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YouTube offers deepfake detection to Hollywood
YouTube is offering Hollywood celebrities and entertainers a free detection tool to help combat their deepfakes, expanding the Google-owned video platform's efforts to guard against AI-driven impersonations. SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Last…
Screenwriters overwhelmingly approve a 4-year contract with Hollywood studios
Members of the screenwriters union overwhelmingly ratified a four-year agreement with Hollywood studios and streamers on Friday, bringing an end to a surprisingly smooth and quick process that brought a prolonged strike the last time around. Union…
Hollywood Writers Approve Four-Year Deal With Studios
Members of Hollywood's screenwriters' union overwhelmingly approved a new contract with major studios, the latest step toward several years of possible labor peace in an industry where employment has cratered. Some 90% of screenwriters voted in…
Screenwriters overwhelmingly approve a 4-year contract with Hollywood studios
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AI startups are raising millions to disrupt Hollywood. Read the pitch decks 9 used to get funding.
AI is starting to transform Hollywood, whether filmmakers and audiences are ready or not. AI has turned a corner in Hollywood as major studios increasingly adopt it to gain efficiencies in production, marketing, and visual effects. Elsewhere, AI…
The world comes to Hollywood for this year's TCM Classic Film Festival
Turner Classic Movies and its TCM Classic Film Festival have have staunch supporters, including Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese and Paul Thomas Anderson. They've h elped keep both alive during recent budget cuts from their parent company Warner…
How a new Amazon-backed Hollywood production startup deploys AI for speed and cost-cutting
At a time when Hollywood is torn between fear of artificial intelligence stealing jobs and the pressure to cut costs, a new kind of hybrid production studio is launching with the latest AI tools. Innovative Dreams is a new production services…
Writers Guild members ratify contract with Hollywood studios
Members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) overwhelmingly ratified a new four-year contract with Hollywood studios, the union announced Friday while hailing critical gains in health care and other provisions of the deal. According to the WGA…
African Storytelling Is a Growth Market Hollywood Is Missing, Says Next Narrative Africa Fund Study
Akunna Cook's Next Narrative Africa Fund has spent the past year making the case that African storytelling is a serious global market that the entertainment industry has consistently underestimated. Now the organization has some numbers to back up…
More Hollywood A-Listers Join Petition Opposing Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger
More Hollywood insiders, including Robert De Niro, Elliot Page, Lilly Wachowski, Sofia Coppola, and Holly Hunter have signed the petition opposing the Paramount Skydance merger with Warner Bros. Discovery. Launched April 13 with 1,000 names, the…
Hollywood Supported L.A. Mayoral Candidate Nithya Raman. Has She Returned the Favor?
On Apr. 21, L.A. City Councilmember Nithya Raman released a new campaign video, in the quick-cut, walk-and-talk online style by which Zohran Mamdani updated the Aaron Sorkin ethos. “I'm running for Mayor to make sure Los Angeles stays the…
The WGA-AMPTP Deal Reflects a Major Shift in Hollywood's Labor Talks
This weekend will be bookended by two major developments in Hollywood's labor contract cycle. On Friday, the Writers Guild of America will reveal the results of its membership's ratification vote, and on Monday, the AMPTP will resume its contract…
Hollywood Winners & Losers: Why Sydney Sweeney Won and 'Michael' Critics Lost
WON: Sydney Sweeney: Sure, her cameo was cut from The Devil Wears Prada 2. Yes, she has many media and social media scolds in a tizzy over her racy scenes in Euphoria, which is hot garbage this season. Also, nobody can stop talking about her in the…
BBC The One Show host issues apology after Hollywood star's 'fruity language
The One Show presenter Lauren Laverne found herself having to apologise during the latest broadcast. Lauren, alongside her co-host Angellica Bell, welcomed the ensemble cast of The Devil Wears Prada 2 onto the famous green sofa on Friday (April…
Rachel Zegler's Olivier Win Proves She's Hollywood's Next Big Star
Hollywood has had a long history of elevating personalities in movies thanks to its star-making machine, and with one especially great star, personal tensions have caused some notable controversy. The modern age has helped to craft closer…
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