63 h. ago ‘Have we done ourselves out of a job?’: concerns in film and TV industry over on

Actors unclear on rights over their data and what it will be used for, as cast and crew alike fear for future of their rolesOlivia Williams says actors need ‘nudity rider’-type controls for AI body scansFor performers on TV or movie sets, it is not unusual to receive a request to enter a booth filled with scores of cameras ready to capture their likeness from every possible angle. Yet with the cast and crew of productions already fretting over the coming role of AI in the industry, it is an increasingly troubling undertaking.“It happens without warning,” says Olivia Williams, who adds she has been scanned more times than she cares to remember during a career that has spanned from The Sixth Sense to Dune: Prophecy. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Meghan Markle's trip to Paris Fashion Week heralded as 'first positive PR in years'

Insiders say Meghan Markle is preparing for "yet another relaunch" in the world of business - in either the fashion or cosmetic industry - despite challenges with her film and television projects

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5 d. ago ‘It’s a big unknown’: California Democrat on Trump’s 100% tariff plan for foreign movies

Laura Friedman, who spent 20 years in Hollywood before winning her House seat, says film industry needs help but president’s vague policy idea is bafflingLaura Friedman’s love affair with film started young, staying up late to watch old Humphrey Bogart and James Cagney flicks. “It definitely gave me big dreams and I moved to Hollywood to follow those dreams,” she recalls.Now that dream is out of reach for many. Los Angeles is losing its allure as film producers increasingly turn to cheaper locations in other countries. But after 20 years working in the movie industry, Friedman is now uniquely placed to save it after she swapped Hollywood for the halls of Congress in Washington DC. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Are NHS workers about to strike? Junior doctors express concerns about job shortages

Thousands of junior doctors and low-paid NHS workers consider strike action, citing job shortages and pay issues

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1 week ago Britain’s biggest film school trumps wider arts industry in diversity, report finds

The National Film and Television School, which counts Nick Park, Roger Deakins and Joanna Hogg among its alumni, has trained some of the creatives behind recent UK-made smashes including ‘Wicked’ and ‘Baby Reindeer’

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2 w. ago Hollywood icon who helped launch Arnold Schwarzenegger’s career dies after health battle

A well-loved figure in the film industry, known for his huge impact on Hollywood and work with both Arnold Schwarzenegger and Quentin Tarantino, has sadly died

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2 w. ago Tilly Norwood: how scared should we be of the viral AI ‘actor’?

A bunch of code is being pushed as the next Scarlett Johansson, a creation that is already causing pushback from real human actorsIt takes a lot to be the most controversial figure in Hollywood, especially when Mel Gibson still exists. And yet somehow, in a career yet to even begin, Tilly Norwood has been inundated with scorn.This is for the simple fact that Tilly Norwood does not exist. Despite looking like an uncanny fusion of Gal Gadot, Ana de Armas and High School Musical-era Vanessa Hudgens, Norwood is the creation of an AI talent studio called Xicoia. And if Xicoia is to be believed, then Norwood represents the dazzling future of the film industry. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Trump makes new threat of 100% tariff on any movie made outside of the US in potential hammer blow to UK film industry

Trump did not specify when or how the tariff could be enacted, but if he follows through with the threat, it would mark the first time he has imposed a levy on a service rather than a raw good.

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3 w. ago Claudia Cardinale: toughness and charisma went with the sensual allure

The smouldering star of Once Upon a Time in the West, 8½ and The Leopard had her best roles for Italian directors• Claudia Cardinale, star of The Leopard, dies aged 87• Claudia Cardinale: a life in picturesClaudia Cardinale was part of the great wave of Italian movie stars whose postwar career took them from Europe to Hollywood; these included Sophia Loren, Gina Lollobrigida and Monica Vitti, who the American film industry prized not merely for their beauty but also for their mystery: an exotic feline allure and sense of toughness and survival, and even tragedy. But Cardinale perhaps had something her contemporaries didn’t: a kind of simplicity and frankness to go with the sensual allure. She often played opposite Alain Delon, whose own beauty complemented – almost merged with – hers.In Visconti’s early masterpiece Rocco and His Brothers from 1960, Cardinale played Ginetta, engaged to one of Rocco’s brothers from the uncouth south and her parents are openly hostile when their son-in...

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3 w. ago Claudia Cardinale had toughness, charisma and sensual allure. Yet Hollywood just couldn’t do her justice

The smouldering star of Once Upon a Time in the West, 8½ and The Leopard had her best roles for Italian directors• Claudia Cardinale, star of The Leopard, dies aged 87• Claudia Cardinale: a life in picturesClaudia Cardinale was part of the great wave of Italian movie stars whose postwar career took them from Europe to Hollywood; these included Sophia Loren, Gina Lollobrigida and Monica Vitti, who the American film industry prized not merely for their beauty but also for their mystery: an exotic feline allure and sense of toughness and survival, and even tragedy. But Cardinale perhaps had something her contemporaries didn’t: a kind of simplicity and frankness to go with the sensual allure. She often played opposite Alain Delon, whose own beauty complemented – almost merged with – hers.In Visconti’s early masterpiece Rocco and His Brothers from 1960, Cardinale played Ginetta, engaged to one of Rocco’s brothers from the uncouth south and her parents are openly hostile when their son-in...

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3 w. ago Mission Alarum review – dreadful Sylvester Stallone spy thriller shames cinema itself

Donald Trump’s ‘special ambassador to Hollywood’ plays a grizzled agent in this dismal action movie Back at the beginning of the second Trump administration (which feels like the Jurassic era now), the president named Sylvester Stallone, Mel Gibson and Jon Voight “special ambassadors to a great but troubled place, Hollywood, California.” No one seems to be quite sure what these ambassadorships entail or if any of that troika of right-wing fellow travellers have fulfilled any official duties. But on the evidence of this, Stallone is already letting the side down – by making a film so bad it shames American cinema itself. And it wasn’t even made in Hollywood! Instead, it was shot in Ohio (pretending, deeply unconvincingly, to be Poland), making this what’s called a runaway production, the phenomenon that is undermining Hollywood’s film-making industry.However, this cheapola would-be spy thriller is bad all on its own, whatever its politics. The idea is that secret agents Joe (Scott Ea...

Events

3 w. ago ‘Conclave,’ ‘Sentimental Value’ Producers Among Expert Voices Set for BFI London Film Festival Industry Forum

‘Conclave,’ ‘Sentimental Value’ Producers Among Expert Voices Set for BFI London Film Festival Industry Forum  The Hollywood Reporter

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3 w. ago ‘Conclave’ Producer Tessa Ross Among Headline Speakers At London Film Festival Industry Forum

‘Conclave’ Producer Tessa Ross Among Headline Speakers At London Film Festival Industry Forum  Deadline

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3 w. ago London Film Festival Unveils Industry Forum With ‘Conclave,’ ‘Sentimental Value’ Producers Among Speakers

London Film Festival Unveils Industry Forum With ‘Conclave,’ ‘Sentimental Value’ Producers Among Speakers  Variety

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