Ethan Shanfeld In Hollywood, 2023 was a year defined by the “Barbenheimer” box office craze and the dual strikes that shut down the industry for months.
Taylor Swift and Beyoncé dominated live music, and translated their blockbuster world tours into moviegoing events that bolstered the fall box office.
Artificial intelligence became Hollywood’s next hot button issue, and the outbreak of violence in the Middle East divided the industry.
Variety readers gravitated toward other stories, too, as evidenced by our most-read magazine cover stories of the year, which investigate the crisis at Marvel and downfall of the MCU, list the 100 greatest TV shows of all time and chronicle the making of one of 2023’s kookiest comedy-horror films.
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