{"id":705787,"date":"2025-12-31T00:45:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T21:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-biggest-hollywood-bummers-of-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T00:45:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T21:45:12","slug":"the-biggest-hollywood-bummers-of-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-biggest-hollywood-bummers-of-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"The Biggest Hollywood Bummers of 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3e07d43fa2e\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3e07d43fa2e\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-biggest-hollywood-bummers-of-2025\/#Adults_Bail_on_Theaters\" >Adults Bail on Theaters<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-biggest-hollywood-bummers-of-2025\/#Tilly_Norwood_Takes_a_Shot_at_Stardom_and_Humans\" >Tilly Norwood Takes a Shot at Stardom (and Humans)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-biggest-hollywood-bummers-of-2025\/#WWE_Network_Rest_In_Peaaaace\" >WWE Network, Rest. In. Peaaaace!<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-biggest-hollywood-bummers-of-2025\/#Netflix_Buys_HBO_Before_HBO_Could_Become_Netflix\" >Netflix Buys HBO Before HBO Could Become Netflix<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-biggest-hollywood-bummers-of-2025\/#Game_of_the_Year_Stolen_from_Us\" >Game of the Year Stolen from Us<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-biggest-hollywood-bummers-of-2025\/#Ryan_Murphy_Goes_Low_and_Lower\" >Ryan Murphy Goes Low, and Lower<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-biggest-hollywood-bummers-of-2025\/#%E2%80%98Squid_Game_Plays_Itself\" >\u2018Squid Game\u2019 Plays Itself<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-biggest-hollywood-bummers-of-2025\/#The_Emperors_New_Clothes_So_Hot_Right_Now\" >The Emperor\u2019s New Clothes? So Hot Right Now<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-biggest-hollywood-bummers-of-2025\/#Trump_Gets_a_Participation_Trophy\" >Trump Gets a Participation Trophy<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-biggest-hollywood-bummers-of-2025\/#Everybody_in_the_Blake_LivelyJustin_Baldoni_Saga_Is_Horrible\" >Everybody in the Blake Lively\/Justin Baldoni Saga Is Horrible<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-biggest-hollywood-bummers-of-2025\/#James_Brooks_Comeback_Is_a_Cringe-Fest\" >James Brooks\u2019 Comeback Is a Cringe-Fest<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-biggest-hollywood-bummers-of-2025\/#Netflix_and_the_Russo_Brothers_Waste_320_Million\" >Netflix and the Russo Brothers Waste $320 Million<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-biggest-hollywood-bummers-of-2025\/#Four-Hour_Waits_for_Pancakes\" >Four-Hour Waits for Pancakes<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-biggest-hollywood-bummers-of-2025\/#THR_Newsletters\" >THR Newsletters<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div id=\"post-1236461033\">\n<header class=\"a-article-grid__header\">\n<p class=\"article-excerpt \/\/ a-content-link-style a-font-secondary-xl lrv-u-margin-tb-1 lrv-u-margin-t-050@mobile-max\">In a year of serious crises, there was no shortage of more minor annoyances, from the decline of &#8216;Squid <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Game<\/a>&#8217; to the rise of Tilly Norwood, to the unending Lively\/Baldoni soap opera.   <\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"lrv-u-flex lrv-u-flex-direction-column@mobile-max lrv-u-justify-content-space-between u-align-items-center@tablet lrv-u-margin-b-1@tablet lrv-u-margin-b-0@desktop-xl\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<time itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2025-12-30T13:37:20-08:00\"><br \/>\n\tPublished on December 30, 2025<\/time>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"a-article-grid__main lrv-u-border-color-grey-light u-padding-t-150\\@tablet u-padding-t-050@desktop-xl lrv-u-padding-t-00@mobile-max\">\n<article class=\"lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<div class=\"featured-image\">\n<figure class=\"o-figure   lrv-u-max-width-100p\" style=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  \">\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-16x9\" style=\"\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Biggest-Bummers-2025-MAIN-Split-Publicity-H-2025.jpg?w=1296&amp;h=730&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Biggest Bummers 2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Biggest-Bummers-2025-MAIN-Split-Publicity-H-2025.jpg?w=1296&amp;h=730&amp;crop=1 1296w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Biggest-Bummers-2025-MAIN-Split-Publicity-H-2025.jpg?w=1296&amp;h=730&amp;crop=1&amp;resize=125%2C70 125w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Biggest-Bummers-2025-MAIN-Split-Publicity-H-2025.jpg?w=1296&amp;h=730&amp;crop=1&amp;resize=200%2C113 200w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Biggest-Bummers-2025-MAIN-Split-Publicity-H-2025.jpg?w=1296&amp;h=730&amp;crop=1&amp;resize=295%2C166 295w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Biggest-Bummers-2025-MAIN-Split-Publicity-H-2025.jpg?w=1296&amp;h=730&amp;crop=1&amp;resize=435%2C245 435w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Biggest-Bummers-2025-MAIN-Split-Publicity-H-2025.jpg?w=1296&amp;h=730&amp;crop=1&amp;resize=1000%2C563 1000w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Biggest-Bummers-2025-MAIN-Split-Publicity-H-2025.jpg?w=1296&amp;h=730&amp;crop=1&amp;resize=681%2C383 681w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Biggest-Bummers-2025-MAIN-Split-Publicity-H-2025.jpg?w=1296&amp;h=730&amp;crop=1&amp;resize=450%2C253 450w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\" height=\"\" width=\"\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figcaption  lrv-u-padding-tb-025\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"a-font-secondary-s lrv-u-margin-r-025\">From left: Aspiring AI star Tilly Norwood; FIFA peace prize recipient Donald Trump; &#8216;Squid Game&#8217; star Lee Jung-Jae.