Richard Rushfield

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Winners and Losers of a Long Hot Movie Summer: What Changed

By: Richard Rushfield

For six years now , everything that's happened with the box office — even everything good — has been couched in a hangdog, post-Covid air.

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Storm Clouds Over 2027

By: Richard Rushfield

Yesterday, I was mostly positive about the state of movies; now, let's get to reality.

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Hollywood Abandoned August. But the Movies Didn't

By: Richard Rushfield

The dog days of summer get a bad rap. But the eighth month has long been where the most interesting cinema thrives

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First Look: Hollywood's Secret AI Talks Go Public. Here's the Plan

By: Richard Rushfield

Kathleen Kennedy quietly convened Oscar winners, actors, studio execs, Silicon Valley — and me. Now our first public framework draws a line in favor of human-controlled AI

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Hayden Panettiere, the Final Blow of Child Stardom — and Hollywood's Shame

By: Richard Rushfield

Another lost soul joins an awful list of tragedies. When will this horror show make the industry realize something is wrong?

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Obama Sent His Daughters Anna Holmes' Essay. Her Message? Say ‘No'

By: Richard Rushfield

The Jezebel founder on her essential new book and the need for women and girls to draw boundaries

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8 Fall Trends I Can't Ignore

By: Richard Rushfield

Merger mania, a box office Trojan horse and the midterms — what I'm watching (and you should too)

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Alison Pill: Hollywood Parents Don't Let Their Kids Be Child Stars

By: Richard Rushfield

‘There are very few nepo actual babies; there are nepo late teens,' she says. Why? ‘A hint to knowledge of the exploitation'

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The 6 Worst People You'll Meet During Fall Festival Season

By: Richard Rushfield

A field guide to the scandal hunters, ovation timers, insta-critics and other vile species drowning out the movies

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I Watched the Towers Fall. Hollywood Has Never Felt the Same Since

By: Richard Rushfield

In NYC 25 years ago for a wedding, I never shook the dread that followed — or the sense the industry changed with it