Steven Zeitchik is a former Los Angeles Times staff writer who covered film and the larger world of Hollywood for the paper from 2009 to 2017, exploring the personalities, issues, content and consequences of both the creative and business (and, increasingly, digital) aspects of our screen entertainment. He previously covered entertainment beats at Variety and the Hollywood Reporter, has contributed arts and culture pieces to the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post and the New York Times and has done journalistic tours of duty in Jerusalem and Berlin. While at The Times he has also reported stories in cities ranging from Cairo to Krakow, though Hollywood can still seem like the most exotic destination of all.
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Endeavor’s bid to return a $400-million investment to the Saudi Arabian government because of an outcry over the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has been fulfilled, according to a person with knowledge of the talks.
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Maybe you came to her in “Mechanic: Resurrection.”
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On a recent weekday afternoon, a corporate executive met with staffers at the United Nations’ landmark building in New York, high above the East River.
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MoviePass took another step toward the abyss Monday, announcing that some of the biggest summer movies won’t be available on the service as the company continues to suffer a massive cash crunch.
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The CBS board of directors said Friday it would investigate allegations of personal misconduct against legendary CBS chief executive Leslie Moonves, based on a story in the New Yorker that states he sexually harassed six women over three decades.
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The bidding war over 21st Century Fox reached a new peak Wednesday as Walt Disney announced it was upping its offer to $71.3 billion, days after Comcast made a competing offer of $65 billion and hours before the Fox board met to discuss the bid.
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Hollywood being what it is, and authors being who they are, film productions don’t tend to involve many novelists.
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Time Inc., the steward of some of the country’s most circulated and storied magazine brands, will be sold to the lifestyle-magazine publisher Meredith Corp., the companies announced Sunday.
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Amid all the movies that distinguished themselves at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, perhaps no movie did so with words more than “Molly’s Game.”
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Shortly before he began shooting “The Square,” Swedish director Ruben Östlund sent one of his trademark found YouTube videos to the film’s cast.