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New Duopoly Threat: Google and Amazon Could Control 80% of All Connected TVs in a Decade | PRO Insight
Tech giants are applying strategies that led them to dominate smartphones to new ventures, producer and media professor Evan Shapiro writes
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Unsung LGBTQ Pioneer J.C. Leyendecker Finally Gets a Moment in the Spotlight (Guest Blog)
“Leyendecker’s artwork … was coded with messages that spoke volumes to LGTBQ audiences, but remained hidden from his clients,” GLAAD’s Sarah Kate Ellis writes
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‘The Band’s Visit’ Pays a COVID-Delayed Visit to LA as Touring Musicals Hit the Road Again (Guest Blog)
“I really don’t think the size of the theater matters,” producer Orin Wolf says of his intimate 2018 Tony winner playing the 3,400-seat Dolby Theatre
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‘The Beatles: Get Back’: Come for the Joy, Stay for the Angst (Guest Blog)
Peter Jackson’s seven-hour-plus docuseries shows the band’s camaraderie as well as the in-fighting and tensions behind their final album
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Wallace Shawn: Why I’m Still Willing to Work With Woody Allen (Guest Blog)
“I’ve been troubled by the speed with which some of my colleagues in the acting fraternity have distanced themselves from Woody,” the actor writes
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How Kathy Griffin and John Legend Faced Down Blowback for Challenging President Trump (Exclusive Book Excerpt)
“I learned that there is such a thing as bad publicity,” Griffin tells Danny Goldberg in his new book “Bloody Crossroads 2020: Art, Entertainment and Resistance to Trump”
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How ‘AGT’ Champion Shin Lim Adapted His Magic Act for Pandemic-Era Audiences (Guest Blog)
“What I do truly relies on being able to see people and read them,” notes Lim’s opening act, Colin Cloud
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Crisis at Time’s Up: How Can I Miss Something That Never Existed? Reflections of a Weinstein Survivor (Opinion)
Will Time’s Up new leaders prioritize needs of survivors over the pursuit of power, ponders Louise Godbold, who leads a trauma-focused nonprofit
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Lessons Ed Asner Taught Me: An Appreciation (Guest Blog)
“I learned much about how La La Land operated from spending time with Ed in L.A.,” filmmaker Aviva Kempner shares
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Who to Watch at the US Open? The Women! (Guest Blog)
The female competitors — even minus Serena Williams — will, and should, be what draws audiences, Michele Willens writes
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Britney Spears’ Freedom Would Be a Victory for Mental Health (Guest Blog)
By speaking openly about her experiences despite the fear of being mocked, the pop star has demonstrated tremendous courage, mental health advocate Jay Ruderman writes
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‘Pass Over’ Broadway Review: Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu’s Searing Fable of Police Brutality Gets a Rewrite
Now on Broadway after the George Floyd murder, Nwandu’s play is just as powerful
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Why ‘The People Under the Stairs’ – And Wes Craven – Were Both Ahead of Their Time (Guest Blog)
Yan Birch, who starred as The Stairmaster in the 1991 cult classic, reflects on the horror legend’s legacy
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‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Missed an Opportunity to Diversify Judges Panel (Guest Blog)
With only one returning judge, the drag series could’ve mixed things up, LGBTQ activist Konrad Juengling writes
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Past Fox News Harassment Accusers: Stop Silencing Victims and Ban All Toxic-Workplace NDAs (Guest Blog)
“The onus should not be on survivors to become employment law experts. It should be on employers to stop protecting predators,” Gretchen Carlson and Julie Roginsky write
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