stern at year's end, [...]

After Jeff Bewkes was made CEO of Time Warner in 2007, he sold off AOL, Time Warner Cable and even corporate namesake Time Inc. to focus the firm's energies on [...]

In 2013, Nickelodeon pulled its library from Netflix in an attempt to stem its free-falling linear ratings. Now, Viacom's kid-focused cable network has pivoted in the opposite direction: supplying the [...]

When Disney+ launches Nov. 12, the new streaming service will begin what Disney CEO Bob Iger hopes is a quick journey to at least 60 million subscribers by the end [...]

Private equity firm TPG Capital has invested billions in media via CAA, Vice, Spotify, STX and even Cirque du Soleil. But are its showbiz bets paying off? Shortly after TPG [...]

On Aug. 23, thousands of Disney's most faithful fans will trek to D23 Expo in Anaheim, where they'll be treated to sneak peeks of the new live-action Lady and the [...]

With CBS expected to acquire Viacom for up to $15.4 billion, Redstone would be able to leverage IP like Star Trek across film and TV and better stock streaming offerings [...]

John Debney came to score 'Iron Man 2,' he faced a particular challenge: Being consistent with the first outing in the franchise, while adding his own distinct voice. 'It's quite [...]

It was quite a ride--beginning a century ago with the likes of D.W. Griffith, Darryl Zanuck and Charlie Chaplin--but America's reign as the dominant audience for movies will end in [...]

When Silver Lake Partners paid $200 million in 2012 for 31 percent of what was then known as William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, it created a domino effect that may yet [...]

When the Writers Guild of America sued the four major agencies April 17 over packaging fees, it was a major escalation in a war that has upended talent-representative relationships. But [...]

When President Trump passed a tax-reform bill in December that lowered the corporate rate, AT&T celebrated by issuing $1,000 bonuses to 200,000 employees and by increasing capital expenditures by $1 [...]

JUNG GWANG IL IS SITTING IN A comfortable hotel room in Seoul, South Korea, recalling the hell he endured as a North Korean. He describes something that resembles waterboarding and [...]

All that stolen data exposed more than embarrassing emails. It also sent dozens of Hollywood payroll companies into red alert to secure their data in an identity theft economy where [...]

We spoke to composers from 15 of the year's biggest films and asked them how they discussed music with their directors, the toughest or most inspiring sequences in the films [...]

1 Amy Pascal & co-chairman, Sony Pictures Entertainment Who would have thought that the canny young woman who started out as indie producer Tony Garnett's assistant would become one of [...]

WE TALKED TO SOME of the most promising composers in and around Hollywood and asked them what got them excited about film music in the first place, what they've learned [...]

Given the fact that film composers tend to produce work that is most effective when it's not drawing attention to itself, they're not always Hollywood's most garrulous bunch. But when [...]

UNLIKE PREVIOUS YEARS that saw the usual suspects wing for Oscar gold in the composing category, this year's field is a diverse bunch, ranging from film score novices to old [...]

'My first impression of Harry was a small bundle of energy,' director Andrew Adamson says of his composer collaborator on 2005's 'The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & [...]

APOCALYPTO James Horner Director: Mel Gibson Studio: Buena Vista Director's Orders: 'Mel has so much film experience. I try and understand his process, which has evolved over time, but he [...]