John Jurgensen
Entertainment Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
Entertainment reporter for @WSJ. Civilian. [email protected]
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wsj.com | Maggie Severns |Josh Dawsey |John Jurgensen
Leonard Leo has more than $1 billion to back Hollywood blockbusters that shield viewers from diversity and other progressive ideasLeonard Leo speaking at Trump Tower in New York long before he and the president had a falling-out. CAROLYN KASTER/AP“House of David,” a retelling of the biblical shepherd’s unlikely rise, capped season one with the future king’s epic takedown of Goliath and started April in Amazon’s top streaming spot. David’s surprise triumph was also Leonard Leo’s.
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wsj.com | Maggie Severns |Josh Dawsey |John Jurgensen
Armed with a $1.6 billion gift from a Chicago industrialist, believed to be one of the largest single contribution to any politically active group in U.S. history, Leo wants to make America’s culture more conservative. That might sound as quixotic as killing a giant with a sling and a small stone.
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The character takes everything from a Patek Philippe watch to a Roy Lichtenstein paintingIn “Your Friends & Neighbors,” Jon Hamm plays a rich guy who remedies a bruising fall in status by robbing the other rich people in his neighborhood. His haul includes cash, a Birkin bag, a Roy Lichtenstein painting and watches that cost as much as luxury cars.
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wsj.com | John Jurgensen
Neil Druckmann and Halley Gross, whose video game inspired the HBO show, on cycles of violence, audience outrage and the lies parents tellThis article contains spoilers for “The Last of Us” season 2, episode 6. Not long after killing off a popular main character, HBO’s “The Last of Us” resurrected him. Sunday’s episode of the post-apocalyptic thriller was a quiet excavation of the emotional history between Pedro Pascal’s Joel and his proxy daughter, Ellie, played by Bella Ramsey.
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wsj.com | John Jurgensen
Cannes was always glamorous—now it determines whether films live or dieTo launch his latest “Mission: Impossible” this week, Tom Cruise strode a red carpet in France in a tuxedo and aviator shades while an orchestra played his franchise’s theme song.
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