Exposing Hollywood

Jerrod Carmichael put three words on Instagram on Monday: “Let us in.” A hashtag carrying his own name came with it. That was the full extent of the post. His public moves have consistently carried weight. Dropping this phrase without any explanation attached is, for him, a calculated act. Carmichael has long built his career…

LE SSERAFIM kicked off July 7 with a simple question for their Instagram followers. The caption, written in Korean, asked: “Do you believe in bangs?” Paired with two hashtags – one in Japanese, one in English – the post was as minimal as they get. It still earned more than 154,000 likes. For a text-only…

Travis Scott dropped two lines on Instagram this week. They could have passed for a verse left off one of his albums. “Life is a odyssey / Life a movie,” the caption read, with no album announcement and no event hook. Nearly 700,000 likes for a two-line caption with zero promotional context is a genuinely…

As a new group of strangers moved into the Big Brother house, one contestant decided to check out of the competition early. Levi Banks, who dropped out of Season 28 just before filming began, explained that the CBS reality series was “not the right fit” for him, but he is “so freaking excited” to watch…

Manu Gutiérrez has landed interviews with some of the biggest figures at this year’s World Cup including Lionel Messi (twice), Lionel Scaloni, Jude Bellingham, Cuti Romero, James Rodríguez and more. Pretty good for a fresh-faced independent journalist from Venezuela. But here’s the thing: Gutiérrez has landed those interviews amid the scrum of the “mixed zone,”…

Paramount Animation has given Dan Trachtenberg’s untitled Freddy the 13th adaptation an appropriate release date. After announcing the untitled animated family horror comedy at Annecy International Animation Film Festival last month, Paramount has set the project based on Yehudi Mercado’s indie comic for a Friday, Oct. 13, 2028 release. Directed by Trachtenberg and co-directed by…

UPDATE 7/9: The final viewership numbers for the U.S.-Belgium match are in, and they are the biggest for any telecast since the Super Bowl. The Round of 16 game was watched by 33.086 million viewers — the most ever for a soccer telecast in the U.S. and the largest non-NFL audience on any network in…

Although Jennifer Garner takes audiences on a trip in The Five-Star Weekend, she prefers staying in Los Angeles for work. The Golden Globe winner recently discussed why it’s been “so important” to her that she works in Hollywood “as much as possible,” while state legislators push to uncap California’s film and TV tax incentives program….