Ethan Alter

Writer, interviewer and editor

United States

Ethan Alter is an award-winning writer, reporter and editor who has been writing about the entertainment space for over two decades at a variety of print and digital publications. He's currently an editor and writer at Adweek and his work can be found at such outlets as Yahoo, Indiewire, The Daily Beast, Film Journal International and The Hollywood Reporter.

In 2023, Ethan received five awards from the Los Angeles Press Club's National A&E Journalism Awards, including Online Journalist of the Year. He's also commented on major entertainment stories for Reuters, the Associated Press, NBC, ABC and CNN. His book, Film Firsts: The 25 Movies that Created Contemporary American Cinema, was published in 2014 by Praeger.

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Award Winning Work

The Business of Fandom

Adweek

Yahoo Entertainment

Long Form Video Interviews

Short Form Video Interviews

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Yahoo Entertainment
11/08/2022
Cate Blanchett on how Oscar hopeful 'Tár' addresses cancel culture

Todd Field's expansive, absorbing new drama — which opens in theaters on Oct. 7 after premiering at the Venice and New York film festivals — immerses viewers so completely in the life of classical music maestro Lydia Tár, played by Cate Blanchett, that the line between performer and character vanishes within the film's first half-hour. And the Oscar-winning actress tells Yahoo Entertainment that reflected her experience making the movie as well.

Live & In-Studio Interviews

Yahoo Oral Histories

Yahoo Entertainment
11/17/2015
Back to Derry: An Oral History of 'Stephen King's It'

On a dark and chilly November evening in 1990, millions of viewers - both old and (in my case) young - switched on the television and beheld the true face of evil...and it wore clown make-up.

Sci-Fi & Superheroes

Yahoo Entertainment
04/03/2017
'Spider-Man: Homecoming': On the Scene at the Staten Island Ferry, and Spider-Man's Biggest...

On Day 67 of Spider-Man: Homecoming's 72-day shoot, Spider-Man is taking a nap on the Staten Island Ferry. While director Jon Watts and various crew members bustle about preparing for the next shot, the web-head is sprawled on a wooden bench, his trademark red-and-blue suit partially covered by a robe that's closer to Venom's all-black ensemble.

MVPs of Horror

Freelance Work