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Hollywood wants the rest of the world to follow U.S. copyright law

Dec 20, 2013
As negotiators continue work on a trans-Pacific trade deal, one of the sticking points is intellectual property.

One giant talent agency to swallow another

Dec 18, 2013
The talent agency William Morris Endeavor has made a deal to buy rival agency IMG Worldwide for a cool $2.4 billion.
The talent agency William Morris Endeavor is reportedly near a deal to buy rival agency IMG Worldwide for a cool $2.4 billion. Above, IMG client Tim Tebow.
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Buying your way onto the Hollywood Walk of Fame

Nov 4, 2013
Movie studios, fan clubs or anyone can raise the funds for a star.
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In Hollywood, big bets lead to big payoffs

Oct 17, 2013
In an industry of risk, Hollywood has to take the safe bet.

Hollywood writes a new storyline for Obamacare

Oct 10, 2013
Hollywood Health and Society, part of the USC Annenberg Norman Lear Center, has created a health care-information pipeline straight to the entertainment industry

Despite successes, Netflix still an outsider

Sep 17, 2013
Netflix has some big media competition.

Bob Odenkirk and David Cross talk success and failure

Sep 10, 2013
The actors from "Breaking Bad" and "Arrested Development" discuss their new book on failure and success in the entertainment industry.

For public good, not for profit.

'Instructions Not Included': A blueprint for box office success?

Sep 3, 2013
Hollywood's relationship with the Latino market has always been hit or miss. This weekend, one movie bucked the trend.

New school Silicon Beach meets old school Hollywood

Aug 30, 2013
With Netflix reporting first quarter revenue of over $1 billion, others are seeing profit in original storytelling. And major tech companies are setting up production studios all over L.A.

Ashton Kutcher's Steve Jobs movie opens tonight

Aug 16, 2013
Ashton Kutcher plays Apple CEO Steve Jobs in the first Hollywood film about the visionary Silicon Valley legend. It's a an opportunity to move Kutcher's career from TV to the big screen. But it could also impact his side vocation as a tech company investor if he doesn't get it right.