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28 Top Execs Recommend the Best TV Series to Binge Over the Holidays • From Frances Berwick to Francesca Orsi: C-suiters reveal the can’t-miss shows they can’t stop watching (even from competitors)
28 Top Execs Recommend the Best TV Series to Binge Over the Holidays
From Frances Berwick to Francesca Orsi: C-suiters reveal the can’t-miss shows they can’t stop watching (even from competitors)
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December 24, 2025 at 8:53 PM
28 Top Execs Recommend the Best TV Series to Binge Over the Holidays • From Frances Berwick to Francesca Orsi: C-suiters reveal the can’t-miss shows they can’t stop watching (even from competitors)
Timothée Chalamet’s ‘Marty Supreme’ Wheaties Sold Out. What That Says About Fandom Today • Merch is on fire even as movies and box office struggle
Timothée Chalamet’s ‘Marty Supreme’ Wheaties Sold Out. What That Says About Fandom Today
Merch is on fire even as movies and box office struggle
theankler.com
December 24, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Timothée Chalamet’s ‘Marty Supreme’ Wheaties Sold Out. What That Says About Fandom Today • Merch is on fire even as movies and box office struggle
☀️NETFLIX Korean 🎥 Hit Trounces ‘Wake Up Dead Man’ • PAR pulls ‘Airbender’ from theatrical / YT rules daytime TV / ‘SNL’ hits high
☀️NETFLIX Korean 🎥 Hit Trounces ‘Wake Up Dead Man’
PAR pulls ‘Airbender’ from theatrical / YT rules daytime TV / ‘SNL’ hits high
theankler.com
December 24, 2025 at 5:53 PM
☀️NETFLIX Korean 🎥 Hit Trounces ‘Wake Up Dead Man’ • PAR pulls ‘Airbender’ from theatrical / YT rules daytime TV / ‘SNL’ hits high
Save the Date – Documentary Spotlight: The Shortlist Returns 1.7
Save the Date – Documentary Spotlight: The Shortlist Returns 1.7
theankler.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Save the Date – Documentary Spotlight: The Shortlist Returns 1.7
🎧 The Year’s Best (and Worst) Awards Events • Plus: Renate Reinsve had more to explore with Joachim Trier. Enter ‘Sentimental Value’
🎧 The Year’s Best (and Worst) Awards Events
Plus: Renate Reinsve had more to explore with Joachim Trier. Enter ‘Sentimental Value’
theankler.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:01 AM
🎧 The Year’s Best (and Worst) Awards Events • Plus: Renate Reinsve had more to explore with Joachim Trier. Enter ‘Sentimental Value’
Hollywood’s Two-Tier Economy: A-List Pay, Mid-Budget Extinction & How to Fix It • Awards buzz for ‘One Battle’ can't hide budget bloat — but dealmakers from Blumhouse to Weil Gotshal & Manges say performance-based comp is the cure
Hollywood’s Two-Tier Economy: A-List Pay, Mid-Budget Extinction & How to Fix It
Awards buzz for ‘One Battle’ can't hide budget bloat — but dealmakers from Blumhouse to Weil Gotshal & Manges say performance-based comp is the cure
theankler.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Hollywood’s Two-Tier Economy: A-List Pay, Mid-Budget Extinction & How to Fix It • Awards buzz for ‘One Battle’ can't hide budget bloat — but dealmakers from Blumhouse to Weil Gotshal & Manges say performance-based comp is the cure
Hollywood’s Two-Tier Economy: A-List Pay, Mid-Budget Extinction & How to Fix It • Awards buzz for ‘One Battle’ can't hide budget bloat — but dealmakers from Blumhouse to Weil Gotshal & Manges say performance-based comp is the cure
Hollywood’s Two-Tier Economy: A-List Pay, Mid-Budget Extinction & How to Fix It
Awards buzz for ‘One Battle’ can't hide budget bloat — but dealmakers from Blumhouse to Weil Gotshal & Manges say performance-based comp is the cure
theankler.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Hollywood’s Two-Tier Economy: A-List Pay, Mid-Budget Extinction & How to Fix It • Awards buzz for ‘One Battle’ can't hide budget bloat — but dealmakers from Blumhouse to Weil Gotshal & Manges say performance-based comp is the cure
10 Lessons From Hollywood’s Brutal Year • A clear-eyed look at what failed, what worked and what comes next
10 Lessons From Hollywood’s Brutal Year
A clear-eyed look at what failed, what worked and what comes next
theankler.com
December 23, 2025 at 9:02 PM
10 Lessons From Hollywood’s Brutal Year • A clear-eyed look at what failed, what worked and what comes next
Year of the Creator: Inside 2025’s Top Deals, Platform Wars and Next Big Opportunities • Top dealmakers and reps look back at 12 booming months as brands, eyeballs and big cash set the stage for an explosive new year
Year of the Creator: Inside 2025’s Top Deals, Platform Wars and Next Big Opportunities
Top dealmakers and reps look back at 12 booming months as brands, eyeballs and big cash set the stage for an explosive new year
theankler.com
