Skip to content
HeyJared

Gary Baum

Reporter · US

Indexed articles, last 90 days
24
Latest publication
Oct 1, 2026
Outlet visibility, for The Hollywood Reporter
Top 10K sites
Earliest in this view
Jul 9, 2026

Latest articles

  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Gary Baum

    The Restaurateur Behind One of Hollywood’s Favorite Haunts Makes His Directorial Debut (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Positive tone · English

    Read excerpt

    Josh Loeb has spent the past two decades surviving the high-risk, low-margin, passion-driven local restaurant business with his pioneering farm-to-table restaurant Rustic Canyon, which has become a Santa Monica classic. Now, he’s turned to a similarly precarious second act: independent filmmaking, with his directorial debut, In Spite of Ourselves, debuting Friday in limited release at the Quad Cinema in Manhattan and the Westside’s Landmark Nuart Theatre to follow Oct. 16. It’s a wry, winsome ro

  2. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Gary Baum

    In Leaked Audio, Hollywood Fixer Tells Billionaire Client of Plan to Smear Fiancée (Listen) (opens the original)

    Excerpt · English

    Read excerpt

    New audio recordings obtained by The Hollywood Reporter provide a rare, unvarnished view of modern crisis PR, explaining from the inside both how and why covert campaigns have been pursued across the entertainment industry and beyond in recent years amid myriad high-stakes feuds. The likes of Justin Baldoni, Andrew Huberman, Scooter Braun and Travis Scott have been caught up in revelations about the practice. The recordings are a series of voice memos made by Jed Wallace, a digital fixer, and sh

  3. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Gary Baum

    Top Hollywood Publicist Alleged to Have Hid Evidence About Role In Celebrity Smear Sites (opens the original)

    Excerpt · English

    Read excerpt

    Months after Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni settled their It Ends with Us dispute, a related case involving top Hollywood publicists continues to offer its own fresh revelations. Stephanie Jones, who handled PR for both Baldoni and the movie’s production company Wayfarer Studios, has been pursuing a suit in federal court against Baldoni’s crisis communications strategists and former clients on the film project, alleging defamation as well as other claims. Revealing documents from Jones’ litigat

  4. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · Gary Baum

    Nick Reiner Pushes for Release of Trust Money to Fund Criminal Trial in New Court Filings (opens the original)

    Excerpt · English

    Read excerpt

    In new civil court filings, lawyers for incarcerated Nick Reiner continue to fight for access to his trust money to pay for his criminal defense as he stands accused of killing his parents, Rob and Michele. Reiner, 32, wants to rehire Alan Jackson, who has represented the likes of Harvey Weinstein and Karen Read. The star attorney previously withdrew from the Los Angeles case for lack of funding. (Prosecutors recently stated they wouldn’t seek the death penalty after consulting Reiner’s siblings

  5. Article · Sep 17, 2026 · Gary Baum

    Mellody Hobson Departs Embattled L.A. Olympics Board Ahead of Lucas Museum Opening (Exclusive) (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Critical tone · English

    Read excerpt

    Mellody Hobson, the prominent business executive and wife of George Lucas, has resigned from the board of L.A.’s embattled 2028 Olympic Games organizing committee, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Hobson and the committee, known as LA28, didn’t respond to THR. The Lucas Museum, where she is co-founder, opens to the public on Sept. 22, following a series of opening events. LA28 has been navigating a well-publicized cycle of financial, logistical and political challenges. These include a backla

Publishing over time

Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.

Recurring subjects

Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.

Audience

Top 10K sites

For The Hollywood Reporter, the outlet · Measured Aug 1, 2026

Website popularity band, not a count of readers or article views.

About this data

Counts cover the work we have indexed. Tone needs enough text and a confident classification. Excerpts and episode notes are not full articles or transcripts.

Identity or attribution wrong? Suggest a correction.

See coverage about Gary Baum