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Can ESPN Cover the NFL Fairly Now That It’s Part of the Team? | Analysis
The cable titan and pro football have a long and complicated relationship, but formally getting in bed together looks like bad news for ESPN’s journalism
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‘The Hunting Wives’ Uses Red-State Politics to Feel Smarter Than It Is | Analysis
The Netflix series is mostly just soapy fun, while incorporating enough pointed political references to take aim at conservative hypocrisy
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Veteran VC Eric Hippeau on What He’s Looking for in AI and Creator Startups
The Lerer Hippeau co-founder and managing partner reflects on 25 years as a venture capitalist and details how having media experience gives early-stage investors an edge
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Rupert Murdoch Built Donald Trump. Now He’s Standing Up to Him
Murdoch’s legacy may be rewritten as he defends The Wall Street Journal’s Trump-Epstein reporting, all while Fox News remains a reliable supporter of the president
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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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