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Reese Witherspoon
Success

Reese Witherspoon candidly attributes her $400 million Hollywood success to anxiety—she says she pushed herself to ‘extreme levels to show up in a perfect way’

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November 4, 2025
Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings
Success

Netflix beating Blockbuster once seemed unthinkable—but this way of looking at the world makes it obvious

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October 22, 2024
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Success

Blockbuster’s ex-CEO, still plagued as ‘the guy that failed to keep up with technology’, insists Netflix didn’t kill the video rental giant

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March 8, 2024
Legendary CEO James Keyes: Here’s how I saved 7-Eleven–and why I couldn’t save Blockbuster
Commentary

Legendary CEO James Keyes: Here’s how I saved 7-Eleven–and why I couldn’t save Blockbuster

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Netflix cofounder Marc Randolph
Tech

Blockbuster ‘laughed us out of the room,’ recalls Netflix cofounder on trying to sell company now worth over $150 billion for $50 million

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April 14, 2023
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Retail

The last remaining Blockbuster in the world ran an ad during the Super Bowl, but you probably missed it

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February 14, 2023
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Lifestyle

Middle-aged Americans help jet ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ to the biggest Memorial Day weekend in history

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May 31, 2022
Blockbuster Store Closures
Retail

Not Even John Oliver Could Save Two of the Last Remaining Blockbusters in the U.S.

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July 13, 2018
John Oliver
Arts & Entertainment

John Oliver Buys $7,000 Jockstrap to Help Last Alaska Blockbuster Video

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April 16, 2018
Can China Save Hollywood?
Arts & Entertainment

Can China Save Hollywood?

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May 22, 2017
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Arts & Entertainment

A Computer Is Deciding What Movies You’re Going to Watch Next

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April 21, 2017
Fortune
Arts & Entertainment

Why ‘Finding Dory’ Is Going to Sink ‘Tarzan’ and ‘BFG’

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July 1, 2016
Tom Green In 'Freddy Got Fingered'
Tech

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March 25, 2016
Jurassic World will get a sequel in 2018
Arts & Entertainment

Jurassic World will get a sequel in 2018

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July 24, 2015
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