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Malibu Fire: The Aftermath Is a Stark Landscape of Empty | Photos
WaxWord tours the legendary coastal community more than a month after the devastating Los Angeles wildfires
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Surviving Trump 2.0: Buckle Up for a Long Haul and Don’t Give In to the Chaos
How do we respond – and be neither passive, nor a piñata in the circus of this administration?
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Is Elon Musk’s Empire Vulnerable to His Critics, or Too Big to Fail? | Analysis
The Tesla mogul’s actions with the Trump administration have produced considerable anger, but few clear signs on how to push back
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Super Bowl Ads Adopt a Play-It-Safe Game Plan for Polarizing Times | Analysis
A sharply partisan political environment has made advertisers skittish about the risks of tackling issues
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Muslims’ Pivotal Hollywood Moment: Trump, Karla Sofía Gascón and a TV Landscape Defying Invisibility | Guest Column
For the first time on American television, three series centering Muslim communities will premiere within the first quarter of 2025
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With ‘Emilia Pérez’s Oscar Campaign in Crisis, the Hollywood Finger-Pointing Has Begun
Oscar campaigns are “warfare,” says one insider
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Low Sales. No Standouts. Slow Sundance. Where Does Independent Film Go From Here?
The weakness of independent film has a knock-on effect – and not a good one – on the entire entertainment ecosystem
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Trump’s View of Hollywood Pines for a Past ‘Bathed in Amber’ | Analysis
Mirroring his MAGA slogan, the president clings to an image of movies and TV rooted in an earlier era
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‘I Took the Photo’: Stunning Sundance Doc Challenges Authorship of Famous Napalm Girl War Photo
Sundance 2025: The AP has attributed the Pulitzer Prize-winning photo to Nick Ut since 1972
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Report From Sundance
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The Super Bowl Is TV’s Biggest Event – but for Movie Ads, It’s Not the Only Game in Town
As studios gear up to market this year’s blockbusters, opportunities loom to reach big audiences without a ‘super’ price tag
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I Still Love LA: In Reverie With a Veteran Fire Survivor | Guest Column
With eight evacuations in her rearview, A.L. Bardach knows that wherever you go in SoCal, the one thing you can’t escape is fire
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Still Outnumbered, Hollywood Conservatives Wave Their Flags a Little Higher as Trump 2.0 Begins | Analysis
The start of a second Trump Administration appears to have encouraged his entertainment-industry supporters, while tech CEOs and billionaires still occupy center stage
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Hollywood & Politics
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Will Your AI Agent Be Your Friend or Lover Too? | Commentary
Instead of an assistant that feels like a travel agent, maybe a friend (or romantic partner) is the most likely experience.
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Will Trump’s Attacks on Comedians — and Their Bosses — Send a Chill Through Late Night? | Analysis
NBC’s Seth Meyers and Comcast are the latest targets of the president-elect’s criticism
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The Remains of Malibu: Ashes and Embers in the Sand
A photo essay, WaxWord visits Malibu days after the ferocious Palisades Fire
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