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“Jean-Michel Basquiat: King Pleasure” Exhibition Debuts in Los Angeles
The strikethrough is a typographical choice that commands attention; it demands that you notice it to the temporary dismissal of everything else around it. Jean-Michel Basquiat, the pioneering painting prodigy who rose to great acclaim before his untimely death in 1988 at age 27, used this device on his canvases intentionally. In fact, for a […]
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How Chain, B.J. Novak’s Concept Restaurant, Built a Nostalgia Factory With Hollywood’s Help
During a podcast interview in 2018, actor and foodie B.J. Novak teased an idea he had for a chain-themed restaurant that would, contrary to the fundamental business model of chain restaurants, consist of a single brick-and-mortar location. It would be a nostalgia play, drawing on a collective wistfulness for the menu items and now-kitschy aesthetic […]
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Christian Combs Signs With IMG Models (Exclusive)
Christian Combs, a rising hip-hop artist, actor and model, has officially re-signed with IMG Models. The son of music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs and the late model and actress Kim Porter, Combs first signed with IMG Models for worldwide representation in 2018, and was previously the face of Dolce & Gabbana. In an interview with […]
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How Studios Are Making Sustainability the Default
This story is part of The Hollywood Reporter’s 2023 Sustainability Issue (click here to read more). HBO Green HBO Green’s overall aim is to lower the carbon footprint and implement sustainable practices across all production. But specific to HBO and HBO Max, all of the company’s scripted fiction shows where they are the lead producer […]
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“Connected to the Land”: Inside Wendie Malick’s Remote, Sustainable Lifestyle
This story is part of The Hollywood Reporter’s 2023 Sustainability Issue (click here to read more). Throughout a career spanning more than 30 years, actress Wendie Malick has lived tucked away on a hillside in Topanga Canyon for more than two of those decades, happily enjoying a life beyond the buzzy lights of Hollywood. Close […]
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Good Energy Expands to Incorporate Sustainability Consulting and Workshops
This story is part of The Hollywood Reporter’s 2023 Sustainability Issue (click here to read more). Since Anna Jane Joyner started Good Energy, an open-source playbook for increasing narrative portrayals of climate change in scripts, in April 2022, the project has expanded beyond a document for screenwriters into a broader resource for climate conversations and […]
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Stylist and Fashion Creator Tina Leung Signs With CAA (Exclusive)
Tina Leung, the New York-based stylist and fashion content creator seen most recently in Netflix’s Bling Empire: New York, has signed to CAA. Her publicists are Cait Bailey and Sasha Klimchuk at Align PR. The actress and stylist, who was born and raised between Hong Kong and California, first rose to prominence as a fashion […]
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L.A.’s Hammer Museum Reopens With 40,000 Square Feet of New Gallery Space
“For so long we’ve been kind of a hidden gem,” says Connie Butler, chief curator of the Hammer Museum, which opened in 1990 at the base of an office building in Westwood. In the more than three decades since, the Hammer has gained an international reputation for its talked-about contemporary art shows and culture-shifting programming, […]
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‘Stranger Things’ Star Noah Schnapp Launches Delivery-Only Food Menu (Exclusive)
Noah Schnapp, most widely known for his role as Will Byers on Netflix’s Stranger Things, is taking his talents to the food industry. Today, the actor has announced his creative partnership with Nextbite, a virtual restaurant company, to launch TenderFix, a delivery-only menu of chicken and plant-based sandwiches, sliders and tenders. It’s available nationwide via […]
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Donald Glover on Expanding the ‘Atlanta’ Universe With ‘Swarm’ — a “Post-Truth TV Show” About Obsession With a Beyoncé-like Pop Star
Swarm, the new Amazon series from the minds of Donald Glover and Janine Nabers, premiered (fittingly) on a dark and stormy Tuesday night in Hollywood. The subversive horror show, which stars Dominique Fishback as a woman turned mad by standom for a Beyoncé-like pop star, is part of the same universe as Glover’s Atlanta; several […]
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Celebrity Stylist Law Roach Says He’s Retiring in an Instagram Post
Law Roach, a fixture in the Hollywood fashion industry and the first-ever recipient of the Stylist Award at the 2022 CFDA Fashion Awards, shared a post on Instagram on Tuesday in which he indicated that he’s retiring. The self-proclaimed “image architect” was a judge on HBO Max’s ball culture and vogue-ing reality competition show Legendary and recently […]
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Billboard Advertising, Including FYC Ads, “Took Off Like a Rocket Ship” in 2022
During 2020, the first year of the pandemic, spending on outdoor advertising slumped big-time when folks were home and spending far less time in their cars. But in 2022, according to Insider Intelligence, spending on out-of-home advertising rebounded to an estimated $7.93 billion in the U.S., up from $6.08 billion in 2020 (though still not […]
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