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A Tribute to Taika Waititi: The Rise and Journey of this Multi-Talented Director Cat Sole is a Kiwi screenwriter and script consultant based in Sydney. In a culture that is often more interested in tearing down content in searching for every minute flaw, Cat’s goals are in line with the Hollywood Insider’s to examine why quality content works and how both filmmakers and critics alike can learn from the best the industry has to offer. This philosophy is reflected in all of Cat’s endeavors...

Bong Joon Ho Named International Jury President of the Venice Film Festival 2021 Christine Feeley is a writer for Hollywood Insider and as a fan of all things film and television, she is very passionate about gender equality within the entertainment industry as well as how it can be used to promote social change. She hopes to bring an enriched perspective to the world of entertainment through her alignment with Hollywood Insider’s mission to share meaningful and positive content with audien...

Photo: ‘Night Stalker’/Netflix To start 2021 off, Netflix released a new limited series that focuses on Richard Ramirez aka the “Night Stalker”. Convicted serial killer, rapist, and kidnapper, Ramirez has had 14 victims connected to him and many more that have yet to be officially proven. During the 1980s, he terrorized the greater Los Angeles area as well as San Francisco and committed a series of murders, rapes, and robberies within a short amount of time. Netflix’s newest documenta...

‘City on a Hill’: No Rest for the Wicked in Boston Crime Drama Claire L. Wong is a writer from the San Francisco Bay Area who strives to advance intelligent analysis, diversity, and compassionate storytelling in her work. She especially likes writing about science fiction, action, AAPI, and LGBTQ+ stories. She believes that visual storytelling through film and television increases the practice of empathy, which aligns with Hollywood Insider’s goal to use meaningful entertainment as a uni...

‘What Would Sophia Loren Do?’ is a Short but Sweet Story of Celebrity Fandom and Representation MarioYuwono is from Indonesia, but was born in Italy and attended school in Jakarta, Moscow, Berlin and Los Angeles. He has been obsessed with films ever since he saw his first movie at the age of five, and would go on to spend his younger years reading film encyclopedias and movie guides. Combined with a global upbringing rooted in greater social awareness, this drives him to be more observant o...

Photo: ‘Loving’/Focus Features The words ‘critically acclaimed drama’ come with certain expectations. The usual Academy darling contenders promise intense plots with high stakes, weepy declarations of love, and the ‘Oscar speech’ that comes right after our tragic protagonist’s lowest point. You know the one; where the hero declares their bravery and self-worth to the world before taking it on and winning in an epic show of fireworks and triumphant orchestral score. Loving contain...

After an impressive 11-year run on TBS (has it really been that long?),Conan O’Brien isset to end his self-titled show, ‘Conan,’ later this year in June 2021. O’Brien will head toHBO Max for a weekly variety show instead—a departure for the iconic late-night television host of the last 28 years, who’s hosted daily shows since the ‘90s onNBC and TBS. O’Brien’s other series, ‘Conan Without Borders,’ a comedic show focused on travel, willreportedly continue to air on TBS (ai...

Docter followed that up with the even more ambitious 2015’s ‘Inside Out‘, which explores through clever personifications how the human mind (in this case, that of a preteen girl) works. While that is the hook—the high concept that draws us in—Docter uses it as a springboard to convey his real message: that sadness is important in our lives. And as we approach the end of the year with an encroaching feeling of the blues, compounded by the unbearably difficult year 2020 has been, Insid...

Top 10 Kiwi Movies and TV Shows on Netflix: From the Land of Sheep and Hobbits Cat Sole is a Kiwi screenwriter and script consultant based in Sydney. In a culture that is often more interested in tearing down content in searching for every minute flaw, Cat’s goals are in line with the Hollywood Insider’s to examine why quality content works and how both filmmakers and critics alike can learn from the best the industry has to offer. This philosophy is reflected in all of Cat’s endeavors. ...

Hollywood Insider Photo/Video: Mandela Effect in Films like ‘Forrest Gump’ & ‘Star Wars’/ Introduction The Mandela Effect gets its name from the misremembering of the death of the former president of South Africa, Nelson Mandela. A Healthlinearticle describes the occurrence of people remembering Mandela dying in the 1980s when he actually died in 2013. The occurrence of this is broken down to collective false memories and confabulation. An event occurs and is misinterpreted by a number...