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Spotify flags AI artists, pulls them from recommendations
Spotify is rolling out an "AI Persona" badge on artist profiles from mid-September to flag AI-generated acts, and will pull them from personalized recommendations unless listeners already follow them.
Legacy Sequels Now Dominate Hollywood
A long-form feature charts the rise of the legacy sequel — from 1977's 'Father Knows Best Reunion' through 'Star Trek: Generations' to today's reunion-driven hits like 'Top Gun: Maverick' and 'Final D
James Franco Stars in Shortical Microdrama 'Love, Lies & Frank'
James Franco stars as an ad agency CEO in the exclusive Shortical microdrama "Love, Lies & Frank," one of the first series produced under SAG-AFTRA's new Verticals Agreement.
Locarno Spanish Previews Spotlight Spain's Regional Film Boom
Locarno's second Spanish Film Previews showcased five upcoming films — from a big-budget Basque period thriller to an editor's debut built around 6,000 undeveloped Civil War negatives — underscoring h
Audible Launches Andy Weir's 'Exoplanet' Nov. 5
Audible will release 'Exoplanet,' a sci-fi thriller executive produced by Andy Weir and written by Benjamin Percy, this fall as an original audio drama starring Anthony Mackie, Ariana DeBose, and John
Luke Charles Stafford Launches Dream United Studios
Luke Charles Stafford is launching Dream United Studios with the premiere of 'Against The Wall,' a fatherhood-themed short he wrote, directed, and stars in alongside his own father at The Culver Theat
First-Ever Manga Musical Lands Off Broadway With Caruso
Sophia Anne Caruso will star as Colette in Duncan Sheik's 'Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen,' the first Manga graphic novel ever adapted into an American English-language musical, premiering Off Broadway
Moebius Boards Peter Chan's 'Road Not Taken' for TIFF Sales
Hong Kong-based Moebius Entertainment has acquired international sales rights to Peter Ho-Sun Chan's new Alzheimer's drama "The Road Not Taken" ahead of its Toronto Film Festival premiere in the Speci
Jeremy Strong Plays Zuckerberg in Sorkin's Social Reckoning
Jeremy Strong takes over as Mark Zuckerberg in Aaron Sorkin's follow-up to 'The Social Network,' 'The Social Reckoning,' replacing Jesse Eisenberg, who declined to reprise his Oscar-nominated role bec
Netflix Lands Turkish Hit 'Fatmagül' for Latin America
Netflix has acquired the iconic Turkish drama "Fatmagül" from Kanal D International for streaming across Latin America starting August 19, bringing the 80-episode series to new audiences with Spanish
Gibson's 'At Night' Premieres at Locarno
Beatrice Gibson’s feature debut 'At Night' premiered at Locarno, weaving poetry and analogue film to explore intersectional female experiences across a single night in Paris.
Mereu's 'Wandering Trees' Stumbles on Fairy-Tale Tonal Clash
A Variety review criticizes Salvatore Mereu's three-hour Sardinian fairy-tale 'Wandering Trees,' arguing that the pronounced fairy-tale structure clashes with the film's realistic elements and trips u
Suno Inks BMG Licensing Deal for New AI Music Models
AI music generator Suno has signed a licensing deal with BMG covering its catalog and past training use, joining Warner Music Group in settling with the company as Suno prepares new industry-backed mo
Virality Misreads Online Trends, Researcher Argues
NYU cyber-ethnographer Ruby Thelot argues that viral metrics mislead our understanding of online culture, as engineered virality often lacks real staying power in an increasingly "balkanized" internet
Magna Signs '20,000 Days on Earth' Duo Forsyth & Pollard
London-based Magna Studios has signed Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard — the filmmaking duo behind Nick Cave documentary '20,000 Days on Earth' — for commercial and brand representation, expanding its pr
‘If we exhibited all the Balkan jokes, we wouldn’t have opened’: a trip to Slovenia’s Bullshit Museum
Slovenia's 'Bullshit Museum' opened in May in Ljubljana with five rooms of Balkan humor curated by founder Borut Kokelj, who collected 25,000 jokes from the former Yugoslavia — visitors get rakija at
A History of the Novel in Britain by Philip Hensher review – a masterpiece of criticism
Philip Hensher's 600-page "A History of the Novel in Britain" — tracing fiction from Defoe in 1719 to Zadie Smith in 2000 — is hailed as a masterpiece of criticism that is itself a pleasure to read, d
John Hannah stars in first-person GoPro thriller Bad Day at the Office
The Guardian invites reader questions for a Q&A with actor John Hannah, timed to his starring role in the first-person GoPro action thriller "Bad Day at the Office," while surveying highlights from hi
Grid Iron Stages Mayflies in Edinburgh Warehouse
Grid Iron's Ben Harrison stages Andrew O'Hagan's semi-autobiographical novel Mayflies in a Leith warehouse, choosing to evoke the 1986 Manchester weekend of G-Mex and the Haçienda rather than the book
The Atlantic Festival announces interview with Colin Kaepernick and exclusive preview of Netflix’s <em>East of Eden,</em> with Florence Pugh, Zoe Kazan, and Bela Bajaria
The Atlantic Festival returns to New York City September 17–19 with an interview of Colin Kaepernick about his new memoir and an exclusive first look at Netflix's limited series 'East of Eden' starrin
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