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From "mini rooms" to the explosion of streaming, the media landscape has evolved significantly. Now it's heading for a new reckoning.

The Writers Guild of America is on strike. NPR's A Martinez talks to Paul Hardart, professor at NYU Stern's business school, about how the content boom driven by streaming has changed the dynamics.

TV writer and Writers Guild of America member Jeane Phan Wong talks about what writers want and what's getting in the way.

This week marks the 20th anniversary of one of the country’s costliest natural disasters — measured not only in dollars, but in human lives.

Lee's heist thriller centers on five Black veterans who return to Vietnam. Lee says one scene with Chadwick Boseman took on particular resonance after the actor's death from cancer in August 2020.

Two new films center on the lingering effects of trauma and tragedy. Carey Mulligan is woman bent on revenge in Promising Young Woman; Vanessa Kirby is a mother whose baby dies in Pieces of a Woman.

Sarah McCammon talks to Variety's Gavin Bridge about how sports fandom and viewership is shifting in the U.S.

Certain high-cost drugs are straining state budgets. A new deal approved Wednesday allows Louisiana to spend a fixed amount for unlimited access to a costly cure. Other states may try to follow suit.

For centuries, people have turned to jesters for relief from the miseries of life. As it turns out, some stand-up performers turn pain and rage into their own coping and catharsis.

As companies that experienced explosive growth in the pandemic begin to scale back, some workers are finding themselves suddenly out of work and scrambling to land something new.