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Ryan Kavanaugh Is Back, Ready to Dish on His Failures, Brett Ratner and a Secret Lil Tay Project


Ryan Kavanaugh discusses his past failures, his new podcast, his Brett Ratner allegations and his Lil Tay project.

Though he co-financed more than 200 films including “The Social Network,” “Mama Mia!” and “The Fighter,” he is best remembered for his foibles ( DUIs, the algorithm that could divine box-office hits until it couldn’t, and enough lawsuits to keep the lights on permanently at a large Century City firm). Now 49, he’s quietly staging a comeback, producing influencer-led films like the upcoming Bryce Hall-50 Cent satire “Skill House.” And he boasts a majority stake in the video platform Triller, a TikTok rival that was poised to go public in 2021, never did, but may still. The Los Angeles native and father of two sat down with Variety via Zoom to discuss his career, with all of its highs and lows, as well as a secret Lil Tay project he was backing before her own bizarre spiral.

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