The Hollywood Reporter’s best of the week

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

NATE SILVER ON HIS HOLLYWOOD FUTURE AND `MONEYBALL’-ING BOX OFFICE

The FiveThirtyEight blogger tells THR he’s been approached by agents and producers, has already been done work for a studio and isn’t sure he wants to write a book about the election: “I prefer to go broader.”

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/nate-silver-fivethirtyeight-blogger-election-390086

KRISTEN STEWART, KATY PERRY AND RIHANNA: THR’S TOP BEAUTY MOMENTS OF 2012

The hairstylists, makeup artists and stars behind the big business of getting gorgeous in Hollywood.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/top-hollywood-beauty-moments-2012-389994

BILLION-DOLLAR BOND BREAKDOWN: WHO‘S MAKING WHAT FROM `SKYFALL’

MGM, the Broccoli family and Sony each have fingers in the pie as the extraordinary worldwide grosses come just in time for a flashy IPO.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/daniel-craig-james-bond-skyfall-390090

OBAMA, HOLLYWOOD ORGANIZERS REVEAL SECRET STRATEGY THAT TIPPED ELECTION

Stars, it turns out, don’t turn off voters as the campaign comes clean about its clandestine celebrity strategy.

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THR’S WRITER ROUNDTABLE: OSAMA BIN LADEN, WHY `SCHINDLER’S LIST’ IS IRRESPONSIBLE AND WHEN JUDD APATOW WAS A DISHWASHER

Six talented screenwriters spill secrets of their hot movies and reveal whether the CIA gave notes to Kathryn Bigelow.

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