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Why So Many Feminist-Leaning Movies Right Now? Maybe Because It’s Time | Variety
Multi-Genre Helmers Vie for Glory | Variety director’s preview
Streaming Wars Accelerate: What’s Working and Why | Variety
Emmys: How Variety Shows Are Navigating the Political Divide | Variety
HFPA Aids Hits Close to Home for Press Organization’s Leader | Variety
Emmys: Female Writer-Director Nominees Are Few, but Mighty | Variety
Who Makes Cedric the Entertainer Laugh? Get a Pen | Variety
Cedric the Entertainer Digs Into New Neighborhood | Variety
NewFronts Return Slimmer, But No Less Controversial | Variety
How Oscars Nominees Defied Expectations on #MeToo Era | Variety
‘Get Out’ Channeled the Changing Zeitgeist in Exposing Racial Unease | Variety
Santa Barbara Film Festival Gets Underway With Renewed Purpose | Variety
Studios Pull Out All the Stops to Pump Up Digital Movie Purchases in the Streaming Age | Variety
George Takei Doesn’t Want Us to Ever Forget What Happened During WWII | Variety
Perils of TV Lit Adaptations | Variety
East Coast vs. West Coast vs. The World | Variety
How Golden Can the Gothams Really Get? | VarietyPioneering ‘Bambi’ Artist Gets Big Tribute, Oct. 18, 2016
Going for the Gold With Fest Resources, Oct. 18, 2016
(Online: Asian World Film Festival Fights Euro Odds in Oscar’s Backyard)
Married life, for better and worse, Golden Globes Update, Nov. 30, 2012 (pdfmarriedlife)
Thesps discover damaged good, Eye on the Oscars: Talent Race, Nov. 19, 2012
Roles all over the map in this ‘Atlas’, Eye on the Oscars: Talent Race, Nov. 19, 2012
Repeat contenders, Eye on the Oscars: Talent Race, Nov. 19, 2012
All eyes on the prize — femme-tastic projects, May 31, 2010 (pdfwif)
MPAA at crossroads, weekly cover story, May 29, 2010 (pdfmpaa)
Biz told to alter its DNA at tech summit, May 4, 2010 (techsummit05042010)
Milken panelists grapple with technology, April 29, 2010
Getty Images nabs Berliner Studios, April 27, 2010
A failure to communicate — Britweek, April 26, 2010
Future of Film Summit aims positive, Dec. 8, 2009
Media Careers Quarterly, Dec. 7, 2009
Let the kudos campaigns begin, Dec. 2, 2009
Exhibs, studios war over windows, Nov. 28, 2009
Ryan Kavanaugh: Billion Dollar Producer, Nov. 19, 2009 (kavanaughfeature11192009) (with: Kavanaugh sees future in VOD; Rogue crosses platforms)
L.A.’s changing screen scene, Oct. 22, 2009 (LAscreenscene10222009)
The upside of VOD and DVD day-and-date release, Oct. 17, 2009
Studios collapsing VOD windows, Oct. 8, 2009
Yahoo ups originals, Oct. 4, 2009
Sandra Bullock, Comedy Impact Report, July 20, 2009
Twitter co-founders Evan Williams and Biz Stone, Comedy Impact Report, July 20, 2009
Erik Flannigan, MTV Networks Entertainment Group exec VP of digital media, Comedy Impact Report, July 20, 2009
Wyatt Cenac, 10 Comics to Watch, July 17, 2009 (wyattcenac07172009 pdf)
Job hunters go back to school, July 6, 2009
Slumping sales shock showbiz, Jan. 25, 2009 weekly
Growth of Hulu: Who knew?, Nov. 16, 2008 weekly hulusuccess11142008 pdf
YouTube cozies up to Hollywood, Nov. 16, 2008 weekly
Variety reveals pacts facts: Number of producers deals lowest ever, Aug. 11, 2008
Chick pic clicks, June 11, 2008 weekly
‘Sex” sells, but will men see ‘City?’ May 27, 2008
TV tangled up in web, March 2, 2008 weekly
Pascal, Lynton fuel box office fireworks: Sony chairs provide a study in contrasts, Sept. 10, 2007 weekly pascallynton09062007 pdf
Writers scramble amid strike phobia, Aug. 10, 2007
Hollywood pitches in on war effort: Studios plan tactics for issue-driven films, July 30, 2007
Equity can be a mixed blessing: Some producers cautious about deals, June 11, 2007
Loudon Wainwright III, Judd Apatow repertory player, May 28, 2007 loudonapataw05252007 pdf
Big-budget bang-ups, April 20, 2007
Fox’s mailroom maven dies at 78: Papahristos worked on lot since 1950s, April 3, 2007
Filmmakers get one more chance with recut DVDs, March 5, 2007
VHS, 30, dies of loneliness, Nov. 15, 2006 deathvhsVariety / vhsdeath11142006 pdf
Juice boxes lack punch: As biz booms, TV-on-DVD tries to spice up offerings, Sept. 18, 2006
Image fights to keep its niche: Indie battles Lionsgate takeover bid, Aug. 14, 2006
A non-star is shorn: Character actors are losing middle ground as the rich get even richer, May 30, 2005 characteractors05302005 pdf
Suite smell of swag: Showbizzers flip for freebies at gift lounges designed to please, Feb. 21, 2005
Pop poli-tees: H’w’d players proudly display political allegiances, Aug. 9, 2004 poppolitees08082004 pdf
Kiddie book biz catty about celebs: Their books sell but some consider them interlopers, July 19, 2004 kiddiebooks07182004 pdf
Green with eco stylings: Fashion show benefits Environmental Media Assn., Feb. 2, 2003
Variety book reviews
Wishful Drinking, Dec.21, 2008 wishfuldrinkingreview12222008 pdf
The Man Who Owns the News, Dec. 14, 2008 manwhoownsreview12122008 pdf
Call Me Ted, Dec. 14, 2008 callmetedreview12122008 pdf
No Time to Think: The Menace of Media Speed and the 24-Hour News Cycle, Nov.9, 2008 notimetothinkreview11102008 pdf
Somebody: The Reckless Life and Remarkable Career of Marlon Brando, Nov. 9, 2008 somebodyreview11102008 pdf
Hollywood Independents: The Postwar Talent Takeover, Oct. 19, 2008 hollyindiesreview10172008 pdf
Stuff White People Like, July 13, 2008 whitepeople07112008 pdf
Trophies (Heather Thomas), June 8, 2008 trophies06062008 pdf
The Man Who Heard Voices: Or, How M. Night Shyamalan Risked His Career on a Fairy Tale, July 24, 2006 manvoices07232006 pdf
American Movie Critics: An Anthology From the Silents Until Now, July 23, 2006 moviecriticsreview07232006 pdf
Junior (Macaulay Culkin), July 9, 2006 macaulayjuniorreview07082006 pdf
Ava Gardner: Love Is Nothing, May 22, 2006 avareview05212006 pdf
The Schreiber Theory, April 17, 2006 schreiberreview04152006 pdf
Tell Me How You Love the Picture, Feb. 19, 2006 tellmereview02202006 pdf
Fiasco: A History of Hollywood’s Iconic Flops, Feb. 19, 2006 fiascoreview02202006 pdf
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