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gizmodo.com - Justin Carter - The Animation Industry Still Hopes for Hollywood's Full Respect
The Animation Industry Still Hopes for Hollywood's Full Respect
Gizmodo | The Future Is Here

Years after Guillermo del Toro declared “ animation is cinema ” at the Oscars, the industry remains a redheaded stepchild of Hollywood. A recent Variety report with several professionals in the industry discuss how animation's…

fastcompany.com - Robert Safian - OpenAI killed the tool behind this AI film. Its director says Hollywood is only getting started
OpenAI killed the tool behind this AI film. Its director says Hollywood is only getting started
Fast Company

Critterz was one of the first feature films built primarily with AI. But OpenAI abruptly shut down Sora, the tool its director, Nik Kleverov, was relying on. Kleverov, who is chief creative officer of the production company Native Foreign, makes…

vox.com - Jonquilyn Hill - Hollywood's outsize influence on baby names
Hollywood's outsize influence on baby names
Vox

An expert on how and why names get popular explains the hidden forces behind naming trends. Katelyn Mulcahy/FIFA via Getty Images Jonquilyn Hill is the host of Explain It to Me, your hotline for all your unanswered questions. She joined Vox in 2022…

foxnews.com - Stephanie Giang-Paunon - Helen Mirren re-lists historic Hollywood Hills estate after $6.5M price slash
Helen Mirren re-lists historic Hollywood Hills estate after $6.5M price slash
Fox News

A piece of Hollywood history is looking for its next owner. Oscar-winning actress Helen Mirren and her husband, acclaimed director Taylor Hackford, are putting their longtime Hollywood Hills estate on the market for $12 million, offering buyers a…

foxnews.com - Janelle Ash - Breakfast Club' star Anthony Michael Hall reveals the key to surviving Hollywood after 51 years
Breakfast Club' star Anthony Michael Hall reveals the key to surviving Hollywood after 51 years
Fox News

'Breakfast Club' star Anthony Michael Hall knows exactly why he's been able to survive Hollywood for over 50 years. Hall is starring on the FOX celebrity competition series 'Nation's Dumbest,' hosted by Jack Whitehall. At the press event, Hall…

dailystar.co.uk - Sam Mayers - Jack Osbourne on unsettling encounters with Hollywood's most powerful people
Jack Osbourne on unsettling encounters with Hollywood's most powerful people
Daily Star

Jack Osbourne has lifted the lid on the unsettling side of Hollywood, admitting he's rubbed shoulders with people so powerful they made him realise being a celebrity was 'not' important. The son of Black Sabbath legend Ozzy Osbourne said he's…

dailystar.co.uk - Rory Gannon - Jay-Z and Beyonce lead huge Hollywood stars turning out for World Cup final
Jay-Z and Beyonce lead huge Hollywood stars turning out for World Cup final
Daily Star

The stars came out in force to watch the World Cup final in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on Sunday (July 19). Stars of showbiz mixed with huge political heavyweights as they watched the match unfold. Spain would ultimately be declared the winners…

nbclosangeles.com - City News Service - West Hollywood's Sunset Blvd. still closed as crews continue replacing water pipe
West Hollywood's Sunset Blvd. still closed as crews continue replacing water pipe
NBC Southern California

Department of Water and Power crews have made 'significant progress' replacing the broken section of a 110-year-old water pipe that sent 17 million gallons of water into the streets of West Hollywood, but a major section of Sunset Boulevard might…

cinemablend.com - Nick Venable - The Incredible Number Of Hollywood Offers Alan Ritchson Got After Reacher Blew Up
The Incredible Number Of Hollywood Offers Alan Ritchson Got After Reacher Blew Up
Cinemablend

Just in case the first half of 2026 felt like it was severely missing enough Alan Ritchson whupping other people's behinds — save for Netflix's War Machine, but that was whupping robotic behinds — the back half of the year is…

straitstimes.com - Why Hollywood's guaranteed paydays for stars like Dwayne Johnson are bad bets now
Why Hollywood's guaranteed paydays for stars like Dwayne Johnson are bad bets now
The Straits Times

Rather than making a summer splash, Disney's live-action Moana remake floundered at the box office. Opening with US$43 million (S$55.5 million) in North America against a US$250 million production budget, the film is already projected to lose the…

ign.com - Carlos Morales - The Harsh Lessons Hollywood Needs to Learn From Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey Prove There's Still Hope for Big-Budget Filmmaking
The Harsh Lessons Hollywood Needs to Learn From Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey Prove There's Still Hope for Big-Budget Filmmaking
IGN

Spoilers follow for The Odyssey. Grab your oars and set sail, cinema fans, because The Odyssey is now in theaters. The latest entry from legendary filmmaker Christopher Nolan adapts quite literally one of the oldest stories in recorded history…

hellomagazine.com - Daisy Finch - The '90s It Girls who walked away from Hollywood and never looked back
The '90s It Girls who walked away from Hollywood and never looked back
HELLO!

Read on to remember some of the '90s favourites that are still leading a life away from prying eyes... Bridget Fonda is living a quieter life with her family Bridget Fonda was a '90s favourite with star performances in Single White Female and The…

hellomagazine.com - Danielle Lawler - We're still sexually viable. We still have value': How one Hollywood star challenged the myth that life ends at 40
We're still sexually viable. We still have value': How one Hollywood star challenged the myth that life ends at 40
HELLO!

When former actress Robinne Lee turned 40 she got frustrated at only being offered downtrodden female roles that didn't reflect her own version of midlife. “I was turning 40 in Hollywood, at the time where they kind of believe that at 40 you…

cinemablend.com - Heidi Venable - Taylor Swift Has Seen 'Hollywood Couples Drift.' One Way Her Marriage Won't Follow Suit
Taylor Swift Has Seen 'Hollywood Couples Drift.' One Way Her Marriage Won't Follow Suit
Cinemablend

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce definitely know that the world of celebrity relationships can be a tumultuous place. Barely a day goes by that doesn't include some big breakup or divorce announcement — hell, one even came out of their wedding…

dailymail.com - Margaret Abrams - Hollywood's new youth elixir: Women are hooked on secret holy grail
Hollywood's new youth elixir: Women are hooked on secret holy grail
Mail Online

For decades women have nipped, tucked and injected their faces to ward off any signs of natural aging. And, as celebrities now step out looking decades younger - yet somehow completely untouched by a needle or scalpel - whispers have begun to…

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