Susan Granger will discuss “The Business of Hollywood” which will focus on the many changes facing Hollywood’s movie industry. The pandemic completely changed the business by making people reluctant to go to movie theaters. Streaming soared and still continues to soar today. Blockbuster culture, the cornerstone of the business for years, is still here, but it’s different. AI has begun to significantly impact the business of Hollywood in profound ways. And, with the country’s more right-leaning electorate under President Donald Trump, traditionally liberal Hollywood has felt a backlash. Fear is said to be rampant in the movie industry.
Susan is a product of Hollywood. Movies are her family’s business. As a child, she worked with Abbott and Costello, Red Skelton, Lucille Ball, Margaret O’Brien and Lassie. She later attended Mills College in California, studied journalism with Pierre Salinger, and graduated with Highest Honors in Journalism from the University of Pennsylvania. Susan has been on radio and television as an Anchorwoman and a movie/drama critic, syndicating reviews and articles around the world, and has appeared on American Movie Classics and Turner Classic Movies. She wrote 150 Timeless Movies and she has worked extensively doing speech and presentation coaching for top management and executives in several industries. Her articles have been published in Working Woman, the New York Times, Redbook, Playboy, Ladies Home Journal, Family Circle, Travel Agent, and Cosmopolitan, among other publications. Her reviews are syndicated through Hearst Media Group and various websites.