The Academy Awards officially adopted the “Oscars” nickname in 1939. But who is Oscar, and who started calling them that? We may never know. But here are four enduring legends to consider.
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Netflix acquires Ben Affleck’s AI company
Affleck’s company helps filmmakers build their own AI models that take care of time-intensive details.
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Elizabeth Warren says both bids to buy Warner Bros. Discovery are bad for consumers
Sen. Elizabeth Warren cautions that the sale of Warner Bros. Discovery to either Netflix or Paramount Skydance could reduce competition and concentrate power over what films and news American see.
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Not so fast, Netflix. Paramount launches hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery
Paramount has launched a hostile bid for the company that’s home to Casablanca, Batman and CNN. Just Friday, Netflix and Warner Brothers executives were celebrating a deal they had struck.Â
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Could ‘the next Scarlett Johansson or Natalie Portman’ be an AI avatar?
Tilly Norwood, an AI-generated avatar, is being compared by its creators to A-list human actors. SAG-AFTRA and others are pushing back.
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Hollywood now has dueling open letters over the Israel film boycott
Over 1,200 Hollywood figures, among them Liev Schreiber, Mayim Bialik and Sharon Osbourne, signed a letter on Thursday rejecting a previous call to boycott Israeli film groups.
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Hollywood loves a story about itself — Seth Rogen racks up Emmy nods for ‘The Studio’
With 23 nominations and nine Creative Arts Emmys already, Seth Rogen’s Apple TV+ satire, The Studio, heads into Sunday’s Primetime Emmys lampooning its own industry.
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Hollywood stars boycott Israeli film companies in response to Gaza crisis
Emma Stone, Ava DuVernay and Gael Garcia Bernal are among more than 2,000 who signed the petition.
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Oscar-nominated actor Graham Greene, of ‘Dances With Wolves,’ dies at 73
One of the most respected Indigenous actors of his generation, Greene appeared in more than 200 television shows and movies. He played a Lakota warrior in the 1990 blockbuster Dancing With Wolves.
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‘Lost’ actor Daniel Dae Kim plays a spy who faked his own death in ‘Butterfly’
Kim says Asian representation in Hollywood has gotten better, but there’s still room for improvement: “I still haven’t played a romantic lead and I’ve been doing this for 30 years.”
