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The Hollywood Reporter’s best of the week

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The Hollywood Reporter’s list of its 10 best stories of the week:

THR COVER: TINA FEY AND AMY POEHLER SPILL GOLDEN GLOBE SECRETS

The “Saturday Night Live” BFFs reveal who gave them advice, how they’ll deal with the ghost of Ricky Gervais and when Fey’s daughter will be Miss Golden Globe.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/thr-cover-tina-fey-amy-409965

WHY ‘THE WALKING DEAD’ KILLED OFF ITS LATEST SHOWRUNNER

Insiders tell THR that “very protective” comic book writer Robert Kirkman was one of many who clashed with now-fired Glen Mazzara.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/walking-dead-why-glen-mazzara-410017

GERARD DEPARDIEU’S BIZARRE PATH TO RUSSIAN CITIZENSHIP

From the first tax fight to Vladimir Putin’s open arms, how the French actor gave up Gaul for good.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/gerard-depardieus-path-russian-citizenship-409695

HOW HARVEY WEINSTEIN STANDS TO MAKE MILLIONS FROM ‘THE HOBBIT’

THR breaks down the contracts as two studios, Peter Jackson and others reap millions from Middle Earth.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hobbit-how-harvey-weinstein-stands-410016

HOW ‘ZERO DARK THIRTY’S’ TORTURE COULD HELP ITS OSCAR CHANCES

Kathryn Bigelow’s film — the subject of a Senate investigation — could see a rise in ticket sales and Academy awareness.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/zero-dark-thirty-how-torture-409691

STEVEN SPIELBERG’S ‘ROBOPOCALYPSE’ POSTPONED INDEFINITELY (EXCLUSIVE)

The DreamWorks film, with distribution from Fox and Disney, was set to hit theaters in 2014.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/steven-spielbergs-robopocalypse-postponed-indefinitely-410519

SCIENTOLOGY’S SEDUCTION OF TOM CRUISE, ROLE IN NICOLE KIDMAN SPLIT DETAILED

THR’s exclusive excerpt from Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Lawrence Wright’s new book reveals how the church came between Cruise and Kidman, leader David Miscavige’s intense courtship of the star, Bill Clinton’s advice to the actor on how to lobby Tony Blair and how Cruise once told Miscavige, “If f—ing Arnold can be governor, I could be president.”

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/how-scientology-seduced-tom-cruise-409686

SCIENTOLOGY BOOK EXCERPT: ‘THE CHURCH HAD JOHN TRAVOLTA TRAPPED’

Threats, a baby taken away, punishment: Extraordinary details of the tortured relationship between the actor and his handler, Spanky Taylor, as told by Pulitzer Prize-winning New Yorker writer Lawrence Wright in his revelatory new history of the controversial religion, excerpted exclusively in THR.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/how-scientology-trapped-john-travolta-409685

THE RISE OF LENA DUNHAM: FROM THE NYC ART SCENE TO HOLLYWOOD LIGHTNING ROD

The “Girls” creator enthralled Judd Apatow and the late Nora Ephron despite attacks on her age, her politics and all those nude scenes.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/girls-star-lena-dunham-her-410179

FROM EMMA STONE TO JENNIFER HUDSON, 12 REALITY STARS-TURNED-ACTORS

The “Gangster Squad” star and the “Smash” singer-actress are just two of the many stars who have used the unscripted genre as a catapult to launching a successful acting career.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/gallery/emma-stone-smashs-jennifer-hudson-409274

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  • The protests take on a festive element as police forces move out of the park and square. Wearing a gas mask, this young man dances to traditional Turkish music in front of Taksim Square’s Ataturk Monument.

  • In Gezi Park since March 31st, this protester, originally caught off-guard by the Government’s teargas and water cannons, went out and bought a Russian army mask from WWII, preparing for what was to come.

  • This rambunctious boy seems to be enjoying the chaos. After taking this picture he threw a stone at the already destroyed building in the background.

  • Forming a line, the police face off directly with protesters in Taksim Square. After a while, they retreated and there was a general cheer – a back-and-forth dance that has been common since the beginning of this protest.

  • An elderly woman in Gezi Park reads the news. The tent community occupying the park was violently destroyed on June 16th.

  • Many different groups had set up booths to promote their cause in Taksim Square and Gezi Park. Standing in front of one, this man waves his flag while posing with conviction.

  • Many home-remedies are used to minimize the effects of tear gas. This woman has put a milky solution on her face, removing her mask after the tear gas dissipated. Before sunrise, the police came again for another round of teargasing.

  • People capitalize on the uprising -- selling flags, beer, gas masks, sky lanterns and spray paint to name just a few of the popular items.

  • On Monday morning, June 11, the police execute a strong offensive. Many plain-clothed police officers, like the ones seen here, clash with protesters in the side streets away from the main stand-off in Taksim.

  • The authorities seem to be most aggressive in the night, pushing protesters away from the square and park. After being teargassed this young woman catches her breath with other protesters on Siraselviler Street.

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