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Cameo Offers Actors a Lifeline During a Prolonged Industry Strike

Cameo Offers Actors a Lifeline During a Prolonged Industry Strike

AUGUST 29, 2023

New Reality Show Deep Fake Love May Unleash a Lot of New Problems into The World

New Reality Show Deep Fake Love May Unleash a Lot of New Problems into The World

AUGUST 14, 2023

Korean Pop Star Releases Latest Song in Six Languages Using AI

Korean Pop Star Releases Latest Song in Six Languages Using AI

AUGUST 9, 2023

How The Nintendo NES Game Console Changed the World

How The Nintendo NES Game Console Changed the World

AUGUST 7, 2023

Why Barbie Isn't the Biggest Movie Marketing Story This Week

Why Barbie Isn't the Biggest Movie Marketing Story This Week

JULY 24, 2023

How Barbie May Start A New Era Of Resurgent Toys From Mattel

How Barbie May Start A New Era Of Resurgent Toys From Mattel

JULY 3, 2023

Why Is Everyone Watching TV With The Subtitles On?

Why Is Everyone Watching TV With The Subtitles On?

JUNE 5, 2023

Spoiler Alert: New Research Says Spoilers Might Not Ruin a Movie or Show After All

Spoiler Alert: New Research Says Spoilers Might Not Ruin a Movie or Show After All

MAY 19, 2023

The Plight of TV Writers and the Hollywood Writer's Strike

The Plight of TV Writers and the Hollywood Writer's Strike

MAY 4, 2023

How Hollywood Is Rethinking Movie Marketing Strategy ... and Why It Is Helping Everyone Win

How Hollywood Is Rethinking Movie Marketing Strategy ... and Why It Is Helping Everyone Win

APRIL 14, 2023

What You Can Learn From Ed Sheeran's Latest Single Release

What You Can Learn From Ed Sheeran's Latest Single Release

MARCH 27, 2023

Movie "You People" (Maybe) Used CGI For A Kiss That Didn't Fool Anybody

Movie "You People" (Maybe) Used CGI For A Kiss That Didn't Fool Anybody

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

What You Can Learn About Netflix's Storytelling Experiments

What You Can Learn About Netflix's Storytelling Experiments

JANUARY 5, 2023

The Unnerving Perfection of the Avatar Movie's Frame Rate

JANUARY 4, 2023

Inspirational New Film Depicts One Indian Family's Chance Encounter With Neil Armstrong

Inspirational New Film Depicts One Indian Family's Chance Encounter With Neil Armstrong

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Is the Popularity of Older Songs Hurting the Sales of New Music?

Is the Popularity of Older Songs Hurting the Sales of New Music?

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Why Are Stories That Glorify Murderers So Popular?

Why Are Stories That Glorify Murderers So Popular?

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Deepfake Company Fakes the News That They Own the Rights to Bruce Willis' Digital Twin Likeness

Deepfake Company Fakes the News That They Own the Rights to Bruce Willis' Digital Twin Likeness

OCTOBER 3, 2022

How a Documentary About Human Hate Features the Perfect Target: Barney the Dinosaur

How a Documentary About Human Hate Features the Perfect Target: Barney the Dinosaur

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Virtual AI-Powered Rapper FN Meka Gets Signed To a Record Deal, Then Immediately Dropped

Virtual AI-Powered Rapper FN Meka Gets Signed To a Record Deal, Then Immediately Dropped

AUGUST 24, 2022

The New Ring-Based Reality Show Is Making the Dystopia Real

The New Ring-Based Reality Show Is Making the Dystopia Real

AUGUST 17, 2022

3 Marketing Lessons From The Minions Movie

3 Marketing Lessons From The Minions Movie

JULY 10, 2022

Netflix's Latest Reality Show Concept Features Spoiled “Snowflake” Gen-Zers

Netflix's Latest Reality Show Concept Features Spoiled “Snowflake” Gen-Zers

JUNE 22, 2022

The Real Reason Matrix Resurrections Bombed (And What It Tells Us)

The Real Reason Matrix Resurrections Bombed (And What It Tells Us)

MAY 25, 2022