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THE NEW YORK ISSUE

One Hollywood Strike Down, One More to Go

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BACK TO BUSINESS • As the strikes begin to wrap up, get ready for a mad dash to finish movies and shows

Highs, Lows and Letdowns • A look at the major players, obscure figures and debacles that defined the WGA strike

The Scoreboard • The WGA’s major contract gains reflect the industry’s transition to streaming

What Rupert Wrought • The media baron steps back as his empire struggles to adapt to changing times

Cinema in the City • New York Film Festival chief Dennis Lim on landing ‘May December’ and showcasing movies during the strikes

Jigsaw’s Billion-Dollar Game • How the ‘Saw’ series built a pop culture phenom out of baroque ways to kill people on-screen

Beat the Rich, Win the Oscars • The Hollywood strikes may give true stories about people fighting corporations an edge

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ICE SPICE, BABY • THE 23-YEAR-OLD BRONX-BRED RAPPER AND SELF-DESCRIBED MARKETING GENIUS IS ROCKING THE WORLD WITH HER FIERY FLOW AND SAVVY BRAND

OPENING DOORS • DANIEL RADCLIFFE, JONATHAN GROFF AND LINDSAY MENDEZ GIVE AN UNDER-APPRECIATED MUSICAL MASTERPIECE ITS DUE

MAKE ’EM LAUGH • ‘BOOK OF MORMON’ STARS JOSH GAD AND ANDREW RANNELLS REUNITE FOR BROADWAY’S NEXT SIDE-SPLITTER

BROADWAY’S NEW CLASS • EVERY YEAR, BROADWAY BRINGS AN EXCITING GROUP OF EMERGING TALENTS TO THE SPOTLIGHT. HERE ARE OUR 10 BROADWAY TO WATCH HONOREES FOR THE 2023-24 SEASON.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY? • TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AFTER ‘HAPPINESS’ SHOCKED AUDIENCES, DIRECTOR TODD SOLONDZ IS STILL DOING IT HIS WAY

MADONNA’S MANHATTAN • BIOGRAPHER MARY GABRIEL ON HOW ’70S AND ’80S NEW YORK GAVE THE MATERIAL GIRL HER MATERIAL

MURDOCH IN WINTER • MICHAEL WOLFF REVEALS THE REAL-LIFE ‘SUCCESSION’ DRAMA UPENDING FOX NEWS

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Global TV Biz Ready for Innovation • Mipcom attendees set to wrestle with AI and other challenges the small screen industry faces

Passion Plays Out in Global Growth • Canal+ Group CEO Maxime Saada, Variety Vanguard Award honoree, leads expansion plans with zeal for content

Slate Tunes Up Big Ambitions • Studiocanal brings eclectic and star-studded projects to world stage

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Gen V

Greta Lee • “This was not planned. I think the way you know is I walked in here covered with my child’s seaweed snack all over my sweatshirt.”