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Beating a classic video game might sound like a fun hobby, but Fowler’s years of speedrunning have ballooned into a full-time gig. - Maclean's

Dubbing is a brilliant tool for film censorship. Sound films began to appear in the early 1930s, a time when many countries were falling under the sway of totalitarian regimes. - The Conversation

The former Alabama jurist and Senate candidate sued the actor/mockumentarian over the scene in the Netflix series Who Is America? in which Baron Cohen's supposed "anti-terrorism expert" wields a supposed "pedophile detector" which goes off as it gets close to Moore. - The Hollywood Reporter

It is "one of the first attempts to apply a new copyright directive adopted by the European Union intended to force internet platforms like Google and Facebook to compensate news organizations for their content." - The New York Times

And it isn't just Downton Abbey and Killing Eve: MasterChef and Naked Attraction air in dozens of countries. In fact, other nations are now considering mandated limits, fearing that UK programming is crowding out their own industries. - The Guardian

“Imagine being a theater owner and realizing studios need you less and less every day. Leverage is shifting rapidly in the streaming era toward the studios.” - Deadline

Nifty’s, which launches on Monday, is all about making NFTs more accessible to the average person who may not want to spend money (let alone millions) on a digital file that’s stored on a blockchain network. - Fast Company

We need productions that embrace social realism without condescension, interrogate class insightfully, and present characters that are not caricatures. - The Walrus

The auction house was shocked to see a game sell for more than a $1 million two days after the Zelda game broke its past record. - NBC

Let the predictions - and snub predictions: Small Axe and WandaVision, perhaps? - begin. - Los Angeles Times

That's right: Legally Blonde. - The New York Times

Disney and Netflix need the UK, but they're not alone, according to a new report that says it's time to build more studios and soundstages. - The Guardian (UK)

It's technical: The company "requires narrative feature films made for Netflix be shot on cameras with a 'true 4K UHD sensor.'" - Fast Company

Independent film producers don't have studios' deep pockets - and "a loss of insurance coverage and a surge in production costs have created a heavy burden." - Los Angeles Times

But a critic sees a lot fewer movies that way. - Los Angeles Times