Samantha Masunaga is an entertainment business reporter, with a focus on Hollywood studios and how the film business intersects with new industries. Since joining the Los Angeles Times in 2014, she has covered the aerospace industry, workplace culture and Southern California’s Japanese American community. Masunaga has previously worked for the Oregonian, the Orange County Register and the Rafu Shimpo, among other publications. A Southern California native, she is an alumna of the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and UCLA.
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Streaming service Netflix garnered 16 film nominations (mostly for “Emilia Pérez”), more than any other studio or streamer. But Universal Pictures and its Focus Features sister unit weren’t far behind.
President-elect Donald Trump has named Jon Voight, Sylvester Stallone and Mel Gibson as “special ambassadors” to Hollywood. Their job duties are unclear.
The Palisades and Eaton fires destroyed or damaged several locations that have been used to make movies and TV shows.
As Hollywood goes through vast technological, financial and global change, the state’s cornerstone entertainment industry and its workers face a hard reality: Lost jobs may never come back.
From October to December, Hollywood production was up 6.2% compared with the same period a year earlier, according to the nonprofit FilmLA.
Already grappling with a production slowdown, Hollywood workers now face another hurdle with the fallout from the Southern California fires.
El parque temático Universal Studios Hollywood y CityWalk estarán cerrados el miércoles y jueves debido a los incendios y las condiciones extremas del viento.
Universal Studios Hollywood theme park and CityWalk will be closed Wednesday due to the fires and extreme wind conditions.
This year’s Golden Globe Awards show viewership showed a slight decline compared to the previous year. The audience is way down from several years ago.