What Jimmy Breslin and Pete Hamill Can Still Teach a New Generation of Journalists (Guest Blog)
Perhaps new dogs can learn old tricks
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With Anti-Semitism on the Rise, the Jewishness of ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ Is a Marvel (Guest Blog)
Judaism infuses every frame, every hallah-day, every summer in the Catskills
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Is Trump Fatigue Killing Any Movie or Show With a Political Edge? (Guest Blog)
“It’s risky, especially since the real unfolding drama on cable [news] is more compelling,” political reporter and documentarian Jonathan Alter says
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When Will Washington Catch Up to Hollywood’s Vision of Women in Power?
A short history, from Clare Boothe Luce to Claire Underwood
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‘Watergate’ Director on Why We Need to Revisit the Saga of a Rogue President (Guest Blog)
“No one had ever done a really comprehensive telling of what can only be called a true thriller,” Charles Ferguson says
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Sally Field and Jane Fonda, Rebels and Role Models for #MeToo Generation (Guest Blog)
In a new memoir and documentary, the two stars reveal triumphs over powerful men who both loved and demeaned them
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‘Bel Canto': Inside the Beloved Novel’s Long Path to the Big Screen (Guest Blog)
“Sixteen years is really not all that long to get an independent film made these days,” producer Caroline Baron says
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‘A Star Is Born’ Again and Again and Again – Will the Movie Remakes Ever Stop? (Guest Blog)
“Hollywood likes stories that have pre-existing audience awareness,” former Fox Searchlight exec Joe Pichirallo says
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Why Hannah Gadsby and Hedy Lamarr Are Both Having a Bombshell Moment Right Now (Guest Blog)
If the two women time-traveled to meet, they might both say, “Yeah, me too!”
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Fire and Fuhrer: Why Hollywood Is So Focused on Adolf Hitler These Days (Guest Blog)
“Even if it [Nazism] is not lived or felt history anymore, Hitler and it has become an all-purpose insult and stand-in for evil,” author Thomas Doherty notes
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Roseanne’s Talent for Self-Destruction Gets Her in Trouble Again (Guest Blog)
“I’ve been trying to kill myself since I was a child,” she once told us in an interview
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Broadway’s Revival Fever: Do Old Shows Still Play in #MeToo Era? (Guest Blog)
“Children of a Lesser God” cut a jokey reference to “rape,” producer Hal Luftig says
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Did Andy Griffith Pave the Way for Donald Trump? (Guest Blog)
“I’ll say one thing for him, he’s got the courage of his ignorance,” says one character of the budding demagogue Griffith played in 1957’s “A Face in the Crowd”
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‘The Parent Trap’ Star Hayley Mills: Thank God I Broke Out Long Before Instagram (Guest Blog)
“I am only grateful I didn’t become famous in the time of social media,” former Disney child star says
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Is It Finally Comeback Time for Sam Cooke and Bobby Darin?
Michael B. Jordan and Jonathan Groff may make two classic music stars sing to a whole new generation
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Greta Gerwig, Jordan Peele and Other Actors Who Direct: More Than Beginner’s Luck? (Guest Blog)
The directors of “Lady Bird” and “Get Out” join a long list of Hollywood auteurs who got their start in front of the camera
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How ‘This Is Us’ Tackles Alcoholism Head On – and Not for Laughs (Guest Blog)
Finally, one show that gets that this is no laughing matter
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Will Anybody Save Malibu’s Last Picture Show? (Guest Blog)
The famed Malibu Movie Colony’s last cinema shut down last month
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How Angie Dickinson and Candice Bergen Shook Up Women’s Roles on TV – and Off (Guest Blog)
Two actresses paved the way for women to play more than just wives and mothers
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A Brief History of Hollywood Activism, From Helen Douglas to Tonight’s Harvey Telethon (Guest Blog)
The seeds of celebrity activism harken back to this Hollywood couple who put their careers on the line at an equally, if not more, perilous time
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How Elvis Presley’s Death Led to the Birth of Modern Entertainment Journalism (Guest Blog)
“It did not take long for [CBS MNews] executives to realize they’d underestimated the appeal of the singer who made Ed Sullivan blush,” Mary Murphy and Michele Willens write
