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Column: What 'Succession' got wrong about what happens when moguls die
LA Times via Yahoo Finance Canada· 1 year agoThe 'Logan Roy' effect makes for great television. But when a corporate titan dies and his company is split up, the parts may turn out to be more valuable than the whole.
Fred Roos, Oscar-Winning Producer of ‘Godfather Part II’ and Casting Director of ‘The Godfather,’...
Variety via Yahoo Canada News· 2 months agoFred Roos, casting director for landmark films such as “American Graffiti” and who went on to have a...
Peter Bart: Paramount Yearns For “Seamless Transition” But Past Studio Takeovers Have Been Costly...
Deadline via Yahoo Finance Canada· 2 months ago“The transition will be seamless.” Those words usually accompany an announcement of a corporate...
'Succession's' huge plot twist is more realistic than you'd think – the departure of a powerful CEO...
Business Insider via Yahoo Finance Canada· 1 year agoBrian Cox as Logan Roy on "Succession."Macall Polay/HBO HBO's "Succession" unveiled a shocking twist...
Peter Bart: Shakespearean Subplots Threaten Bob Iger’s Second Act
Deadline via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoWhen Michael Eisner was making a ceremonial exit as Disney’s CEO in 2005 he acknowledged that the...
‘Fantasticks’ Lyricist Tom Jones Was Sanguine About the Show’s Tangled History With Hollywood,...
Variety via Yahoo Canada News· 11 months ago“Try to Remember,” the most famous song to have come out of the stage musical “The Fantasticks,” was...
Peter Bart: Jack Warner Presaged Trump, Hated Roosevelt, And Might Have Voted For ‘Oppenheimer’ At...
Deadline via Yahoo Canada News· 4 months ago“That movie was the President’s idea, not mine, but it was a demand, not a suggestion.” The speaker...
Peter Bart: Hollywood Is Partying And Awards Are Flowing, But A Dicey Jobs Outlook Cues Actor Angst
Deadline via Yahoo Canada News· 4 months ago“I despise auditions,” Marlon Brando barked as he launched into the audition for his role in The...
Peter Bart: Barbra Streisand Doesn’t Like To Hear The Word “Cut” In Her Movies Or Her Memoirs
Deadline via Yahoo Canada News· 7 months agoWhen Barbra Streisand delivered her 992-page memoir to her editor at Viking earlier this year, did...
Peter Bart: Hollywood’s CEOs Locked In A Rich-Against-Poor Stalemate That Their Predecessors Mostly...
Deadline via Yahoo Canada News· 11 months ago“How did I become Tom Joad? I used to write for a living.” Tom Joad was the hapless farmer in The...