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Hollywood AI-listers: is the technology ready to rival flesh-and-blood film stars?
‘Don't fear the dead – and don't fear me.” An exact facsimile of a young Val Kilmer, not quite dead and not quite alive, utters that baiting line in the trailer for the new western As Deep as the Grave. Director Coerte Voorhees…
Actress Evangeline Lilly Flees Hollywood: 'God Has a Plan
Actress Evangeline Lilly has had a sweeping Hollywood career, playing beloved characters in TV shows like “Lost” and films like “The Hobbit.” But despite a wildly popular career, Lilly decided back in 2020 to step back…
How tech geniuses became Hollywood's favourite monster
You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. You've used all of your gift articles. 3 more will become available on the 1st of every month. A steely-eyed creature sits in its lair, dark clouds…
Hollywood has recast tech titans as bad billionaires. Public agrees
For many years, I've been analysing the Forbes billionaires list to identify countries where rising wealth imbalances threaten to trigger social upheaval. A key assumption was that this threat would be low where wealth flowed to “good…
Agents and Indie Producers Argue Incentives Alone Won't Fix Hollywood's Ills
It doesn't mean much to anyone under 45, but for older folks in Hollywood, the term “fin-syn” evokes a golden age of mansions, yacht parties and cutting-edge TV. The FCC's “financial interest and syndication” rules…
Aryeh Bourkoff's LionTree Has a Stake in Hollywood's Merger Era
Beyond the Hollywood executives choosing scripts and greenlighting projects, one banker works behind the scenes to help shape who owns the studios in the first place. Aryeh Bourkoff, founder and CEO of global investment and merchant banking firm…
Black Men in Hollywood: Eddie Murphy's Lasting Legacy.
Like Like Love Haha Wow Sad Angry (ThyBlackMan.com) Growing up, I measured a certain kind of power by who could stroll into a room and make the whole thing bend around him. For my generation of brothers, that man was Eddie Murphy. Nobody handed him…
Collage, a New Management and Investment Company, Launches as a Bridge Between AI-First Studios and Hollywood (EXCLUSIVE)
As Hollywood continues to navigate the plethora of questions surrounding AI and its place in the industry, one former talent agent hopes to be the link between everyone involved. Enter Collage, a new management and investment company aimed at…
Tenzing is an Everest film like nothing else you've ever seen with Hollywood starts
Who's in it: Genden Phuntsok, Tom Hiddleston, Willem Dafoe, Tenzin Dalha, Thinley Lhamo, Harry Greenwood, Thomas M Wright, Catríona Balfe Who made it: directed by Jennifer Peedom; screenplay by Luke Davies; inspired by the book Tenzing: Hero…
Richard Riehle dead: Beloved Hollywood actor dies at home as tributes pour in
Richard Riehle died at his home in LA on Thursday Comedy star Richard Riehle has died at the age of 78. The actor, who appeared in over 400 film and TV projects – including the '90s cult classic Office Space – reportedly died of…
How SAG-AFTRA Is Dragging Hollywood Into the Vertical Microdrama Boom
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… For the rapidly evolving microseries medium, what a difference a year — and an agreement with SAG-AFTRA — makes. Prior to the union's independent Verticals Agreement, which marked its…
Banijay CEO Marco Bassetti Urges European Producers to Fight for Better Terms of Trade With Hollywood: Studios and Streamers Should Provide 'Rewards for Creativity'
Marco Bassetti, CEO of London-based Banijay Entertainment, the world's largest independent studio, called for European producers to hold their ground when it comes to negotiating terms of trade with the U.S. studios and streamers during a fireside…
Meghan Markle shouldn't return to acting for Prince Harry's sake, according to one Hollywood star
Meghan Markle could soon be back on our screens. The former Suits star is said to be hoping to make a return to her acting career following the Sussexes's surprise move back to the UK. Just last week, Harry and Meghan made their first joint…
Restoration work on Sunset Blvd. after West Hollywood water main break
Three months ago, a stretch of Sunset Boulevard was underwater after a 110-year-old water main ruptured. The force of the water caused parts of Sunset to collapse, leaving behind a massive sinkhole. Cars were damaged, residents were displaced, and…
North Hollywood Hit-and-Run: $50K Reward for Driver
A 32-year-old man was killed early Monday after being struck by a vehicle near the intersection of Lankershim Boulevard and Sherman Way in North Hollywood, and the driver fled without stopping. Los Angeles police are now offering up to $50,000 for…
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