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Iran War Will Drive Gulf Petrodollar Capital Flight To…Hollywood
Prolific Saudi Investor Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed bin Talal marks the USD 450 million listing with a bell-ringing ceremony at Nasdaq Dubai, highlighting the strong ties with Dubai Financial Market (DFM) (Photo by Anushka Eranga/NurPhoto via Getty…
Apple's CEO change has analysts wondering about its future in Hollywood
Does incoming Apple CEO John Ternus care about the tech giant's Hollywood side hustle? Ternus has a lot to figure out as he takes over for longtime CEO Tim Cook, from Apple's AI strategy to its next hit product. One lower-stakes decision he'll have…
The Conservative Climate Activists Hollywood Ignores
In 2021, I began following a group of conservative climate activists for a documentary. The film, titled The [Conserv]atives, grew out of months I spent in Louisiana on a Smithsonian project about coastal erosion, where I watched conservatives…
How Scriptation Broke Hollywood's Addiction to Paper
Steve Vitolo first came from Boston to Los Angeles as another writer with a dream, starting as an assistant when he began to notice a disturbing trend on set. “On this one show, we kept printing a revised script every single night for…
Scooter Braun Tied to Hollywood Smear Saga
A new court filing appears to tie Scooter Braun more tightly to the entertainment industry's emerging smear-site saga. The Hollywood Reporter first exposed the clandestine operation in February. The scandal initially surfaced via a lawsuit…
YouTube expands AI deepfake detection to Hollywood's biggest stars
While things were blatantly obvious at first, there are now some very good AI tools that are generating pretty convincing images and videos that make it hard to separate them from reality. Of course, this just means that it's getting harder and…
Scooter Braun Accused of Being Involved in Alleged Hollywood Smear Campaign
New court filings suggest Scooter Braun could be connected to an alleged smear campaign in Hollywood. According to court documents obtained by Us Weekly on Tuesday, April 21, actress-turned-activist Alexa Nikolas submitted an updated complaint two…
From Hollywood to Holy Scripture: YDS alum Kimberly Hill
Joy Meets Girl, a new play by Kimberly Hill '00 M.A.R., is an upbeat romantic comedy set during the holiday season. In it, the main character searches for love and truth with just 20 minutes to spare before her wedding bells chime. But running…
LISTEN: Hollywood Wants to Know More About Tim Cook's Successor at Apple; BookCon Returns With Focus on Romantasy and Adaptation
On today's episode of “Daily Variety” podcast, Variety' s Jennifer Maas reports on the return of BookCon to New York and the emergence of a new generation of romance novels — think “Heated Rivalry” — as a…
YouTube Opens Up AI Deepfake Detection Tool to All of Hollywood (Exclusive)
Hollywood is an industry built on likeness and fame. But consumers are entering a world in which anyone's likeness can be co-opted, as AI -generated deepfakes proliferate. YouTube, the world's largest video platform, has developed a solution. And…
EXCLUSIVE: Sandra Bullock Starts Over - Reclusive Star Putting Tragedy Behind Her as She Sets Up Hollywood Reboot
Sandra Bullock is back in the Hollywood fast lane after signing up for a high-profile big-budget flick – but RadarOnline.com can reveal it's a big adjustment after years in the wilderness. The popular actress-producer paused her career while…
Behind Neon's Slow Burn Legal Battle That May Lay Bare Hollywood Accounting Practices
In December 2018, director Alan Elliott was over the moon. Amazing Grace, his long-shelved Aretha Franklin concert film that had faced years of legal setbacks in a battle with the singer's estate had just set a box office record at New York's Film…
How Jack Black Became Hollywood's Unconventional $11 Billion Man
Jack Black drew big applause at the first night of CinemaCon last week, bursting onto the stage in Las Vegas to promote his third installment in the “ Jumanji ” franchise at the annual gathering of theater owners. While he busted…
Tim Cook Turned Apple Into a Hollywood Power Player. Does the New CEO Feel the Same Way?
In March 2019, Apple CEO Tim Cook took the stage at the Steve Jobs Theater, located on the tech giant's sprawling spaceship-like campus in Cupertino, California, and propelled Apple firmly into the entertainment business. It was an approprioate…
Sydney Sweeney brutally snubbed as she's axed from Hollywood blockbuster
Sydney Sweeney has been brutally axed from one of Hollywood's most anticipated films of the year. The Euphoria star was not at the star-studded premiere of the movie, despite being caught on set last year. The Devil Wears Prada 2 is now in cinemas…
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