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Bowen Yang, Charlamagne Tha God, Rachel Maddow and More Reveal Their Podcasting Secrets
As part of its annual list of podcasting’s most powerful players, THR asked every honoree to fill out a questionnaire about the state of the industry, the challenges holding it back, their recording booth habits, and what they consider to be the most underrated podcast. A selection of our favorite responses below, from the likes […]
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“It’s for Sociopaths”: Top Podcasters Deeply Divided Over 1.5x Listening Speed
Listening to podcasts 50 percent faster is either a convenient way to maximize your pod consumption or an unforgivable insult to the craft, depending on who you ask. As part of its annual list of Podcast power players, THR polled the industry’s top practitioners about accelerated listening. The answers were more mixed than we expected, […]
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The Most Powerful People in Podcasting in 2024
Podcasting has entered its maturity, in which the eye-watering spending sprees of the early 2020s have given way to more rational dealmaking. But even amid last year’s relative slowdown, the sector saw several marquee acquisitions. Among those, SmartLess, hosted by Jason Bateman, Will Arnett and Sean Hayes, moved from Wondery over to SiriusXM in a […]
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Don’t F*** With Cat Ladies!: How a Pottery-Making Pussycat Won the Box Office
The Surprise Box Office Hit Last Weekend? A Pottery-Making Cat It’s doubtful J.D. Vance bought a ticket, but the ninth annual CatVideoFest sold a record $281,000 worth of tickets during the Aug. 3 weekend, when it opened on 106 screens across the country, with such venues as L.A.’s Vidiots playing to sold-out crowds. “It’s our […]
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‘Simpsons’ Writer Recalls How the Show Predicted Kamala Harris (Among Other Things)
The Simpsons Makes (Up) History. Again Remember that time in 1999 when The Simpsons predicted — as a hilarious joke, mind you — that Donald Trump would be elected president? Turns out that same episode (number 17, season 11, “Bart to the Future”) contains another prophecy that suddenly seems entirely plausible. Not only does it […]
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Swordplay at WME: An Agent’s Assistant Goes to the Olympics
Touché! A WME Assistant Jabs His Way to Paris What’s the difference between a Hollywood agent and an Olympic fencer? The fencer salutes his opponents after stabbing them in the back. Other than that, the skills required — steely nerves, killer instincts, ruthless ambition — are remarkably similar. No one knows that better than Pascual […]
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Is the Venice Film Festival Big Enough for Brad and Angelina? (No.)
How Brad Could Bump Into Angelina in Venice Running into an ex at a party can be awkward. But imagine if the party is the Venice Film Festival and the exes are Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. That potentially incendiary meet-cute could well happen, as both are starring in films that seem to be probable […]
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Newsflash! Nicholas Galitzine Is Not a Real Royal
Nicholas Galitzine: The Artist Formerly Known as a Prince? He’s played Cinderella’s Prince opposite Camila Cabello, the Prince of England in Red, White & Royal Blue and next will play He-Man, Prince Adam of Eternia, in Masters of the Universe. But is Hollywood’s latest “It” boy an actual prince? There has been a ton of […]
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Why TCM Fans Are Glitching About David Zaslav
Who’s Behind TCM’s Glitches? Cue David Zaslav’s Evil Laugh In recent weeks, the biggest mystery on TCM has been … what the heck is wrong with TCM? The classic movie channel has lately been plagued with what might generously be called technical difficulties. It started on May 3, when a showing of the 1982 Steve […]
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The Man Who Stole Brad Pitt’s Girlfriend
The Man Who Stole Brad Pitt’s Girlfriend and Other True Tales He’s gone to war with Mike Ovitz, made peace with Steven Seagal, forded rivers in Thailand with Brandon Lee and once swiped Brad Pitt’s fiancée. And now director Dwight Little — the 68-year-old auteur behind such notable 1980s and ’90s movies as Marked for […]
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ScarJo Puts a Muzzle on Open AI’s Latest Bot
Scarlett Johansson Wins the Robot War Against Sam Altman Remember last November when Sam Altman got fired from Open AI — before he was swiftly rehired — after his board of directors determined that the CEO had not been “consistently candid” in his communications? Well, it starting to look like maybe the board had a […]
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Cannes’ Midcentury Glory Years: Cary Grant, Brigitte Bardot and More Grace the Croisette (Photo Gallery)
Palais Intrigue Warren Beatty and his Splendor in the Grass co-star (and then girlfriend) Natalie Wood on the steps of the Palais du Festival, 1962. Queen Elizabeth A bejeweled and becrowned Liz Taylor grabs a seat, and all the attention, at the 1957 edition of the festival. Bonjour, BB! French actress Brigitte Bardot at the Ninth […]
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