December 23, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Year of the Creator: Inside 2025’s Top Deals, Platform Wars and Next Big Opportunities • Top dealmakers and reps look back at 12 booming months as brands, eyeballs and big cash set the stage for an explosive new year
🎧 SUPER-SIZED HOLIDAY SPECIAL: Hollywood’s 2025 Winners & Losers • Congrats, ‘Heated Rivalry’ fans. Everyone else: We have the receipts
🎧 SUPER-SIZED HOLIDAY SPECIAL: Hollywood’s 2025 Winners & Losers
Congrats, ‘Heated Rivalry’ fans. Everyone else: We have the receipts
theankler.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
🎧 SUPER-SIZED HOLIDAY SPECIAL: Hollywood’s 2025 Winners & Losers • Congrats, ‘Heated Rivalry’ fans. Everyone else: We have the receipts
☀️ PSKY's Latest Hail Mary Pass: What Changed, Shareholders React • DISNEY shuffles ’26 🎥 dates / RSN biz faces collapse. Again / AMAZON TNF hits new highs
☀️ PSKY's Latest Hail Mary Pass: What Changed, Shareholders React
DISNEY shuffles ’26 🎥 dates / RSN biz faces collapse. Again / AMAZON TNF hits new highs
theankler.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
☀️ PSKY's Latest Hail Mary Pass: What Changed, Shareholders React • DISNEY shuffles ’26 🎥 dates / RSN biz faces collapse. Again / AMAZON TNF hits new highs
Frankenstein is “The Movie Guillermo del Toro Was Born to Make” | Watch the Making of the Monster with Jacob Elordi and Mike Hill
Frankenstein is “The Movie Guillermo del Toro Was Born to Make” | Watch the Making of the Monster with Jacob Elordi and Mike Hill
theankler.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Frankenstein is “The Movie Guillermo del Toro Was Born to Make” | Watch the Making of the Monster with Jacob Elordi and Mike Hill
I Think ‘Heated Rivalry’ Deserves Emmy Recognition — Too Bad About This Catch • The breakout drama, streaming on HBO Max and Canada’s Crave, might be put in the penalty box for TV’s biggest awards
I Think ‘Heated Rivalry’ Deserves Emmy Recognition — Too Bad About This Catch
The breakout drama, streaming on HBO Max and Canada’s Crave, might be put in the penalty box for TV’s biggest awards
theankler.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I Think ‘Heated Rivalry’ Deserves Emmy Recognition — Too Bad About This Catch • The breakout drama, streaming on HBO Max and Canada’s Crave, might be put in the penalty box for TV’s biggest awards
Your Predictions, Fears, Hopes for Hollywood 2026: ‘Find Your Way to Stick It Out’ • Writers, directors and execs (Amazon, CBS, Warner Bros.) share hard-earned advice and candid takes on what the industry needs and must shed to move forward
Your Predictions, Fears, Hopes for Hollywood 2026: ‘Find Your Way to Stick It Out’
Writers, directors and execs (Amazon, CBS, Warner Bros.) share hard-earned advice and candid takes on what the industry needs and must shed to move forward
theankler.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Your Predictions, Fears, Hopes for Hollywood 2026: ‘Find Your Way to Stick It Out’ • Writers, directors and execs (Amazon, CBS, Warner Bros.) share hard-earned advice and candid takes on what the industry needs and must shed to move forward
Your Predictions, Fears, Hopes for Hollywood 2026: ‘Find Your Way to Stick It Out’ • Writers, directors and execs (Amazon, CBS, Warner Bros.) share hard-earned advice and candid takes on what the industry needs and must shed to move forward
Your Predictions, Fears, Hopes for Hollywood 2026: ‘Find Your Way to Stick It Out’
Writers, directors and execs (Amazon, CBS, Warner Bros.) share hard-earned advice and candid takes on what the industry needs and must shed to move forward
theankler.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Your Predictions, Fears, Hopes for Hollywood 2026: ‘Find Your Way to Stick It Out’ • Writers, directors and execs (Amazon, CBS, Warner Bros.) share hard-earned advice and candid takes on what the industry needs and must shed to move forward
☀️3D Drives ‘Avatar’, Women Power ‘Housemaid’ • AMAZON, WB movie licensing deals / ’26 box office💰 slated to 👆 / ‘Marty’ skyrockets in NY & LA
☀️3D Drives ‘Avatar’, Women Power ‘Housemaid’
AMAZON, WB movie licensing deals / ’26 box office💰 slated to 👆 / ‘Marty’ skyrockets in NY & LA
theankler.com
December 22, 2025 at 2:57 AM
☀️3D Drives ‘Avatar’, Women Power ‘Housemaid’ • AMAZON, WB movie licensing deals / ’26 box office💰 slated to 👆 / ‘Marty’ skyrockets in NY & LA
Grief, Gifts and What This Week Revealed About Hollywood • Plus: Film schools’ career scramble; shrinking production companies (and parties); how ‘Heated Rivalry’ became a hit
Grief, Gifts and What This Week Revealed About Hollywood
Plus: Film schools’ career scramble; shrinking production companies (and parties); how ‘Heated Rivalry’ became a hit
theankler.com
