Hollywood

And so far, these decades-later legacy sequels — or “lega-sequels” — have helped boost a box office still recovering from the pandemic and fewer big titles due to last year’s dual Hollywood strikes.

For his own show, “Greater Bakersfield,” which he records in a studio next to his office in West Hollywood, Yoakam invites musicians and other cultural figures to join him in conversation, close listening and song.

The grandson of Hollywood mogul Lew Wasserman and owner of a prestigious talent agency, he is seen as critical to wooing benefactors and corporate sponsors.

So he retreats to this phony masculine idea of "strength," constructed through Hollywood magic.

Earlier this year, the star hit back at "shameful" comments made about her by a female Hollywood producer who said: "She's not pretty, she can't act. Why is she so hot?"