‘Beauty and the Beast’ and Its Unprecedented Oscar Run in 1992: “It Was a...
Thirty years ago, an animated film — Disney’s Beauty and the Beast — was nominated for the best picture Oscar for the first time. The same studio had, of course, previously made animated classics like...
View ArticleMPTF Sets Centennial Event With Jeffrey Katzenberg, Jodie Foster, Yvette...
The Motion Picture & Television Fund is prepping to toast its 100th anniversary with a starry celebration set for June 18th at The Lot at Formosa in West Hollywood. The event, part of the...
View ArticleJeffrey Katzenberg Recalls How His Father’s Generosity in Gifting $100 to...
When Jeffrey Katzenberg was a kid growing up in New York, his father Walter, “a very successful, man-about-town stockbroker,” always carried a wad of discreetly folded $100 bills. As he moved through...
View ArticleBert Fields, Litigator to the Stars, Dies at 93
Bert Fields, the renowned entertainment litigator whose clients included Edward G. Robinson, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Tom Cruise, Warren Beatty, The Beatles and a host of other luminaries, studios and...
View ArticleWhy Power Lawyer Bert Fields Once Eyed Major Career Switch
Hollywood lost one of its most revered litigators when Bert Fields died Aug. 7 at the age of 93. Looking back on his six-decade legal career — which included taking on Disney to get Jeffrey Katzenberg...
View ArticleHow Hollywood’s Favorite Charity Went Broke
On Oct. 24, the head of Hollywood’s most beloved charity, the century-old Motion Picture & Television Fund, warned of its “imminent demise” if it didn’t raise at least $10 million by the end of...
View ArticleWhy Jeffrey Katzenberg and Rabbi Marvin Hier Journeyed to Jerusalem With a...
Jeffrey Katzenberg and Rabbi Marvin Hier, founder and CEO of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, took a trip to Jerusalem late last month to meet with Israeli President Isaac Herzog. The pair presented Herzog...
View ArticleJeffrey Katzenberg Confirmed to Present Award to Byron Allen at Visionary...
The UCLA Department of Neurosurgery is finalizing the details for its upcoming Visionary Ball. The event — scheduled to take place at the Beverly Hilton on Wednesday — raises funds and awareness in...
View ArticleJeffrey Katzenberg: AI Will Drastically Cut Number of Workers It Takes to...
DreamWorks founder Jeffrey Katzenberg predicts that generative artificial intelligence will cut the cost of animated films by 90 percent, as the technology is set to deliver serious disruption to the...
View ArticleJeffrey Katzenberg’s WndrCo Raises $460M
Jeffrey Katzenberg has raised a boatload of cash for his holding company WndrCo. The former Disney Studios chairman and Dreamworks founder and CEO has raised $460 million for the investment firm he...
View Article5 Big Hollywood Donors No Longer Supporting Biden (And 5 Who Remain Silent)
"If Biden does not step down, the Democrats will lose." Several top celebrity donors call on Biden to drop out, while some stay silent.
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