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Franklin Leonard, the Man Behind the Black List

By Adam Popescu Franklin Leonard sits in a plush seat high above the Sunset Strip at Soho House. Snug in a cardigan and plaid shirt, sporting glasses and the cleanest dreadlocks in town, the 34-year-old types away on his MacBook. A stone's throw away, big-screen faces parley over cocktails and coff ... More >>

Downtown Exhibit Looks at Money in the Art World, From Kickstarter to Michael Ovitz

Is it Possible to Write a Novel That Doesn't Treat Hollywood With Derision?

Beau Rosenwald — an obese Hollywood talent agent–turned-producer — was used to having his movies fail. He also was used to raking in millions of dollars via films starring a monkey. This time, however, the failure was monumental. After the studio killed his script, Beau found himse ... More >>

Edrina Martinez Is a Space Cadet Called Astronautica

[Editor's note: Weekly scribe Jeff Weiss's column, "Bizarre Ride," appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday. His archives are available here.] When Edrina Martinez was a little girl, she wanted to be an astronaut or a rock star. Two things got in the way of the 21-year-old electronic producer wh ... More >>

BiteSize Studio Hits Hollywood

A Truman Show–like view into the world of online video creators

Derek DelGaudio and Helder Guimarães Created the Most Popular Show at the Magic Castle in Years. But They're Not Finished

Lauren Berger Interned at MTV, Fox and 13 Other Places. Now She's Turned Her Experience Into a Business

Lauren Berger has gotten coffee at MTV. She's gotten coffee at Fox. And yes, she's done it at several other agencies that may not have as much brand recognition. She even broke the darned coffee pot once. These days, the 28-year-old entrepreneur gets others to fetch the java for her. Her web-based ... More >>

Arnold's Love Child Saga Means He Won't Be Back in Movie Theaters For Now

I won't be back.​Following this week's love child revelations, Arnold Schwarzenegger said today through his lawyer that he's putting his Hollywood comeback on hold. That put to rest speculation that, while bad for political aspirations, sleeping around and getting mad headlines for it, even w ... More >>

TV Writers Get $70 Million In Age Discrimination Settlement

​One-hundred-sixty-five television writers jointly received a $70 million settlement Friday in their age-discrimination claim against some of Hollywood's biggest players, including ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC and more. " ... With years of disruptive litigation remaining, and all networks and major tel ... More >>

You Can Feel It All Over: Partying on Election Night With Hollywood's Godless Liberal Elites and Lowlifes

Keeping score at Big Wangs, the Century Plaza and the Echoplex

Godless America Celebrates Victory with DJ Jeremy Sole and Z-Trip in Century City and Diplo at the Echoplex

DJ Jeremy Sole at the California for Obama victory party in Century City. Click image for entire slideshow. (All photos by Timothy Norris) Driving down Sunset Boulevard west toward the California Obama for America victory party, National Public Radio is confirming a new reality. States are tippin ... More >>

Barack Obama's Slippery Fund-Raising Slope

Small donors aside, he's awash in cash from big labor and business. Can he say no?

Hollywood's Double Whammy: SAG's Big Election and DreamWorks' New Deal

Two major shakeups

Queer Town: The Obama Pool Report

Rather than watch the Republican National Convention or the U.S. Open in tennis, I covered Michelle Obama's visit to Los Angeles on Wednesday night as a "pool reporter." A pool reporter is someone who's chosen by a political campaign to cover an event that would otherwise be closed to the press. I ... More >>

Hollywood Comings, Goings & Just Plain Bad Parking

The latest on the NYT, CAA, HBO and Oprah

Pellicano Juror Reveals Inner Workings

Juror No. 7 speaks out on Anthony Pellicano, Anita Busch and Christian values

Agency Nonsense and Greedy Big Media

Hollywood is kryptonite to Super Agents and Superman

An L.A. Playwright's Struggle to Go East

Can Michael Elias make it there?

Sex and Nerds Invade Pellicano Trial

'Tis pity she was a whore

Secret Agent Men

How the tenpercenters formed a road map to peace during the strike’s dark days

Failure to Launch

With six flops in 13 years, indie filmmaker Eric Schaeffer is at it again

Where Did the Love Go?

Mayor V and Eli break up over school reform

Compton Rises Again

Lil’ E on the legacy of Eazy and being his own man

All Shook Up?

Are William Morris’ changes off the Richter scale or just tiny temblors?

Lies and the Dirty Liars Who Tell Them

Mike Ovitz takes the stand

A Very Ovitz Christmas

A Very Ovitz Christmas

Good tidings from the once and not future king of Hollywood