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Peter Bart: As Film & TV Writers Hit Picket Lines, Some Digital Media Counterparts Are Stuck In ‘Traffic’ Jam
This is a dark moment for frazzled members of the writing fraternity.
Picketers in Hollywood and New York fear a prolonged standoff gripping film and TV. Also troubling, their colleagues in digital media are patching together their résumés as Vice Media…
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Peter Bart: Will Fox News Crises Finally Provide Answer To Question Who Is Rupert Murdoch?
What is Rupert Murdoch up to? At age 92 he confronts the challenge of re-energizing Fox News, yet his stewardship remains as enigmatic as his politics.
Hollywood remembers that for 30 years Murdoch owned, then dismembered, a major movie company, yet…
Peter Bart: Tom Hanks’ New ‘Major Motion Picture Masterpiece’ Is Facetious Peek At Stardom, Moviemaking
Tom Hanks has expertly re-invented himself over the years, moving from rom-com star (Big) to war hero (Saving Private Ryan) to character actor (Elvis), and as a writer-director with That Thing You Do! and Larry Crowne. His newest chapter: novelist.
He's…
Peter Bart: Promising Start Gives Amazon’s ‘Air’ Some Breathing Room, But It’s Still An Uphill Battle To Expand Theatrical Openings
"Show me the money" was the memorable battle cry in Jerry Maguire, the 1996 movie about a sports agent who must "deliver" for his manic client.
Matt Damon, the negotiator at the center of his and Ben Affleck's new movie, delivers big time for his client, and so does the film. Air is an angry…
Peter Bart: Tom Cruise & Rob Lowe Both Survived Turbulence On Their Flights To Stardom
One was fiercely focused, the other accident-prone. They both made it.
The careers of Rob Lowe and Tom Cruise first collided exactly 40 years ago when the two very young but ambitious actors showed up at an Oklahoma location to assume their roles in The…
Peter Bart: Contrasting The Leading-Man Life From Keanu, Cruise & Harrison Ford To Sean Connery & Seminal Swashbuckler Errol Flynn
"I never set out to play the hero, but since I'm usually cast as one I want to be the best paid hero."
That's what Sean Connery said at a moment when he was re-negotiating his James Bond deal. As a serious actor, Connery admitted he never understood what traits audiences wanted from their movie…
Peter Bart: Quentin Tarantino’s Movie About A Film Critic May Be A Parting Shot To A Fading Species
A.O. Scott this week ends his 23-year run as film critic for the New York Times and most movie people are glad to see him go. So is he.
"If the film world is to become relevant again, it needs critics whose work reflects passion and advocacy, and that's…
Peter Bart: A24 Covets Oscar Haul, But Its Leaders Are More Skittish Than Ever About Spotlight
Now that the noise has subsided, were there any helpful takeaways from the Oscars?
If you ask the leaders of A24, the distributor that swept six categories, their answer would be the same as it was six years ago when Moonlight was the surprise winner…
Peter Bart: Mel Brooks’ Outrageous ‘History’ Lessons Help Distract From Oscar Week
The verdict seems clear: Mel Brooks continues to thrive as the auteur of disorder. Further, his blasphemies on Hulu this week serve as a welcome distraction from the numbing debates that usually dominate Oscar Week.
Twenty years ago, insiders assured us…
Peter Bart: Academy Reminds Voters That Oscars Still Matter Even In Moment Of Cutbacks, Strike Talk And Crushing Corporate Debt
With today's “urgent reminder” directed to its membership, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences again is doing its damnedest to get out the vote. The Oscar event is still a battlefield of "gold, sweat and tears" as portrayed in Oscar Wars, Michael…
Peter Bart: In Hollywood Award Season, Voters Have Learned To Distrust The Buzz
The annual Oscar melee always reminds us of this mandate: Never believe the “buzz.” Every important movie arrives with an aura – and it's usually wrong or misleading.
The advance buzz on The Godfather was so disastrous even Francis Coppola sensed it was…
Peter Bart: Sumner Redstone Wanted To Champion Movies, But His Lust For Power Made Him A “Corporate Monster”
From the outset, Sumner Redstone was a curiosity.
A cluster of power players 50 years ago were suddenly bidding for control of Hollywood's revered movie studios. Competition was intense but most of the bidders were not even “movie” people. In fact…
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