Tag: Hollywood Decline

  • Hollywood’s Hollow Core: Is L.A. the Next Detroit?

    Hollywood’s Hollow Core: Is L.A. the Next Detroit?

    It used to be that walking through the backlots of a major studio felt like entering a city that never slept: craft services buzzing, grips running cable, actors crossing paths with gaffers and execs. But according to Gladiator II screenwriter David Scarpa, that energy is gone. “It feels empty,” he says of today’s backlots. “You

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