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"a-font-accent-uppercase-xs lrv-u-color-grey-dark\">Courtesy of Particle6; Patrick Smith\/Getty Images; No Ju-han\/Netflix<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"a-content a-content--left-space lrv-a-floated-parent lrv-u-font-family-body lrv-u-line-height-normal lrv-u-font-size-20  u-font-size-22@tablet a-icon-endbug lrv-u-position-relative\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tWe\u2019ll admit it just this once: Hollywood is not the world. What counts as a disaster for the us might not have much of an effect beyond it. (In fact, the growing disconnect between Hollywood and the public at large is the source of many of Tinseltown\u2019s struggles.) And in a year with so many actual human tragedies in and around L.A. \u2014 from the January wildfires to indiscriminate ICE raids to widespread rolling layoffs \u2014 it would be in<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ropriate to put the following industry-centric developments on the same level. Instead, consider the unordered, random and decidedly subjective grievances below to fall somewhere on the spectrum between catastrophe and minor annoyance. In other words: bummers.<\/p>\n<div id=\"pmc-gallery-vertical\">\n<div class=\"c-gallery-vertical-loader u-gallery-app-shell-loader\">\n<ul class=\"pmc-fallback-list-items lrv-a-unstyle-list lrv-u-margin-t-2\">\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Adults_Bail_on_Theaters\"><\/span>Adults Bail on Theaters<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1296\" height=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-hollywoodreporter-2021\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, from left: Margot Robbie, Colin Farrell, 2025.\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MCDBIBO_CO027-H-2025.jpg?w=1296\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MCDBIBO_CO027-H-2025.jpg 1296w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MCDBIBO_CO027-H-2025.jpg?resize=125,70 125w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MCDBIBO_CO027-H-2025.jpg?resize=200,113 200w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MCDBIBO_CO027-H-2025.jpg?resize=295,166 295w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MCDBIBO_CO027-H-2025.jpg?resize=435,245 435w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MCDBIBO_CO027-H-2025.jpg?resize=1000,563 1000w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MCDBIBO_CO027-H-2025.jpg?resize=681,383 681w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MCDBIBO_CO027-H-2025.jpg?resize=450,253 450w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1296\" height=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MCDBIBO_CO027-H-2025.jpg?w=1296\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, from left: Margot Robbie, Colin Farrell, 2025.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MCDBIBO_CO027-H-2025.jpg 1296w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MCDBIBO_CO027-H-2025.jpg?resize=125,70 125w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MCDBIBO_CO027-H-2025.jpg?resize=200,113 200w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MCDBIBO_CO027-H-2025.jpg?resize=295,166 295w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MCDBIBO_CO027-H-2025.jpg?resize=435,245 435w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MCDBIBO_CO027-H-2025.jpg?resize=1000,563 1000w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MCDBIBO_CO027-H-2025.jpg?resize=681,383 681w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MCDBIBO_CO027-H-2025.jpg?resize=450,253 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\"\/><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Columbia Pictures\/Courtesy Everett Collection\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThis year was meant to cement the theatrical comeback for adult-oriented, star-driven, studio-backed dramas: Sony\u2019s\u00a0<em>A Big Bold Beautiful Journey<\/em>, with Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell; A24\u2019s\u00a0<em>The Smashing Machine\u00a0<\/em>with Dwayne Johnson; 20th Century\u2019s\u00a0<em>Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere<\/em>\u00a0with Jeremy Allen White; Black Bear\u2019s\u00a0<em>Christy\u00a0<\/em>with Sydney Sweeney. Some of these films were better reviewed than others, but all suffered the same box-office fate in quick succession: They bombed hard, placing the very future of <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">movies<\/a> of their type and scale into doubt. More robust holiday platform releases like\u00a0<em>Hamnet\u00a0<\/em>and, especially,\u00a0<em>Marty Supreme<\/em>, have since revived some traces of optimism, but those grim fall months left a bitter aftertaste that\u2019s proving hard to shake.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Tilly_Norwood_Takes_a_Shot_at_Stardom_and_Humans\"><\/span>Tilly Norwood Takes a Shot at Stardom (and Humans)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1296\" height=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-hollywoodreporter-2021\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Tilly Norwood\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tilly-Norwood-Courtesy-of-Particle6-H-2025.jpg?w=1296\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tilly-Norwood-Courtesy-of-Particle6-H-2025.jpg 1296w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tilly-Norwood-Courtesy-of-Particle6-H-2025.jpg?resize=125,70 125w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tilly-Norwood-Courtesy-of-Particle6-H-2025.jpg?resize=200,113 200w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tilly-Norwood-Courtesy-of-Particle6-H-2025.jpg?resize=295,166 295w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tilly-Norwood-Courtesy-of-Particle6-H-2025.jpg?resize=435,245 435w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tilly-Norwood-Courtesy-of-Particle6-H-2025.jpg?resize=1000,563 1000w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tilly-Norwood-Courtesy-of-Particle6-H-2025.jpg?resize=681,383 681w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tilly-Norwood-Courtesy-of-Particle6-H-2025.jpg?resize=450,253 450w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1296\" height=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tilly-Norwood-Courtesy-of-Particle6-H-2025.jpg?w=1296\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Tilly Norwood\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tilly-Norwood-Courtesy-of-Particle6-H-2025.jpg 1296w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tilly-Norwood-Courtesy-of-Particle6-H-2025.jpg?resize=125,70 125w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tilly-Norwood-Courtesy-of-Particle6-H-2025.jpg?resize=200,113 