The Hollywood Reporter - June 14, 2017

In this issue

Ryan Seacrest's Second Act.

The Comedy Actress Roundtable Serious talk from funny stars on male nudity (“Get your balls out, boys”), casting by bikini (“We love your work; we just want to see how tight your ass is”) and — the touchiest topic of all — the obligation to fight for pay parity.

“I’ve figured out what I’m better at and what I’m not so good at,” says Seacrest, photographed June 2 at Blade Lounge West in New York City. Find out which celebrity made him stumble all over his words at THR.com/video.

Brian Goldner

Hasbro’s CEO on the future of Transformers, Disney’s Princess bonanza and why buying a studio is ‘very compelling’ By Tatiana Siegel

4 mins

Can Al Jazeera Survive Rising Mideast Tensions?

Qatar’s $1 billion media giant is in peril as Saudi Arabia leads a blockade against a country Trump called a ‘funder of terrorism’

3 mins

Is Netflix Shifting Its Strategy? Wall Street Certainly Hopes Not

‘The rules are different,’ says one analyst of the streamer’s $6 billion-a-year content binge, even as CEO Reed Hastings says he wants to cancel more of its shows

3 mins

'Who Am I If Not The American Idol Guy?'

Ryan Seacrest spent a year trying to figure out what he should do post-Idol; then, days into his next act as host of Live With Kelly and Ryan, ABC announced the singing competition is coming back — thus began a fraught and frenzied negotiation to return him to the show that made him famous: ‘If I could do it forever, I would do it forever’

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