Mashable: How content creators are redefining Hollywood’s power structure. “As studios scramble to capture increasingly fractured attention, digital-native creators have become some of their safest bets. They arrive not only with talent but also with built-in fandoms — millions of subscribers who treat premiere dates like tour stops and merch drops. What used to be a gamble on an unknown […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/04/mashable-how-content-creators-are-redefining-hollywoods-power-structure/

PsyPost: Parasocial jealousy is real: Study finds fans feel more threatened when rivals differ from them. “New research published in Psychology of Popular Media finds that people in one-sided romantic attachments with celebrities — known as parasocial romantic relationships — can experience jealousy when their favorite media figures begin a real-life romance. But not just any relationship […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/13/parasocial-jealousy-is-real-study-finds-fans-feel-more-threatened-when-rivals-differ-from-them-psypost/

Philadelphia Inquirier: Never-before-seen scrapbooks tell the story of Pearl Bailey’s life from North Philadelphia to Hollywood. “Created decades before smartphones could store memories, Bailey’s adventures on Broadway, in Vegas, and at the White House make for an impressive collection of newspaper articles, glossy photographs, letters, cards, and telegrams documenting her […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/11/philadelphia-inquirier-never-before-seen-scrapbooks-tell-the-story-of-pearl-baileys-life-from-north-philadelphia-to-hollywood/

The Verge: The FAA hiding private jet details might not stop celebrity jet trackers. “Yesterday, we wrote that a new Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) process would help private jet owners keep their registration details private upon request, and speculated that it would make things difficult for celebrity jet trackers. Jack Sweeney, known for his accounts tracking the flights of […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/02/the-verge-the-faa-hiding-private-jet-details-might-not-stop-celebrity-jet-trackers/

Gizmodo: Taylor Swift and Elon Can Finally Fly Private Without Being Tracked Thanks to New FAA Rule. “If there is one thing rich people love, it’s doing things that allow them to take advantage of their inordinate wealth. And if there’s one thing they hate, it’s being held to account for those things. So this new rule from the Federal Aviation Administration is right in their […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/01/gizmodo-taylor-swift-and-elon-can-finally-fly-private-without-being-tracked-thanks-to-new-faa-rule/

Mashable: LeBron James song edits are taking over TikTok. “LeBron James — the most famous basketball player in the world — has become one of TikTok’s latest genres of music. Yes, genre. People are editing popular songs to be about the NBA star, and those remixes are everywhere on TikTok. And they are so. Freaking. Catchy. The songs are endless, with remixes of ‘I Kissed a Girl’ (‘I Kissed […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/01/mashable-lebron-james-song-edits-are-taking-over-tiktok/

Tubefilter: Is paying for private security just another cost of being a female streamer?. “Obviously we’re not saying male content creators have zero need for security, or that they never face threats of their own. More than a few male content creators have been swatted, and some have also had their homes broken into. But Emiru, Cinna, and Valkyrae’s incident especially highlights how […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/23/tubefilter-is-paying-for-private-security-just-another-cost-of-being-a-female-streamer/

Fast Company: Hollywood warns about AI industry’s push to change copyright law. “A who’s who of musicians, actors, directors, and more have teamed up to sound the alarm as AI leaders including OpenAI and Google argue that they shouldn’t have to pay copyright holders for AI training material. In an open letter, submitted to the White House Office of Science and Technology, more than 400 […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/20/fast-company-hollywood-warns-about-ai-industrys-push-to-change-copyright-law/