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The Buck Stops Where? • Prosecutors pin ‘Rust’ failures on Alec Baldwin, but OSHA maintains he wasn’t in charge

Hogwarts Legacy Helps ‘Potter’s’ Prospects • WB hopes to expand Wizarding World gaming activity despite furor over J.K. Rowling statements

The Party Never Stops • Cult-fave Starz comedy ‘Party Down’ reteams the original cast 13 years after its cancellation

Michelle Yeoh Needs ‘Everything’ From the SAG Awards • A win would invigorate the ‘Everything Everywhere’ star’s Oscar momentum

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Casey AT THE BAT • The HBO and HBO Max content chief has deftly steered the evolution of TV’s most prestigious brand

HELLO, GOODBYE • When it comes to ‘Chicago P.D.,’ maybe Jesse Lee Soffer can go home again

song bird • After starring in five blockbusters, then taking a break from Hollywood, Sam Claflin finds his voice in ‘Daisy Jones & the Six’

PGA Awards Celebrate Spectrum of Hollywood Success • Co-presidents Stephanie Allain and Donald De Line look at problems and payoffs

Sally Field Gets Her Flowers • SAG Awards Life Achievement honoree wants to tackle a thriller next

The Show Will Go on Online • SAG Awards takes leap to streaming via Netflix’s YouTube channel

Image Awards Stand Apart • For more than 50 years NAACP has been honoring talent often ignored by other kudosfests

Animated Evening at Last • ASIFA-Hollywood’s back in person with kudos honoring the best in cartooning

Sounds Like Team Spirit • The Golden Reel Award nominations sound off on past year’s projects

Crafting the Vision • CDG nominee Catherine Martin on her many ‘Elvis’ jobs and collaborating with Baz Luhrmann

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‘Avatar’ Effects Hit High Water Mark • Sequel required performance capture with larger ensemble

A Good Fella Lands His Star • The late Ray Liotta will be honored on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

Previous Winners Dominate Song Race • Four out of five contenders were written by Oscar laureates

Period Pieces Dominate Score Category • Son Lux’s ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ is the lone non-period tale to be nominated

10 Music Supervisors to Watch • Old and new tunes provide memorable soundtracks

Assessing the Song and Dance Over ‘RRR’ • Indians are pleased, or sometimes just puzzled, by fervor for the Oscar-nominated ‘Naatu Naatu’

With Help From ‘Friends’ • Courteney Cox recounts the many lessons that led her to the Walk of Fame

London TV Screenings Hit the Big Time • A number of factors help push smallscreen event into a must-stop on the international market calendar

Family Makes the Difference • Variety’s Showbiz Real Estate Elite awardees the Umanskys show success comes from close ties

More Than Just Properties • Branden and Rayni Williams honored with the Variety Community Impact Award

The Housing Authority • The Showbiz Real Estate Elite list highlights the pros handling the top of the market in Los Angeles, New York and Miami

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Winning Time • How Casey Bloys kept his cool — and HBO on top — amid unprecedented industry competition and corporate drama