

Marc Tracy
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Taylor Swift Buys Her Masters From Shamrock Capital, Reclaiming the Rights to Her First 6 Albums
The master recordings to the pop superstar’s earliest work were sold to Scooter Braun in 2019, and acquired a year later by the investing firm...

Tom Cruise Really, Really Loves Movies
One of the industry’s biggest stars is also its most enthusiastic evangelist. He is hoping it pays off for the eighth “Mission: Impossible” film.

A 7-Song, 130-Minute Jam Band Primer
Listen to noodling tracks by Dave Matthews Band, Grateful Dead, Goose and more.

Goose Rules the Jam-Band Roost (Sorry, Haters)
The quartet earned the respect of its elders and scores of young fans by making their live sets, and themselves, super available. So why are...

Alex Garland Pairs With a Veteran to Engage in Realistic ‘Warfare’
The filmmaker directed his latest picture with Ray Mendoza, a U.S. Navy veteran of the Iraq War. They wanted to depict, with a sense of...

Val Kilmer in ‘Batman Forever’ Was a True 1990s Moment
The actor took only one turn in the famous batsuit. That film, “Batman Forever,” couldn’t be a more representative artifact of its era.

How ‘No Other Land’ Became an Unlikely Box Office Success
The Oscar-winning documentary has surpassed $2 million at the box office despite the lack of a traditional distribution deal.

Sasha Stone, an Original Oscars Blogger, Takes on Hollywood
Sasha Stone, who has been covering awards season since the ’90s, has recast herself as a voice against what she perceives as the industry’s liberal...

Sean Baker Wins Best Director Oscar for ‘Anora’
By winning the Oscars for director, original screenplay, film editing and best picture (as a producer), he tied the record for most Oscars won by...

‘No Other Land,’ Whose Politics Deterred Distributors, Wins Best Documentary
In their acceptance speeches, the Israeli and Palestinian co-directors called for “serious actions to stop the injustice.”