"Just to reach the cineplex, people need to pass through a police checkpoint manned with heavily armed officers. Then they are then frisked at the theater entrance for bombs and weapons. Only those who've bought tickets online ahead of time are allowed in." - NPR
Mark Zuckerberg is obsessed with a virtual world no one wants, the company’s stock is down 70 percent from its peak, and it has lost $800 billion of its market capitalization. - Vice
An Artificial Intelligence (DALL-E) was tasked with imagining from their official synopses and titles what these movies, with their mix-and-match tropes and grab bag of Yuletide signifiers — movies that will one day be pitched, greenlighted and written by AI, if they aren’t already — might look like. - Los Angeles Times
It’s tempting to see Garfield as a footnote. But he was far better than his contemporaries at solving the puzzle of how to take the new acting techniques coming out of the New York theatre during the thirties and forties and adapt them for the screen. - The New Yorker
"Nothing short of a total overhaul of the category is in order. Every year, the Academy tweaks the rules, trying to improve the controversial and oft-criticized process by which the nominees are selected. ... But they won't get it right until the Academy rethinks the flawed logic behind the category." - Variety
"(The package gives) subscribers access to bonus content, ad-free episodes, and other perks from nearly a dozen NPR podcasts including Planet Money, Fresh Air, and Code Switch. To join NPR+, listeners must make a new recurring contribution to their local member station starting at $8/month or $96/year." - Nieman Lab
As a lot of the current people leave and a lot of new people who are there because of what they think Elon is going to do join, that’s going to significantly change the culture of the platform.” - The Atlantic
To pull in viewers, HBO’s early executives dreamed up a network that ended up reflecting contemporary culture — its policing and crime, politics and industry news — better than many newspaper sections devoted to those topics. - Washington Post
The film, headlined by Viola Davis, about the female warriors of the old kingdom of Dahomey (in present-day Benin), has been running at the Canal Olympia in Cotonou (the nation's largest city) for a month — and it's still sold out. - The Guardian
"Over the past few years, Cinecittà has grown enormously. The increase in demand for new series and movies — driven by global streamers — has put a premium on studio space. 'We've gone from a precarious situation, with 40-50 percent occupancy, to about 15 productions per day,' says Cinecittà's CEO." - The Hollywood Reporter
In the US, moves to rein in the video platform have gained momentum only relatively recently, although there’s little debate that the round of regulatory pressure is warranted. - The Guardian
"CNN is pulling back on the original series and films that have been a staple of its programming. ... Series like (Anthony) Bourdain's Parts Unknown, (Stanley) Tucci's Searching for Italy and W. Kamau Bell's United Shades of America ... were a pillar of the network under its previous leader, Jeff Zucker." - Variety
In the past, member stations have pushed back hard against any move by the network to raise funds directly from listeners rather than via the dues member stations pay. This initiative is aimed at "digital natives" who listen entirely online, and proceeds will be distributed to member stations. - Current
If Musk carries through on his ideas even partly, Twitter users could see big and confusing shifts in the platform’s features and social dynamics. - Wired
