Hollywood enters its cougar era

好莱坞步入“母狮时代”

Editor's Picks from The Economist

2026-08-13

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A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. Older women are increasingly dating younger men on screen, mirroring a real-world trend. Topics covered: Relationships DemographicsFilms Listen to what matters most, from global politics and business to science and technology—subscribe to The Economist.
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  • The Economist.

  • Hi, this is Ethan Wu, co-host of Money Talks, our business and finance podcast.

  • Welcome to Editor's Picks.

  • We've handpicked an article we recommend from the most recent edition of The Economist.

  • I hope you enjoy it.

  • Tracy is a provocative contemporary artist in her late 30s.

  • Elliot, her assistant, is a disheveled 23-year-old with an indifferent girlfriend and a pointless degree in new media.

  • So he is all too happy to comply when Erica decides he will be her subordinate

  • and sexual muse, dressing him in pink underwear and making him crawl along the floor.

  • With you, I actually don't have to make any decisions.

  • I've found this amazing freedom in just letting go of control, he gushes.

  • I know, Erica replies.

  • You're welcome.

  • I Want Your Sex is the latest iteration of the older woman,

  • younger man story that Hollywood has been telling with ever greater frequency.

  • Consider the idea of you about a divorce gallerist's unlikely trist with a boy band star.

  • Or baby girl about a CEO's unusual management of her intern.

  • You may recall dreams about a socialite's affair with an undocumented Mexican immigrant.

  • Vladimir, a professor's obsession with a younger colleague.

  • Or Bridget Jones, mad about the boy.