@GoodAaron#Paramount clearly takes #StarTrek fans for granted, that we will put up with their nonsense. It’s a real shame what they’re doing this year to the entire franchise (notably the Prodigy and Discovery cancellations) while taking advantage of #USA taxpayers to cover the costs. Greed! #TV#Entertainment
Hopefully, Prodigy will find a new home for season 2, though we’d be better off if the entire franchise was moved elsewhere.
Tony Bennett — singer, artist and activist — died today at age 96. Today breaks down the story behind "I Left My Heart in San Francisco." “I sing that song all over the world, and I often wonder, were people in the audience that traveled to America, to visit America, and decided they would like to go to San Francisco just to see what Tony’s singing about?" Bennett said in 2018. Which of his songs is your favorite?
If you're interested in learning more about Tony Bennett's activism, take a look at this story from NBC, which covers his civil rights work. Bennett walked at Selma beside Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., having been invited by the late, great Harry Belafonte.
When New York Magazine wrote about "nepo babies" last December, Ben Platt — star of stage and screen, and son of movie and theater producer Marc Platt — appeared front and center. @RollingStone asked him about that when they interviewed him recently — and he didn't appreciate the question. Here's what happened. https://flip.it/A2SWpH
Online entertainment is getting more expensive these days. New YouTube subscribers will now be faced with a higher cost for an ad-free premium plan, months after the video sharing platform announced a price hike of its Music Premium service. https://flip.it/w2rLr-
In related news: Netflix says its subscribers have grown since its password-sharing crackdown. https://flip.it/CpEyIo
#AI#GenerativeAI#Hollywood#Entertainment#Film#TV: "In entertainment, right now we have of course directors and writers and actors and cinematographers and a crew and the distribution and all of that. But what if we do generative AI, fed it in all of these films and then made available to viewers something that was customized to them, customized to their viewing habits. And they have many years of every individual’s viewing habits. And let’s say you watch films that are Hong Kong action films and you also watch a lot of nature documentaries. So they’re going to put together nature documentaries/Hong Kong action films, et cetera.
So that’s one thing, these customized pieces. Then they can also for an upcharge, ask every viewer to go to a particular establishment and go get themselves scanned and then they can put them in the film. Another thing, they’ll ask you to upload a picture and which is all you need for face replacement. And they can replace, let’s say you order up or I want to watch Star Wars tonight and put my face on Luke Skywalker’s body, and I’m talking about things that are currently available.
And then for the future, and I don’t know how close we are to something like this, but I think it’s definitely on the very near horizon is feed in all the episodes of an old show, let’s say MAS*H or Fran Drescher’s show, The Nanny or something. And let’s say they only did six seasons, they could generate a 7th season without any overhead, but the cost of the generative AI processing."
I wonder if this means people will need to start copywriting themselves and their likenesses?
"The Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) is particularly concerned about the use of AI to create digital likenesses of actors without ongoing consent or appropriate compensation."
Aretha Franklin's sons, Kecalf and Edward, are "very, very happy" after a jury decided a document that was handwritten in 2014 and found in their mother's couch is a valid will. Their older brother, Ted White, had testified against that document, saying his mother typically would get important papers drawn up "conventionally and legally."
Oscar winner Jamie Foxx has officially spoken out about his mysterious medical emergency in April. Entertainment Weekly tells us more, including why Foxx avoided the public eye during his recovery. https://flip.it/fHv1q- #Entertainment#JamieFoxx#Hollywood
Every year, hundreds of #greyhounds in #WestVirginia suffer from painful broken bones, dislocations, and muscle injuries as they are forced to race for people’s “ #entertainment .”
The state’s two tracks are the only places left in the country where the cruel #racing is allowed — and 666 greyhounds paid for it in 2021 alone,
No dog deserves to suffer and die for people’s #entertainment. This bill must pass – and legislators also must make sure to include provisions for the retired racers to find loving, #ForeverHomes.
Filmkritik: "Oppenheimer" interessiert sich nicht so für Physik
Am Donnerstag entbrennt an den Kinokassen der Kampf der Titanen: "Barbie" vs. "Oppenheimer" – beide wollen die Box-Office-Krone, einen haben wir uns angesehen.
"Sound of Freedom" has been feted by Mel Gibson and Tony Robbins, is getting enthusiastic write-ups from faith-based publications, and has done better than expected at the box office. Vice News reports on the murky history of Operation Underground Railroad, the group mythologized in the movie.
Filmkritik: "Oppenheimer" interessiert sich nicht so für Physik
Am Donnerstag entbrennt an den Kinokassen der Kampf der Titanen: "Barbie" vs. "Oppenheimer" – beide wollen die Box-Office-Krone, einen haben wir uns angesehen.
When "Orange Is the New Black" launched in 2013, it broke new ground through its casting, storytelling and direction. Ten years on, culture critic Scarlett Harris examines its legacy.
Aretha Franklin's sons are facing each other in court over the Queen of Soul's estate. It was originally believed that she had left no will, but nine months after her death in August 2018, three handwritten documents were found at her home, and in April 2023, reports surfaced of a fourth will. Here's more on the complicated, protracted battle.
I’m not sure how we’ve gotten from “all art has assumptions built into it and unpicking these is illuminating - it tells you things about the artist and the broader context in which the work was created and can also be used to examine the difference between that context and your own” to “all art that does not explicitly endorse U.S. millennial/Gen Z progressive politics is evil and must be rejected with great rhetorical force” but I hate it. #politics#art#entertainment
Regal Warren movie theater in Old Town (Wichita) closing (www.kake.com)
Employees at the Regal Warren Movie Theater in Old Town informed KAKE News on Sunday that the theater will be closing its doors this Friday.