200w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tilly-Norwood-Courtesy-of-Particle6-H-2025.jpg?resize=295,166 295w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tilly-Norwood-Courtesy-of-Particle6-H-2025.jpg?resize=435,245 435w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tilly-Norwood-Courtesy-of-Particle6-H-2025.jpg?resize=1000,563 1000w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tilly-Norwood-Courtesy-of-Particle6-H-2025.jpg?resize=681,383 681w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tilly-Norwood-Courtesy-of-Particle6-H-2025.jpg?resize=450,253 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\"\/><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Courtesy of Particle6\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tDutch co<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>n, producer, inventor and apparent troll Eline van der Velden knew exactly what the already demoralized entertainment industry needed in 2025: Tilly Norwood, her dead-eyed fembot masquerading as an AI \u201cactress.\u201d And, yes, we can mock her appearance because\u00a0<em>she\u2019s not real<\/em>. Van der Veldon\u2019s September assertion that Norwood\u2019s zeroes and ones would soon be represented by a major agency sent actors across the globe into a rage, cementing this dystopian, glorified gif as the avatar for Hollywood\u2019s collective AI anxiety. Betty Gilpin even penned a real \u201cchef\u2019s kiss\u201d open letter to her new digital nemesis. Norwood\u2019s creator is still out there banging the drum about BS film projects that won\u2019t come to fruition on any platform of consequence \u2014 Really, she can\u2019t even crack 68k IG followers? \u2014 but stay vigilant.\u00a0Let\u2019s keep Tilly where she belongs, on the sticky hard drive of some lonely incel\u2019s PC.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"WWE_Network_Rest_In_Peaaaace\"><\/span>WWE Network, Rest. In. Peaaaace!<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1296\" height=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-hollywoodreporter-2021\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Brock Lesnar throws John Cena during the WWE 2025 SummerSlam at MetLife Stadium on August 03, 2025 in East Rutherford, New Jersey.\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2228526816-H-2025.jpg?w=1296\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2228526816-H-2025.jpg 1296w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2228526816-H-2025.jpg?resize=125,70 125w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2228526816-H-2025.jpg?resize=200,113 200w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2228526816-H-2025.jpg?resize=295,166 295w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2228526816-H-2025.jpg?resize=435,245 435w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2228526816-H-2025.jpg?resize=1000,563 1000w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2228526816-H-2025.jpg?resize=681,383 681w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2228526816-H-2025.jpg?resize=450,253 450w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1296\" height=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2228526816-H-2025.jpg?w=1296\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Brock Lesnar throws John Cena during the WWE 2025 SummerSlam at MetLife Stadium on August 03, 2025 in East Rutherford, New Jersey.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2228526816-H-2025.jpg 1296w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2228526816-H-2025.jpg?resize=125,70 125w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2228526816-H-2025.jpg?resize=200,113 200w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2228526816-H-2025.jpg?resize=295,166 295w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2228526816-H-2025.jpg?resize=435,245 435w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2228526816-H-2025.jpg?resize=1000,563 1000w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2228526816-H-2025.jpg?resize=681,383 681w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2228526816-H-2025.jpg?resize=450,253 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\"\/><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Elsa\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tOnce upon a time, the WWE Network was a standalone streaming service that cost $9.99 per month. It included all the pro-wrestling promotion\u2019s pay-per-views, what we now call Premium Live Events, new and old, as well as (delayed) episodes of weekly episodic series\u00a0<em>Raw<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>SmackDown<\/em>\u00a0and other ancillary programming. It was a really good deal, and when Peacock bought it, it became a great deal. Peacock with ads, including WWE Network, initially cost $4.99\/month; ad-free Peacock, which also included the WWE programming, was $9.99 \u2014 the same price as the WWE Network\u2019s standalone days. Well, nowadays it\u2019ll cost fans a lot more to watch their Superstars: Netflix has\u00a0<em>Raw<\/em>, ESPN has (most of) the PLEs, Peacock has the others (and\u00a0<em>SmackDown<\/em>) \u2014 so right there\u2019s you\u2019re talking like $50\/month \u2014 or more. The WWE Universe yearns for the good ol\u2019 days.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Netflix_Buys_HBO_Before_HBO_Could_Become_Netflix\"><\/span>Netflix Buys HBO Before HBO Could Become Netflix<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1296\" height=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-hollywoodreporter-2021\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"An aerial view of the Warner Bros. logo displayed on the water tower at Warner Bros. Studio on December 5, 2025 in Burbank, California.\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2250245931-H-2025.jpg?w=1296\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2250245931-H-2025.jpg 1296w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2250245931-H-2025.jpg?resize=125,70 125w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2250245931-H-2025.jpg?resize=200,113 200w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2250245931-H-2025.jpg?resize=295,166 295w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2250245931-H-2025.jpg?resize=435,245 435w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2250245931-H-2025.jpg?resize=1000,563 1000w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2250245931-H-2025.jpg?resize=681,383 681w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2250245931-H-2025.jpg?resize=450,253 450w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1296\" height=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2250245931-H-2025.jpg?w=1296\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"An aerial view of the Warner Bros. logo displayed on the water tower at Warner Bros. Studio on December 5, 2025 in Burbank, California.