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The Hollywood Reporter

THR’S INAUGURAL RAISING OUR VOICES ISSUE COMPLEMENTS ITS SECOND DE&I GALA

The Report • Behind the Headlines

Execs Say Writers’ Shut-It-Down Strategy Has Been Effective • As the strike extends into its second month, protesters are focusing efforts on stopping in-progress productions. Higher-ups at the studios privately concede it’s been working

Producers Guild Presidents to Writers: Why We’re With You in This Fight • Stephanie Allain and Donald De Line explain how their trade organization’s battles parallel the issues underlying this spring’s strike

Can AI Be Funny? The Answer: It Depends • Researchers believe that most original comedy is out of reach now for the tech, with this caveat for studios: ‘How mediocre are you OK with your comedy being?’

Broadway Rebounding, Even Though ‘the Suburbs Have Not Come Back’ • In its first season without major COVID-19 disruptions, attendance and total grosses saw notable growth to near pre-pandemic levels

The Succession Effect: Do Other Dramas Stand a Chance? • The muted Emmy campaigns and strategic submissions of its competitors suggest that HBO/Max’s hit, which aired its final episode on May 28, will take home the top prize — while also shaking up the lead actor and actress races

WWE-UFC MEGA-MERGER: ‘NOW IT’S TIME TO MONETIZE’ WITH NEW TV DEALS • Who’s inking on the dotted line this week

Ted Lasso Brings Its A-Game • APPLE TV+, 29 Episodes

Rights Available! • Hot new podcasts with Hollywood appeal

Teo Yoo • The actor explains why he wasn’t allowed to so much as hug his co-star during rehearsals for A24’s Past Lives

Hollywood Tackles Aging • No, not anti-aging, but ageist narratives portrayed onscreen, which community hub GenSpace, founded by Wallis Annenberg, is combating: ‘We want stories centered on this population’

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

Rambling Reporter

Red Carpet

Power Dining

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

Tina Turner • Actress Gloria Reuben recalls being a backup singer for Turner’s 24/7 world tour in 2000: ‘She was a beaming light’

RAISING OUR VOICES • The Hollywood Reporter salutes the industry leaders who are championing diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility in Hollywood

Birding Is Hollywood’s New Form of Meditation • ‘You’re forced to pay attention,’ says one industry birder of the once stodgy-seeming activity that is taking off, fueled by a pandemic-born interest in slowing down and apps that make it easier to find ‘grail birds’ as L.A. rains increase populations

Central Park’s Famed Birder Stars on Nat Geo

Aqua, Man • Navy has been replaced as the hot color in status watches with a range of sea-inspired blues

‘AM I ALLOWED TO LAUGH AT THIS?’ • With playfulness and subversive humor, multihyphenate powerhouse Taika Waititi is redefining Native representation in projects like Reservation Dogs and Next Goal Wins — and seems to be having more fun in Hollywood than just about anyone else

‘CAN I INVITE YOU TO THINK DIFFERENTLY ABOUT ME?’ • Eva Longoria and Niecy Nash-Betts — who will be given THR’s inaugural Trailblazer awards on May 31 at the Raising Our Voices gala — reflect on shifting perceptions and the next generation: ‘Sometimes people have to be shown something to know that it’s possible’

HOLLYWOOD’S FORCES FOR CHANGE • From creating globally relevant (and incredibly lucrative) content to...