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How Elon Musk Backed Twitter Into a Corner • The mega-billionaire’s moves left the social giant’s board with no options. Hollywood asks, now what?

Streaming Slams Into a Wall • Netflix’s subscriber shock and CNN+’s flameout reflect new economic realities of the direct-to-consumer biz

Newsies Bring Back D.C. Glitz • The White House Correspondents’ Dinner returns with host Trevor Noah — and more cameras for all the stars

Costumers Fight to Close Pay Gap • Artisans have stepped up campaign for greater equity with their peers

Through the Eyes of a Nephew • Jordan Walker-Pearlman is collaborating on a documentary about his famous uncle, Gene Wilder

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Massive Comedy Festival Is No Joke

WWE MAKES PEACOCK CROW

It’s Getting a Bit Too Crowded Out There • With more Emmy contenders than ever, this is undoubtedly the most jampacked spring in TV history

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Walden’s Pond • DISNEY’S TV OPERATIONS HAVE NEVER BEEN STRONGER AFTER TWO TOUGH YEARS OF POSTMERGER RESTRUCTURING

Cavalcade of Content • The Walt Disney Television leader steers vital creative engines for the Mouse’s many TV platforms

THE POWER OF PETER PARKER • TWENTY YEARS LATER, THE MAKERS OF ‘SPIDER-MAN’ EXPLAIN HOW AN EARNEST TEENAGE NERD RESCUED THE SUPERHERO GENRE AND CHANGED HOLLYWOOD FOREVER

Keeping Up With Fulwell 73 • How James Corden and Ben Winston’s company got into business with Hollywood’s biggest stars

Roses and Thorns Drive Dating Franchise • After a milestone 20 years, ‘The Bachelor’ thrives in spite — or maybe because — of its many controversies

Titans of Unscripted TV • Whether it was on a streamer, broadcast or cable, these execs and creatives made their mark on TV’s top reality shows

Kentucky Opens Doors to Production • Boosters tout generous new incentive program, diverse locations, hospitality and other factors to lure projects to Bluegrass state

THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT FILMING IN Kentucky

REBUILD EFFORT UNDERWAY • Kentucky’s production community ramps up facilities

Makeover Magic • Wrigley Media Group transforms old multiplex into new soundstage complex

Entertainment Educators Talk State of Teaching Cinema • James Schamus and Joely Proudfit proffer film school philosophies

30 Film Schools for Everyone • From Northridge to Nashville, these entertainment education programs have a lot to offer

Dishing Up Diverse Programming • After two years of virtual events, Toronto’s Hot Docs fest brings more than 200 films to live auds

Setting the Stage for an Aristocratic Pirate • ‘Our Flag Means Death’ designers mixed history with broad theatricality to present a big canvas for the HBO Max sitcom

Putting Some Visual Punctuation on ‘Ozark’

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Downton Abbey: A New Era

Elle Fanning • “I think the toughest part was to balance the fiction and reality.”