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futurism.com - Frank Landymore - Hollywood Is Lying to Everyone About How Much AI They're Using, Says Consummate Hollywood Insider
Hollywood Is Lying to Everyone About How Much AI They're Using, Says Consummate Hollywood Insider
Futurism

Is Hollywood “cooked”? Do video generating AI models mean its “over” for filmmakers? The jury's out on that. But according to one Hollywood insider, the whole industry is “lying” about how much AI they're…

bloomberg.com - Chloe Meley - Hollywood Merger Threatens Movie Theaters Just as They Recover
Hollywood Merger Threatens Movie Theaters Just as They Recover
Bloomberg

Just when beleaguered movie theaters thought the worst was over, a big-studio takeover may force the industry to keep adapting. On the verge of recovery after being roiled by the pandemic and Hollywood strikes, box office operators including…

thehill.com - Douglas MacKinnon, opinion contributor - Woke goes broke: Why Hollywood's politically correct remakes are a flop
Woke goes broke: Why Hollywood's politically correct remakes are a flop
The Hill

Two Hollywood-centric headlines recently caught my eye. The first was about the 2025 “woke” remake of “Snow White” from Disney, which reportedly lost a massive $170 million. The second was about a “woke”…

liverpoolecho.co.uk - David Humphreys - The way Liverpool is earning its title as Hollywood of the North
The way Liverpool is earning its title as Hollywood of the North
Liverpool Echo

There's one place where you can find, Tommy Shelby and Taylor Swift and it's not in a fever dream. Over the past six years, Liverpool has become a hotbed of TV and film production, securing huge projects from Netflix, Apple TV and Warner Bros. This…

nypost.com - Johnny Oleksinski - Idiot award shows need to stop embarrassing Hollywood legends
Idiot award shows need to stop embarrassing Hollywood legends
New York Post

With the Oscars less than a month away, and the broadcast taking shape behind the scenes, here is the No. 1 thing I would like the producers not to do on March 15. Please don't put an aging Hollywood legend in an uncomfortable and humiliating…

movieweb.com - Anthony Lund - Monarch: Legacy of Monsters' Shatters World Record as Godzilla Comes to Hollywood
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters' Shatters World Record as Godzilla Comes to Hollywood
MovieWeb

Godzilla and Kong are set to return to screens in Season 2 of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters on Apple TV, but the show has already broken a world record a week before the new season's debut on Feb. 27. Monarch is one of the most anticipated returning…

sandiegouniontribune.com - Pam Kragen - Review: 'Edith Head' a fascinating visit with Hollywood costume icon
Review: 'Edith Head' a fascinating visit with Hollywood costume icon
San Diego Union-Tribune

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... It's been 45 years since Edith Head passed away. But her legacy as the Hollywood film industry's most famous costume designer has not been forgotten. In 2004, Pixar Films immortalized her look and speaking…

okmagazine.com - Aaron Tinney - Inside Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis' Hollywood Comeback After Couple Was Ridiculed for Backing Pal Danny Masterson
Inside Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis' Hollywood Comeback After Couple Was Ridiculed for Backing Pal Danny Masterson
OK Magazine

Article continues below advertisement Ashton Kutcher recently returned to the Golden Globes red carpet with his arm around Mila Kunis in a carefully staged show of unity – in a signal, insiders tell OK!, that Hollywood's once untouchable…

indianexpress.com - Rishika Singh - With Tom Cruise-Brad Pitt AI fight, China's Seedance 2.0 is the latest test in AI-copyright tussle
With Tom Cruise-Brad Pitt AI fight, China's Seedance 2.0 is the latest test in AI-copyright tussle
The Indian Express

Seedance marks the latest in the tussle between companies deploying AI in creative fields, and pushback from the creators of the materials it was trained on, who have challenged it on the grounds of compensation and copyright infringement. Like any…

mirror.co.uk - Cally Brooks - Baftas presenter Alan Cumming's tragic divorce that left him suicidal
Baftas presenter Alan Cumming's tragic divorce that left him suicidal
The Mirror

As actor Alan Cumming takes centre stage tonight as host of the BAFTA Film Awards, it's hard to imagine that one of the most charismatic figures in British and American entertainment once arrived at a career-defining audition feeling suicidal. The…

businessinsider.com - Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert - Trump demands Netflix fire Susan Rice from board amid deal talks
Trump demands Netflix fire Susan Rice from board amid deal talks
Business Insider

President Donald Trump is calling on Netflix to remove former US Ambassador and national security advisor Susan Rice from its board, sharpening his criticism of the streaming giant as it seeks to merge with Warner Bros. Discovery amid antitrust…

mirror.co.uk - Grace Salmon - Sophie Habboo achieved her sleek BAFTA waves with ghd's 'smoothing' hairdryer
Sophie Habboo achieved her sleek BAFTA waves with ghd's 'smoothing' hairdryer
The Mirror

The 2026 BAFTA awards have officially kicked off, and although they are not airing on our TV screens until later tonight, that doesn't mean the stars haven't started making their red carpet entrance. One of the first celebs to hit the carpet is…

breitbart.com - James P. Pinkerton - Pinkerton: The Once and Future Fulton Sheen
Pinkerton: The Once and Future Fulton Sheen
Breitbart

The British author T.H. White's classic tales of King Arthur were collected as The Once and Future King, befitting Arthur's legendary status as a warrior for good. We can say the same of the American archbishop, Fulton J. Sheen (1895-1979). Today…

scmp.com - Kyodo - North Korea's explosive thriller reveals assassination plot against Kim's dad
North Korea's explosive thriller reveals assassination plot against Kim's dad
South China Morning Post

North Korea aired a new propaganda film on TV about a failed assassination attempt on the country's supreme leader, with South Korean media describing it as an “unprecedented work addressing a taboo”. The film Days and Nights of…

mirror.co.uk - Julia Hunt - Death in Paradise star Ardal O'Hanlon says 'I miss him' in emotional confession
Death in Paradise star Ardal O'Hanlon says 'I miss him' in emotional confession
The Mirror

Ardal O'Hanlon has revealed how much he misses former co-star Don Warrington since his departure from Death in Paradise. The comedian and actor, who portrayed DI Jack Mooney in the popular BBC crime drama, exited the show in 2020 after a three-year…

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