December 21, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Grief, Gifts and What This Week Revealed About Hollywood • Plus: Film schools’ career scramble; shrinking production companies (and parties); how ‘Heated Rivalry’ became a hit
🎧 Noah Baumbach: How a Gen X Director Bounced Back from Burnout • The Oscar-nominated filmmaker tells me of ‘Jay Kelly’: ‘There’s such beauty in things that are real and tactile’
🎧 Noah Baumbach: How a Gen X Director Bounced Back from Burnout
The Oscar-nominated filmmaker tells me of ‘Jay Kelly’: ‘There’s such beauty in things that are real and tactile’
theankler.com
December 20, 2025 at 5:57 PM
🎧 Noah Baumbach: How a Gen X Director Bounced Back from Burnout • The Oscar-nominated filmmaker tells me of ‘Jay Kelly’: ‘There’s such beauty in things that are real and tactile’
TV in 3: Year-End Deals Rush; ‘Heated Rivalry’ Peaks; a Lesson From Rob Reiner • Things are looking up for 2026 with Apple to Netflix buying series
TV in 3: Year-End Deals Rush; ‘Heated Rivalry’ Peaks; a Lesson From Rob Reiner
Things are looking up for 2026 with Apple to Netflix buying series
theankler.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:54 PM
TV in 3: Year-End Deals Rush; ‘Heated Rivalry’ Peaks; a Lesson From Rob Reiner • Things are looking up for 2026 with Apple to Netflix buying series
SCOOP: UTA Drops Intimacy Coordinator, Choreographer, Dancer Clients • As Hollywood reduces sex onscreen (Gen Z’s not interested, thanks), one worker tells me ‘less intimacy is being written’
SCOOP: UTA Drops Intimacy Coordinator, Choreographer, Dancer Clients
As Hollywood reduces sex onscreen (Gen Z’s not interested, thanks), one worker tells me ‘less intimacy is being written’
theankler.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:54 PM
SCOOP: UTA Drops Intimacy Coordinator, Choreographer, Dancer Clients • As Hollywood reduces sex onscreen (Gen Z’s not interested, thanks), one worker tells me ‘less intimacy is being written’
🎬 Renate Reinsve Couldn’t Let Go of ‘Sentimental Value’ Until It Was Over • ‘It’s hard going into this deep anger and grief, and then go back,’ says the star, who re-teamed with director Joachim Trier for the emotional family drama
🎬 Renate Reinsve Couldn’t Let Go of ‘Sentimental Value’ Until It Was Over
‘It’s hard going into this deep anger and grief, and then go back,’ says the star, who re-teamed with director Joachim Trier for the emotional family drama
theankler.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:55 PM
🎬 Renate Reinsve Couldn’t Let Go of ‘Sentimental Value’ Until It Was Over • ‘It’s hard going into this deep anger and grief, and then go back,’ says the star, who re-teamed with director Joachim Trier for the emotional family drama
How ‘Song Sung Blue’ Director Craig Brewer Went From Barnes & Noble to the Big Time • The filmmaker on how ‘Hustle & Flow’ changed his life and what to make of the Oscars’ jump to YouTube: ‘We are moving into a different age’
How ‘Song Sung Blue’ Director Craig Brewer Went From Barnes & Noble to the Big Time
The filmmaker on how ‘Hustle & Flow’ changed his life and what to make of the Oscars’ jump to YouTube: ‘We are moving into a different age’
theankler.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:57 PM
How ‘Song Sung Blue’ Director Craig Brewer Went From Barnes & Noble to the Big Time • The filmmaker on how ‘Hustle & Flow’ changed his life and what to make of the Oscars’ jump to YouTube: ‘We are moving into a different age’
☀️WB Grabs NEON Execs for New Imprint • SONY gets ‘Peanuts’ / NETFLIX enlists McConaughey / MUBI sets re-org
☀️WB Grabs NEON Execs for New Imprint
SONY gets ‘Peanuts’ / NETFLIX enlists McConaughey / MUBI sets re-org
theankler.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:57 PM
☀️WB Grabs NEON Execs for New Imprint • SONY gets ‘Peanuts’ / NETFLIX enlists McConaughey / MUBI sets re-org
TV’s Biggest Phenomenon is Back and “Better Than Ever” | LANDMAN For Your Consideration
TV’s Biggest Phenomenon is Back and “Better Than Ever” | LANDMAN For Your Consideration
theankler.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:57 PM
TV’s Biggest Phenomenon is Back and “Better Than Ever” | LANDMAN For Your Consideration
The Strange Case of ‘Avatar’ and Its Missing Cultural Footprint • How could such a massive franchise be so small online? The data tells a fascinating story about fandom and filmgoing
The Strange Case of ‘Avatar’ and Its Missing Cultural Footprint
How could such a massive franchise be so small online? The data tells a fascinating story about fandom and filmgoing
theankler.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:55 PM
The Strange Case of ‘Avatar’ and Its Missing Cultural Footprint • How could such a massive franchise be so small online? The data tells a fascinating story about fandom and filmgoing