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How Rhode Island's Biggest Movie Showcase Became the "Fyre of Film Festivals"

Plus, 'Friends' goes on the auction block, and Taylor Sheridan wants to sell you a steak.

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How Rhode Island’s Biggest Movie Showcase Became the “Fyre of Film Festivals”

Plus, 'Friends' goes on the auction block, and Taylor Sheridan wants to sell you a steak.

Why Hollywood Keeps Quitting on Harry and Meghan

Plus, how an Echo glitch turned Alexa into a “commie operative” and Dimitri, the million-dollar maitre ‘d, rides off into the Sunset (Tower).

‘Megalopolis’ Finds a Fall Guy for AI Trailer Snafu and Hollywood Cries Foul

Plus, a posthumous tell-all by Robert Blake’s and Heidi Fleiss’ attorney, and Patti Smith’s battle with City Hall (over a garden).

Can Joaquin Phoenix Be Replaced, or Is Todd Haynes’ Gay Love Story Doomed?

Plus, Frank Zappa’s daughter Moon Unit has a few choice words for dad, and Carol Burnett proves you're never too old to pitch.

Why Was Barry Diller’s Memoir Pulled From Amazon?

Plus, how a too-crazy-to-be-true plotline from ‘The Americans’ just came true and Penelope Ann Miller steps into Nancy Reagan’s tiny shoes.

Don’t F*** With Cat Ladies!: How a Pottery-Making Pussycat Won the Box Office

Plus, Hollywood’s latest status symbol is a $10K casket and partying in Paris with Zas.

‘Simpsons’ Writer Recalls How the Show Predicted Kamala Harris (Among Other Things)

Plus, Michael Jackson’s etchings go on sale for a million dollars (although they might not be Michael Jackson’s); the mystery of the disappearing box office data; and a porn star-turned-private detective tells all.

Swordplay at WME: An Agent’s Assistant Goes to the Olympics

Plus, Stephen Sondheim’s $6,400 pencils and Tunde Adebimpe’s scene-stealing scene in 'Twisters.'

Is the Venice Film Festival Big Enough for Brad and Angelina? (No.)

Plus, how Glen Powell got hoodwinked by an urban legend and Leslie Jones goes for gold at the Olympics.

Newsflash! Nicholas Galitzine Is Not a Real Royal

Plus, the bully from ‘A Christmas Story’ is all grown up (and directing fantasy movies), how a pro-Israel email almost derailed the A-List assistants party, and all you need to know about Rupert Murdoch’s first five wives.

Why TCM Fans Are Glitching About David Zaslav

Plus, Edward Norton’s mind-blowingly dull tech startup, bracing for trouble at the Israel Film Festival, and Japanese “Delinquent Girl” wrestlers invade LA.

The Man Who Stole Brad Pitt’s Girlfriend

Plus, trouble at the Bungalows, taking it all off (on-screen) at Cannes and Bill Maher makes a new “Friend.”

Ex-Employee Charging Harassment Has Been Picketing the San Vicente Bungalows All Week

A dressed-to-kill model who spent five weeks working the front desk last winter is lobbing complaints against the club's storied maitre d'.

ScarJo Puts a Muzzle on Open AI’s Latest Bot

Plus, Paul Walter Hauser pulls a reverse Dwayne Johnson; a new board game lets players go directly to director’s jail; and ‘Baby Reindeer's’’ Richard Gadd gets famous.

Why Hollywood Can’t Finish a Janis Joplin Biopic

Plus, Matthew Weiner holds a garage sale, and was that Tom Cruise crashing Nicole Kidman’s party?

The O.J. Simpson Movie That Owen Wilson (Among Others) Won’t Be Starring In

Plus, legendary Hollywood agent Harry Abrams spills all (or at least some) in a new memoir, Star Trek beams into Santa Monica, and Cate Blanchett bears arms.