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theguardian.com - Robert Booth - Jean-Michel Jarre urges music and film industries to embrace AI
Jean-Michel Jarre urges music and film industries to embrace AI
The Guardian

Jean-Michel Jarre has attacked the conservatism of the music and film industries over AI and urged them to embrace the technology instead of being fearful and “very anti-AI”. Jarre, one of the pioneers of electronic music in the…

forbes.com - Keely Cat-Wells - ReelAbilities Film Festival Is A Masterclass In Narrative Change
ReelAbilities Film Festival Is A Masterclass In Narrative Change
Forbes

Founded in 2007, ReelAbilities has grown from a New York film festival into an independent nonprofit and international platform advancing accessibility through film, streaming, education, workplace engagement, and industry initiatives At a time…

bbc.co.uk - Katy Prickett - Doctor Foster filming in Hitchin damaging sales, say traders
Doctor Foster filming in Hitchin damaging sales, say traders
BBC

Katy Prickett and Holly Nichols, in Hitchin Some traders in the middle of a market town say sales have suffered after the third and final series of Doctor Foster began filming there. The popular BBC drama starring Suranne Jones is returning, nine…

bbc.co.uk - Katy Prickett - Doctor Foster filming in Hitchin damaging sales, say traders
Doctor Foster filming in Hitchin damaging sales, say traders
BBC

Some traders in the middle of a market town say sales have suffered after the third and final series of Doctor Foster began filming there. The popular BBC drama starring Suranne Jones is returning, nine years after the second series aired. It is…

mirror.co.uk - Monde Mwitumwa - Filming location for new BBC drama Mint
Filming location for new BBC drama Mint
The Mirror

BBC's new crime drama described as a 'gangster romance' has landed - but where is it filmed? The new series, titled Mint, boasts a Romeo and Juliet-inspired storyline. Viewers who tune in follow Shannon, the daughter of a notorious crime family…

bbc.co.uk - Steven McIntosh - Michael Jackson film is a 'whitewash' and 'ghoulish', critics say
Michael Jackson film is a 'whitewash' and 'ghoulish', critics say
BBC

Steven McIntosh Entertainment reporter Film critics have described the new Michael Jackson biopic as a 'whitewash', with several reviewers saying it tells a 'sanitised' version of his life and career. The singer's nephew Jaafar Jackson portrays the…

variety.com - Jazz Tangcay - 'On the Road (En El Camino)' Tops Winners at 43rd Miami Film Festival - Film News in Brief
'On the Road (En El Camino)' Tops Winners at 43rd Miami Film Festival - Film News in Brief
Variety

“On the Road (En El Camino)” led the winners at the 43rd Miami Film Festival, taking the festival's top jury prize, the $10,000 Marimbas Award. Directed by David Pablos, the film was recognized as the narrative feature that best…

nbclosangeles.com - City News Service - Nithya Raman outlines plan to support film production
Nithya Raman outlines plan to support film production
NBC Southern California

Mayoral candidate Nithya Raman released her plan on Tuesday for bringing Hollywood jobs back to Los Angeles. The city councilwoman -- one of several challengers seeking to oust incumbent Mayor Karen Bass in the June 2 primary -- unveiled a plan…

royalgazette.com - Laura Watts - Laura Watts: Film captures the light of Janet Fish
Laura Watts: Film captures the light of Janet Fish
The Royal Gazette

Trailblazer: Janet Fish, photographed in the 1970s by Susan Gray (Photograph supplied) The closing of Janet Fish: Time and Place, the exhibition at Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art, was marked by the world premiere of Paul McGuire's film, Janet…

mirror.co.uk - Rosaleen Fenton, Gemma Strong - Amanda Knox suffers huge blow hours after landing in UK to promote murder film
Amanda Knox suffers huge blow hours after landing in UK to promote murder film
The Mirror

Amanda Knox has been forced to change her controversial UK plans at the final hour after a huge setback. The 38-year-old - who was convicted and later acquitted over the death of student Meredith Kercher - recently landed in London to promote her…

variety.com - Gene Maddaus - As Election Nears, L.A. Mayor Karen Bass Offers Short-Term Cuts in Film Production Fees
As Election Nears, L.A. Mayor Karen Bass Offers Short-Term Cuts in Film Production Fees
Variety

L.A. Mayor Karen Bass unveiled temporary reductions in fees for film productions on Tuesday in the face of accusations of not having done enough to retain Hollywood jobs. Bass is up for reelection, with the June 2 primary just six weeks away. Her…

fortune.com - Sasha Rogelberg - Meet the film school dropout who became a billionaire quantum computing CEO in days thanks to Nvidia
Meet the film school dropout who became a billionaire quantum computing CEO in days thanks to Nvidia
Fortune

Christian Weedbrook, a film school dropout turned CEO of Xanadu Quantum Technologies, was minted a billionaire in a matter of days thanks to Nvidia endorsing quantum computing as the future of AI. Last week, Nvidia announced Ising, a family of…

thehindu.com - Shreyas Pande - Rajat Kapoor: Marketing independent films is tougher than making them
Rajat Kapoor: Marketing independent films is tougher than making them
The Hindu

To celebrate a couple's wedding anniversary, a bunch of friends get together at an old bungalow, and one amongst them gets murdered in the dead of the night. As any other murder-mystery, everyone is a suspect. But this not any other murder-mystery.

nme.com - Damian Jones - Ryan Reynolds suggests there won't be another 'Deadpool' solo film
Ryan Reynolds suggests there won't be another 'Deadpool' solo film
NME | Music, Film, TV, Gaming & Pop Culture News

Ryan Reynolds has said that another Deadpool solo film is unlikely to be on the cards going forward. READ MORE: All the actors confirmed for ‘Avengers: Doomsday' The wisecracking anti-hero is reportedly set to make an appearance in Marvel 's…

variety.com - Rafa Sales Ross - From 'The Secret Agent' to 'The Blue Trail' to the Future: How Recife Became Brazil's Burgeoning Film Capital
From 'The Secret Agent' to 'The Blue Trail' to the Future: How Recife Became Brazil's Burgeoning Film Capital
Variety

Almost exactly a year ago, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Wagner Moura and the large cast and crew behind “ The Secret Agent ” turned the famed Cannes Film Festival red carpet into an impromptu carnaval parade courtesy of renowned…

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