Ex-Sony CEO Calls ‘The Interview’ His Biggest Career Mistake, Says Obama Asked Him “What Were You Thinking?” After Cyber Hack

Ex-Sony CEO Calls ‘The Interview’ His Biggest Career Mistake, Says Obama Asked Him “What Were You Thinking?” After Cyber Hack

Michael Lynton, the former CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment, is looking back on the 2014 film The Interview with deep regret. In a recent excerpt from Lynton’s upcoming memoir From Mistakes to Meaning: Owning Your Past So It Doesn’t Own You, published recently in the Wall Street Journal, he opens up about how greenlighting The…

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Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg Honor “Utter Genius” Catherine O’Hara While Accepting 2026 DGA Comedy Series Award for ‘The Studio’

Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg Honor “Utter Genius” Catherine O’Hara While Accepting 2026 DGA Comedy Series Award for ‘The Studio’

The Studio directors Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg honored Catherine O’Hara during their acceptance speech for outstanding directorial achievement for a comedy series at the 2026 DGA Awards. “Honestly, there’s no one we wish we could thank in person at this moment more than we would love to thank Catherine O’Hara,” Rogen said, which led the…

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‘Breakdown: 1975’ Review: Morgan Neville’s Netflix Doc Offers a Fun, if Unfocused, Glimpse at Hollywood and America in the Mid-1970s

‘Breakdown: 1975’ Review: Morgan Neville’s Netflix Doc Offers a Fun, if Unfocused, Glimpse at Hollywood and America in the Mid-1970s

In the opening minutes of Netflix‘s Breakdown: 1975, Oliver Stone pulls out a piece of lined paper and begins enthusiastically reading a list of his favorite films, ostensibly from 1975, given the title of Morgan Neville‘s documentary and the talking points already raised by Jodie Foster’s narration. He’s doing OK for a bit, before getting…

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Box Office: ‘Black Phone 2’ Dials It in for Blumhouse With .5M U.S. Opening and M Globally

Box Office: ‘Black Phone 2’ Dials It in for Blumhouse With $26.5M U.S. Opening and $42M Globally

Blumhouse is back in action. Scott Derrickson’s sequel Black Phone 2 delivered horror maestro Jason Blum a major win in opening to a better-than-expected $26.5 million domestically from 3,411 theaters and $42 million globally. The pic’s debut follows a string of misses for the banner, culminating with the pricey flop of M3GAN 2.0 earlier this year. The Universal and…

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Critic’s Notebook: A Flat Nate Bargatze and a Lame Time-Saving Gag Upstage Worthy Winners at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards

Critic’s Notebook: A Flat Nate Bargatze and a Lame Time-Saving Gag Upstage Worthy Winners at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards

Given that I live in Los Angeles and work for an entertainment industry trade publication, I’m not supposed to admit this, but much of the country — not “most” but probably more than “some” — has a particular perception about Hollywood. Writers and directors and producers and movie stars, you sometimes hear, live in a…

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Watch The Hollywood Reporter’s Full, Uncensored Comedy Actor Roundtable

Watch The Hollywood Reporter’s Full, Uncensored Comedy Actor Roundtable

Stick the stars of six top comedies around a table for an hour, and it becomes increasingly impossible to keep composure. At least, that was the case for The Hollywood Reporter’s latest Comedy Actor Emmy roundtable, featuring Adam Brody (Nobody Wants This), Ted Danson (A Man on the Inside), John Mulaney (Everybody’s Live), Seth Rogen (The Studio), Jason Segel (Shrinking) and Julio Torres (Fantasmas). The rollicking conversation…

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