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When the most recent Hollywood strike took place — 16 years ago — the internet had not yet transformed the television and movie businesses.

Absent an unlikely last-minute resolution with studios, more than 11,000 unionized screenwriters could head to picket lines in Los Angeles and New York as soon as Tuesday, an action that, depending on its duration, would bring Hollywood’s creative assembly lines to a gradual halt.

In the 16 years since the entertainment industry’s last strike, sweeping technological change has upended the television and movie business.

attempt at movie stardom. Parker’s Paula is a “professional interventionist” who helps parents get their unmotivated adult sons to move out of the house by pretending to date them, thereby boosting their confidence. It’s a business she’s dreamed up herself based on her briefly mentioned tragic backstory of having fallen in love with a guy she couldn’t get to move out of his parents’ house. Not one to let lost love get her down, Paula has channeled her personal disappointment into professional gaslighting—a business model that raises as many logistical questions as it does eth...

The Croods: A New Age Crosses $50 Million, Remains Atop Box Office The Croods: A New Age remains atop the box office as the film crosses the $50 million mark this weekend. The Croods 2, with $1.7 million for the weekend, beats HBO Max co-releases Croods: A New Age is the sequel to 2013's The Croods, bringing back most of the original voice cast along with newcomers Peter Dinklage, Leslie Mann, and Kelly Marie Tran. Down the chart, Liam Neeson's The Marksman lands in fifth place with $775,000. Monster Hunter, an adaptation of the popular video game series of the same name, remains in s...