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The actor has revealed that his wife encouraged him to go to the party after the success of 'Oppenheimer' shortly after suffering an aneurysm. "I was surprised: he put on a dress and we left. He was fucking heroic about it," he recalled in an interview with 'GQ'.
The famous Lieutenant Dan of 'Forrest Gump' writes about the faith, resilience and difficulties his family faced by the disease that at the same time affected his son and wife. "Mac learned the agonizing truth that life is not always just," he says.
Major Hollywood studios have gone from banning generative AI outright to shunning visual effects vendors that lack an AI plan, according to Daniel Seah, CEO of “The Lord of the Rings” and “Avatar” VFX house Weta FX. Seah spoke to press in Taipei on Friday, after Weta FX signed a partnership with the Taiwan Creative […]
The British 'influence', which has denied all charges, faces new charges of rape
The protagonist of 'Guardians of the Galaxy' has reported in Instagram the lucky encounter when he was a waiter in a chain of restaurants with director Rae Dawn Chong. She bet on him, bought him a flight to Los Angeles and gave him his first part in a movie.
The Spanish-speaking interpreter claims in a 'podcast' that her lack of interest in drugs and alcohol is due to the excesses she witnessed during her childhood in Hollywood, and appreciates the good influence Hugh Jackman was on her: "It was incredibly protective and wonderful"
The Democratic rout in the midterms was a referendum on President Trump, prices and the war in Iran. But it will have impacts that go well beyond the determinative issues — touching topics of key interest to Hollywood studios, broadcasters and their teams of government relations professionals. Here’s a quick rundown of some of the […]
The Pulp Fiction director and Spinning Around singer caused a stir in a Welsh seaside town.
Marty Erlichman, the entertainment manager who discovered Barbra Streisand and managed her for more than six decades, died on Saturday of age-related causes. He was 97. “To the world, he was a giant of Hollywood; to us, he was a deeply devoted and loving father, husband, grandfather, and rock,” Erlichman’s family wrote in a statement. […]
“The Kelly Clarkson Show” went out with a bang. The daytime talk show won five awards at the 53rd Daytime Emmys on Friday, including the top daytime talk prize, the most of any program. Meanwhile, ABC’s “General Hospital” scored the top daytime drama prize (for the sixth consecutive year), winning four overall — tied with […]
The Human Consent Foundation, the Cate Blanchett-backed nonprofit trying to protect the likenesses of individuals from unauthorized scraping by AI models, and a legion of Hollywood companies have filed an amicus brief in the New York Times’ lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, claiming the tech companies’ position that it could not reasonably clear the rights […]
Top Hollywood film and TV leaders gathered Oct. 22 for an intimate dinner and candid conversation about the future of entertainment marketing at a gathering moderated in partnership with Amazon Ads and Variety. Executives who convened at BOA Steakhouse in West Hollywood compared notes and talked shop about the buzzy subjects that are transforming the […]
Japan’s entertainment business has to adopt the model that made Hollywood studios global players if the country wants to reach its content export targets, according to Shiina Yasushi, CEO of TIFFCOM, the Tokyo International Film Festival’s content market now heading into its 23rd edition. The Japanese government has set a target of JPY20 trillion ($126.6 […]
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 helping AI-first production companies navigate the Hollywood pipeline. Founded in July by former UTA agent Dante […]
Fear and loathing are running high as Hollywood processes Thursday’s shock firing of Bela Bajaria from her post as Netflix chief content officer. Yes, the company that popularized the “Keeper Test” is known for abrupt exits. But despite Netflix’s recent stock struggles, many considered Bajaria too big to fail. Word of her ouster leaked before […]
On his campaign website, Xavier Becerra has a page devoted to Hollywood. The 1,600-word policy statement is long on platitudes — “California Is the Home of Film and TV and We Intend to Keep It That Way” — but short on concrete promises. It may also have been written with artificial intelligence. According to Pangram, […]
The film dropped by around 60% in its second weekend, and could become one of Hollywood's biggest flops.
New films about Zuckerberg, Musk, Altman and AI arrive as public concern about the technology and its leaders rises.
Hollywood’s appetite for Asian stories has broadened, but for Lionsgate’s Helen Lee-Kim, “every movie is still a fight.” Lee-Kim, the studio’s president of international, made the remark at the Busan International Film Festival’s Asian Contents & Film Market during the panel “UTA × Gold House: Hollywood & The Asian Diaspora,” moderated by Variety‘s Asia Editor […]
Something is emerging in Vancouver’s independent film scene. For years, the city has primarily played the role of somewhere else — a cheaper Seattle, New York or generic American city. Its landscapes, tax incentives and favorable exchange rate drawing in Hollywood productions. But increasingly, independent filmmakers are choosing to cast Vancouver as… well… Vancouver. One […]
