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Byline: JOY PRESS NATALIE JARVEY The Hangover Billions in losses. Sweeping layoffs and restructuring. A writers strike. Now that the streaming bubble has burst, the TV industry has woken up [...]

Byline: Joy Press THE REVOLUTION That Wasn't It's been five years since #MeToo rocked Hollywood. Insiders say not enough has changed Five years ago, #MeToo rattled the entertainment industry down [...]

Byline: Joy Press ILLUSTRATION BY JORGE AR�VALO The Director WHISPERER Judith Weston advises filmmakers on how to coax great performances out of every actor Actors can be needy, fragile creatures-they [...]

This article provides an overview of the search for a new CEO at Disney, as current CEO Bob Iger is set to retire in 2026. The company is facing challenges such as disappointing box office results and the need to make Disney+ profitable. The board is considering both internal and external candidates for the position, with Dana Walden, Alan Bergman, Jimmy Pitaro, and Josh D'Amaro being potential contenders. The article explores the backgrounds and qualifications of these executives and highlights the careful and thoughtful approach being taken in the search. It also acknowledges the challenges facing Disney and the importance of strong leadership in the entertainment industry. [Extracted from the article]

Byline: JOY PRESS Photographs by ERIK TANNER TOM TOM Club Matthew Macfadyen 's turn as the unctuous, volatile Tom Wambsgans is one of SUCCESSION's unalloyed pleasures. In a cozy bar [...]

Byline: BY JOY PRESS ILLUSTRATIONS BY DEREK ABELLA UP TO THEIR EYEBALLS Anxious about the crowded marketplace, the streamers are going after network TV's dwindling audience-and it's changing what shows [...]

Byline: BY JOY PRESS THE BIG RED FLAG WHEN THE CEO OF SCHOLASTIC DIED SUDDENLY LAST YEAR, HE LEFT CONTROL OF THE FAMILY EMPIRE TO A FORMER COLLEAGUE-HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND. NOW [...]

Byline: Joy Press ILLUSTRATION BY JORGE AR�VALO Introducing President DRESCHER The newly elected head of SAG-AFTRA, Fran Drescher is already setting her sights high Some actors so indelibly meld with [...]

Byline: Joy Press ILLUSTRATION BY JORGE AR�VALO Content Under PRESSURE WarnerMedia's Ann Sarnoff tries to invent a new normal in a wild, fractured Hollywood Ann Sarnoff stands inside the lobby [...]

Ava DuVernay is making history. The Oscar-nominated filmmaker is at work putting the finishing: touches on her highly anticipated adaptation of Madeleine L'Engle's 1962 science-fiction classic, A Wrinkle in Time, [...]

Byline: JOY PRESS Photographs by ALEX MAJOLI Styled by COLINE BACH BINGE WITHOUT BORDERS If there's not a French, Japanese, or Israeli show you love, the world has left you [...]

Byline: Joy Press ILLUSTRATION BY JORGE AR�VALO Call My AGENT How did writers manage to bend the almighty agencies, and what did Hollywood learn from its civil war? In April [...]

Byline: Joy Press PHOTOGRAPH BY MAURIZIO CATTELAN AND PIERPAOLO FERRARI Reality TV's NEW REALITY Is it safe to stick strangers in a house-and do we still want to watch? Sometimes [...]

" Jodie Comer saw traces of Waller-Bridge in her own Killing Eve character, Villanelle - not the ruthless hired assassin bit but the fearlessness. A thriller Waller-Bridge created about the obsessional cat-and-mouse relationship between an excitement-starved intelligence agent (Sandra Oh) and a fashion-forward assassin (Jodie Comer), Killing Eve mashed up black comedy, international intrigue, and unconventional lesbian romance. "Vicky really lit that flame again", Waller-Bridge says. Features IN THE WISTERIA-COVERED Phoebe Waller-Bridge comes to my rescue. [Extracted from the article]

Byline: Joy Press PHOTOGRAPH BY MASSIMO VITALI Losing TOUCH Plot and dialogue are all well and good, but I'm watching TV to revel in basic human interaction psdMASSIMO VITALI41A Half [...]

Byline: Joy Press Countdown to QUIBI Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman are poised to launch a unique (and risky) new streamer Can Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman make Quibi a [...]

Byline: Joy Press PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY MICHELLE THOMPSON Reboot Nation Streaming services go all in on nostalgia as they prepare to battle for subscribers psdMICHELLE THOMPSON. IMAGES � 1972 UNITED [...]

Byline: Joy Press PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY JUSTIN PATRICK LONG Export Market The unlikely Israel-to-U.S. television pipeline is expanding psd77ApsdJUSTIN PATRICK LONG. PHOTOGRAPHS: CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT, BY STEVE GRANITZ/WIREIMAGE, EDDY [...]

Byline: Joy Press Progress Report Hollywood has embraced the trans community. Not everyone feels seen psdAMAZON STUDIOSJudith Light and Shakina Nayfack in Amazon's Transparent; 115ApsdBY SARAH SHATZ/FXIndya Moore in FX's [...]

