Spotlight on Rights: How Celebrity Employment Feuds Illuminate Protections for Every Worker

The entertainment capital of the world operates from Los Angeles, where its celebrity workers face high-profile employment disputes that create dramatic news stories. The cases involve glamorous celebrities who work with multimillion-dollar contracts, yet they exceed the boundaries of tabloid entertainment. The employment rights that all workers need for protection, from Van Nuys studio grips…

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Netflix’s Split Seasons May Have Peaked; Long Gaps Between Seasons May Be Here To Stay On Some Series: “Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder”

Netflix reinvented TV watching by introducing the binge drop, releasing an entire season of its original series at once as opposed to the steeped-in-tradition weekly cadence. There were naysayers, arguing that going week to week keeps a show in the cultural conversation longer. But Netflix stuck to its guns — and its binge model —…

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SXSW 2026 Winners List: ‘Wishful Thinking’ Starring Lewis Pullman & Maya Hawke Takes Narrative Feature Prize

South by Southwest today announced its Film & TV Festival Jury and Special Award winners. They recognize “superlative creativity and talent demonstrated by filmmakers and designers in the SXSW Film & TV program.” Wishful Thinking, starring Lewis Pullman and Maya Hawke took the Narrative Feature prize, while Susan Kent’s work in The Snake won her…

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Sony & Pop Mart Make ‘Labubu’ Movie Official; Steven Levenson Joins As Co-Writer

Pop Mart and Sony Pictures Entertainment have made it official that a live-action Labubu movie is in the works based on the former’s The Monsters universe. As previously announced, Wonka and Paddington multi-BAFTA-nominated filmmaker Paul King is directing. He’ll be co-writing the script with Steven Levenson. The project remains in early development, a mix of…

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Michael Connelly Shares ‘Bosch’s Origin Story As He Pays Tribute To Series Creator Eric Overmyer

Streaming is the default viewing option for scripted series these days, so it’s hard to imagine that a decade and a half ago, the upstart SVOD platforms, as we called them at the time, were a very risky proposition. Bestselling author Michael Connelly reminded us of that, as he remembered prolific TV writer-producer Eric Overmyer,…

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