MEDIA

The 1969 road movie had an unusually messy shoot, thanks largely to director/star Dennis Hopper. (Co-star/producer Peter Fonda later described Hopper as "a bit of a megalomaniac.") - BBC

"For the first time, internal TikTok communications have been made public that show a company unconcerned with the harms the app poses for American teenagers. This is despite its own research validating many child safety concerns." - NPR

It’s a line that most documentarians and people who write movie adaptations of nonfiction wouldn't use: “This is a true story.” - Los Angeles Times

Or, maybe, if you enjoy free streaming: DirecTV is joining the FAST - Free, Ad-Supported TV - network game. - CNET

That was when he used a generated voice for Anthony Bourdain. "I was like, ‘Oh, it'd be fun to use this, and it'd be a funny thing to talk about when we do.’ … Then the shit hit the fan.” - Wired

This isn’t, like, for Uber and Lyft - but for making the city look like Southern California. - The New York Times

This is just confusing. “The film stages each number with curious hesitancy, as though it were embarrassed to go full Sondheim. Phillips has made a jukebox spectacle that’s bold in conception but oddly cautious, even timorous, in execution.” - Vulture

But it’s having a serious identity crisis right now. - Slate

The film’s legacy in pop culture is enduring. Cameron’s dark vision of the future created a cultural shock that continues to resonate to this day. “I’ll be back,” remains one of the most iconic one-liners in movie history. - The Conversation

While the true effect of piracy on sales revenue is likely somewhere between those two extremes, piracy's precise financial impact on a game has always been hard to nail down. - Ars Technica

"The Writers Guild of America West has ordered its members to cease working with The Expendables producer Millennium Pictures, citing that the company is not a signatory to its current union agreement" and has failed to pay writers when and as required by the WGA contract rules. - The Hollywood Reporter

"Los Angeles film and TV production fell 19.7% to just 183 projects in 2023, according to an updated three-year analysis of scripted content by FilmLA released Wednesday." - TheWrap

Redbox’s parent filed for bankruptcy in the summer, saying it lacked the cash to buy the rights to many new releases, and the kiosk operator subsequently went out of business. It left 24,000 movie vending machines still in the field. - The Wall Street Journal

Especially Denis Phillips in Tampa, where — in a state where climate denialism is spreading, encouraged by the Governor and his party — for 30 years viewers have respected and paid attention to him, regardless of their own leanings. Especially during hurricane season. - Slate (MSN)

"The Hollywood Reporter spoke with (director Ali) Abbasi and (producer and distributor James) Shani to discuss The Apprentice‘s counter-intuitive approach to the world’s most divisive real estate developer — and the behind-the-scenes story of how they raced against the clock to ensure the movie would be widely seen." - The Hollywood Reporter