Permits For New York City Production Plunged Again In July Amid Strikes

Drew Barrymore was quickly ushered offstage during a New York panel event with singer-actor Reneé Rapp when a man rushed toward the stage and loudly demanded to speak with Barrymore.

The New York Film and Television Union Coalition is praising a pair of identical bills pending in New York State that would “prohibit applicants to the Empire State film production credit from using artificial intelligence that would displace any natural person in their productions.”

Conan O’Brien will bring his podcast Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend to this year’s New York Comedy Festival, with a taping of the live episode later airing on Team Coco’s SiriusXM Channel.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter New York Film Festival will serve as the world premiere of Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdie’s genre-defying series “The Curse,” led by Emma Stone; and Garth Davis’s science-fiction drama “Foe,” starring Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal. They will screen as part of Spotlight, which Film at Lincoln Center describes as a selection of “significant and surprising films, one-of-a-kind presentations including adventurous portraits of creative minds, one-night only events with live musical accompaniment, bold short films by acclaimed directors, and probing documentaries.” As previously announced, Bradley Cooper’s “Maestro” will hold its North American premiere on Oct.

Garth Davis’s science-fiction sci-fi drama Foe, directed by Garth Davis (Lion) and starring Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal, will have its world premiere at the New York Film Festival.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor New York City is the latest government entity to prohibit the use of TikTok — the popular video entertainment app owned by China’s ByteDance — on devices owned by the city. The NYC Cyber Command, a division of the city’s Office of Technology & Innovation, said city workers must stop using TikTok effective immediately after the online security team determined that the app “posed a security threat to the city’s technical networks.” “While social media is great at connecting New Yorkers with one another and the city, we have to ensure we are always using these platforms in a secure manner,” a rep for the New York City mayor’s office said in a statement to the Verge, which first reported the ban.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor UPDATED, 3:55 p.m. ET: X, Elon Musk’s new name for the social network formerly known as Twitter, appears to be adding an approximately five-second delay to links that are redirected to certain sites, including Meta’s Facebook, Instagram and Threads. Earlier Tuesday, X’s delay also was applied to links to the New York Times and Reuters.

In the mid-2000s, on Friday nights in the sweaty basement of Retro Bar, the DJs would play The Walkmen song The Rat.

Elite Model Management NYC.However, she soon discovered that her true calling, pageant life, combined all her passions.“Pageantry for me is a mix of everything I love to do – being onstage, dancing, a mix of modeling, photo shoots and speaking with others. It’s literally all my passions in one,” the Nashville native, who has called NYC home for the past 12 years, told The Post.Perhaps most importantly, the pageant world gave her a platform to share her story of survival.After surviving a sexual assault at age 4, di Stasio — who works with the nonprofit Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network, also known as RAINN — is determined to help other victims.“[I’m] ready for my voice to be heard, my story to be shared and be part of something beautiful,” she told The Post ahead of the Miss New York 2021 pageant.

Film at Lincoln Center has set the 32 features from 18 countries making up the Main Slate of the New York Film Festival, from Cannes prize-winners Anatomy Of A Fall by Justine Triet (Palme d’Or) and Zone Of Interest by Jonathan Glazer (Grand Prix), to the latest by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Wim Wenders, Agnieszka Holland, Hong Sangsoo, Radu Jude, Yorgos Lanthimos and Alice Rohrwacher.

Dua Lipa is addressing her relationship with the media.

First showing in spring of 1988, The Wonder Years was a cultural phenomenon with coming-of-age fans worldwide. It became an instant ratings hit, but there’s one fan-favourite character in particular who has drastically changed. Former child star, Josh Saviano, now 47, looks completely different and in a fun twist of fate, he has ended up working in the same job as his character Paul Pfeiffer did 35 years ago.

Katie Holmes is enjoying a sunny day in the city.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor A crowd of several thousand people — lured by the promise of free PlayStation 5s by a popular Twitch streamer — descended on Union Square in New York City on Friday afternoon, and became violent and uncontrollable, according to police. The Twitch influencer, Kai Cenat, along with a streamer known as Fanum had encouraged their followers to come to Union Square at 4 p.m. in a social media posts about giving away multiple Sony PlayStation 5 game consoles.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor A veteran behind-the-camera staffer at CNN died Wednesday after experiencing a “medical emergency” at the Warner Bros. Discovery outlet’s New York headquarters, employees learned from a memo.

Prince Harry and Meghan have appeared together for the first time since their New York car chase incident in May.

Danny DeVito and ex Rhea Perlman were all smiles during a mini "Taxi" reunion in the Big Apple. The 78-year-old actor and the "Cheers" alum joined co-stars Tony Danza and Carol Kane at the opening night of the play "Let’s Call Her Patty" hosted at the Lincoln Center Claire Tow Theater earlier this week. The former "Taxi" castmates stepped out on the red carpet for a picture-perfect moment, as the four actors wrapped their arms around each other for photos.

Brent Lang Executive Editor Juliet Stevenson seems almost ashamed. There was a moment a few weeks ago when the boundaries between Ruth Wolff, the gifted but abrasive physician whose downfall drives the action of “The Doctor,” and Stevenson became too porous. “I crossed this line and didn’t know who I was,” Stevenson says on a recent afternoon at the Park Avenue Armory, where she has been performing in the play since June.

Aaron Rodgers‘ move from the Green Bay Packers to the New York Jets comes with a big change — a pay cut.

Michael Mann’s Ferrari has been selected as the closing-night movie at the New York Film Festival in October. The news Thursday comes after the pic starring Adam Driver and Penélope Cruz was tapped to world premiere in competition in August at the Venice Film Festival.