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New York Times
5 hours ago
- Business
- New York Times
Democrats Cheer Hollywood Tax Breaks They Once Called ‘Corporate Welfare'
Time was running out to pass new California bills in 2005 when a power broker in the State Capitol got a request from the action movie star in the governor's office. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger wanted lawmakers to give Hollywood studios $50 million in tax breaks to help prevent the movie industry from leaving. But Democrats preferred to restore funding that had been cut from schools and support for disabled people. Republicans in the governor's own party objected to the notion of assisting one industry over others. The effort fell flat, as did similar proposals over the next few years. Among many Democrats, said Fabian Núñez, who was the speaker of the California Assembly at the time, the thinking about Mr. Schwarzenegger's plan went: 'Why does he want to give corporate welfare to rich people? That doesn't make any sense.' Times have certainly changed. California lawmakers, most of them Democrats, approved a budget on Friday that includes $750 million to subsidize movie and television production, doubling the size of the state's incentive program while making cuts elsewhere to help close its $12 billion deficit. A bill to make the tax credits available to more types of productions is expected to be approved in the coming days. Some economists object to film subsidies, saying they are a poor financial investment for states, while proponents say they are necessary to slow an exodus of productions. Over the past 10 years, production in Los Angeles has decreased by more than one-third, according to FilmLA data. One Hollywood studio is flying Americans to Ireland to film a game show, and 'The Substance,' a best picture nominee, was filmed in France even though it is set in Los Angeles. 'Expanding this program will help keep production here at home, generate thousands of good paying jobs and strengthen the vital link between our communities and the state's iconic film and TV industry,' Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, said in October when he announced his plan to increase the tax breaks. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
The Spinoff
20 hours ago
- Entertainment
- The Spinoff
‘So fulfilling': Xavier Horan on making new spiritual comedy Dead Ahead
The star of new TVNZ comedy Dead Ahead takes us through his life in television. Few New Zealand actors can attribute their career to the early work of Arnold Schwarzenegger, but Xavier Horan certainly does. As a young aspiring actor, Horan's first ever audition – for a BBC documentary series – saw him choose to reenact the dramatic final scene from his favourite movie, Commando. 'Arnold Schwarzenegger has come down to the sewer, and his daughter is in there, played by Alyssa Milano,' Horan remembers. Sadly he didn't get the role, but his love of watching action movies before he goes to sleep at night has never changed. 'Those are the foundations of my career. I've always got to go back and remember them.' Since those early days, Horan's acting career has taken him out of the sewer and into everything from Shortland Street to The Dead Lands, The Bad Seed to Westside. Horan's latest project is new TVNZ series Dead Ahead, a comedy about a family that returns to Aotearoa after living in London for several years. When the Wharehoka whānau arrive at their new home, their presence sparks a shift in the delicate balance between the spiritual and physical realms. Strange things begin to happen, and before long, three tīpuna appear in the household to guide the whānau in the right direction. Horan stars alongside Miriama Smith, Nicola Kawana, Te Kohe Tuhaka, Pana Hema Taylor and Scotty Cotter, and the show is produced by his wife, Nicole Horan. Dead Ahead's dialogue includes both reo Māori and English, and Horan loves that the show focuses on the connection between the spiritual and physical worlds. 'As Māori, we have this belief that there is a spiritual world, and when our time comes, our body may stay here but our spirit still lives.' Filled with interesting and quirky characters, Dead Ahead is a gentle, humorous exploration of how our ancestors can influence our lives in the present. Before Dead Ahead launches on TVNZ+ next week, we sat down with Horan and asked him all about his life in television, including the cartoon he loved as a kid and the hit show he couldn't stop watching. My earliest TV memory is… It's 1986, I'm four and I've just got home from kōhanga reo. My mum was going to teachers training college, so I'd be with my nanny. She was a little old kuia, who was quite a grumpy old lady. She was a teacher at the kōhanga reo, so I had to walk with her and walk back, and then I'd get home in time to watch Rawiri Paratene on Play School. The TV show I used to rush home from school to watch was… Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I think it was 1989 and I was in standard two. TV3 had just come out, and one of the first shows in the afternoon was Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I was like, 