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When the story becomes a marketable product, the production conditions, processes and relationships behind the storytelling are further obscured. It devalues the passage of negotiations and emotional investment that contribute to the filmmakers’ relationship with documentary subjects. - The Conversation

“The current record leaves little doubt that Montana’s Legislature and attorney general were more interested in targeting China’s ostensible role in TikTok than with protecting Montana consumers,” Judge Molloy wrote in his opinion. - The New York Times

It's the third round of cuts for Spotify, and "equates to about 1,500 jobs." - NPR

Sometimes, the scenery really does work - for instance, many people dropped everything and moved to New Zealand after seeing The Lord of the Rings, and one woman decided rural Wales was the place to be after watching the 1984 series Morgan's Boy. - The Guardian (UK)

"It wasn’t until they teamed up in 1976 to take their film criticism to an even wider audience through the medium of television that Siskel and Ebert became household names across the country and around the world." - Chicago Sun-Times

The film All of Us Strangers won best film, best screenplay, best director, best supporting actor and several craft awards. - Variety

When, 95 years ago, Virginia Woolf wrote Orlando: A Biography, she didn't know that her satirical, clever, sweeping love letter to an aristocrat would become a lifeline for trans artists across the world. - MSN (Los Angeles Times)

"So, what’s the craic with this Irish invasion?" - Slate

With the strikes over and awards season underway, Killers of the Flower Moon and Oppenheimer are looking strong - but it's early days. - Vulture

Paste Magazine, a digital pop culture publication based in Atlanta, announced Wednesday that it was buying Jezebel.com from G/O Media, which closed it and laid off its staff earlier this month. - AP

"The 96th Oscars will begin one hour early, with the official show starting at 7 p.m. Eastern for the first time, ABC said Thursday. The official pre-show will also begin earlier, at 6:30 p.m. Eastern. The show has traditionally begun at 8 p.m." - AP

"Montana’s first-in-the-nation law banning the video-sharing app TikTok in the state was blocked Thursday, one month before it was set to take effect, by a federal judge who called the measure unconstitutional." - AP

“It’s one thing to use to make a King Kong or a flying serpent (though this displaces many VFX/CGI artists), it is another thing to have an AI object play a human character instead of a real actor.” - Wired

"This is a discerning audience, and they are looking for added value, but they're listening to podcasts, their habits have changed." - BBC

It set the stage for the rise of empowering culturally rich narratives in the decade that followed. Subsequent hits included the strongly female-centric Moana (2016), Encanto (2021), and Turning Red (2022), marking a new era in animated storytelling celebrating different kinds of voices and perspectives. - The Conversation