The actor said he’ll found a film studio in Tanzania, and also, "I’m going to live in Accra, I’m going to live in Freetown, I’m going to live in Zanzibar. I’m going to try and go where they’re telling stories – that’s really important.” - The Guardian (UK)
The French industry may not appreciate this (until awards season): “Nearly half of the fest’s approximately 40 films and TV series ‘will be shown in Los Angeles before they’re premiering in France.’” - Variety
The show, dubbed “nicecore” had a lot of potential to be snarky - and sometimes its main character certainly is. But “the show is not driven by strife or messaging.” - HuffPost
The LA Times and Washington Post didn’t endorse a candidate, and it seems like their executives are "hoping to hedge their bets in advance of a very, very tight presidential election in which one of the candidates is a vindictive jerk with a massive grudge against the legacy media.” - Slate
Sean Baker’s Anora and his other films are “raw, intimate portraits of Americans who are often misrepresented or overlooked in pop culture, particularly sex workers.” - The Atlantic
"Weeks after letting its journalists go, OFF Radio Krakow relaunched this week, with what it said was 'the first experiment in Poland in which journalists … are virtual characters created by AI.' The station … said its three avatars are designed to reach younger listeners by speaking about cultural, art and social issues." - AP
"In fact, when the modern gaming industry was coming online, the Department of Defense already had skin in the game. … And Call of Duty might be the culmination of the digital marketing world’s efforts to capitalize on real-world military planning." - The Nation
A survey of 1,500 young people across the U.S. aged 10 to 24 — identified going to see a film on opening weekend as adolescents’ No. 1 preferred pastime when cost, transportation and other barriers are removed from the equation. - Los Angeles Times
"Since last summer, Lemon8 has more than tripled its user base, hitting 12 million downloads in the US (less than a tenth of TikTok's reach). But several users (are) skeptical that the pictures-and-video social app — which focuses on lifestyle content like beauty, food and travel — will have much staying power." - TheWrap (MSN)
"(The franchise) conveys a vital message about Earth’s creeping environmental catastrophe. Few survivors are left to warn humanity about the effects of nuclear weapons, but Godzilla remains eternal." - The Conversation
“I was at the forefront of CGI over three decades ago, and I’ve stayed on the cutting edge since. Now, the intersection of generative AI and CGI image creation is the next wave,” says director James Cameron. - The Conversation
"All of these media insiders have watched up close as the business that undergirds journalism (has) changed dramatically. ... We wanted to understand not just what this new state of media looks like but what the future of getting reliable news out in the world might actually be." - New York Magazine (MSN)
"Linear ratings for kids television have cratered over the last decade and changed the programming landscape completely. … The carefully curated programming blocks of the past have been upended by streaming, … (which) has disrupted decades of knowhow around developing and programming TV shows for children, upending the entire playing field." - TheWrap (MSN)
