The Hollywood Reporter

The all-new Hollywood Reporter offers unprecedented access to the people, studios, networks and agencies that create the magic in Hollywood. Published weekly, the oversized format includes exceptional photography and rich features.

‘It’s on Life Support’: Reality TV’s Crisis • Some thought unscripted formats would be durable even amid the writers and actors strikes. Instead, development and production haven’t picked back up, leaving workers in the lurch: ‘All of a sudden the faucet just turned off’

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FAST Times: Free Services Rev Up as Streaming Chases Advertising • Tubi, Pluto TV and Roku are gaining popularity among users thanks to the low barrier of entry (they’re free!) — and execs are bulking up the programming, too

MEMO TO HOLLYWOOD: AI Is a Threat. And an Opportunity • Yes, the evolving tech is blurring lines (both creative and legal) and encroaching on artists’ terrain. Rather than just fight, a better path forward is to harness it in creative new ways

AI’s March on Creators: A Timeline • From ChatGPT’s shock and awe to the pushback (and lawsuits) against tech giants By Winston Cho

Who Has the Least Old Audiences on Network TV? • Unsurprisingly, CBS has the oldest (and largest) primetime viewership, while Fox’s five animated series helped it skew younger during the 2023-24 season

Star Wars’ New Star Learns to Play It Co • The Acolyte’s Manny Jacinto reveals what helps him get through stressful shoots and why success means never having to look at the check

Iconic ‘Welcome to Black Beverly Hills’ Billboard Comes Down • South Los Angeles says goodbye (for now) to the historic signage as a major new park celebrating the community nears completion

Fans Line Up for Bravo Stars’ Sandwiches • A year after Scandoval, Ariana Madix and Katie Maloney open a WeHo eatery

Yes, I Did Say That! • A look at who’s saying what in entertainment

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Hitched, Hatched, Hired • Inside the industry’s celebrations and news

The Last Indie Men’s Shop in Beverly Hills • Carroll Custom, successor to the storied retailer-to-the-stars Carroll & Co., keeps its foothold even as the industry’s dress codes change

Made-to-Measure Goes Casual • Custom-made bombers, shirt jackets and chore coats are increasingly the new luxury

Where Street Meets Chic • Designing a vibrant home for the founder of indie rap label Rostrum Records meant channeling the energy of the owner’s street-influenced artwork

‘CREATE CHEMISTRY. READY? GO!’ • They may bemoan the outsize pressure to connect with on-camera pairings, but Jennifer Aniston, Jodie Foster, Brie Larson, Nicole Kidman, Anna Sawai, Sofía Vergara and Naomi Watts find an instant rapport on THR’s Drama Actress Roundtable

‘BINGE JESUS!’ • Dallas Jenkins went from Hollywood failure to creating The Chosen, a crowdfunded $40 million-a-season epic hit about the life of the savior. In a sit-down at the Texas studio he built from scratch, the budding mogul reveals why he rejects the label ‘faith-based’ and his plans to launch a biblical cinematic universe

SHANNON SHARPE IS THE NEW MVP OF THE GOSSIPVERSE (JUST DON’T CALL HIM WENDY WILLIAMS) • The NFL Hall of Famer turned sportscaster is the man behind Club Shay Shay — and that Katt Williams interview that became YouTube’s most watched ever. Now he’s dealing with the blowback of sudden viral celebrity: ‘I had no idea it would be like this’

Underwater Panic, Caravaggio and a Secret Color Version • Creator Steven Zaillian and his cast and crew detail what it took, from playing dead for four months to learning Italian in three, to create the noir, baroque and murderously elegant limited series Ripley

20 Supporting Actors Who Stole the Show • The supporting...