Awards have always been a bedrock of our coverage at The Hollywood Reporter. We devote an enormous amount of time, energy and ink to the Oscars, the Emmys and the many other statuettes that crowd the Hollywood calendar each year.
When I first arrived at THR a few years ago, fresh to the trades, I was struck by the money, manpower and near-religious fervor Hollywood devotes to awards. Was this simply another symptom of an industry endlessly fascinated with itself?
I’m no longer so sure.
At a moment of profound uncertainty — for Hollywood and for journalism — recognition from your readers and your peers can mean more than another trophy for the shelf. It can be a sign that the work is connecting, that it matters and that somebody out there is still paying attention.
Over the past few years, we’ve worked to make THR newsier, sharper and more ambitious: breaking the daily news of Hollywood while going deeper on the people and institutions reshaping it. We’ve launched popular newsletters devoted to style and the London entertainment industry, opened our pages to provocative new columnists and brought rigor, wit and urgency to everything from boardroom upheavals to the Taylor Swift nuptials.
