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The director, Dag Johan Haugerud, “said the film was about the act of ‘writing and reading.’ He added that people should ‘write more and read more, it expands your mind.’” - The New York Times

“When I called one to ask how the season had gone, she responded with seven uninterrupted seconds of laughter. Thankfully, this week was the pencils-down moment” - Oscars voting is over, and there’s nothing more to be done. - Vulture

Has anything changed for young Black actors (or, for that matter, older Black actors) in Hollywood? - NPR

Legally, "producers do not need to acquire consent from their performers when using AI to alter ‘pitch, tone, clarity ... or the voice of the performer to a foreign language.’” There’s the rub. - CBC

While some politicians no doubt celebrated the disappearance of pesky journalists, others are lamenting their absence, because municipalities must now work harder and spend more to keep people informed. - The Walrus

Since taking over as chairman, FCC Chair Brendan Carr has revived bias complaints against CBS, ABC and NBC over their 2024 presidential campaign coverage after the Biden administration dismissed them. - Los Angeles Times

The Academy Awards’ marquee category for international cinema, best international film, has been continually criticized as unjust, outdated and subject to political interference. - Seattle Times

“The Broccoli family’s feud with Amazon MGM Studios over the (property) appears to have reached a resolution. Barbara Broccoli and her stepbrother Michael Wilson, who have long controlled the 007 franchise, (have) reached an agreement to hand over creative control to a joint venture with the studio.” - The Wall Street Journal (MSN)

The movie industry has gotten much more careful in the past few decades about authenticity (Emilia Pérez notwithstanding). Yet screenwriters won't write out foreign-language dialogue, or phonetically spell dialects or regional accents, in the formal screenplay itself, and there are good reasons for that. - The Conversation

Exhibition giant Cinemark reported record fourth-quarter revenue of $814 million, up 27 percent year-over-year and 3 percent above the pre-COVID pandemic fourth quarter of 2019. - The Hollywood Reporter

The producer/convicted rapist filed suit against Bob Weinstein and two other formers executives of the Weinstein Company his brother last week in New York state court for fraud and misappropriation of funds. The action adds those men as third parties to a suit filed against Harvey in 2017. - TheWrap

The 9½-hour length of the finished documentary is daunting enough, but Lanzmann culled it from 220 hours of footage. His grant from one government was withdrawn because he worked so slowly, he had perpetual difficulty getting other funding, and he had to go undercover to get Nazis on camera. - The Guardian

Certainly not all nonprofit theaters are doing well, but the model has worked, at least so far, in places like the Berkshires, where a devoted and well-heeled clientele is willing and able to support the arts. - The New York Times

Only the quick action of a journalist with a trench coat, she says, saved her the day that Meetings with Anna premiered in Paris. - The Guardian (UK)

Who knew the fourth entry in what seemed a played-out story would prove both so well reviewed and so well attended? The film “accounted for 45% of the UK box office take over the weekend.” - The Guardian (UK)