TIFF has begun announcing their Conversation With… (ICW) series for this year’s fest with Oscar winner Pedro Almodóvar, Hong Kong actor Andy Lau and Concrete Utopia Korean stars Lee Byung-hun and ParkSeo-jun set to sit down for chats.
26.07.2023 - 18:53 / variety.com
Andrew Wallenstein President and Chief Media Analyst In the second of a two-part interview on Variety’s “Strictly Business” podcast, Soul Machines CEO Greg Cross casts his eye toward the future of how his business marrying state-of-the-art animation with artificial intelligence will be utilized in the world of Hollywood celebrity. Cross delves into the challenge of building technology ideally situated for the metaverse, which hasn’t materialized quite as quickly as advocates for that three-dimensional environment had envisioned.
Listen to the podcast here: “We’ve got past the hype cycle that we had all got overexcited about it last year,” said Cross on the latest episode of “Strictly Business.” And we’re now into what are the building blocks of that metaverse experience? One of the really important things is artificial intelligence is an incredibly important building block in the creation of these digital worlds of the future.” Cross expressed concerns that the software Soul Machines is designing could be misappropriated but said that’s true of any innovation since the beginning of humankind. “Any technology that we can think of that has ever we’ve ever invented, there have always been a small percentage of the population who are bad actors who want to use it to rip people off,” he remarked.
“And that’s a human trait that exists in the real world, it will certainly exist in the digital people world in the world of artificial intelligence as well.” In the first part of the interview published last week, Cross discusses selling the ability to enable consumers to interact one-on-one with a CGI simulation of their favorite celebrity powered by AI. “Strictly Business” is Variety’s weekly podcast featuring conversations with
.TIFF has begun announcing their Conversation With… (ICW) series for this year’s fest with Oscar winner Pedro Almodóvar, Hong Kong actor Andy Lau and Concrete Utopia Korean stars Lee Byung-hun and ParkSeo-jun set to sit down for chats.
The outgoing Chair of BAFTA has used his exit interview to urge writers, actors and studios to “come together to find a fair, equitable solution,” while pointing to gains required in “hidden areas” of diversity.
Ethan Shanfeld HBO has ordered Sam Mendes and Armando Iannucci’s superhero movie-making comedy “The Franchise” to series. Himesh Patel and Aya Cash star alongside previously announced cast Jessica Hynes, Billy Magnussen, Lolly Adefope, Darren Goldstein, Isaac Powell, Richard E. Grant and Daniel Brühl.
Sandra Bullock's close friends is sharing her support for the Oscar winning star in the wake of the death of her longtime partner, Bryan Randall. On Tuesday, Octavia Spencer took to Instagram to pay tribute to Randall and to mourn his tragic death after a private three-year battle with ALS. Randall was 57.
Former Disney Channel star Raven-Symoné revealed she had two breast reductions and lipo before her 18th birthday, following claims she experienced body shaming as a child star.The 37-year-old, who is best known for playing titular character Raven Baxter in the show That's So Raven, made the upsetting admission in a recent episode of her podcast The Best Podcast Ever, which she hosts with wife Miranda Maday. Looking back on going under the knife before she'd even turned 18, Raven claimed that it was her that her father, Christopher B.
Grimes has spoken out about her love of Lizzo amid that lawsuit.
Lizzo is speaking out after it was revealed this week that she was being sued by three of her former backup dancers.
More Hollywood A-listers are matching Dwayne The Rock” Johnson’s $1 million donation to the SAG-AFTRA fund, more Hollywood A-listers are following suit.
, but this time there's one major difference — the titular turtles are actually played by teenagers!«They're often middle-aged men doing Teenage-Voiced Mutant Ninja Turtles,» joked Seth Rogen when he sat down with ET's Will Marfuggi to talk about how a life-long love of the titular turtles led to writing and producing the latest installment in the long-running franchise.«I was really the target audience for the first iteration of all this stuff,» he explained, noting that he watched the cartoons and movies as a kid and was «obsessed» with the toys. «My dad bought like, a big box of used toys at a garage sale when I was a kid, and so I had those and I played with them so much.»However, Rogen admitted, «I always thought that the 'Teenage' part of it was weirdly under-explored, you know?»For his movie, the star added in more details about the turtles' desire to be just regular teens, and wanted the cast to be made up of voice actors that were closer in age to their characters than past iterations.star Brady Noon, 17, is Raphael, the bravest and strongest — but also most impulsive — of his brothers, who wears a red mask and fights with two pronged sai weapons.
