Hollywood's Power Elite

Hollywood as a model of elite cultural influence.

A. Who really runs Hollywood.

B. A forthcoming documentary on the veteran investigative journalist Seymour Hersh.

C. The latest from derivatives trader, mathematician and philosopher Nassim Nicholas Taleb.

D. Season 4 of Industry is out in January 2026.

E. Danny Boyle’s new series Trust on the Getty Family.

F. As a backgrounder to the AUKUS security compact here is the Center for Strategic & International Studies think tank on what extended nuclear deterrence is.

G. This MIT OCW free course is on The Art and Science of Happiness by Dr Holly Sweet.

H. I’m currently reading Currency Wars: The Making of the Next Global Crisis (New York: Portfolio, 2012) by James Rickards.