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Oscars 2026: Hollywood Celebrates Itself amid ‘Existential Crisis,’ Looming Strikes, and Steep Decline

An Oscar statue is seen under plastic ahead of the 98th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby

The film industry is suffering an “existential crisis” over its rapid decline as film studios rack up billions in debt; actors, crews, and producers lose work; streaming services nickel and dime producers; labor unions strike ahead of major contract negations, and more Americans go to the theater — not to mention the avalanche of taxes California Democrats continue to pile on the industry.


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Oscars 2026: Hollywood Celebrates Itself amid ‘Existential Crisis,’ Looming Strikes, and Steep Decline

The film industry is suffering an “existential crisis” over its rapid decline as film studios rack up billions in debt; actors, crews, and producers lose work; streaming services nickel and dime producers; labor unions strike ahead of major contract negations, and more Americans go to the theater — not to mention the avalanche of taxes California Democrats continue to pile on the industry.

An Oscar statue is seen under plastic ahead of the 98th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby

Joe Rogan: Minneapolis Protests ‘Organized, and Paid For’ Distraction; ‘Taking Place Where You Found Hundreds of Millions of Dollars of Fraud’

Joe Rogan called the Minneapolis protests “one of the clearest, most obvious distractions you’ve ever seen” during a recent episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience.” “It’s not organic, that it just happened to be taking place in the very same place where you found hundreds of millions of dollars of fraud,” he said.

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