Hollywood Heretic
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Deeper Diving with Sean Glass and Reunion
It seems my deep dive on Netflix, Paramount and the fight for Warner garnered quite a bit of attention — both wanted and unwanted, warranted and unwarranted. At the same time, when you catch the attention of the right people — like and Sea...
Days of Madness: The Sequel
It’s enough to make you regret hitting “send.”
No sooner had I posted my epic analysis of the Netflix/Paramount/Warner drama, than it was reported that more than 1000 Hollywood stars and insiders had signed a petition to oppose the deal,...
100 Days of Madness: Netflix, Paramount, Warner and the Future of Hollywood
Make yourselves comfortable. This is a long one. The topic warrants it. I’ve spent months doing the research and building the datasets — work which others could and should have done, but didn’t.
With few exceptions, the reporting on the W...
98th Academy Awards Post-Mortem
Paul Thomas Anderson collects one of his three Oscars for “One Battle After Another,” which captured six trophies overall, including Best Picture. (AMPAS)
The 98th Annual Academy Awards, for achievements in 2025, went largely according to...
All Art is Not Political
“All art is political!”
Over the course of the past week, that protestation — or some variation thereof — exploded across social media after what started as a tempest in a teapot at the Berlin Film Festival turned into a full-blown interna...
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An LAist FilmWeek regular as well as a member of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) and the Critics Choice Association (CCA), Wade is a veteran entertainment journalist, producer, screenwriter, published author and film historian.
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