Brighter Path: Data, Marketing, Entertainment, and Storytelling

Ella Langley Has a Historic Hit With “Choosin’ Texas.” Where Did the Audience Go Next?

“Choosin’ Texas” has become a historic hit for Ella Langley, spending 23 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and reaching audiences well beyond country. But how much

Disney’s New Direction: What Its Latest Leadership Moves Tell Us

Disney has made a series of major leadership moves this month across Disney+, technology, franchise strategy and Consumer Products. In this episode, I look at what those

What Created in LA Revealed About the Future of Creators and Disney

What happens when creators stop sitting at the edge of Hollywood and start moving deeper into how entertainment is developed, produced and distributed? After two days of

A24 × Dior: Why This Is Bigger Than a Sabrina Carpenter Campaign

A24 and Dior’s new campaign starts with Sabrina Carpenter, Josh O’Connor, Drew Starkey, Sophie Wilde and Camille Cottin all playing versions of Jonathan Anderson. But the

Sadie Sink x Calvin Klein: The New Battle for Denim Cultur

Calvin Klein, Gap and American Eagle are all using cultural talent to drive denim demand, but they are doing it in very different ways. In this episode, I break down the

Disney’s Next Big Era: What’s Next for Parks & Cruises

Disney used D23 to lay out what’s next across its Parks and cruise experiences, with major updates spanning Avengers Campus, Indiana Jones, Encanto, Coco, Cars, Monsters

F1’s Audience Economy: Drivers, Brands and the Second-Half Opportunity

Formula 1 is back from the summer break, but the audience and business story has changed. In this episode, I break down where F1 demand is moving heading into Zandvoort,

What Won D23? Plus This Week’s Biggest Box Office, Streaming & Franchise Moves

What actually won D23 2026? This week, I break down why Avengers: Doomsday delivered the strongest immediate conversion, how X-Men and Tangled materially changed audienc

Spider-Man, GTA VI and Disney+ Show Where Entertainment Demand Is Really Moving

Spider-Man crossed $1 billion worldwide in only six days. The Odyssey crossed $1 billion through a completely different theatrical engine. GTA VI is generating massive de

Christopher Nolan and THE ODYSSEY Cast Reveal How They Made the Year’s Biggest Epic

What does it take to turn one of history’s most legendary stories into a modern cinematic epic? Christopher Nolan joins Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, Tom Holland and more f

MOANA 2026: Dwayne Johnson, Catherine Laga'aia, & Auli’i on Chemistry, Wigs, and Cultural Authority

What does it take to translate a multi-billion-dollar animated masterpiece into a culturally grounded, live-action epic? Today, we are stepping behind the curtain of Disn

Olivia Rodrigo’s Biggest Success Isn’t the Album. It’s the Audience Flywheel.

Everyone is talking about Olivia Rodrigo’s latest album. I’m more interested in what happened after people pressed play. In this episode of Behind the Curtains, I explo

Toy Story 5 Won the Weekend. Supergirl Told a Bigger Story.

This week’s box office wasn’t simply about who finished first. It was about understanding why audiences showed up. I break down why Toy Story 5 continued its exceptional

FIFA, Supergirl, Spider-Man and the Entertainment Trends You Shouldn’t Miss

This week I’m breaking down the entertainment stories that moved audiences beyond awareness and into action. We look at why Toy Story 5 continued to dominate while Superg

Supergirl, Milly Alcock, and the Future of Franchise Halo

Supergirl is not currently one simple box office story. It has DCU momentum. It has comic-book fan validation. It has Jason Momoa’s Lobo energy. It has Krypto. It has a

What Toy Story 5, Olivia Rodrigo & FIFA Teach Us About Modern Demand

Audience demand remains one of the most misunderstood forces in entertainment. This week we analyze how Disney converted nostalgia into a $165M opening, why Olivia Rodrig

How Disney Is Trying to Build Its Next Franchise From Scratch

Disney’s Hexed isn’t just another animated movie. It’s a test of one of the hardest challenges in entertainment: creating a franchise without nostalgia, existing fandoms

Disney Moana New Song “Along The Way” | Chat with Dwayne Johnson, Auli’i & Catherine Laga’aia

One of the most touching moments from Moana’s next chapter. In this beautiful musical conversation, original Moana Auliʻi Cravalho joins Maui as they welcome Catherine L

House of the Dragon Season 3 Cast Interview | Matt Smith & Emma D’Arcy

Matt Smith and Emma D’Arcy sit down to discuss House of the Dragon Season 3, sharing insights into Daemon and Rhaenyra’s evolving story, the growing conflict in Westeros,

Box Office, Streaming & Consumer Products: The Signals That Matter This Week

This week’s briefing covers the entertainment trends executives should be watching: Toy Story 5‘s growing consumer products halo, Obsession‘s unprecedented hold, Netflix’