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2250245931-H-2025.jpg 1296w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2250245931-H-2025.jpg?resize=125,70 125w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2250245931-H-2025.jpg?resize=200,113 200w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2250245931-H-2025.jpg?resize=295,166 295w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2250245931-H-2025.jpg?resize=435,245 435w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2250245931-H-2025.jpg?resize=1000,563 1000w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2250245931-H-2025.jpg?resize=681,383 681w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2250245931-H-2025.jpg?resize=450,253 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\"\/><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Mario Tama\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tFor more than a decade, the battle between HBO and Netflix was one of quality vs. quantity. It got a hell of a lot closer toward the end of their war when Netflix had accumulated a bunch of its own legitimate premium programming. Well, the competition is basically over at this point, as Netflix appears to be the winner of Hollywood\u2019s Warner Bros. sweepstakes. It\u2019s a\u00a0bummer\u00a0for a bunch of reasons: 1) the competition brought their bests out, and 2) there is a genuine reason for concern about the future of the HBO brand, the cream of the crop in prestige TV. Don\u2019t mess this up Netflix \u2014 we want our HBO.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Game_of_the_Year_Stolen_from_Us\"><\/span>Game of the Year Stolen from Us<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1296\" height=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-hollywoodreporter-2021\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Grand Theft Auto V\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GTAV_PC_Store_Screenshot_002-H-2025.jpg?w=1296\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GTAV_PC_Store_Screenshot_002-H-2025.jpg 1296w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GTAV_PC_Store_Screenshot_002-H-2025.jpg?resize=125,70 125w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GTAV_PC_Store_Screenshot_002-H-2025.jpg?resize=200,113 200w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GTAV_PC_Store_Screenshot_002-H-2025.jpg?resize=295,166 295w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GTAV_PC_Store_Screenshot_002-H-2025.jpg?resize=435,245 435w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GTAV_PC_Store_Screenshot_002-H-2025.jpg?resize=1000,563 1000w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GTAV_PC_Store_Screenshot_002-H-2025.jpg?resize=681,383 681w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GTAV_PC_Store_Screenshot_002-H-2025.jpg?resize=450,253 450w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1296\" height=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GTAV_PC_Store_Screenshot_002-H-2025.jpg?w=1296\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Grand Theft Auto V\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GTAV_PC_Store_Screenshot_002-H-2025.jpg 1296w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GTAV_PC_Store_Screenshot_002-H-2025.jpg?resize=125,70 125w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GTAV_PC_Store_Screenshot_002-H-2025.jpg?resize=200,113 200w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GTAV_PC_Store_Screenshot_002-H-2025.jpg?resize=295,166 295w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GTAV_PC_Store_Screenshot_002-H-2025.jpg?resize=435,245 435w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GTAV_PC_Store_Screenshot_002-H-2025.jpg?resize=1000,563 1000w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GTAV_PC_Store_Screenshot_002-H-2025.jpg?resize=681,383 681w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GTAV_PC_Store_Screenshot_002-H-2025.jpg?resize=450,253 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\"\/><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Rockstar Games\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tIs\u00a0<em>Grand Theft Auto VI<\/em>\u00a0ever going to come out? I mean, yes, but, like, when? (And then for real, when?) Well, the current release date is Nov. 19, 2026, but maybe don\u2019t mark your calendar with a Sharpie.\u00a0<em>GTA 6<\/em>\u00a0was originally supposed to be out by, well, now \u2014 but it has faced multiple delays. In May, the game was pushed to May of 2026. By November, the date had been pushed again to November 2026. Rockstar Games is doing the right thing by making sure the game is, indeed, finished \u2014 and you\u2019d better believe the price tag is going to reflect the effort.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Ryan_Murphy_Goes_Low_and_Lower\"><\/span>Ryan Murphy Goes Low, and Lower<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1296\" height=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-hollywoodreporter-2021\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Matthew Noszka, Sarah Paulson, Kim Kardashian, Niecy Nash in All's Fair\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/176895_0005R2-H-2025.jpg?w=1296\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/176895_0005R2-H-2025.jpg 1296w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/176895_0005R2-H-2025.jpg?resize=125,70 125w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/176895_0005R2-H-2025.jpg?resize=200,113 200w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/176895_0005R2-H-2025.jpg?resize=295,166 295w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/176895_0005R2-H-2025.jpg?resize=435,245 435w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/176895_0005R2-H-2025.jpg?resize=1000,563 1000w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/176895_0005R2-H-2025.jpg?resize=681,383 681w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/176895_0005R2-H-2025.jpg?resize=450,253 450w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1296\" height=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/176895_0005R2-H-2025.jpg?w=1296\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Matthew