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FCC To Consider Rules For AI-Generated Political Ads On TV and Radio, But Can't Touch Streaming
- Monday, May. 27, 2024
The head of the Federal Communications Commission introduced last week (5/22) a proposal to require political advertisers to disclose when they use content generated by artificial intelligence in...
"Furiosa," "Garfield" Top Slowest Memorial Day Weekend Box Office In Decades
- Sunday, May. 26, 2024
Movie theaters are looking more and more like a wasteland this summer. Neither " Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga " nor " The Garfield Movie " could save Memorial Day weekend, which is cruising towards a...
Sean Baker Wins Palme d'Or At Cannes Film Festival For "Anora"
- Saturday, May. 25, 2024
Sean Baker's "Anora," a comic but devastating Brooklyn odyssey about a sex worker who marries the son of a wealthy Russian oligarch, won the Cannes Film Festival's top award, the Palme d'Or....
Involuntary Manslaughter Charge Against Alec Baldwin Advances Toward Trial With New Court Ruling
- Friday, May. 24, 2024
A New Mexico judge has rejected a request by Alec Baldwin to dismiss the sole criminal charge against him in a fatal shooting on the set of the movie "Rust," keeping the case on track for a trial...
Documentary Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, An Oscar Nominee For "Super Size Me," Dies At 53
- Friday, May. 24, 2024
Documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, an Oscar nominee whose most famous works skewered America's food industry and who notably ate only at McDonald's for a month to illustrate the dangers of a...
Tubi Emerges From "Rabbit Hole" To Win U.S. Grand Effie
- Friday, May. 24, 2024
The campaign that got everyone reaching for their remote on advertising’s biggest night has earned this year’s Grand Effie in the United States. Tubi TV and Mischief @ No Fixed Address’ “Tubi...
"Expats" Reunites Director Lulu Wang, DP Anna Franquesa-Solano and Editor Matt Friedman
- Friday, May. 24, 2024
Writer-director-producer Lulu Wang--with an independent film pedigree punctuated by The Farewell, a Humanitas Prize winner, recipient of the Best Feature honor at the Independent Spirit...
Mohammad Rasoulof Fled Iran To Debut "Sacred Fig" At Cannes, Has More Stories To Tell
- Thursday, May. 23, 2024
Mohammad Rasoulof was facing eight years in prison — and likely more considering the uncompromising nature of his latest film, "The Seed of the Sacred Fig" — when he decided to flee Iran.
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Doner Names Ben Grossman As President, Launches Inclusive Marketing Practice Headed By Alima Trapp
- Thursday, May. 23, 2024
Doner, part of Stagwell Global, has promoted Ben Grossman to president and launched its first Inclusive Marketing Practice. Grossman--who will report directly to Doner Partners Network (DPN) chair...
Poignant "America Erased" Film Tops SHOOT’s VFX & Animation Q1 Chart
- Thursday, May. 23, 2024
In the last few years, a number of states have passed legislation banning specific books, and critical parts of American history--erasing the stories and contributions of marginalized people in...