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Sports’ Turning Point: Streaming and the Dilemma of Ownership • Major leagues are increasingly planning to balance direct-to-consumer fan relationships with billion-dollar rights deals from Disney, Comcast or tech giants like Apple and Amazon
Under the Umbrella
The Playlist • Podcast and audio news worth following
Marvel Assembles the Next Pieces for Its Cinematic Universe Puzzle • After setting the stage for its next phases at Comic-Con, the studio is lining up directors for storylines that will conclude with a familiar one-two punch of Avengers movies
How Good Is Good Enough for Nope? • Jordan Peele’s Universal film fell below expectations in its domestic launch, but still claimed the biggest bow for an original studio screenplay since the director’s Us in 2019
Comic-Con Buzz-o-Meter • Which studio projects hit big with the Hall H faithful in San Diego — and which may need tinkering
Big Casts Clog the Emmys • With ensemble-driven shows Succession, Ted Lasso and TheWhite Lotus leading the Emmy nominations, their casts heavily dominate the acting races — leaving many acclaimed performers out of the running
7 Days of DEALS • Who’s inking on the dotted line this week
MOGULS MAY EYE POWERHOUSE WWE NOW THAT VINCE MCMAHON IS OUT
Axe Falls at T-Nets Amid Warners’ Cost-Cutting
Rights Available! • Hot new books with Hollywood appeal
Big Number • The box office haul for Jurassic World Dominion in China since June 10, the best showing for any U.S. title in the country this year.
Vivienne Acheampong • The British actress stars as a head librarian on the highly anticipated series The Sandman
Finding Overlooked Midcentury Beauty in South L.A. • Architectural historian Jerald Cooper — now also a set designer and location scout — spotlights the area’s gems on his Instagram-based design archive @hoodmidcenturymodern
Yes, I Did Say That! • A look at who’s saying what in entertainment
Rambling Reporter
Power Dining
Red Carpet
Hitched, Hatched, Hired • Inside the industry’s celebrations and news
Jessica Gao • With She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, the Emmy-winning comedy writer aims to answer that eternal question: ‘What happens when a 6-foot-7 green woman has to buy a business suit?’
Feds’ Case on Book Megadeal May Be Used Against Hollywood • In targeting ViacomCBS’ $2 billion-plus sale of Simon & Schuster to Penguin Random House, the DOJ is looking at monopolies through a labor lens — and could do so on other M&A
A Hotel-Inspired Hollywood HQ • A photo of a lounge in London kicked off the creation of production company wiip’s Hollywood offices, housed in a building developed by silent star Fred Thomson
A Non-Office for Influencers to Work and Play
Cool Cats • Add some ‘meow pow!’ this summer with the latest retro-glam shades loved by Hollywood
‘I DON’T SLEEP’ • AT ONLY 24, SYDNEY SWEENEY HAS ‘WORKED HER ASS OFF’ FOR THE KIND OF CAREER AND ACCOLADES — INCLUDING SIMULTANEOUS EMMY NOMS FOR EUPHORIA AND THE WHITE LOTUS — THAT ARE THE STUFF OF ACTORS’ DREAMS. SO WHY CAN'T SHE REST EASY?
JOHN LASSETER’S SECOND ACT • No one could tell a story like JOHN LASSETER — until he resigned as Disney Animation/Pixar’s chief creative officer in the wake of #MeToo complaints. Having landed at SKYDANCE’s new animation division, where he oversaw August’s Luck, he’s attempting to turn his own story around
PUTTING THE BAND BACK TOGETHER •...