"That's the thing that I get the endorphins and the high from - being around great actors, working with directors, digging deep into characters where you're really feeling vulnerable and on a path", says the British actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson. Set design by Jack Flanagan For our 29TH ANNUAL HOLLYWOOD ISSUE, a DOZEN CAPTIVATING YOUNG STARS GATHERED for the AFTER-PARTY of our DREAMS "LOOK, THERE WAS a time I thought it was a dirty word", says Jonathan Majors. Three of these actors - Butler, Ana de Armas, and Emma Corrin - have given arresting performances as the most famously doomed icons in history: Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe, and Princess Diana. Florence Pugh, the British actor who entered the atmosphere like a comet not so long ago, recently shot Dune: Part Two with other bright lights of her generation, including Austin Butler. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses the challenges faced by TV writers in the aftermath of strikes and the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite hopes for a better future, writers are now struggling to find work and many are taking on other jobs to survive. The industry is experiencing a slowdown, with differing opinions on whether it is temporary or a permanent contraction. Even when production resumes, there will likely be fewer jobs and a more cautious approach to greenlighting projects. The article also explores the impact of the strikes on the industry and the need for a return to creativity and collaboration. [Extracted from the article]

Netflix has rebounded from a stock crash two years ago and is now a dominant player in the streaming industry. Legacy media companies are struggling to keep up with Netflix's success and are resorting to cutting content and raising prices. Despite a stumble in 2022, Netflix's reputation has improved compared to its competitors. The company is focusing on a diverse range of content and is exploring new avenues such as live TV, sports, and physical stores. Netflix's strategy of being quick and adaptable has positioned it as a powerful operator in the television space. [Extracted from the article]

He's tackled roles from MLK to Othello. But did you know that David Oyelowo's early hero was Blair Underwood? A PAINTING OF Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. overlooks the entrance [...]

ON THE DAY that I visit Liz Hannah's leafy Hancock Park neighborhood in Los Angeles, there's a fuchsia truck blocking her street. What looks like a hipster ice-cream vendor turns [...]

The writer Danzy Senna moved to California because New York felt like 'a book party that never ended.' She doesn't mean that in a good way. NEW PEOPLE will be [...]

- CLAUDIA WEILL PHOTO (COLOR): THE WAY THEY WERE A still from Claudia Weill's 1978 film, Girlfriends. Weill discovered while editing the movie that Stark had hired a shadow editor, working just around the corner, to secretly cut a version different from Weill's. With an $800,000 boost from PBS's American Playhouse and a Sundance premiere (along with Richard Linklater's Slacker and Todd Haynes's Poison), it finally made it to movie screens and became the first feature movie by an African American woman to be distributed theatrically in the United States. When the film wrapped, Tewkesbury asked Altman if she should go to film school. [Extracted from the article]

FADE IN EXT. HOLLYWOOD--TODAY We open on a list of the 100 BEST SCREENWRITERS OF ALL TIME (p. 78), as chosen by working screenwriters--from No. 1 (BILLY WILDER) to No. [...]

But what troubled showrunner Warren Leight that Friday was the replica of a Rikers prison cell. Bruce Miller, showrunner for The Handmaid's Tale, was shooting season four in Toronto - with Elisabeth Moss making her debut as a director - when he discovered that someone in the production might have been exposed to COVID-19 on another set. "It's especially difficult to shut down that close to the finish line, because you work yourself up into this kind of fever pitch at the end, where you're trying to get everything", says Hawley, the Fargo showrunner. But the production shutdown still disrupted its unscripted Daily Essentials series, which meant shifting the set for the music show Pop5 into host Tim Kash's garage and the gaming show Speedrun into host Jimmy Mondal's living room. [Extracted from the article]

We're standing on the set of #blackexcellence, the upcoming Netflix comedy series that Barris not only created but also stars in as…Kenya Barris. Barris is the man behind the ABC sitcom Black-ish and its spin-offs Grown-ish and Mixedish and cowriter of the surprise smash movie Girls Trip, which sparked Tiffany Haddish's ascendancy. Barris has never acted professionally before, on top of which he's making a show about his family (he has six kids) at a time when, off-screen, he is in the midst of a divorce from his wife, Rania Edwards-Barris, M.D. All this might be adding to his sense of precariousness. [Extracted from the article]

WILLFUL CREATURES Stories. By Aimee Bender. 208 pp. Doubleday. $22.95. One of the characters in Aimee Bender's debut novel, ''An Invisible Sign of My Own,'' announced his mood fluctuations to [...]

TELEVISION By Jean-Philippe Toussaint. Translated by Jordan Stump. 168 pp. Dalkey Archive Press. Paper, $12.95. The anonymous narrator of Jean-Philippe Toussaint's slender fifth novel is plagued by a very modern [...]

The article explores the friendship of comediennes and SNL ("Saturday Night Live") alumni Maya Rudolph and Amy Poehler. Particular focus is given to their upcoming film on Netflix, "Wine Country," which is directed by Poehler. Additional topics include their friendships with other female SNL castmembers including Rachel Dratch, a description of the upcoming film, and the Bechdel test.

The article offers information on the 2018 post-Emmys party in West Hollywood organized by television network HBO and featured its chairman and CEO Richard Plepler, actress Thandie Newton and comedian Larry David. It lists some of the famous television series aired on HBO like, "The Sopranos," "Six Feet Under," "The Wire," and " Sex and the City."

The article profiles the American television writer and producer Matthew Weiner. Particular focus is given to his creation of the television series "Mad Men." Additional topics discussed include his new anthology for Amazon, "The Romanoffs," allegations of sexual harassment against Weiner by his former staff writer Kater Gordon, and the history of misogyny in the television industry including insights from the "Designing Women" creator Linda Bloodworth-Thomason.

The article lists the top 100 influencers for 2018 according to the journal including Jeff Bezos, C.E.O. of Amazon.com, tennis player Serena Williams and television writer and showrunner Shonda Rhimes.

Several artist have exhibitions now that focus on the teenage girl. Photographer Justine Kurland and artist Amy Cutler delve into the world of innocence and strange feminine cruelty.