Noszka, Sarah Paulson, Kim Kardashian, Niecy Nash in All's Fair\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/176895_0005R2-H-2025.jpg 1296w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/176895_0005R2-H-2025.jpg?resize=125,70 125w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/176895_0005R2-H-2025.jpg?resize=200,113 200w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/176895_0005R2-H-2025.jpg?resize=295,166 295w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/176895_0005R2-H-2025.jpg?resize=435,245 435w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/176895_0005R2-H-2025.jpg?resize=1000,563 1000w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/176895_0005R2-H-2025.jpg?resize=681,383 681w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/176895_0005R2-H-2025.jpg?resize=450,253 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\"\/><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Disney\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tFor reasons best understood by Ryan Murphy, Ryan Murphy likes to create autumnal gluts of Ryan Murphy. Last year,\u00a0<em>Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story<\/em>,\u00a0<em>American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Grotesquerie<\/em>\u00a0came out within weeks of each other.\u00a0In 2022, it was\u00a0<em>Dahmer \u2014 Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>The Watcher<\/em>. This year?\u00a0<em>Monster: The Ed Gein Story<\/em>\u00a0(co-created by Ian Brennan) kicked off October on Netflix, reminding discerning viewers of how repetitive that ghoulish, exploitative franchise has become in its leering condemnation of the true-crime genre and people who love it. Then, one month later, Murphy teamed with Jon Robin Baitz and Joe Baken for the head-scratching\u00a0<em>All\u2019s Fair<\/em>, a spectacularly tone-deaf legal procedural in which the largely inanimate Kim Kardashian got to steal screen time from one of the best female casts in recent memory. Both shows were awful. Both shows were hits. Congrats to all involved.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98Squid_Game_Plays_Itself\"><\/span>\u2018Squid Game\u2019 Plays Itself<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1296\" height=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-hollywoodreporter-2021\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Lee Jung-jae as Seong Gi-hun in Squid Game S3\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Squidgame_Unit_311_N014227-H-2025.jpg?w=1296\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Squidgame_Unit_311_N014227-H-2025.jpg 1296w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Squidgame_Unit_311_N014227-H-2025.jpg?resize=125,70 125w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Squidgame_Unit_311_N014227-H-2025.jpg?resize=200,113 200w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Squidgame_Unit_311_N014227-H-2025.jpg?resize=295,166 295w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Squidgame_Unit_311_N014227-H-2025.jpg?resize=435,245 435w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Squidgame_Unit_311_N014227-H-2025.jpg?resize=1000,563 1000w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Squidgame_Unit_311_N014227-H-2025.jpg?resize=681,383 681w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Squidgame_Unit_311_N014227-H-2025.jpg?resize=450,253 450w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1296\" height=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Squidgame_Unit_311_N014227-H-2025.jpg?w=1296\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Lee Jung-jae as Seong Gi-hun in Squid Game S3\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Squidgame_Unit_311_N014227-H-2025.jpg 1296w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Squidgame_Unit_311_N014227-H-2025.jpg?resize=125,70 125w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Squidgame_Unit_311_N014227-H-2025.jpg?resize=200,113 200w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Squidgame_Unit_311_N014227-H-2025.jpg?resize=295,166 295w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Squidgame_Unit_311_N014227-H-2025.jpg?resize=435,245 435w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Squidgame_Unit_311_N014227-H-2025.jpg?resize=1000,563 1000w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Squidgame_Unit_311_N014227-H-2025.jpg?resize=681,383 681w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Squidgame_Unit_311_N014227-H-2025.jpg?resize=450,253 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\"\/><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: No Ju-han\/Netflix\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tWhen\u00a0<em><u>Squid Game<\/u><\/em>\u00a0ended in 2021 by setting up a second season, our reaction was one of cautious optimism. True, the story had seemed complete as is, but who were we to doubt a show that had thrilled us so much already? When\u00a0<em>Squid Game<\/em>\u00a0finally\u00a0returned in 2024\u00a0with half a story that retraced too much of the first season while adding too little surprise or depth, we continued to hope. Surely, we told ourselves, it would all pay off in season three. Then\u00a0season three came out, and \u2026 well. Sluggishly paced and thinly drawn, with an overabundance of nasty plot twists but a dearth of any new insights, it did nothing but confirm what everyone had been telling Gi-hun all along: He\u2019d have been better off leaving that island in the past and letting himself and us move on with the rest of our lives.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Emperors_New_Clothes_So_Hot_Right_Now\"><\/span>The Emperor\u2019s New Clothes? So Hot Right Now<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1296\" height=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-hollywoodreporter-2021\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Sydney Sweeney at Variety's 2025 Power of Women Los Angeles, Presented by Lifetime at the Beverly Hills Hotel on October 29, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California.