Hollyblogs
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Hey, Jimmy Kimmel: It’s Cruel to Book Wild Animals on Your Show (Guest Blog)
“Wildlife entertainers treat animals as if they were little more than stuffed toys and downplay their extremely specialized needs,” veterinarian Christine Capaldo writes
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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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When Burt Reynolds Complained About Me to Johnny Carson on ‘The Tonight Show’ (Guest Blog)
A reporter’s perfect interview with Reynolds ended up irking the star, who died this week at 82
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Carl Reiner Pays Tribute to ‘Genius’ Neil Simon: ‘The Guy With the Voice of a Turtle’ (Exclusive Video)
The two comedy legends worked together on Sid Caesar’s “Your Show of Shows” in early 1950s
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3 Ways Studios and Networks Can Engage Young Audiences in a Good Way (Guest Blog)
Freeform, Hello Sunshine and others are leading the way
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Alyssa Milano on Asia Argento Accusations: ‘Stop Trying to Undermine the #MeToo Movement’ (Guest Blog)
“It is sad and infuriating to say the least, but one victim’s alleged horrid behavior does not nullify an entire movement,” actress-activist writes
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‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Doesn’t Speak for the Entire Asian Experience (Guest Blog)
Author William Gee Wong argues that the new hit rom-com is a welcome sign of progress in Hollywood — with an imperfect message
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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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Why Mr. Rogers Is the Perfect Movie Superhero for Our Times (Guest Blog)
The hit documentary “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” proves that big-screen heroes can wear cardigans instead of capes
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We Asked the ‘Ant-Man’ Physicist Who Named the Quantum Realm to Explain What It Is
Caltech mathematical physicist Spyridon “Spiros” Michalakis named the Quantum Realm for Marvel. He wrote this to help us understand it
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How Hollywood Can Help Overcome Negative Perceptions of Muslims (Guest Column)
“Inclusion and authentic representation of marginalized communities will create a power shift in public discourse,” writes the director of the Muslim Public Affairs Council’s Hollywood Bureau
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‘On a Clear Day You Can See Forever’ Theater Review: Even Barbra Streisand Couldn’t Make This Musical Work
The latest revival showcases Burton Lane and Alan Jay Lerner’s great score but doesn’t solve the problems of Lerner’s flawed book
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‘Carmen Jones’ Theater Review: Anika Noni Rose Goes from Dreamgirl to Total Femme Fatale
Georges Bizet purists may squawk, but Oscar Hammerstein II’s novel reworking of the opera warhorse is more than ready for a big Broadway revival
