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Why Covering the Britney Spears Hearing Was ‘Heartbreaking’

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Uncovered

Stars of Upcoming Films

Growth Spurt Sputters • Media giants are bracing for the post-pandemic free-for-all in courting new streaming subscribers

Content M&A: The Iron Is Hot

A Holy Union • Radio lightning rod Charlamagne Tha God heads to Comedy Central for late-night show

Modest Virtual Comic-Con Tries to Bring the Heat

VARIETY INTELLIGENCE PLATFORM VIP+ • IMPACT OF HOLLYWOOD STARS ON GLOBAL STREAMING

What’s Next for Britney Spears’ Conservatorship • Despite unwavering global support, the pop icon faces legal hurdles in her uphill fight

Searching for Soul Mates

Fantastic Voyage • Director Jaume Collet-Serra sets sail on the biggest releases of his career, starting with ‘Jungle Cruise’

Any Way You Slice It, These Emmy Noms Shine • Yes, top shows dominated the categories, but voters most often got it right

A Triumphant Cannes in the COVID Era • How the world’s most glamorous film festival pulled off an in-person celebration of indie movies

An Early Start to the Oscars

Turns Out, Cannes Could

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Lox at First Sight

Meet Tyra Banks’ Ice Cream Scientist

Nile Rodgers’ Garden Party

‘Ted Lasso’ Season 2 Premiere • Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood

Lead With Love Telethon • KTLA, Los Angeles

‘Pig’ Premiere • Nuart Theatre, Los Angeles

‘Turner & Hooch’ Premiere • Westfield Century City Mall, Century City

Cannes Film Festival • Cannes, France

Ready Set Launch • Fairfax High School, Los Angeles

‘How It Ends’ Premiere • NeueHouse, Hollywood

HIGH NOTE • Stephen Colbert ramps up ‘The Late Show’ after enduring more than a year of ‘deafening silence’ without a studio audience

UNIONS SO WHITE • The fight to diversify Hollywood’s labor force has been waged for decades. The battle still rages on.

COUNTING CREWS

The Artist Behind the Masks • Layering the disguises of Netflix’s off-kilter dating show ‘Sexy Beasts’

No Place Like Home — for Filming

Sony Soundstages Get an Upgrade

Stillwater

Flag Day

Josh Peck • “They said, ‘So you’re going to be auditioning with a real dog — be ready to improvise.’”