Oasis reunion: U.K. government decries high ticket prices
Oasis fans are looking back in anger at their experience trying to purchase tickets for the act’s highly anticipated reunion tour, and the U.K. government is preparing to take action.…
Hollywood workers are learning to use AI: ‘Know your enemy’
While working as a cinematographer on the second season of “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” in April 2022, Benji Bakshi pondered a compelling question: How would natural light interact with…
ESPN, ABC and other Disney channels dropped from DirecTV in contract dispute
Walt Disney Co.-owned channels, including ESPN and ABC stations, were knocked off DirecTV platforms Sunday after talks to reach a new distribution deal collapsed. The blackout — which affects DirecTV’s…
First Harris-Walz interview scores 6.3 million viewers on CNN
CNN’s much-anticipated sit-down interview with the 2024 Democratic presidential ticket of Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz averaged 6.3 million viewers Thursday, according to data from Nielsen.…
Yelp versus Google: Antitrust court fight plays out in San Francisco
San Francisco — For years, Yelp has complained about Google’s practices, alleging that the tech giant placed its own products above competitors in Google search results. Yelp says when a customer…
Pirate streaming operation Fmovies has been shut down
After an eight-year effort, a major pirated movie and TV series streaming operation based in Vietnam has been shut down, according to a global antipiracy group. Hanoi-based Fmovies and its…
Bright summer box office gives a gloomy film industry hope
Foul-mouthed superheroes, babbling Minions and plenty of Anxiety (the animated kind) have propelled this summer’s box office past the winter and spring theatrical doldrums, marking one bright spot in an…
AB 2602: SAG-AFTRA celebrates passage of California AI bill
Performers union SAG-AFTRA is celebrating a key victory this week: the passage of a bill that would regulate the use of artificial intelligence in the local entertainment industry. The California…
‘A hugely flawed system.’ Teachers flag safety problems for kids on film sets
On a sweltering hot Saturday morning in early July, nearly 1,000 Civil War reenactors in full period regalia, along with cannons, muskets and bayonets, converged on the grounds of Daniel…
Kamala Harris will give her first post-convention interview to CNN
Vice President Kamala Harris and running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz will sit down with CNN’s Dana Bash on Thursday for their first joint TV interview as the 2024 Democratic…