“The public wasn't given a chance to testify on the 11th-hour change, quietly added to the 220-page budget bill just one day before lawmakers plan to vote on it and wrap up the 2025 legislative session.” - The Indianapolis Star (Yahoo!)
What is the consumer trying to tell us? That they’d like to watch movies at home, thank you. The studios and the theaters are duking it out over trying to preserve this 45-day window that is completely out of step with the consumer experience of just loving a movie.” - Variety
Ryan Coogler’s film has box office followers’ eyes popping with its unheard-of second weekend take. It dropped a mere 6 percent from its opening weekend, the best performance by far of any R-rated horror movie. - The Hollywood Reporter
Forgive us, but Hacks and The Bear are “veteran shows”? Apparently so. Add in Only Murders in the Building and Abbott Elementary, and you have the windmills at which newer shows - Shrinking, The Studio - will tilt. - Vulture
Elena Anaya (The Skin I Live In): “Pedro speaks about the characters as if they were people he has already lived with for years, people he knows very closely, who he loves and defends regardless of the role they play in his stories.” - The New York Times
“The lobbying effort has led to unusual alliances, particularly in the wake of the strikes, with both studios and Hollywood unions rallying on the same side.” Will California show the studios the money? - Los Angeles Times (Yahoo)
“Barbie was self-aware and auteur-driven, and demonstrated that there was a way to slightly elevate miserable brand properties. So now we live in a world where JJ Abrams is making a ‘grounded and gritty’ Hot Wheels movie.” - The Guardian (UK)
"Too many stations simply serve as passthrough distributors for national content. That model was the only way to distribute content in the 1970s. Today, that model is dated — honestly irrelevant. Most consumers can access what they want whenever and wherever they desire." - Editor & Publisher
A “view,” in reality, is not a universal metric. It’s not really anything. It is whatever a platform wants it to be, which usually has no actual correlation to whether someone actually encountered and experienced a piece of content. You can just make the views whatever you want! - The Verge
With Hollywood reeling from a convergence of factors and production moving to less expensive states and overseas, industry leaders and some lawmakers are pushing to expand tax credits for production. Others argue that, with a looming budget crisis and millions of people in need, California can’t afford corporate giveaways. - Los Angeles Times (Yahoo!)
“The exit of 60 Minutes executive producer Bill Owens in the face of Trump administration pressure has roiled CBS News and alarmed journalists, fueling speculation about where the organization goes from here, especially if there are further concessions to clear the path to parent Paramount Global's merger with Skydance Media.” - TheWrap (MSN)
While a few dramatic events aren’t credible (for instance, Sister Agnes wouldn't be poking around while the cardinals are sequestered), experts say the film is very well-researched. Said one historian of Catholicism, “It was remarkable the way that they took something that’s secret and really got a lot of it right.” - The Guardian
