What's New in Hollywood Player The Living World Update: Part 1 is here, and this release squashes a big batch of bugs across your agency's biggest deals and contracts. Everything's running smoother than ever — and this is just the beginning, with more of the Living World still to come. Fixed in this update: TV renewals now stick. Accept a renewal for the next season and it stays firmly on your actor's schedule instead of vanishing once their break ends. Season 2 is going ahead. End-of-season pay is correct. Renewal negotiations now actually matter — your actor is paid the per-episode rate and episode count you agreed at the table, not a flat default. Write-outs work as intended. Temporary and permanent write-out requests behave correctly through the renewal flow. Multi-picture deals now reach the stars who deserve them. Elite talent will finally be approached for multi-picture deals as their heat climbs. Deal pictures get booked. Accept a picture under a multi-picture deal and it lands on your actor's calendar — one picture at a time, with no more weekly flood of offers. Direct offers get booked too. Accept a studio's direct project offer and the film is properly scheduled to shoot. Direct offers show the money up front. The fee for the role now appears right in the offer email, so you know what you're signing for. Fair paydays. Direct offer fees are now in line with an actor's standing, so payouts and your commission make sense. Smarter deal jeopardy. Heat maintenance on multi-picture deals is now judged against the level your actor signed at, so deals no longer collapse the moment they're inked. More of the Living World is on the way. Thanks for playing — and keep the feedback coming!

Two bug fixes and a quality of life improvement in this update. **Sequel & Renewal Logic Fixed** Film sequels and TV renewals were incorrectly based on an individual actor's performance rating rather than the project's box office and critical results. A $500M blockbuster will now correctly generate a sequel regardless of how any single actor performed in it. A flop won't get one no matter how good your client was. Theatre extensions are now driven by critical reception. This was reported by a player and we're grateful for the catch. **Scheduling Transparency** Contract and direct offer emails now include a full schedule breakdown — pre-production, rehearsals, and filming — so you know the total calendar commitment before entering negotiations. No more signing a deal only to discover it conflicts with an existing commitment. **Media Relations Fixed** Promotional appearances now correctly update your relationships with media outlets as intended.

A small but important fix in this update. Promotional appearances were not correctly updating your relationships with media outlets. Completing a press tour should build goodwill with the outlets involved — and declining requests should cool those relationships. This is now working as intended. If you've noticed your media relations staying flat despite active promotional campaigns, this update should fix that.

This is the biggest update since launch. **Media Appearances** Your clients can now be invited to a full range of media appearances outside of their promotional commitments — and the pool changes as their career grows. Emerging talent at 3.5 stars may be invited onto Celebrity Ballroom, Stars on Ice, Into The Wild, The Round Table, or a Celebrity Roast. As they climb, the offers get more prestigious — the Late Night Circuit with three distinct hosts, Celebrity Fortress, a Documentary Profile, and eventually The Olivia Winn Show and a Magazine Cover Story. At the very top, Saturday Night's Alright awaits — once per career, and genuinely career-defining. Each appearance carries real consequences. Schedule blocks, appearance fees, and outcome logic tied to your client's actual attributes — physicality matters on the dancing shows, intelligence on the debate circuit, charisma and improvisation at a roast. High ego and low self-awareness can turn any appearance into a controversy. The Round Table carries a specific risk — one that can trigger a full scandal. Music video invitations now arrive based on your client's star level, with the band's cultural weight multiplying any outcome in either direction. **Career Milestones** Actors can now earn permanent career titles based on patterns in their performance history. Three acclaimed horror leads earns a Scream Queen or Scream King. Three consecutive box office failures earns Box Office Poison. Eleven milestone types in total — some to engineer toward, some to avoid. Each is noted permanently on the actor's profile and in their biography. **Profile Improvements** Biographies now read like a real career story — opening with how the actor was discovered, noting award wins, career milestones, magazine recognition, and memorable media appearances as they accumulate over time. More updates are in development. As always, reviews and feedback shape what comes next.

A significant update this week, with new features inspired directly by your reviews and feedback. Five industry magazines now publish annual lists recognising your clients. The Callsheet spotlights emerging talent every January, Pinnacle names the most bankable stars in March, Glitter reveals its Sexiest Actor Alive in June, The Gold Standard lists Hollywood's highest earners in September, and Spotlight Weekly crowns the most influential actors in November. If your client makes a list you'll hear about it — and it will follow them permanently on their profile. Actor profiles now have a richer filmography. Tap any entry to expand it and see the genre, production tier, box office performance, earnings, and the actor's strongest and weakest attributes from that performance. Several bugs have also been fixed in this update, including negotiation offers now correctly matching the figure shown in the original email, actor calendars now displaying all 52 weeks of the game year, and an issue where an actor could be cast in more than one role on the same production. Thank you for the continued feedback — it shapes every update.

Thanks to your feedback, this update addresses several issues reported by our early players. **Fixes** - Negotiation offers now correctly reflect the figure shown in the original contract email - Actor calendars now display all 52 weeks of the game year - An actor can no longer be cast in multiple roles within the same production - Removed the client roster limit to allow your agency to grow freely More updates are on the way. If you're enjoying the game, a review means the world to an indie release like this one.

Quick update this week — you can now tap any client name on the dashboard to jump straight to their profile. No more hunting through the Talent tab mid-crisis. Thanks for playing. More updates coming soon.