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Monday, May. 6, 2024

With some help from artificial intelligence, country music star Randy Travis, celebrated for his timeless hits like "Forever and Ever, Amen" and "I Told You So," has his voice back. In July 2013,... read more


Monday, May. 6, 2024

LONDON --
The Sweetshop is joining forces with futurist Tomas Roope and AI artist Jacqui Kenny in a partnership called The Gardening.Club. The moniker springs from Roope’s use of the “gardening” metaphor for... read more


Monday, May. 6, 2024

Filmmaker Doug Liman realized quickly he wasn't on his home turf anymore. Matt Damon, who he'd directed in "The Bourne Identity" over 20 years ago, had recruited Liman for his new movie "The... read more


Sunday, May. 5, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) --
"The Fall Guy," the Ryan Gosling-led, action-comedy ode to stunt performers, opened below expectations with $28.5 million, according to studio estimates Sunday, providing a lukewarm start to a summer... read more


Saturday, May. 4, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) --
Google's preeminence as an internet search engine is an illegal monopoly propped up by more than $20 billion spent each year by the tech giant to lock out competition, Justice Department lawyers... read more


Saturday, May. 4, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) --
The filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun is walking down a path in Green-wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, looking for the pond they sat beside while working on the script to the film"I Saw the TV Glow." Cemeteries... read more


Friday, May. 3, 2024

LOS ANGELES --
Élodie Ichter has joined Light Iron, the postproduction creative services division of Panavision, as a senior colorist. Ichter will work out of Light Iron’s New York facility, leveraging the company’... read more


Friday, May. 3, 2024

LOS ANGELES --
Rakish, the artist-driven production collective co-founded by managing director Preston Garrett and Golden Globe-nominated director Marc Forster, has brought Bruce St. Clair aboard its directorial... read more


Friday, May. 3, 2024

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. --
Powerhouse VFX has added VFX supervisor Kevin Blank to its creative team. Blank, who recently completed work on Paramount+’s 1923 and Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender , has supervised assorted... read more


Friday, May. 3, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) --
The judge overseeing a pivotal antitrust trial focused on whether Google is stifling competition and innovation repeatedly indicated Thursday that he believes it would be difficult for a formidable... read more


Friday, May. 3, 2024

LOS ANGELES --
Just getting to join the Directors Guild of America (DGA) several years back was “a huge moment in my career,” recalled Sarah Adina Smith, citing her transition from industry outsider to feeling a... read more


Thursday, May. 2, 2024

The films of Ryusuke Hamaguchi unspool with elegant everyday ease and yet anything can happen. Lives take sudden detours. Seemingly minor characters become primary ones. People are brought together... read more


Thursday, May. 2, 2024

Sony Pictures and the private equity firm Apollo Global Management have expressed interest in buying Paramount Global for $26 billion, according to a person familiar with the details. Sony would be... read more


Thursday, May. 2, 2024

Ethan Hawke and his daughter Maya Hawke have a running joke about their Flannery O'Connor movie. "Wildcat," which Ethan directed and Maya stars in as O'Connor, was made with complete sincerity. It's... read more


Thursday, May. 2, 2024

NEW YORK --
The Clio Awards revealed and honored the 2024 Grand Clio winners at an awards ceremony hosted by actress, comedian, and writer Andrea Savage. True to the global nature of the competition, Grand-... read more


Thursday, May. 2, 2024

ATHENS, Ga. --
Mel Brooks, the award-winning actor, comedian, writer, and director whose career has spanned over seven decades, will receive the Peabody Career Achievement Award. And Quinta Brunson, the award-... read more


Friday, May. 3, 2024

The gifts that can be derived from listening are significant--particularly when it comes to music and sound. And in that spirit, SHOOT sought out music and audio professionals to gain insights into... read more


Thursday, May. 2, 2024

Artists from Universal Music Group, which include Drake, Adele, Bad Bunny and Billie Eilish, will be returning to TikTok as the two parties have struck a new licensing agreement following an... read more


Thursday, May. 2, 2024

Cannes Lions has announced the lineup of global experts from across the creative industries who will shortlist world-class creative work this June. Work from across the globe will be judged, awarded... read more


Thursday, May. 2, 2024

In the warmly charming rom-com "The Idea of You," Anne Hathaway plays a 40-year-old divorcee and Silver Lake art gallery owner who, after taking her teenage daughter to Coachella, becomes... read more


Thursday, May. 2, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. --
The DC/DOX documentary film festival in the nation’s capital has announced the full slate of films for its second edition. In addition to the previously announced Signature Screenings of Super/Man:... read more


Wednesday, May. 1, 2024

LOS ANGELES --
The Television Academy Foundation has appointed Anne Vasquez as its executive director effective May 13. She will oversee daily operations and provide strategic leadership of its programs and... read more


Wednesday, May. 1, 2024

VENICE, Calif. --
Durable Goods has signed director Lionel Coleman for commercial representation in the U.S. market. From narrative to docu-style ads, sports to visual lifestyle, Coleman’s commercial portfolio spans... read more


Wednesday, May. 1, 2024

NEW YORK --
Sibling Films--part of the New York and L.A.-based brand studio and production company Sibling Rivalry--has added Joan Bosch to its directorial roster for U.S. representation spanning commercials and... read more


Wednesday, May. 1, 2024

NEW YORK --
Craig Elimeliah has been appointed chief creative officer at Code and Theory, a technology-led creative agency. The Stagwell shop maintains a staff of 50 percent engineers and 50 percent creatives... read more