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Michael Ovitz, Me And The Truce That Never Was

As a new book puts the focus back on CAA’s origins, Kim Masters recalls how the agent’s fit at The Palm and her follow-up kicked off one of Hollywood’s prickliest pas de deux.

Songs Of Innocence And Experience

How 5 writers found the music to convey their films’ tragedy, injustice, patriotism and loveA Wonderful Example of ‘What the World Loves About America’

Execs Can Boycott The Press Tour — But Not The Pressing Questions

With top programmers passing on January’s TV Critics Association panels, THR poses (and answers) the five toughest quandaries of the unfolding season

Making Of Kubo And The Two Strings

Old-fashioned stop-motion meets new-fashioned 3D printing in this directorial debut by the head of Portland, Ore.-based Laika studios — and THR was on the set.

A World Of Pioneering Talents

Along with best picture contender Elle these 13 films may have the momentum to make the Oscar shortlist (still to be announced as this issue went to press)

Iain Canning & Emile Sherman

The Brit-Aussie team behind Lion talk winning an Oscar for The King’s Speech, working with Harvey Weinstein and the upcoming biblical epic Mary Magdalene

Producer Of The Year Charles Roven

He reveals what really happened between George Clooney and David O. Russell, witnessed Richard Pryor behave (very) badly in church and fired an actor for repeatedly shouting ‘cut’ on a set. All in a day’s work for a Hollywood slugger with $2B in 2016 box office.

No Happy Endings Required

The death of satire, when to kill a scene and how to write a Trump movie (‘Let’s hope it’s not a tragedy’).

Don't Stop, Won't Stop Believing

Hulu’s The Path centers on a fringe religious movement, Meyerism, with Emmy winner Aaron Paul as a disruptive doubter — but during a visit from THR, cast, crew and showrunners all seem in perfect harmony.

Ryan Murphy: American Success Story

The prolific producer opens up about the future of American Horror Story, his plans for more Broadway and the real reason an American Crime Story season centered on Hurricane Katrina won’t be quite as depressing as it sounds. 

Relativity 2.0: The Plan To Save Hollywood's

A year ago, the company’s epic meltdown ended in bankruptcy. Now, in an exclusive interview, Ryan Kavanaugh reveals his relaunch strategy along with his new Oscar-nominated man about town, Dana Brunetti, who asks, ‘What the f— were they thinking?’ as they take stock and promise this time (really!) things will be different.

Westworld

HBO’s ambitious series about an unusual theme park is dark, dense and deeply intriguing.

Gabriel & Daniel Hammond

Heading into the fall festivals, the billionaire brothers behind an indie-film upstart reveal a pivot to broader-appeal fare (think Bad Santa 2) and why the midbudget movie isn’t dead.

Viacom's Future Post-Philippe:5 Key Scenarios

A CBS merger? Don’t bet on it as Shari Redstone and her new board (and Michael Eisner as CEO?!) weigh everything from major investment to selling one or both companies.

Shawn Levy Founder, 21 Laps Entertainment

‘The ground is shifting under our feet,’ says the producer-director of Netflix’s Stranger Things as he weighs in on sequel slump and what he’d say if Star Wars came calling

Sheila Nevins Finally Shares Her Own Story

HBO’s documentary legend becomes an author with a blend of biography and poetry.

4 Planes, 10,000 Miles And 8 Hot Towels: 36 Hours On A Bicoastal Mission In First Class

Pass the organic ice cream and Baileys! An intrepid THR editor tests the ultra-luxe services of L.A.-to-NYC airlines, breezing through security, munching on parsnip mousse and cocooning in a pod at 30,000 feet

L.A. Vs. NYC Via The Housewives

Race, culture, wealth: Two cities reveal their very different (and often ugly) souls on Bravo, writes the NBA Hall of Famer

Paying The Price For A China Ban

From American Gigolo through Pretty Woman, Richard Gere was at the top of studio A-lists, but speaking up passionately in defense of Tibet has taken him down the indie road that led to two new films

The Handmaid's Tale

Carried by a never-better Elisabeth Moss, Hulu’s disturbing series based on the Margaret Atwood novel about a future in which women are subjugated is rivetingly relevant 

Oh my God, Kenny Turns 20!

An oral history of South Park as Matt Stone and Trey Parker (and the execs and talent who helped make their show happen) reveal for the first time that Scientologists may have urged Chef quit after the Tom Cruise episode, their acid trip at the Oscars and how to get an R rating (hint: just one rim job)

Ben Sherwood

The chief talks a Star Wars TV series, ABC’s primetime plan, his pick for Oscar host and learning from Michael Strahan’s Live exit (‘We made some mistakes’)

Carrie Coon's Double Threat

The Leftovers breakout wraps HBO’s drama as she debuts on FX’s Fargo 

Sherry Lansing Shares Her Stories

Hollywood’s first female studio boss tells all (finally!) in a new biography that details her improbable rise to power, screaming matches on Fatal Attraction, taming Angelina Jolie and the mantra of her movies: ‘If someone screws you over, you have the right to get even’

Ghost In The Shell

Scarlett Johansson stars as a cyber soldier in a live-action take on the Japanimation classic that brings the flash but forgets the heart and brains.

Michael De Luca

The Oscars producer on Fifty Shades’ future, how Hollywood is ‘antiseptic’ and why he ditched L.A. for Texas

You've Got a Global Audience. Use It

The Cider House Rules author, who gave a pro-choice acceptance speech for his 2000 screenplay win, writes in favor of ‘outright bias’ from Hollywood

Rola Bauer

StudioCanal TV’s top exec has set up shop in Hollywood as she intends to ride the disappearance of the ‘chasm between the U.S. and Europeans’ (with help from Benedict Cumberbatch and Idris Elba).

The End Of 'Hail To The Sheath'

It’s election season here in Hollywood as the women supporting Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris talk about how to power dress for politicos (and beyond).

A Young Star's Mantra: 'Roles That Are Colorless'

Jacob Latimore, hot with Sundance hit Sleight and Kathryn Bigelow’s Detroit, seeks to parlay music to Hollywood