\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2243568933-H-2025.jpg?w=1296\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2243568933-H-2025.jpg 1296w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2243568933-H-2025.jpg?resize=125,70 125w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2243568933-H-2025.jpg?resize=200,113 200w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2243568933-H-2025.jpg?resize=295,166 295w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2243568933-H-2025.jpg?resize=435,245 435w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2243568933-H-2025.jpg?resize=1000,563 1000w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2243568933-H-2025.jpg?resize=681,383 681w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2243568933-H-2025.jpg?resize=450,253 450w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1296\" height=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2243568933-H-2025.jpg?w=1296\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Sydney Sweeney at Variety's 2025 Power of Women Los Angeles, Presented by Lifetime at the Beverly Hills Hotel on October 29, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2243568933-H-2025.jpg 1296w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2243568933-H-2025.jpg?resize=125,70 125w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2243568933-H-2025.jpg?resize=200,113 200w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2243568933-H-2025.jpg?resize=295,166 295w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2243568933-H-2025.jpg?resize=435,245 435w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2243568933-H-2025.jpg?resize=1000,563 1000w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2243568933-H-2025.jpg?resize=681,383 681w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2243568933-H-2025.jpg?resize=450,253 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\"\/><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Michael Buckner\/Variety\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tNaked Dressing was prevalent yet again in 2025, with Bianca Censori baring, yes, everything at the Grammy\u2019s in February in a nothing-there dress \u2018designed\u2019 by her husband Kanye West, through to Sydney Sweeney freeing the nipple in a sheer Christian Cowan at a women\u2019s empowerment event in October. The interpretation of whether this is actually liberating women or just playing up to the male gaze is obviously up to the wearer, but did Censori truly look as if she was a willing participant in this attention-grabbing moment?\u00a0 Or is naked dressing just yet another way of exploiting women\u2019s bodies? We can trace this trend as far back as Marilyn Monroe singing Happy Birthday to President Kennedy in her Jean Louis gown, but none of these women can \u2014 thank you, Elton \u2014 hold a candle to Marilyn.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Trump_Gets_a_Participation_Trophy\"><\/span>Trump Gets a Participation Trophy<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1296\" height=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-hollywoodreporter-2021\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"U.S. President Donald Trump receives the FIFA Peace Prize from Gianni Infantino, President of FIFA, during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Official Draw at John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on December 05, 2025 in Washington, DC.\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2250174306-H-2025.jpg?w=1296\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2250174306-H-2025.jpg 1296w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2250174306-H-2025.jpg?resize=125,70 125w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2250174306-H-2025.jpg?resize=200,113 200w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2250174306-H-2025.jpg?resize=295,166 295w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2250174306-H-2025.jpg?resize=435,245 435w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2250174306-H-2025.jpg?resize=1000,563 1000w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2250174306-H-2025.jpg?resize=681,383 681w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2250174306-H-2025.jpg?resize=450,253 450w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1296\" height=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2250174306-H-2025.jpg?w=1296\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"U.S. President Donald Trump receives the FIFA Peace Prize from Gianni Infantino, President of FIFA, during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Official Draw at John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on December 05, 2025 in Washington, DC.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2250174306-H-2025.jpg 1296w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2250174306-H-2025.jpg?resize=125,70 125w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2250174306-H-2025.jpg?resize=200,113 200w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2250174306-H-2025.jpg?resize=295,166 295w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2250174306-H-2025.jpg?resize=435,245 435w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2250174306-H-2025.jpg?resize=1000,563 1000w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2250174306-H-2025.jpg?resize=681,383 681w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2250174306-H-2025.jpg?resize=450,253 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\"\/><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Patrick Smith\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tIf satire is dead, it was officially buried the moment Donald Trump accepted a \u201cPeace Prize\u201d from soccer world governing body FIFA. The organization that gave us Qatar, endless corruption probes and $700 \u201cdynamic pricing\u201d World Cup tickets decided the one person who most embodied peace and harmony in 2025 was our 47th president. If you made this call on the field, VAR would have chalked it off.