2023 was a labor-heavy year for the entertainment industry thanks to the Hollywood strikes. While actors, writers, and directors now have new deals, other parts of the industry are still working to ensure better conditions and AI safeguards. Were There Any Scenes Cut Connecting Ghostbusters: Afterlife to Frozen Empire? Late Friday night, it was revealed … Read more
Swifties searching for Taylor Swift content on X are back on after a temporary block over the weekend. The pop star’s name was briefly unsearchable on the social media platform amid a scandal involving AI-generated explicit photos. X reinstated searches for “Taylor Swift” on Monday evening. The ability to search the pop star’s name “has been re-enabled … Read more
Swifties searching for Taylor Swift content on X will come up empty right now. The pop star’s no longer searchable on the social media platform. Those going on X, formerly Twitter, and typing Swift’s name will instead be greeted with the message “Something went wrong. Try reloading.” At the bottom of the search page reads another message, … Read more
The era of streaming services being reticent to share viewership information appears to be ending, as Netflix, one of the biggest in the biz, is now touting the arrival of its twice-yearly “What We Watched: A Netflix Engagement Report.” ‘Even AI Rappers are Harassed by Police’ | AI Unlocked Though the streamer has shared “top … Read more
At the start of November, SAG-AFTRA managed to secure a tentative deal with studios to bring the actors strike to an end. As the union’s members are voting on the contract, SAG-AFTRA has released its draft for the general public to go through in its full, 128-page glory. Who’s This Thing Actually for? | PlayStation … Read more
Ben Barnes as the Darkling and Jessie Mei Li as Alina Starkov in Shadow and Bone.Image: Netflix It’s a sad day for fans of Netflix’ Shadow and Bone. The series adaptation of Leigh Bardugo’s fantasy novels—which was developed by Arrival’s Eric Heisserer and gobbled up by passionate viewers—will not return for a third season. This cancellation … Read more
Timothée Chalamet hit the Saturday Night Live stage over the weekend, just a few days after SAG-AFTRA tentatively approved a deal with the AMPTP, ostensibly ending the strike after 118 days. The 27-year-old star hosted for the second time, and used the the first half of his monologue to really embrace actors once again being … Read more
Image: SAG/AFTRA Following the news Wednesday night that the SAG-AFTRA strike had come to an end after nearly 120 days, supporters have been waiting to hear more details about the tentative agreement. Today, union president Fran Drescher, national executive director and chief negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, and others held a press conference following the SAG-AFTRA National … Read more
Nearly 120 days after authorizing an actors strike, SAG-AFTRA may have finally locked down a deal. The New M3-Powered iMacs Are Triggering Serious Deja Vu According to the Hollywood Reporter, the union revealed it and the AMPTP have come to an agreement after months of on-and-off (and often contentious) negotiating. During that time, SAG-AFTRA told … Read more
Amid the long and arduous SAG-AFTRA strike, the stars of The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes will have the option of promoting their film and walking red carpets if they so choose. Lionsgate, a company that is not part of the struck AMPTP, has secured an interim agreement with SAG-AFTRA, Deadline reports. This … Read more