U.S. Unemployment Eased In November As Hollywood Returned To Work Post Strikes

Several stars have left Hollywood behind for normal jobs despite having successful movie or TV careers.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Mega media merger mania is once again afoot in Hollywood with very, very early talks between Warner Bros. Discovery‘s David Zaslav and Paramount Global’s Bob Bakish about a potential merger of the two companies. Analysts and industry sources have already raised a number of questions about what a WBD-Paramount combo would look like and the effect it could have on the larger TV and film landscape.

Variety on Wednesday while promoting her new album “This Is Me … Now” and the accompanying short film, which delves into her relationship with Affleck.“But we’re older now,” the “Let’s Get Loud” hitmaker said. “We’re wiser. We also know what’s important, what’s really important in life, and it’s not so much what other people think.

(currently starring in , by the way) broke down in tears when discussing the pay inequity she's experienced as a Black woman in Hollywood, and soon the clip went viral. Now Henson is getting support from her fellow Black female icons, including Gabrielle Union, Keke Palmer, and , among many, many more.In the clip Henson says she's tired of working so hard but still being paid only a fraction of what her peers are, adding, “I’m tired of hearing my sisters saying the same thing over and over.” Union shared the clip on Twitter, and backed Henson up with her own two cents.

Taraji P. Henson recently got emotional when talking about the pay disparity she has faced during her time in Hollywood.While speaking on Sirius XM to promote her new film, The Color Purple, Henson was asked by host Gayle King if the rumours of her considering quitting acting were true. Immediately, Henson got teary-eyed and said: “I’m just tired of working so hard, being gracious at what I do and getting paid a fraction of the cost.”“I’m tired of hearing my sisters say the same thing over and over.

Jennifer Love Hewitt is reflecting on how she was sexualized as a teenager and the difficulties of aging in Hollywood.

Taraji P. Henson may have a career change in her future.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle think the future has never looked brighter for them!

SiriusXM interview with Gayle King, claiming she’s “being paid a fraction of the cost” of what she should be making in Hollywood. The 53-year-old star of “The Color Purple” appeared on the episode alongside the film’s director Blitz Bazawule and co-star Danielle Brooks to promote the upcoming flick, which is produced by King’s pal Oprah Winfrey.King asked the “Empire” star if she was serious in previous statements about being done with acting, to which Henson replied by taking a deep breath and putting her head in her hand before responding. “I’m just tired of working so hard, being gracious at what I do [and] getting paid a fraction of the cost,” she said, becoming emotional.

Taraji P. Henson got real when talking about the pay disparity in Hollywood and opened up about the struggle she continues to face despite her success in the industry.

Variety Staff Follow Us on Twitter Darryl F. Zanuck was a legendary figure in Hollywood known for leading a major studio, producing top films and assaulting aspiring actresses in the 1930s. That same decade, the term “casting couch” surfaced to describe the abuse of power by Zanuck and other high-powered men who were the gatekeepers of access to the big screen.

Nicholas Weinstock The first time I went to Ghana, I was 19 years old and volunteering to build a health clinic in a rural village. It was the early ‘90s, I was a teenaged lunatic, and everything bad that could have happened to me did: I got malaria; I was beaten up by soldiers on the border with the Ivory Coast — but I also encountered wonderful people and stunning and moving and unforgettable experiences and friendships.

Zac Efron is being honored!

Meghan Markle's ties to the ongoing Royal race row will be "quickly forgotten" by Hollywood in the eyes of her career over in the US according to an expert as she continues to try and salvage the Sussex brand.

Cynthia Littleton Business Editor Dave Robb, a longtime Hollywood labor reporter who worked for Variety in the 1980s and ’90s, died Dec. 8 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 74 and had recently been diagnosed with cancer of the brain stem.

Waitress is full of layers—some sweeter than others.Few know that better than , who wrote the music and lyrics for the Broadway musical (and later, took over the lead role of Jenna Hunterson from Jessie Mueller). Although the show played its final performance in December 2021, it's held a pie-shaped space in fans' hearts, which will finally be filled when Waitress: The Musical hits theaters nationwide on December 7.The film is a taping of the live Broadway show, and, according to Bareilles, it “feels like a legitimate miracle” that the movie was made at all.“I can't even tell you the karma of this show,” Bareilles tells Glamour over Zoom.

Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2024 is just around the corner!

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer It’s hard to measure the full impact of the Hollywood strikes — mainly because the TV and film industry will be facing the ripple effects for years to come — but a new study has revealed one significant immediate hit: 17% of Los Angeles-based showbiz workers lost their jobs during the work stoppages. According to the Otis College of Art and Design’s study, the first released under the college’s ongoing Otis College Report on the Creative Economy, following the WGA (which ran May 2-Sept.

Andrew Garfield shared insights into his early days in Hollywood, experiences working on the Spider-Man franchise and thoughts about Red Sea International Festival Festival during his masterclass at the festival today. 

“Entrepreneurship and acting are very similar. Both require the same kind of energy,” Goop CEO and Academy Award-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow told a crowd during a career retrospective this evening at the Red Sea Film Festival in Saudi Arabia.