'holy crap, this is awesome'. A moment from my own career that haunts me is… At Shakespeare's Globe in London. Rawiri Paratene and Rachel House cast a whole lot of us, and it was my first time acting on stage. The play was Troilus and Cressida and I played Hector. Maaka Pohatu and I had this big fight scene, and there's a lot of old people in their little bright yellow coats, just looking up at you. One night it was quite frosty, and I came flying in the air, thrusting at Maaka's head. My toe landed right on the edge of the stage, I skidded and ended up falling off the stage into these three old ladies. Luckily it wasn't with too much force. The TV ad I can't stop thinking about is… Tina from Turners is pretty funny at the moment. The last TV show I binge watched was… The Day of the Jackal with Eddie Redmayne. I just came back from Jordan with my wife, who was making a documentary series called Earth Oven with Temuera Morrison. On the flight there, I just couldn't stop watching the Day of the Jackal. I had to finish it on the way back. My favourite TV moment from my own career is… I loved doing the boxing fights on Westside. I got to help choreograph the stunts in The Convert with Lee Tamahori, and it's a dance. It has to be well-rehearsed, because we can't get hurt. I've been fortunate enough to do all my stunts and now be a stunt coordinator. I love all of that stuff. My favourite TV project is… Dead Ahead, for so many reasons. It was so fulfilling. It was made out here in South Auckland, so for once I was not traveling to bloody Bethells or Henderson and going to work was only a 15 minute drive. We started and finished every day with a karakia. The key marker for me is that at the wrap party, everyone was so grateful, so happy. That's what I valued, that human experience. No one was bickering, no one had problems, and the mahi was fun. The TV show I loved and wished I was involved with is… The Night Agent. I hear they're doing season three, I've got to give Luciane [Buchanan] a call, man. I really like that show. That drama, that intrigue, the action, the fight scenes are awesome, all the twists and the turns. The show I'll never watch, no matter how many people tell me to is… EastEnders. It just brings up memories. I feel like whenever EastEnders was on, there was always trouble. The last show I watched on TV was… The Studio with Seth Rogen. They got a lot of great cameos. It's a really cool, interesting insight into the Hollywood industry, the decisions they have to make and some of the lies they tell to save their arse.
Yahoo
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Arnold Schwarzenegger Shares Real Thoughts on Son's Relationship With Miley Cyrus
Arnold Schwarzenegger Shares Real Thoughts on Son's Relationship With Miley Cyrus originally appeared on Parade. Arnold Schwarzenegger looked back at his son Patrick Schwarzenegger's brief romance with Miley Cyrus, revealing what he actually thought about the relationship. 'The best was that she's a wonderful, wonderful girl and human being. Very, very talented," Arnold, 77, said when asked about Cyrus, 32, during the Monday, June 23, episode of Watch What Happens LiveWith Andy Cohen. "She came up to Sun Valley when we were skiing up there and she was just such a wonderful houseguest and everything like that.' Cyrus and Patrick, 31, were romantically involved between 2014 and 2015. He has since moved on with his fiancée, Abby Champion, while Cyrus has been in a relationship with Maxx Morando since 2021. Despite Cyrus and Patrick's romance not working out, Arnold insisted that his family "just all loved her." Parade Daily🎬 SIGN UP for Parade's Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news & celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox 🎬 'She was just a really good, good person and fun to hang out with,' the Terminator star continued. 'I'm sorry it didn't work out. But Patrick, in the meantime, found another girl that he got engaged with and he's getting married to in September.' There's no denying that Patrick is head over heels for Champion, 28, whom he first started dating in 2015. In February, the White Lotus star revealed to People that he knew Champion was the one when he saw "how much she values family and how similar our core values are." "Over the course of the years, I just continuously fell in love with her more and more, with the kind of human that she was becoming and that the relationship was becoming," he said about his partner. As for Miley, she has chosen to keep her relationship with Maxx, 26, mostly out of the spotlight. However, she recently opened up about their age gap while appearing on the June 19 episode of the "Sorry We're Cyrus" podcast. "He will be 27 when I turn 33," she told sister Brandi Cyrus. "Which I'm so excited for him to turn 27 'cause that was such a great year for me." Miley, who was once known for her wild lifestyle, continued, "I'm just hoping that, as long as he follows in my footsteps, everything is going to be great. That's right when I started turning my life around." Arnold Schwarzenegger Shares Real Thoughts on Son's Relationship With Miley Cyrus first appeared on Parade on Jun 24, 2025 This story was originally reported by Parade on Jun 24, 2025, where it first appeared.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Arnold Schwarzenegger Surprises Fans By Naming the Worst 'Terminator' Movie
