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Instead of selling the rights to any more of her novels and risking another Blake Lively-Justin Baldoni scandal, the best-selling author of 'It Ends with Us' and 'Reminders of Him' is taking back control of her Hollywood adaptations. go.forbes.com/Ij38ZU

Forbes Hollywood and Entertainment contributors expect "Sinners" and "One Battle After Another" to deliver Oscars for their filmmakers and studio, Warner Bros. go.forbes.com/OHF8Q5

Adam Sandler continues to laugh all the way to bankability as Hollywood’s top earner. And the youngest-ever newcomer joins the salary A-List this year along with an actress who came out of retirement. go.forbes.com/AoYW13

After his flirty exchanges with Ghislaine Maxwell appeared in the Epstein files, the Hollywood power broker is being forced out of his namesake agency—with a nine-figure golden parachute. go.forbes.com/NOFkDY

Great success in business is one thing, making it in Hollywood is another. Here’s a multiplex’s worth of films inspired by iconic innovators—and the box-office gold they earned on the silver screen. go.forbes.com/HYm73G

As her organic children’s food company’s begins trading on the New York Stock Exchange, the actress-turned-entrepreneur remains hungry for even more success: “We are shaping the future of food.” go.forbes.com/2n6MpA

Puerto Rico’s favorite son is the first Spanish-language musician to headline the big game’s big show, and he will be performing for free. Donald Trump won’ t be there to see it—but ICE will. go.forbes.com/pFFMCc

With six Grammy nominations for his latest No. 1 album, a sold-out world tour and a scene-stealing role in an Oscar-nominated film, hip-hop’s favorite provocateur has become a bankable auteur. go.forbes.com/ap6M0t

When he’s not busy ranting on Fox Sports and iHeart Radio, one of sports talk’s hottest hot take artists has reinvented himself as a media entrepreneur. go.forbes.com/lsM2sP

A bold pivot to country music led to the most successful concert tour in the genre’s history and helped Cowboy Carter lasso a 10-figure fortune—becoming just the fifth musician to do so. go.forbes.com/nqqG9a

With several titanic box office successes—and a third Avatar film expected to gross more than $2 billion—the Oscar-winning director is now in elite company in Hollywood. go.forbes.com/hZpKAd

If the streaming giant completes its Warner Bros. purchase, Bela Bajaria is poised to become Hollywood’s most powerful woman. go.forbes.com/taUfNM

Netflix may have won the bidding war for one of Hollywood’s oldest studios, but the fight for control has only just begun. go.forbes.com/3AUm0v

As theatrical releases decline, the 54-year-old actor has become the most bankable star on Netflix, Amazon and Apple—earning $20 million or more a movie—in a major paradigm shift of Hollywood economics. Inside the new A-Minus List. go.forbes.com/RcfKBj

On the 25th anniversary of the Forbes ranking, The Notorious B.I.G., Miles Davis and Jimmy Buffett join a heavenly lineup of musicians as the greatest earners in the great beyond. Plus: How Michael Jackson earned $3.5 billion in the afterlife. go.forbes.com/tKS-YQ

With viewership data underpinning $60 billion in television advertising, an industry behemoth is suddenly facing questions about whether it is “bringing an abacus to an AI fight.” go.forbes.com/Hes0iq

Federal law prohibits presidents from regulating imports of “informational materials,” including films. go.forbes.com/J0Bn8y

As late-night television declines, The Tonight Show host is preparing for tomorrow by building an entertainment empire based on his irrepressible joy. With the launch of his new marketing competition show, On Brand, he’s getting down to business. go.forbes.com/dt_m8f

The Big Machine founder discovered the billionaire pop star when she was just a teenager. With the $450 million fortune he made, he now runs successful businesses in Nashville’s holy trinity of entertainment—music, racing and whiskey. go.forbes.com/W43sXz

Any comments Jimmy Kimmel makes against Trump are expressly covered under a “media exemption” in campaign finance law, legal experts argue. go.forbes.com/TkXwPl