Whoopi Goldberg, 67, regrettably spoke about having sex in a pool Wednesday on “The View” — claiming the act is not all it’s splashed up to be.Her remarks came as panelists Joy Behar, 80, Sunny Hostin, 54, Alyssa Farah Griffin, 34, and Sara Haines, 45, discussed an article in the Wall Street Journal that detailed why having sex on vacation isn’t always so much fun.Behar mentioned she is a big fan of sex on the beach cocktails on getaways, while Goldberg noted she isn’t into the actual deed. “You know, sex on the beach is overrated,” Goldberg said. “Because, you know, if you tried to have sex in the pool, you know that’s not easy.
Blue Beetle” director Ángel Manuel Soto is an eternal optimist. It was January 2020 when Soto’s coming-of-age story “Charm City Kings” debuted at the Sundance Film Festival, winning the U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Prize for ensemble acting.
Lizzo is being sued by three former backup dancers for creating a hostile work environment and engaging in sexual harassment among other allegations.NBC News named the dancers involved as Arianna Davis, Crystal Williams, and Noelle Rodriguez. Davis and Williams both competed on the reality show Watch Out For The Big Grrrls to win the chance to join her troupe of backing dancers, while Rodriguez started dancing with Lizzo after appearing in the ‘Rumors’ video.
Three of Lizzo’s former backup dancers have filed a lawsuit against the singer.
Thania Garcia Lizzo and her production company are being accused of sexual harassment and creating a hostile work environment by a trio of the team’s former dancers, according to a legal complaint filed Tuesday. The lawsuit, independently viewed by Variety, was filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court against Lizzo (real name Melissa Viviane Jefferson), her production company Big Grrrl Big Touring, Inc. (BGBT), and Shirlene Quigley, captain of Lizzo’s dance team.
Humza Yousaf has set up a new ministerial group to reverse rising child poverty levels.
(G)I-DLE have released a brand-new video for their English single ‘I Do’, featuring stars from F4 Thailand: Boys Over Flowers.The new music video for (G)I-DLE’s ‘I Do’ reunites ‘Tu’ Tontawan Tantivejakul and ‘Dew’ Jirawat Sutivanisak, two of the stars of GMMTV’s 2021 romance series F4 Thailand: Boys Over Flowers.The clip centres on the relationship between Tu and Dew, starting from their blossoming young love as students in high school to an emotional break up during prom.Later, the duo reunite as adults during a chance encounter at a park. Notably, the new music video for ‘I Do’ does not feature an appearance from any member of (G)I-DLE.(G)I-DLE released ‘I Do’ on July 14, shortly after the girl group’s label CUBE Entertainment announced a new partnership with the Asian-focused music company 88rising.The original music video for ‘I Do’ starred the members of (G)I-DLE as an extraterrestrial who crash lands on Earth.
It was the split few saw coming on the “Sex and the City” Max reboot, “And Just Like That…”. Though Miranda Hobbes’ (Cynthia Nixon) relationship with Ché Diaz (Sara Ramirez) was a controversial move in the beloved franchise, the pair seemed smitten in their passionate love affair.
Max reboot,. Though Miranda Hobbes' (Cynthia Nixon) relationship with Ché Diaz (Sara Ramirez) was a controversial move in the beloved franchise, the pair seemed smitten in their passionate love affair. But in this week's most recent episode, they call it quits just moments after Miranda finally decides to proceed with her divorce from her estranged husband, Steve Brady (David Eigenberg). In an interview conducted with before the SAG-AFTRA strike, Ramirez, the nonbinary actor who plays the on-screen nonbinary comedian, discussed the trajectory of Miranda and Ché's tumultuous relationship that ultimately ended in heartbreak. Calling Ché a «very truthful character,» Ramirez said, «They tell you the truth whether you like what you're hearing or not.
Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music Whether it’s a soundtrack, a score or a song placement, there are countless wrong ways to do music for film and so few ways to make it feel right. There’s very little leeway, which is why it can be so challenging for even the most successful hitmakers to make the transition to film music — especially with a major film event like “Barbie.” With albums and songs by Amy Winehouse, Adele, Lady Gaga, Paul McCartney, Bruno Mars and many others under his belt, seven-time Grammy-winning producer Mark Ronson is one of the most successful pop songwriter-producers working today, yet his work on the soundtrack to Greta Gerwig’s summer blockbuster “Barbie” film — for which he co-wrote and co-produced five songs, cowrote the score with longtime collaborator Andrew Wyatt, and served as an executive music producer — was a new experience.
Ethan Slater has made his Instagram account private following news of his relationship with Ariana Grande.