"We still have to make the right product to make a profit, "says Baldwin, garbed in a standard Hollywood-issue black turtleneck.

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And the producers also took from the stockroom a standard-issue Hollywood villain, the evil businessman.

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Though it has received a great deal of attention in the media and from Hollywood celebrities, the issue of Sudan is not entirely clear to many Americans.

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Whether fans' remarks -- such as, "Awkward moment when Rue is some black girl and not the little innocent blonde girl you picture" -- stem from poor reading comprehension or intolerance, they're indicative of a larger issue in Hollywood, said Harry M.

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Thanks to Gale Anne Hurd for speaking with me about the important issue of greening of Hollywood.

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According to the Hollywood Reporter, security staff at Hollywood's Dolby Theatre took issue with Kristina Reed for recreating the action of Paperman, this year's best animated short.

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In response, the HFPA promised they would issue form 1099 to the Hollywood crowd, where appropriate.

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With four separate covers featuring Jennifer Lopez, Taylor Swift, Zoe Saldana and Julianne Moore, The Hollywood Reporter's third annual Stylists Issue profiles the town's top tastemakers.

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For African-Americans, it's a matter of timing and a more systemic issue, said Gregg Kilday, film editor for The Hollywood Reporter.

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Hollywood's 12, 000 writers walked off the job on Nov. 5 over the central issue of new media compensation, or how to pay writers for the use and reuse of work that appears on outlets like the Web.

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