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Issa Rae’s career is soaring, but even so she’s less optimistic about support for women in Hollywood now than she was in the immediate wake of #MeToo.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer There’s a scene in “The Devil Wears Prada” where Meryl Streep’s Miranda Priestly is fighting to keep her top fashion magazine job. Over coffee in Paris, Priestly slips a piece of paper to her boss containing the names of “designers, photographers, editors, writers, models — all of whom found by me, nurtured by me and have promised me they will follow me whenever and if ever I choose to leave.” Naturally, the boss reconsidered and Priestly won the day. A stylist friend recently recalled this scene to me in the context of Donatella Versace, the lauded designer (and star in her own right) who has been the face of her namesake fashion house for nearly 30 years.

The news of the moment keeps veering between cutbacks and comebacks. Keep your shrink on hold.

Angelique Jackson “Spawn” creator Todd McFarlane shared an update on the long-awaited reboot of the comic book antihero franchise on Thursday at San Diego Comic-Con. The new “Spawn” movie has been in the works for nearly a decade, with McFarlane teaming up with Jason Blum’s production company Blumhouse in 2017 to develop the next chapter in the human-turned-Hellspawn’s story.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director “The Sopranos” star Drea de Matteo was interviewed on Fox News’ “Jesse Watters Primetime” (via Mediaite) and said she’s got a target on her back in Hollywood because she’s an actor who does not endorse Joe Biden for president. The Emmy-winning actor went on to say there are “a lot” of “quiet” Donald Trump supporters in Hollywood, suggesting they won’t go public with their support out of fear of being similarly criticized for going against Biden. “Is there a quiet Trump voter out there in Hollywood?” host Jesse Watters asked.

Will Hollywood experience another actors strike in the coming months?

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Hollywood got back on its feet on Wall Street this year, and if it wants to remain on solid ground in 2024 — or even climb a few steps higher — it needs to look beyond what movies and TV shows were the greatest hits. The biz is overdue when it comes to keeping an eye on the video game titles consumers poured their time into over the past 12 months.

Cannes Film Festival chief Thierry Frémaux has barely gotten over his jet lag after a whirlwind trip to Los Angeles this month, but he’s already planning a return visit as he attempts to pull together one of the most formidable lineups in the 76-year history of the event. He’s made it clear to studio executives that he would love to highlight both their blockbusters and their awards contenders, and though formal offers have not been made or accepted, this year’s Cannes has the potential to match or even surpass the 2022 edition — which played host to Tom Cruise and “Top Gun: Maverick” and Austin Butler and Tom Hanks with “Elvis” — in movie star moments. 

Issa Rae has always been very candid about her views on Hollywood's machinations, and in a new interview with , the self-proclaimed «media mogul» got very frank about why she believes the entertainment industry is «regressing.»When asked what she feels has changed about Hollywood in a post-#MeToo era, the series creator answered that it was «sadly, not much.»«There are just too many enablers for there to be real change,» the  creator and alum adds, stating that real change will only come when people are actually «held accountable» with «legitimate consequences.» Rae, who once called the music business «probably the worst industry I’ve ever come across,» went on to declare that Hollywood rarely doles out suitable consequences for its offenders because «money will always reign supreme.»«That’s something that, even by working in this industry, we’re enabling. So it’s hard,» she tells the outlet. «What I have realized is that I can control my own environment and who I work with.

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"I was like 'F*** you' [because] they literally did not see the person that I categorically know that I am!" she exclaimed.She had grown up around a sister who represented "idealised beauty" in a "90s supermodel sort of way" and she recalled always been the larger one.Now, however, the Hollywood crowd had started praising her for an identity she didn't feel was truly hers.In spite of her uncertainty, she was determined to ride the wave of success."All of my insecurities and all of the stuff that I felt I'd failed at so far in my young life, I could leave behind and I could be this new person," she elaborated.A long string of films and showbiz appearances followed, including the movie Good Will Hunting in 1997.However, she felt the consequences of Good Will from Hollywood movie executives amounted to sacrificing her true self."I left myself behind," she lamented of that period in her life.By the time she reached her early 30s, a turning point of rediscovery came.She had hit rock bottom after becoming "isolated in a disastrous relationship".Minnie recalled that her partner had been encouraging her not to work, and to let the relationship "define" her.When the toxic romance started to slip away, it forced her to examine what she still had in her life.She also began to realise the emphasis she had placed on her stage self, sex appeal, popularity and financial success."[I felt that] I'm only a successful person if people are loving me and I'm making hundreds or tens of millions of dollars," she mused.However in her desperation to be "exalted", she found that she had lost sight of who she truly was.A showbiz friend insisted that she spend some time living with his pal who owned a guesthouse in Hawaii - and she entered an

footage resurfaced of the “King Richard” actor appearing to playfully threaten a Spanish TV presenter, warning: “Careful with what you say to my wife.”The 2010 clip — which is again circulating on the heels of Will slapping Chris Rock at the Oscar’s Sunday night — shows him and wife Jada Pinkett-Smith, 50, with TV host Pablo Motos on the popular Spanish talk show “El Hormiguero.”Motos starts out by complimenting Jada’s “beautiful” looks and career success — only for Will, 53, to interject as their son Jaden Smith shook his head.“Pablo, be careful with the words you use for my wife, okay!?” Will warned in Spanish as he raised his hand at the presenter. After defending his Jada, he motioned for Motos to continue talking, leaning in to suggest that he was listening closely to every word.

The Donald Trump era is passing like a dark cloud, but I’d offer a second headline of equal importance: The Rupert Murdoch era also is history. As the media lord nears 90, his ominous hold on the politics and pop culture of three nations is lifting as well. Hollywood, too, will be healthier in his absence.