Skydance
Skydance's SEC filing names Laurene Powell Jobs and Bobby Kotick as directors, with both seats tied to the Warner Bros. Discovery merger closing.
philanthropy
Charitable giving hit $617.2 billion in 2025, but arts, culture and humanities grew at roughly half the rate of education and environmental nonprofits that captured donor attention.
studio deals
Studios and streamers use two very different structures to lock down producer talent. First-look deals offer overhead and freedom; overall deals offer guarantees and exclusivity.
Paris Fashion Week
Designers responded to declining consumer demand with extravagant spectacle and elevated craftsmanship rather than price cuts as spring-summer 2027 collections debuted.
apprenticeships
Union apprenticeships, fellowships, and pre-apprenticeship programs offer structured routes into the entertainment industry for hundreds of workers annually.
Paramount-Warner merger
Hollywood Chamber of Commerce
How the Walk of Fame nomination and selection process works and why it remains central to Hollywood's civic institutions.
brand ambassadors
Oscars
The Academy's Best International Feature now allows festival winners to qualify without country submission, reshaping the 2027 race after France rejected Anatomy of a Fall.
theatrical strategy
Studios use exclusive theatrical periods to maximize revenue across multiple platforms. The length varies by studio strategy, film performance, and the cascade of monetization windows that follow.
Hollywood Walk of Fame
The Chamber vets nominees for achievement and longevity, but a review committee and Los Angeles City Hall still decide who actually gets a star.
Academy Awards
The Academy now requires performances to be demonstrably performed by humans with the performer's consent. Here's how the 2026 rule works and what it means for film production.
production incentives
The Motion Picture Association's economic study has rallied studios and unions behind a coordinated push for a 20% federal film tax credit in Congress.
Emmy Awards
The 78th Emmy Awards revealed how independent peer group voting actually works, and what it means for campaign strategy in the next awards cycle.
film festivals
How major film festivals like TIFF, Tribeca and SXSW function simultaneously as premiere platforms for artists and organized marketplaces where filmmakers secure financing and distribution deals.
product placement
The process requires months of advance planning and careful alignment between production teams and brand executives, with costume designers holding the power to approve which brands appear on screen.
deals
First-look and overall deals give studios priority access to producers' projects, but operate under fundamentally different terms.
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