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Going to Comic-Con in Person Feels Like a Tonic for Toxic Fandom
The annual love fest in San Diego gives off a vibe wildly different from the fan community online
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How Producer Michael Uslan Gave Us ‘Batman’ and Shaped the Superhero Movie Era
The producer’s decade-long quest resulted in Tim Burton’s 1989 film and a new direction for comics on screen, but with a whole lot of fits and starts after
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How Mattel Studios President and Chief Content Officer Robbie Brenner Is Crafting a Post-‘Barbie’ Slate
Office With a View: The executive’s ambitious, filmmaker-driven slate of films and TV shows includes a gritty “Matchbox” movie and a fantastical take on “Hot Wheels” from Jon M. Chu
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Jon Stewart to Companies That Bend the Knee to Trump: ‘Why Would Anyone Watch You?’
“The Daily Show” host lashes out at the Colbert cancellation, but with a broader message about the faulty logic of currying favor with the “Boy King”
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Joe Eszterhas on Rebooting ‘Basic Instinct,’ Going Anti-Woke and His Wavering Trump Support | Exclusive
The legendary screenwriter, now 80, says his 29-year-old self is intact and ready to write
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‘Defund PBS’ Realizes a Long-Held Conservative Dream Built on Lies and Half-Truths
The decades-old campaign against NPR and PBS doesn’t reflect reality, but it does fulfill a Trump promise
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Bill O’Reilly Says Trump’s Response to Epstein Drama Is a ‘Mystery’: ‘Don’t Know Why He’s So Defensive About This’ | Exclusive
The former Fox host speaks with TheWrap about a post-Trump reckoning in media, the “60 Minutes” settlement and how he’d have prevented that Dominion suit
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Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart Bash Paramount, Serving Notice They Won’t Be Silenced
The two late-night hosts used their platforms to skewer Paramount’s “60 Minutes” settlement with Trump, sending a message to their bosses, old and new
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DC and Marvel Built Hollywood’s Superhero Boom. Can ‘Superman,’ ‘Fantastic Four’ Reverse the Slump?
Comic-book movies have come a long way over the last 50 years, but Marvel and DC’s big guns are out just as these films have hit a slump
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For Superman, It’s Truth, Justice and a Whole Lot of Political Baggage
The Man of Steel became an American symbol during World War II and later a political lightning rod, making adapting the character a heavier lift than Batman
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The ‘60 Minutes’ Settlement Means the Trump Circus Goes On for Paramount’s Next Owner | Analysis
Paramount’s settlement deal might clear the way for the Skydance merger, but it won’t be the last Trump-related headache the studio will likely face
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ICE in LA Sets Hollywood Summer on Edge as Latino Workers Hide: ‘It’s Like Anne Frank’
Both legal and undocumented workers of the city are afraid to come out, with masked agents snatching people everywhere
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‘Squid Game’ Misses Its Shot by Turning VIP Oligarchs Into Cartoon Billionaires
The show’s jaundiced view of capitalism and class struggle again stumbles as the latest season’s caricatures of those rich, masked patrons are too over-the-top to be taken seriously
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Zohran Mamdani Offers Fox News Its Nightmare Vision of Big Cities — Live From the Heart of New York
The network’s distorted view of the L.A. protests plays on fear, just as Mamdani’s mayoral primary win fuels its separation of media centers from “real America”
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As Bombs Fall, Trump’s ‘Cosplay Cabinet’ Reveals the Gap Between Reality and Reality TV
The Iran strikes put renewed focus on the president placing looks and loyalty over credentials in his inner circle
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