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X-Men Got A Blunt Piece Of Feedback From Execs Ahead Of Its Release Decades Ago (And I'm Laughing At The Irony)

Hindsight is 20/20.

Cinemablend · Apr 22

Fox thought the first X-Men movie was a "disaster" and didn't think turning a Marvel comic into a movie would work

Ex-Fox Film CEO says the studio thought the first X-Men movie would flop

Total Film · Apr 22

Hollywood runs a trade surplus and Trump’s tariff idea could jeopardize it

Unlike other trades Trump has sought to protect, the U.S. film industry runs a $15.3 billion surplus—more than that generated by the telecommunications, transportation, healthcare and insurance sectors.

Fortune · May 6, 2025

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Can the Oscars be saved? Academy members can't even agree on what it would take

LOS ANGELES — Hollywood loves a good comeback story, and this year's Academy Awards will feature a few of them.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 9, 2023

Did departing academy chief Dawn Hudson ruin the Oscars — or save them?

LOS ANGELES — When Dawn Hudson stood before the board of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in spring 2011 to make her pitch for the newly created job of chief executive, the organization appeared to be operating on cruise control.

Los Angeles Times · Jul 21, 2022

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