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Sometimes the critics love you and sometimes they hate you. That's showbiz.
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The premise of the movie is that Lorne Michaels is one of those rare showbiz figures known, almost mythologically, by one name (like Cher or Madonna), that he’s been studied from every angle by the media and by everyone who ever worked for him…but after all that, nobody knows him.
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026
Welcome to Rendering, a Deadline column reporting at the intersection of AI and showbiz.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 16 Apr. 2026
But then again, everyone in showbiz has met Donald Trump.
—Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 16 Apr. 2026
Then, there’s Agatha (Wasikowska) dropping into town seemingly from the sky to enact a grand plan involving her estranged family, self-help guru Stafford Weiss (Cusack), and her unctuous showbiz mom (Williams, making the case that Lady Macbeth really could’ve just used a damn cigarette).
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 20 Mar. 2026
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026
Welcome to Rendering, a Deadline column reporting at the intersection of AI and showbiz.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 16 Apr. 2026
But then again, everyone in showbiz has met Donald Trump.
—Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 16 Apr. 2026
Then, there’s Agatha (Wasikowska) dropping into town seemingly from the sky to enact a grand plan involving her estranged family, self-help guru Stafford Weiss (Cusack), and her unctuous showbiz mom (Williams, making the case that Lady Macbeth really could’ve just used a damn cigarette).
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 20 Mar. 2026
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“Showbiz.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/showbiz. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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