Gary Baum
@garymbaum
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Senior writer at The Hollywood Reporter, covering the circus. | Have a tip? [email protected]. DMs open. On Signal too; ask for #
Los Angeles, CA
Joined July 2012
Personal news: I’m publishing a novel! It’s a longtime dream and I couldn’t be more thrilled. Details below, although the publication date isn’t quite as soon as listed. More to come…
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My look at what's really going on with the historic Cinerama Dome on Sunset Boulevard and its adjoining ArcLight Hollywood multiplex, which have together become perhaps L.A.’s most iconic post-pandemic vacancies.
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The beloved Hollywood big-screen theater and adjoining ArcLight multiplex have lain dormant since COVID. Their fate remains mysteriously in limbo — but not for lack of wealthy suitors.
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I visited Elon Musk's new Tesla Diner for @THR . Conceived in 2018, the project is both a throwback to midcentury car hops as well as our more recent era, when Hollywood liberals embraced the EV entrepreneur before his hard-right turn.
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The throwback drive-in, conceived years ago when the world's richest man was still a Los Angeles hometown hero, bows in a radically different era.
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RT @JimCameron: Not since Titanic have I found a powerful, heartbreaking and inspiring real life story as found in Ghosts of Hiroshima by C….
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I wrote about an Oscar inheritance battle between the daughter and stepdaughter of "In the Heat of the Night" star Rod Steiger.
hollywoodreporter.com
When 'In the Heat of the Night’ star Rod Steiger died, he left behind a glittering array of major awards. Now his daughter is fighting her step-sister in a bitter battle to reclaim them.
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For @THR's philanthropy issue, I spoke to NGO leaders about how the Trump admin's effective elimination of USAID has left Hollywood-favored humanitarian causes scrambling for funds.
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The effective elimination of USAID has left Hollywood-favored humanitarian causes scrambling for funds: "It’s a seismic shift."
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Paramount Global believed it had a framework for a $3 billion new 10-year agreement w/ @SouthPark creators Trey Parker & Matt Stone. Skydance, the studio’s likely new owner, balked at the terms. Reporting w/ @winstonscho and @alexweprin.
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Paramount Global believed it had a framework for an agreement with series creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone. Skydance, the studio’s likely imminent new owner, balked at the terms. The 'South Park'...
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RT @jsancton: My new book, NEPTUNE’S FORTUNE, about the search for the Holy Grail of Shipwrecks, comes out in January. 100% Human-written!….
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Thank you! This is just surreal….
Now THIS is how you celebrate a pub week!🥳The unstoppable #INPURSUITOFBEAUTY by acclaimed @THR journalist turned author @GarymBaum is an *instant* @USATODAY BESTSELLER!🏆🌟. Congratulations, Gary, from all of us at Blackstone!. 🩺Shop:
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My @THR colleague @LexyJPerez interviewed me about my novel IN PURSUIT OF BEAUTY, which published today. We talked about the influence of Janet Malcolm, the importance of Britney Spears, the book's Hannibal Lecter-Clarice Starling dynamic, and much more.
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The Hollywood Reporter senior writer Gary Baum talks about writing an ode to beauty in his novel set in Beverly Hills.
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RT @Passionweiss: Gary Baum has long been one of the best enterprise reporters alive and his debut novel captures the vanity, self-deceptio….
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RT @donwinslow: Congratulations to @garymbaum on the publication day of your fantastic debut novel IN PURSUIT OF BEAUTY. This is a fantast….
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The Hollywood Reporter senior writer Gary Baum talks about writing an ode to beauty in his novel set in Beverly Hills.
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RT @BlackstoneAudio: "Fiction’s capaciousness allows for inquiries beyond the bounds of investigative reporting. This was ratified for me….
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RT @BlackstoneAudio: “I was interested in. a figure who presents a strong energy & has a view of the world that’s unstoppable.”— @garymbau….
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.@winstonscho and I examine how entertainment mogul Tyler Perry has long appeared to operate his namesake studio without standard workplace guardrails.
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A bombshell lawsuit from an actor who had worked on Perry’s productions has put a spotlight on how the Atlanta mogul runs his prolific studio.
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Thank you @ByEmilyStMartin for such a thoughtful, generous consideration of this novel!.
The larger-than-life Dr. Delshad, who’s “reshaped her fate” with scalpels, silicone, and syringes, insists her crimes are victimless. She sees herself as a martyr who’s been “beatified for beautifying.” . Read "In Pursuit of Beauty" by @garymbaum stat! .
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RT @donwinslow: Congratulations to @garymbaum on his amazing debut thriller #InPursuitOfBeauty which is on sale NEXT WEEK. .
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The veteran journalist pulled from years of investigating LA’s most provactive figures to craft an LA Noir examining the drive for physical perfection.
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RT @MarkTLive: Just dropped… .New conversation….Hollywood Knew: Diddy, Cosby, Weinstein…Award-Winning Journalist @garymbaum from @hollywood….
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It's 10 days to the release of my debut novel — an exploration of aspiration, invention, illusion & delusion. Here's an excerpt, along w/ a short essay on how my years as an investigative reporter shaped IN PURSUIT OF BEAUTY. @BlackstoneAudio @donwinslow .
hollywoodreporter.com
Here's how a noirish new plastic surgery thriller set in Beverly Hills materialized out of real-life reporting over the past decade. Plus, an excerpt from the novel, which centers on the fraught...
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RT @BlackstoneAudio: A razor-sharp #psychologicalthriller about obsession & chasing perfection, the @nypost & @THR top pick for Summer '25….
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For @thr I wrote about how IN PURSUIT OF BEAUTY, my noirish debut novel about a plastic surgeon's fraught relationship with the ghostwriter of her memoir, materialized out of reporting I've done over the past decade. Plus, an excerpt from the book!.
hollywoodreporter.com
Here's how a noirish new plastic surgery thriller set in Beverly Hills materialized out of real-life reporting over the past decade. Plus, an excerpt from the novel, which centers on the fraught...
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