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forbes.com - Schuyler Moore - Let The Public Decide On AI For Films
Let The Public Decide On AI For Films
Forbes

Hollywood is up in arms at the use of AI in films, with encroachment from all sides, such as AI actors like Tilly Norwood (with “40 more to come” says its creator) and short AI films by Sora and Seedance. But not to worry! Even if AI…

dailymail.co.uk - Laura Fox - Brigitte Bardot tribute is BOOED at the Cesar Film Awards
Brigitte Bardot tribute is BOOED at the Cesar Film Awards
Mail Online

Have YOU got a story? Email tips@dailymail.co.uk A tribute to the late Brigitte Bardot received a tepid reception at the Cesar Film Awards on Thursday, with boos heard throughout the audience as it aired during the ceremony. The actress, who was…

theguardian.com - Nadia Khomami - Film and TV charity unveils landmark mental health principles for UK industry
Film and TV charity unveils landmark mental health principles for UK industry
The Guardian

The Film and TV charity has unveiled a landmark set of principles for safeguarding mental health in what's been called a “watershed moment” for the UK creative sector's duty of care to its production community. The principles are the…

ft.com - The scramble for Morocco's energy future | FT Film
The scramble for Morocco's energy future | FT Film
Financial Times

Several international companies are eyeing Morocco's vast solar and wind resources to produce and export energy.  The new investment could boost Morocco's economy and labour market. But what is it like to try to start an energy industry from scratch - and

theguardian.com - Philip Oltermann - If the Berlin film festival ousts its director, there may be no way back
If the Berlin film festival ousts its director, there may be no way back
The Guardian

Berlin is a difficult place to hold a major international film festival. Perhaps, as the events of the last two weeks have shown, an impossible one. The main cause of this difficulty is that Berlin, unlike all of its major competitors, is a…

kbs.co.kr - Director Park Chan-wook to Preside over Jury of 79th Cannes Film Festival
Director Park Chan-wook to Preside over Jury of 79th Cannes Film Festival
KBS

South Korean film director Park Chan-wook was commissioned to preside over the jury of the 79th edition of Cannes Film Festival. International media outlets reported Wednesday local time that Park will succeed French actor Juliette Binoche to…

bbc.co.uk - Voyeur doctor struck off after secretly filming in bathroom
Voyeur doctor struck off after secretly filming in bathroom
BBC

A doctor who claimed he hid cameras to film friends and colleagues in the bathroom due to concerns over the size of his penis has been struck off the medical register. Anaesthetist Ju Young Um was jailed for 18 months last year after being found…

jpost.com - Berlin Film Festival director's future uncertain
Berlin Film Festival director's future uncertain
The Jerusalem Post

Germany's government convened an emergency meeting of the organizers of the Berlin Film Festival on Thursday, saying it wanted to discuss the event's 'direction' after debate and protests over Gaza dominated the program. The Bild newspaper reported…

theguardian.com - Deborah Cole - Hundreds of film-makers back Berlinale director in row over winners' Gaza comments
Hundreds of film-makers back Berlinale director in row over winners' Gaza comments
The Guardian

Prominent directors and actors have rallied in support of the American head of the Berlin film festival in response to reports she could be sacked over comments by award-winners criticising the war in Gaza and the German government's support for…

mirror.co.uk - Samantha King - Weird and unique' Nicolas Cage film fans call his 'best of all time
Weird and unique' Nicolas Cage film fans call his 'best of all time
The Mirror

Nicolas Cage has starred in all manner of weird and wonderful films across his decades-long career, but one in particular has been deemed his 'best of all time' by fans. Released in 2021, Willy's Wonderland follows a character known only as The…

hotair.com - Mark Judge - Communists in Hollywood Refuse to Host the Anti-Communist Film Festival
Communists in Hollywood Refuse to Host the Anti-Communist Film Festival
HotAir

“What did you expect? They're communists!” A friend of mine was giving me the hard truth. Yes, he was being a bit sarcastic. But there was also reality there. As was recently reported in Breitbart, the American Film Institute Silver…

variety.com - Leo Barraclough - No Decision Reached on Future of Berlin Film Festival Chief Tricia Tuttle
No Decision Reached on Future of Berlin Film Festival Chief Tricia Tuttle
Variety

The governing body of the Berlin Film Festival has failed to reach a decision on whether to continue the contract of its festival director, Tricia Tuttle. The non-decision came at an extraordinary meeting, called by Germany's culture minister…

mirror.co.uk - Niamh Spence - War film based on best-selling book streaming on BBC iPlayer now
War film based on best-selling book streaming on BBC iPlayer now
The Mirror

A war film with a Hollywood cast and based on a book from the 1970s has been praised by film fans as 'authentic', and it's now on BBC iPlayer. The film The Eagle Has Landed stars Michael Caine, Robert Duvall, Donald Sutherland and Jean Marsh, and…

rediff.com - Text Feed - Kannada Film Director Kidnapped, Brutally Assaulted: 11 Arrested in Bengaluru
Kannada Film Director Kidnapped, Brutally Assaulted: 11 Arrested in Bengaluru
Rediff.com

Bengaluru police have arrested 11 individuals, including a female actor, for the alleged kidnapping and brutal assault of a Kannada film director over a financial dispute related to his film, highlighting the dark side of the film industry. Eleven…

rollingstone.com - Angie Martoccio - Chloë Sevigny, a Lifelong Deadhead, Is Producing a Film About Deadheads
Chloë Sevigny, a Lifelong Deadhead, Is Producing a Film About Deadheads
Rolling Stone

Chloë Sevigny has been a Deadhead since her high school days. “I think it was maybe first the drugs, and then the band,” she jokes on a phone call in late February. Her first-hand experience in this realm is coming in handy with…

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