Five years on, little has changed, say women behind the scenes. One woman in editorial says, "Realistically, you may have to be willing to jettison your career to break through these behaviors that have been in place for a very long time." - The Hollywood Reporter
In 1934, Upton Sinclair shocked Californians by winning the Democratic primary for governor. Hollywood couldn't - and wouldn't - have it. - Los Angeles Times
Using deepfake technology, the actor appeared in a phone advert without ever being on set, after his face was digitally transplanted onto another performer. Willis allowed US firm Deepcake, which makes “digital twins”, to use his face. - The Telegraph
More specifically, the Radio Corporation of America (you know it as RCA), whose boss, David Sarnoff, stole some of Philo T. Farnsworth's technology, and then, when Farnsworth declined to sell his business to RCA, harassed the poor guy with lawsuits until he was a broken man. - Salon
"Exhibition giant and Regal owner Cineworld Group, which recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings in the U.S., predicted on Friday that cinema admissions in 2023 and 2024 would remain below levels recorded before the COVID-19 pandemic." - The Hollywood Reporter
Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, Russian films have not seen much travel to the west, particularly as those made with state funding have largely been unwelcome at major festivals. Tchaikovsky’s Wife, by Russian dissident Kirill Serebrennikov, however was selected in competition at Cannes. - Deadline
"North Texas Public Broadcasting, the parent company of news/talk KERA Dallas (90.1), is in the process of acquiring the Denton Record-Chronicle. ... Facilitating the transaction is The National Trust for Local News — a nonprofit dedicated to keeping local news in local hands." - Inside Radio
"The market regulator said that for more than two years, Theodore Farnsworth and former Netflix executive Mitchell Lowe, who were CEOs of Helios and Matheson Analytics and MoviePass, respectively, 'intentionally and repeatedly' disseminated materially false or misleading statements about the business." - Yahoo! (Los Angeles Times)
At a time when attitudes toward sex work, transgender individuals, and other sexual minorities are by and large changing for the better, it is perhaps ironic that Silicon Valley’s CEOs are so rapidly closing off the spaces where such communities have long gathered. - Wired
"The BBC, ITV and Sky News have been given until Monday to produce a 60-minute compilation of clips they would like to keep from (the) ceremonial events. ... Once the process is complete, the vast majority of other footage from ceremonial events will then be taken out of circulation." - The Guardian
"In the years since Serial took off, numerous productions, including later incarnations of the flagship show, have shifted attention from individual cases ripe for Reddit dissection to examinations of design flaws in the American criminal justice system" — flaws that led to Syed’s imprisonment in the first place. - The Guardian
At the very least, the museum’s rosy first-year financial picture makes it something of a rarity among nonprofit cultural institutions, many of which are still reeling from the pandemic. - The New York Times
Chinese creators use translation apps, dubbing software, and VPNs to help viewers speed-watch movies and TV dramas in English, Spanish, and Bahasa Indonesia. Despite the translation errors and robotic narrations, each clip garners anywhere between a few thousand to millions of views. - Rest of the World
In a request for more funding to pursue the case, the district attorney for Santa Fe County stated that "we will be potentially charging between one and four people with criminal charges ... includ(ing) some variation of our homicide statute." - CBS News
"It's still unclear exactly what markets in the region will be affected, but it's likely to include Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Kuwait — all of which are notorious for censoring movies over even the slightest hint of LGBTQ themes or content." - Variety