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Everybody_in_the_Blake_LivelyJustin_Baldoni_Saga_Is_Horrible\"><\/span>Everybody in the Blake Lively\/Justin Baldoni Saga Is Horrible<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1296\" height=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-hollywoodreporter-2021\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Serious-Justin-Baldoni-and-Blake-Lively-Split-Getty-H-2025.jpg?w=1296\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Serious-Justin-Baldoni-and-Blake-Lively-Split-Getty-H-2025.jpg 1296w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Serious-Justin-Baldoni-and-Blake-Lively-Split-Getty-H-2025.jpg?resize=125,70 125w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Serious-Justin-Baldoni-and-Blake-Lively-Split-Getty-H-2025.jpg?resize=200,113 200w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Serious-Justin-Baldoni-and-Blake-Lively-Split-Getty-H-2025.jpg?resize=295,166 295w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Serious-Justin-Baldoni-and-Blake-Lively-Split-Getty-H-2025.jpg?resize=435,245 435w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Serious-Justin-Baldoni-and-Blake-Lively-Split-Getty-H-2025.jpg?resize=1000,563 1000w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Serious-Justin-Baldoni-and-Blake-Lively-Split-Getty-H-2025.jpg?resize=681,383 681w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Serious-Justin-Baldoni-and-Blake-Lively-Split-Getty-H-2025.jpg?resize=450,253 450w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1296\" height=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Serious-Justin-Baldoni-and-Blake-Lively-Split-Getty-H-2025.jpg?w=1296\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Serious-Justin-Baldoni-and-Blake-Lively-Split-Getty-H-2025.jpg 1296w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Serious-Justin-Baldoni-and-Blake-Lively-Split-Getty-H-2025.jpg?resize=125,70 125w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Serious-Justin-Baldoni-and-Blake-Lively-Split-Getty-H-2025.jpg?resize=200,113 200w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Serious-Justin-Baldoni-and-Blake-Lively-Split-Getty-H-2025.jpg?resize=295,166 295w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Serious-Justin-Baldoni-and-Blake-Lively-Split-Getty-H-2025.jpg?resize=435,245 435w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Serious-Justin-Baldoni-and-Blake-Lively-Split-Getty-H-2025.jpg?resize=1000,563 1000w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Serious-Justin-Baldoni-and-Blake-Lively-Split-Getty-H-2025.jpg?resize=681,383 681w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Serious-Justin-Baldoni-and-Blake-Lively-Split-Getty-H-2025.jpg?resize=450,253 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\"\/><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Nathan Congleton\/NBC\/Getty Images; Robbie Jay Barratt &#8211; AMA\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe only clear winner in the Blake Lively versus Justin Baldoni courtroom saga was collective schadenfreude. What began as a celebrity dispute ballooned into a rolling public demonstration of how not to behave, on set, in the media or under oath. Each new filing somehow made everyone involved look worse. Choosing sides became impossible and, by the end, the prevailing emotion wasn\u2019t outrage or sympathy but fatigue, the kind that comes from watching very rich, very unpleasant people litigate their privilege in public.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"James_Brooks_Comeback_Is_a_Cringe-Fest\"><\/span>James Brooks\u2019 Comeback Is a Cringe-Fest<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1296\" height=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-hollywoodreporter-2021\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"(L-R) Jamie Lee Curtis as Helen and Emma Mackey as Ella McCay in 20th Century Studios' Ella McCay\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EMC-04999-H-2025.jpg?w=1296\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EMC-04999-H-2025.jpg 1296w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EMC-04999-H-2025.jpg?resize=125,70 125w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EMC-04999-H-2025.jpg?resize=200,113 200w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EMC-04999-H-2025.jpg?resize=295,166 295w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EMC-04999-H-2025.jpg?resize=435,245 435w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EMC-04999-H-2025.jpg?resize=1000,563 1000w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EMC-04999-H-2025.jpg?resize=681,383 681w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EMC-04999-H-2025.jpg?resize=450,253 450w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1296\" height=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EMC-04999-H-2025.jpg?w=1296\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"(L-R) Jamie Lee Curtis as Helen and Emma Mackey as Ella McCay in 20th Century Studios' Ella McCay\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EMC-04999-H-2025.jpg 1296w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EMC-04999-H-2025.jpg?resize=125,70 125w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EMC-04999-H-2025.jpg?resize=200,113 200w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EMC-04999-H-2025.jpg?resize=295,166 295w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EMC-04999-H-2025.jpg?resize=435,245 435w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EMC-04999-H-2025.jpg?resize=1000,563 1000w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EMC-04999-H-2025.jpg?resize=681,383 681w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EMC-04999-H-2025.jpg?resize=450,253 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\"\/><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Claire Folger\/20th Century Studios\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThere are few more soul-crushing downers for a critic than watching a celebrated storyteller drive off a cliff. At 85, James L. Brooks could stay home polishing his Oscars and Emmys instead of toiling over the stunningly inept\u00a0<em>Ella McCay<\/em>, an ensemble comedy about an idealistic young woman navigating bumps in the road of family life and her career in state politics. Nothing works in this head-scratcher, because the story has no footing in our contemporary world or even in some inauthentically nostalgic version of our past. The incisive grasp of character that made Brooks a national treasure is gone. Also, a word to Jamie Lee Curtis and Woody Harrelson: You\u2019re in your 60s, please don\u2019t try to be cute. It\u2019s unseemly.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Netflix_and_the_Russo_Brothers_Waste_320_Million\"><\/span>Netflix and the Russo Brothers Waste $320 Million<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1296\" height=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-hollywoodreporter-2021\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"(L to R) Michelle (Millie Bobby Brown), Cosmo (voiced by Alan Tudyk), Herman (Voiced by Anthony Mackie) Keats (Chris Pratt) and Mr. Peanut (voiced by Woody Harrelson) in The Electric State.