Cinema News: Hollywood slowdown brings peril for agents, managers

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June 23, 2024

'Unprecedented time': Hollywood slowdown brings peril for talent agencies, managers

As work in Hollywood has slowed down this year on U.S. series and movies, talent reps are adapting by taking on consulting jobs and marketing their clients overseas.

Defying age and expectations, 94-year-old June Squibb is Hollywood's latest action star

Since her Oscar-nominated turn in 2013's "Nebraska," the stage and screen veteran has kept busy. Her latest, action-comedy "Thelma," captivated audiences at Sundance.

Letterboxd started as a cinephile's best-kept secret. Now studios want in

Letterboxd, the movie-logging app loved by cinephiles, helped drive "Everything Everywhere All at Once's" success. Now it has the attention of Hollywood's biggest players.

'Dancing for the Devil': Updates on Netflix's 'TikTok cult' series

What we know about past and present members of Shekinah Church and talent management company 7M Films who were featured in the Netflix docuseries "Dancing for the Devil."

Disney told L.A. residents to move to Florida for a planned campus. They did, it was canceled and now they're suing

A lawsuit seeks damages for Disney employees who moved from California to Florida after the company told them they were being transferred — and then backtracked.

Sixty years ago, a photographer rolled with a biker gang. Now his life is a movie

"The Bikeriders" began as a book of photographs taken by an embedded Danny Lyon. Those images have inspired a film starring Austin Butler, Jodie Comer and Mike Faist.

How 'The West Wing's' 'difficult' assassination-attempt episodes were pulled off

Just as with real-life assassination attempts, to really understand the power of "The West Wing's" two-part Season 2 premiere, "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen," requires a look back at the actions before the attack.

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