Arnold Schwarzenegger Surprises Fans By Naming the Worst 'Terminator' Movie originally appeared on Parade. As with any mainstream action franchise, the Terminator series is comprised of an odd mix between groundbreaking sci-fi films and egregiously bland schlockfests. Though often recognized as one of the most revolutionary big-budget franchises in cinematic history, the once popular Terminator series has long since fallen on hard times, thanks in large part to lesser and lesser sequels following the critical heights of Terminator 2: Judgment Day. As further evidence of Terminator's more recent middling quality, the iconic lead actor of the franchise, Arnold Schwarzenegger, has similarly weighed in on the series' dramatic fall from grace. Appearing on a recent installment of Watch What Happens Live, the iconic 77-year-old actor was asked which Terminator film he feels is the weakest in the franchise. Instead of offering a diplomatic answer or shying away from the question, the Conan the Barbarian star offered a fairly blunt response to the query. "I would say the worst was probably the number four [Terminator Salvation], because that was done during the time I was governor [of California] and I was not in it," the Twins actor said. "How do you do a Terminator movie without me being in the Terminator movie?" Schwarzenegger continued. "It doesn't make any sense." Released in 2009, Terminator Salavation jumped ahead in the series' narrative timeline, focusing on the post-apocalyptic between John Connor's (Christian Bale) human Resistance and the cybernetic armies of SkyNet. Starring Bale, Sam Worthington, Anton Yelchin and Bryce Dallas Howard, the film earned mostly mixed to negative reviews, halting any plans for an immediate sequel. Ultimately, following Schwarzenegger's tenure as California's governor and his formal return to acting, the series continued with 2015's next installment, Terminator Genisys, which marked the actor's first time portraying his infamous T-800 since 2003's Terminator: Rise of the Machines. The film, like its later retconned sequel Terminator: Dark Fate, both earned similarly mixed reviews upon its release. Arnold Schwarzenegger Surprises Fans By Naming the Worst 'Terminator' Movie first appeared on Parade on Jun 26, 2025 This story was originally reported by Parade on Jun 26, 2025, where it first appeared.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Maria Shriver Gives Candid Opinion on Son Patrick Schwarzenegger's Ex-Girlfriend Miley Cyrus
Maria Shriver gave her candid opinion about her son Patrick Schwarzenegger's ex-girlfriend Miley Cyrus Shriver said that she "liked" the "Flowers" singer and would be "happy to talk" to her if they ran into one another Arnold Schwarzenegger recently shared his own opinions about Cyrus during an appearance on WWHLMaria Shriver isn't letting her son Patrick Schwarzenegger's split from ex Miley Cyrus impact her feelings about the Grammy winner. Patrick, 31, and Cyrus, 32, dated from fall 2014 to spring 2015, making several public appearances together at the time. The exes have since moved on to other partners, but there don't seem to be any hard feelings, according to Patrick's mom, 69. On the Thursday, June 26 episode of Today with Jenna & Friends, host Jenna Bush Hager and her guest co-host Shriver were discussing parents staying friends with their kids' exes in the 'Social Dilemmas' segment. 'Did you ever do that with any of your kids' exes? Keep in touch with them?' Bush Hager, 43, asked Shriver, who is also mom to Katherine Schwarzenegger, Christina Schwarzenegger and Christopher Schwarzenegger. 'No, no, I'm trying to think, no,' Shrived replied, prompting Bush Hager to toss in a cheeky question, asking, 'No Miley Cyrus?' Shriver laughed at the comment, replying, 'I would be very happy to see Miley. I liked Miley. I'd be happy to see her. But I did not stay texting, no I didn't.' is now available in the Apple App Store! Download it now for the most binge-worthy celeb content, exclusive video clips, astrology updates and more! In fact, Shriver isn't the only one of the White Lotus star's parents to speak out about Cyrus recently. During a Monday, June 23 appearance on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, Patrick's dad Arnold Schwarzenegger had nothing but praise for the 'Flowers' singer, 32. 'She's a wonderful, wonderful girl and human being,' Arnold, 77, told host Cohen. 'And very, very talented.' Noting that Cyrus had traveled with the family on vacation, The Terminator star reiterated his admiration for the musician. 'She came up to Sun Valley when we were skiing up there,' he said. 'And she was just a wonderful house guest. We just all loved her.' And while Patrick moved on and is currently engaged to be married to fiancée Abby Champion, his dad said of Cyrus, 'She was just a really good, good person and fun to hang out with. I'm sorry it didn't work out.' Read the original article on People
