At TheGrill 2016: Virtual Reality Stars Peter Girardi, Nonny de la Pena, Clint Kisker, Anthony Batt
TheWrap’s seventh annual conference slated for Sept. 26-27 adds panel about virtual-reality storytelling
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Hollywood Panics Over Hillary Behind the Scenes at Emmy Parties
Onstage, Hollywood mocked Trump. Offstage, acolytes deluged GOP pollster Frank Luntz with questions
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A New Wave of Black Filmmakers Challenge Hollywood Conventions
Toronto 2016: Filmmakers like Nate Parker, Barry Jenkins and Nick Cannon are winning attention for films that step outside studio and indie norms
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‘Moonlight’ Debuts to Rapturous Applause, Tears in Emotional Screening at Toronto Film Festival
Toronto 2016: The gritty film about addiction and sexuality set in Miami continues to move audiences – and the cast too
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Why ‘Magnificent Seven’ May Be Hollywood’s First Color-Blind Blockbuster
Toronto 2016: Director Antoine Fuqua tells TheWrap how he reteamed with Denzel Washington for a Western
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The Inspiring Story of Maimouna Doucoure – TheWrap’s ShortList 2016 Jury Winner
A reminder that film is a powerfully democratizing force. Doucouré is a self-taught filmmaker who persevered after her mother told her: “This is not for us”
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TheGrill Update: Why AMC Theatres CEO Adam Aron Ain’t Afraid of Technology — Really
New technology “presents some challenges and limitless possibilities,” says Aron
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Peter Thiel Won, Gawker Lost, the 1 Percent Scores, Democracy Loses
Thiel flouted and mocked the First Amendment in his campaign to bring Gawker down
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ShortList Film Festival 2016 Chooses 12 Finalists, Opens for Voting
12 contenders include a documentary following a female boxer in Cuba, a black comedy about a self-aware cannibal and a story about masturbation
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Catherine Hardwicke, Jennifer Levine, Mark Gill, Kevin Iwashina, Bec Smith Are ShortList 2016 Jurors
TheWrap names the team deciding winners of the fifth annual festival
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TheWrap Relaunches With a Sexy New Design – Hope You Like It!
An airier design, endless scroll and new features for video and photos mark our new approach
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Could the Khan Family Spell the End of Donald Trump?
It may be Khizr and Ghazalah Khan who send the Republican candidate crashing to the ground
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Tim Molloy, Thom Geier Promoted to Top Editorial Roles at TheWrap
Tim is our new executive editor and Thom our new managing editor – plus some new hires!
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Nick Nolte Tells Us Why He’s Not Voting for Clinton or Trump in the 2016 Election
The 75 year old actor tells us why he’s sat out the last 14 presidentials
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Donald Trump In, Roger Ailes Out in Historic GOP Reshuffle
Fox News chief ousted on the very day his nemesis, outsider Donald Trump, accepted the Republican presidential nomination
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The Anti-Trump Convention Takes Hold With Kooks, BuzzFeed and Prophets of Rage
On Cleveland’s Public Square, a woman with massive pink fairy wings holds a sign: “Let Democracy Fly – Dump Trump!”
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CNN’s Carl Bernstein on Roger Ailes Exit: ‘I Don’t Think Anybody’s Salivating’
He adds that beyond Ailes “it seems to me that all the networks — cable and the traditional networks — have grievously failed by not doing investigative documentaries about the candidates”
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Joe Eszterhas: Trump Is an ‘A–hole,’ but I’m Still Not Voting for Hillary (Exclusive Video)
“A choice between criminals and an a–hole, I’ll pick the a–hole,” Eszterhas tells TheWrap
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Letter From Tel Aviv: Living With Terror, Driving a Tech Boom
While the rest of the world recoils from a series of terror attacks, Israelis go about their business, pushing skycrapers into the air and building the next tech sensation
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Bob Iger on China’s Disneyland and How He Avoided Being a ‘Cultural Imperialist’
“We decided to introduce turkey legs to China,” Iger says, “Which I thought was a mistake”
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Is This War? When #BlackLivesMatter Veers Into Violence
It’s a tragedy begotten by tragedy. But is it really so unexpected?
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What Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton Teach Us About Donald Trump
Making the right choice when leaders face a dilemma can have historic consequences. Let’s not follow Trump and the mob
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The Haunting Words of Elie Wiesel: ‘Never Shall I Forget’
On the day of his passing, remembering the searing clarity of his message
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TheGrill Update: Brian Robbins’ AwesomenessTV, From MCN to NBCU
As we prep for this September’s seventh annual TheGrill conference, we recap insights and opinions from last year’s panels on the changing media landscape
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I Took the Expo Line in Los Angeles – It’s Crowded and Buggy
We had a comically bungled experience where we encountered a rising din of discontent from Metro riders
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Why the Brexit Vote Is Making Everyone Panic
We all fear that the referendum is a sign of the times, a turn away from collaboration and toward insularity
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Stacey Snider’s Fox Takeover May Mean Personality Clash With Top Execs, Insiders Say
“I don’t see the three of them coexisting in 2017 — it’s tough,” insider says of Snider, production president Emma Watts and Fox 2000 head Elizabeth Gabler
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Steve Mosko Goes Shopping: Tribune Media Tops on His List (Exclusive)
Former Sony Pictures TV chairman met with banker Moelis & Co. in recent days to discuss the possibility of an acquisition
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Why Saying the Words ‘Gay’ or ‘Guns’ Matters in the Post-Orlando Debate
While conservatives get apopletic over whether President Obama says the words “radical Islam,” it turns out there’s plenty they won’t say either
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Orlando Shooting a Toxic Brew of Hate, But We Can Stay the Course of Tolerance
We must respond wisely if we are to be safe as a country, and safeguard our values as a democracy
