In a campaign season filled with surprises, Steve Hilton may be the biggest shock of them all. A conservative policy-meister born and bred in England who has never held elected office, Hilton has surged to […]
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The entertainment industry understands better than anyone that a brand is only as good as the experience it delivers. We spend billions ensuring that every frame, every note, every performance, matches the promise we make […]
For most of its short modern existence, AI has been seen as an enemy of actors — a dinger of their craft if not swiper of their jobs — as synthetic media is prompted instead […]
When Jonathan Schooler and Madeleine Gross were designing an experiment on creativity, they needed a type of media to contrast with the empty-calorie content of cat videos and the like on YouTube. The scientists settled on […]
On Sunday Hungary’s far-right leader Viktor Orban fell in an election after 16 years of some of the most bigoted and, by many accounts, corrupt rule in post-Soviet Eastern Europe. And a documentary may have […]
One of the country’s leading arts academies wants AI to be a key part of its offerings. NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts is cutting a deal with Runway AI that would make AI credits […]
There was a moment, after he staved off a boardroom-coup attempt just before Thanksgiving 2023, when Sam Altman played like a hero, repelling the dark forces of anti-progress. Behold the Great Conqueror, ushering in an […]
During the recently concluded Oscars season, stars didn’t always want to speak about politics. But at awards show after awards show they were eager to share their thoughts on another hot topic: AI. Negative thoughts, […]
Over her more than four decades in in the film business, Kathleen Kennedy has been at the vanguard of tech, whether via her work on the Star Wars universe or all those Steven Spielberg ones. Jurassic Park alone makes […]
In a professionally lighted brick-walled space in Venice, not different from many other professionally lighted brick-walled spaces all over Los Angeles, actors routinely come in to have their photos and video taken. The process is […]
[Some spoilers follow for the upcoming seasons of The Comeback and Paradise] The new season of The Comeback, in addition to heralding the return of one of the great annoying-watchable characters in premium cable television, also introduces an element […]
In 1986, The New York Times ran a screed against a film-restoration trend gaining steam. Published in the thick of the “colorization” craze of the 1980s, the late critic Vincent Canby argued that the process of altering black-and-white movies […]
This story comes from The Hollywood Reporter’s upcoming AI Issue, which publishes on March 31. Check out further stories throughout the week and the complete issue next week. If you’re 73, have worked on a string […]
In 2010 I visited Asheville, North Carolina, to cover an inaugural film event called ActionFest, inspired by Chuck Norris and co-founded by his brother Aaron. For three days in the foothills of the Blue Ridge […]
OK, so it’s not like ICE and Iran made zero appearances Sunday night. A documentary winner called out “a government murder[ing] people on the streets of our major cities,” the international Oscar winner noted that “all adults […]
The 2026 Oscars began on a touching, career-capping note as Amy Madigan took her first Oscar nearly 45 years since she began acting while casting directors were honored for the first time at the show […]
Five young Iranian women with a passion for the country’s soccer program desperately need backing from military-minded authority figures to avoid retribution, all against the backdrop of a World Cup qualifier. It sounds a lot […]