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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…
Despite WBD Approval Of Paramount Merger, Hollywood Continues Battle
Paramount logo displayed on a laptop screen and Warner Bros logo displayed on a phone screen are seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on February 28, 2026. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Warner Bros.
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…
Warner Bros shareholders approve Paramount's $81 billion takeover of the Hollywood giant
NEW YORK (AP) — An $81 billion Warner-Paramount mega merger has received shareholders' stamp of approval, propelling a deal that could vastly reshape Hollywood and the wider media landscape closer to the finish line. On Thursday, Warner…
From Hollywood scandals to transhuman futures: 10 new books to read
You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. From Hollywood's notorious Chateau and transhuman futures in fiction to Franco's Spain and the Gallipoli trenches in non-fiction, this week's picks…
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…
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…
YouTube offers deepfake detection to Hollywood
Last month, YouTube introduced its likeness protection tool -- which helps identify content in which a person's face appears altered or generated using AI technology -- to government officials, journalists, and political candidates. The platform is…
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…
'Meghan Markle's latest Hollywood PR stunt proves she's the ultimate hypocrite'
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry recently toured Australia Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have reportedly taken steps to trademark their children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet - and it's been sparking a backlash. Critics have pointed out a…
Rory McIlroy and Erica Stoll to Make Surprise Hollywood Cameo in Devil Wears Prada Sequel
Rory McIlroy is set to make an unexpected appearance off the golf course, with the Masters champion featuring in the upcoming sequel to The Devil Wears Prada. The film, scheduled for release on May 1, marks nearly two decades since the original…
5 Cult '80s Sci-Fi Movies That Hollywood Is Struggling To Remake
No matter what the internet might tell you, remakes aren't that bad. For every time a fan has demanded that the 'original should be left as it is,' there are dozens of stories that have been successfully upgraded and even remakes that have…
Armed gang wearing masks of Hollywood stars rob bank then flee through sewers
Police are hunting an armed gang who robbed a bank and then fled through sewers. The crooks, who wore masks of actors including Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, spent weeks digging a 40ft tunnel before the Hatton Garden-style heist. They…
YouTube offering deepfake detection tool to Hollywood stars
WASHINGTON – YouTube is offering Hollywood celebrities and entertainers a free detection tool to help combat their deepfakes, in a bid to expand the Google-owned video platform's efforts to guard against AI-driven impersonations. In March…
TV in 3: Apple's New CEO, Hollywood's Big Questions
Welcome back to TV in 3, where I'm mixing up the format again for some big industry news (man, there seems to be a lot of it these days) as Apple this week announced a new CEO who will take the reins from Tim Cook. Hollywood has lots of questions…
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