\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The_Electric_State_n_01_07_23_00_f-H-2025.jpg?w=1296\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The_Electric_State_n_01_07_23_00_f-H-2025.jpg 1296w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The_Electric_State_n_01_07_23_00_f-H-2025.jpg?resize=125,70 125w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The_Electric_State_n_01_07_23_00_f-H-2025.jpg?resize=200,113 200w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The_Electric_State_n_01_07_23_00_f-H-2025.jpg?resize=295,166 295w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The_Electric_State_n_01_07_23_00_f-H-2025.jpg?resize=435,245 435w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The_Electric_State_n_01_07_23_00_f-H-2025.jpg?resize=1000,563 1000w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The_Electric_State_n_01_07_23_00_f-H-2025.jpg?resize=681,383 681w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The_Electric_State_n_01_07_23_00_f-H-2025.jpg?resize=450,253 450w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1296\" height=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The_Electric_State_n_01_07_23_00_f-H-2025.jpg?w=1296\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"(L to R) Michelle (Millie Bobby Brown), Cosmo (voiced by Alan Tudyk), Herman (Voiced by Anthony Mackie) Keats (Chris Pratt) and Mr. Peanut (voiced by Woody Harrelson) in The Electric State.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The_Electric_State_n_01_07_23_00_f-H-2025.jpg 1296w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The_Electric_State_n_01_07_23_00_f-H-2025.jpg?resize=125,70 125w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The_Electric_State_n_01_07_23_00_f-H-2025.jpg?resize=200,113 200w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The_Electric_State_n_01_07_23_00_f-H-2025.jpg?resize=295,166 295w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The_Electric_State_n_01_07_23_00_f-H-2025.jpg?resize=435,245 435w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The_Electric_State_n_01_07_23_00_f-H-2025.jpg?resize=1000,563 1000w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The_Electric_State_n_01_07_23_00_f-H-2025.jpg?resize=681,383 681w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The_Electric_State_n_01_07_23_00_f-H-2025.jpg?resize=450,253 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\"\/><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Courtesy Netflix\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tNot to get too moralistic about the way the entertainment industry burns through giant wads of cash, but when countless gifted directors can\u2019t get promising projects off the ground, there\u2019s something obscene about Netflix slapping down $320 million for Anthony and Joe Russo to play in the moldy retro-futuristic sci-fi toy box of\u00a0<em>The Electric State<\/em>. A clash of the bots that has precisely nothing original to say about the ongoing march of A.I., this soulless comedy adventure\u2019s main achievement is to show that Chris Pratt is on a Mark Wahlberg level in terms of limited range, and people need to stop trying to make Millie Bobby Brown happen as a movie star.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Four-Hour_Waits_for_Pancakes\"><\/span>Four-Hour Waits for Pancakes<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1296\" height=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-hollywoodreporter-2021\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Max &amp; Helen\u2019s restaurant\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/250825-Hollywood-Reporter-Max-and-Helens-Phil-Rosenthal55862-H-2025.jpg?w=1296\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/250825-Hollywood-Reporter-Max-and-Helens-Phil-Rosenthal55862-H-2025.jpg 1296w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/250825-Hollywood-Reporter-Max-and-Helens-Phil-Rosenthal55862-H-2025.jpg?resize=125,70 125w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/250825-Hollywood-Reporter-Max-and-Helens-Phil-Rosenthal55862-H-2025.jpg?resize=200,113 200w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/250825-Hollywood-Reporter-Max-and-Helens-Phil-Rosenthal55862-H-2025.jpg?resize=295,166 295w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/250825-Hollywood-Reporter-Max-and-Helens-Phil-Rosenthal55862-H-2025.jpg?resize=435,245 435w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/250825-Hollywood-Reporter-Max-and-Helens-Phil-Rosenthal55862-H-2025.jpg?resize=1000,563 1000w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/250825-Hollywood-Reporter-Max-and-Helens-Phil-Rosenthal55862-H-2025.jpg?resize=681,383 681w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/250825-Hollywood-Reporter-Max-and-Helens-Phil-Rosenthal55862-H-2025.jpg?resize=450,253 450w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1296\" height=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/250825-Hollywood-Reporter-Max-and-Helens-Phil-Rosenthal55862-H-2025.jpg?w=1296\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Max &amp; Helen\u2019s restaurant\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/250825-Hollywood-Reporter-Max-and-Helens-Phil-Rosenthal55862-H-2025.jpg 1296w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/250825-Hollywood-Reporter-Max-and-Helens-Phil-Rosenthal55862-H-2025.jpg?resize=125,70 125w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/250825-Hollywood-Reporter-Max-and-Helens-Phil-Rosenthal55862-H-2025.jpg?resize=200,113 200w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/250825-Hollywood-Reporter-Max-and-Helens-Phil-Rosenthal55862-H-2025.jpg?resize=295,166 295w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/250825-Hollywood-Reporter-Max-and-Helens-Phil-Rosenthal55862-H-2025.jpg?resize=435,245 435w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/250825-Hollywood-Reporter-Max-and-Helens-Phil-Rosenthal55862-H-2025.jpg?resize=1000,563 1000w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/250825-Hollywood-Reporter-Max-and-Helens-Phil-Rosenthal55862-H-2025.jpg?resize=681,383 681w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/250825-Hollywood-Reporter-Max-and-Helens-Phil-Rosenthal55862-H-2025.jpg?resize=450,253 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\"\/><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Photographed by Shelby Moore\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! 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