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March 18, 2026
Gabriel Iglesias and Jo Koy on Why They Teamed Up for a SoFi Stadium Stand-Up Mega-Show
Gabriel Iglesias was in the throes of an existential crisis or, in his words, “bummed out.” “I was kind of thinking to myself, ‘What do we do now?’” recalls the comedian, known to fans as “Fluffy...
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March 4, 2026
Why Mayor Karen Bass Showed Up for Cinespace Studios’ Ribbon-Cutting and What It Means for Hollywood
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass doesn’t show up for the grand openings of many local businesses. But early Monday morning she trekked all the way out to the northwestern edge of the city, more than 25...
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February 4, 2026
Oscars Screenplay Race Break Down: From Paul Thomas Anderson’s Dominance to Foreign-Language Longshots
Most of the Oscar prognostication action happens around the best picture, acting and directing races, leaving the poor writing nominees metaphorically stuck alone in a room, staring at a blank scre...
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January 20, 2026
Colorado Taps Lauren Grimshaw Sloan as New Film Commissioner on Eve of Final Park City Sundance Fest Before its Move to Boulder
Colorado Gov. Jarid Polis announced today that he has appointed Lauren Grimshaw Sloan as the new Colorado Film Commissioner. The news comes on the eve of Park City’s final go-round as the host of S...
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January 20, 2026
Can AI and Polymarket Handicap the Guild Awards Like Human Pundits?
From HAL 9000 in “2001: A Space Odyssey” (1968) to Skynet in the “Terminator” films, AI has been portrayed as an existential threat to humankind in the movies. But when it comes to handicapping fil...
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