Hollyblogs
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How Studios Use Blockbuster Budgets to Boost Moviegoing Attendance (Guest Blog)
Money spent on film production has risen 50 percent since 2000, with most new dollars going into big-budget fare
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Why Theaters and the Moviegoing Experience Need an Overhaul (Guest Blog)
Home entertainment steadily improved as box office admissions declined 16 percent from 2003 to 2015
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The Misinterpreted Metamorphosis of Jewish Rapper Matisyahu (Guest Blog)
Matt Miller, aka Matisyahu, recently faced an anti-Israel mob-mentality hatred that was aimed at him only for the fact that he is a Jewish-American artist
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Why Ed Asner’s Solo Show Is Like ‘The Vagina Monologues’ for Older Men (Guest Blog)
The 86-year-old actor offers a frank — and very funny — take on men’s health in “A Man and His Prostate”
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Oscar Swag Bag Controversy: Where Hype Meets Hypocrisy in Attacks on Israel (Guest Blog)
This is not about swag, it’s about skag — where anti-Semitism is the heroin that threatens to inject the motion picture industry with hate
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Before Beyonce and Kendrick, Nina Simone Used Music to Shape Politics (Guest Blog)
Oscar-nominated documentary feature “What Happened, Miss Simone?” reminds us of the impact musicians can have on society, author and critic Touré writes
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Viacom Power Standoff: A Redstone Family Member Explains Who’s Really in Charge (Guest Blog)
Gary Snyder suggests that Viacom Chairman Philippe Dauman as well as former Sumner Redstone companion Manuela Herzer have been “making up quotes” for the ailing mogul
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‘Movie Freak’ Exclusive Excerpt: Veteran Critic on Ben Affleck’s Secret Greeting, Russell Crowe’s Short Fuse
In an exclusive excerpt from his new memoir “Movie Freak,” Owen Gleiberman recounts his experiences meeting some of the stars he’s written about — and his rivalry with the late Rogert Ebert
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3 Keys to Winning in the New Digital-Media Age (Guest Blog)
Innovation, scale and monetization must stay top-of-mind for niche streaming-video players
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Why I Switched My Support From Hillary Clinton to Bernie Sanders (Guest Blog)
Actress and writer Carole Mallory explains why she’s become disillusioned with the former secretary of state
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An American Faces Terror Threat in London in ‘Keep Calm’ (Exclusive Book Excerpt)
In a passage from writer-director Mike Binder’s new novel, ex-cop Adam Tatum finds himself visiting 10 Downing Street — and in over his head in an international scandal
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Oscar Diversity: Why Gender and Racial Equality Are Crucial (Guest Blog)
“It feels like the slates being greenlit are more Caucasian in the last couple of years,” Hyde Park CEO Ashok Amritraj writes
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The Digital Marketing Revolution Is Coming (Guest Blog)
“Increasingly, tactics employing one-to-one marketing are being utilized — and the results can be extraordinary,” GoWatchIt CEO David Larkin tells TheWrap
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5 Things You Didn’t Know About Stephen King’s ‘Pet Sematary’ (Guest Blog)
How the 1989 adaptation of the classic horror novel almost didn’t get made (in Maine) and other fun facts
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Why Hollywood Should Turn to Mobile Gaming to Replace Dwindling DVD Revenue (Guest Blog)
“The most successful Hollywood-IP partnerships can generate $100 million+ of lifetime revenue,” writes Niccolo de Masi, chairman and CEO of Glu Mobile
