Hollywood seeks a comeback: a roundup of my latest NPR stories: www.npr.org/2025/05/17/n...

Amid global competition for production business, Hollywood is hurting

Hollywood's plummeting film and TV production levels have studio executives and grassroots groups pushing for better incentives to keep business in California.

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Sundance is moving to Boulder! 2027. My newsflash:https://www.npr.org/2025/03/27/nx-s1-5342419/sundance-new-home-boulder-colorado?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0tClKQyXKumhaRATl5iVfANObevvK9s2R_laJ6o9Wp8nBBnbiYQwH5KXk_aem_95K5JdMfmi-1ISo0hAGDcQ

What I reported today: Hollywood filmmaker arrested and indicted on charges he swindled Netflix for $11 million. www.npr.org/2025/03/20/n...

Hollywood filmmaker charged with defrauding Netflix of $11 million

Director Carl Erik Rinsch sold Netflix a sci-fi series. Instead of finishing it, prosecutors allege he spent some of the streamer's money on his own investments, luxury rentals, five Rolls-Royces, a F...

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Miami Beach theater screening Oscar-winning doc”No Other Land” is threatened. My NPR story : www.npr.org/2025/03/15/n...

more red carpet moments

some red carpet moments last night...

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Sean Baker wins Oscars for writing, editing and directing 'Anora'

Baker has said it was a feat just to get his low-budget film funded.

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Brazil's 'I'm Still Here' wins best international feature at the Oscars

The film is based on a true story set in 1970s Rio de Janeiro, when Brazil was living under a military dictatorship.

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R.I.P. Joseph Wambaugh. I profiled him for NPR years ago. Take a listen! www.npr.org/transcripts/...

Joe Wambaugh: The Writer Who Redefined LAPD

Wambaugh, who spent years on the force, wrote the best-selling book The Onion Field in three months during a leave of absence from the department. Over the decades, his realistic and multidimensional ...

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My NPR story on Anora's Yura Borisov; "Is my character a gopnik?" www.npr.org/2025/02/26/n...

How 'Anora' breakout star Yura Borisov crafted a sensitive 'brute'

Borisov, who plays the hired henchman Igor in Anora, is the first Russian actor to be nominated for an Oscar in decades. The film has a total of six nominations, including for best picture.

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My NPR story on Questlove and his Sly Stone doc. I’ll be writing up a longer digital version, which will post tomorrow. www.npr.org/2025/02/12/n...

Interviewed KCRW DJ Novena Carmel about her dad, Sly Stone! My NPR story will run on 2/12

Heading out to Sundance. So is the filmmaking team behind a new zombie apocalypse movie premiering there. They are victims of the LA wildfires too. Take a listen to their story. www.npr.org/2025/01/22/n...

My NPR story on fashion designer Jonathan Anderson: www.npr.org/2024/12/26/n...

Spent a glorious day in my old stomping grounds, at UC Berkeley. I used to sit on Sproul Plaza for hours, people watching, chronicling the latest protest, interviewing everyone for The Daily Cal…

“Rust” premiered at a film festival in Poland, 3 years after cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was accidentally killed on set. My NPR story:https://www.npr.org/2024/11/20/nx-s1-5147832/rust-movie-premiere-alec-baldwin-shooting-halyna-hutchins

Hello! Nice to see you here! This is Marina when she was a baby. Isn’t she adorable? I hope this site always celebrates kittens.