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‘Crouching Tiger’ Oscar Winner Tim Yip Champions Human Touch in Artificial Intelligence Filmmaking at Kling AI Tokyo Awards
In a Tokyo screening room filled with filmmakers and creators from around the world, Oscar-winning art director Tim Yip delivered a clarion call for preserving human emotion in an age of artificial in...
Naman Ramachandran Oct 29, 2025
Dodgers Organist Dieter Ruehle on His Witty, Spontaneous Song Picks, and Keeping Up With the Series’ Epic Game 3: ‘The Game Isn’t Scripted — What’s Better Than Live Accompaniment?’
As social media undertook its own task of informally picking an MVP during the World Series’ epic Game 3 this week, a surprise candidate emerged… and we’re not even talking about the...
Chris Willman Oct 29, 2025
Barco, the Cinema Projection Company, Expands HDR Format in Germany (EXCLUSIVE)
Barco, the cinema projection company, is expanding its premium HDR by Barco format in Germany. Starting in November, the company will install the Barco HDR format at select Cineplex Germany locations ...
Jazztangcay Oct 29, 2025
Italian-Filipino Coming-of-Age Comedy ‘I Have to F- – – Before the World Ends’ Lands at Tokyo Gap-Financing Market
Andrea Benjamin Manenti’s debut feature “I Have to Fuck Before the World Ends,” a cross-cultural coming-of-age comedy set between Italy and the Philippines, is seeking financing and ...
Naman Ramachandran Oct 29, 2025
jasmine.4.t’s teams up with Jacob Alon for ‘Find Ur Ppl’ from charity compilation for ‘The Ally Coalition’
jasmine.4.t’s has teamed up with Jacob Alon for ‘Find Ur Ppl’ from charity compilation for ‘The Ally Coalition’ – listen below. READ MORE: Jasmine.4.t on collaborat...
Elizabeth Aubrey Oct 29, 2025
‘Morte Cucina’ Team Says Asian Co-Productions Face Cash Flow Crisis – Tokyo Market
Film co-production in Asia is still a complex game with substantial challenges, especially in cash flow financing, according to the creative team behind Tokyo International Film Festival competition t...
Naman Ramachandran Oct 29, 2025
Paramount TV Layoffs Hit CBS Entertainment, Paramount+, MTV and More
Paramount has initiated its first major round of layoffs following the company’s merger with Skydance, and the David Ellison regime has cut a number of executives across its television divisions...
Joseph Otterson Oct 29, 2025
YouTube Star MrBallen Sets Podcast Pact With SiriusXM
John Allen, better known to millions of fans as MrBallen, is the latest social media star to strike a lucrative podcast pact with SiriusXM. The YouTube personality has reached an exclusive deal with t...
Cynthia Littleton Oct 29, 2025
Paul Schrader on ‘Mishima’ Finally Screening at Tokyo Film Festival and Why He Thinks ‘People Will Pay’ to Watch AI Actors: ‘Use a Bit of Brando and Kevin Costner and Make an Exciting Movie’
In Tokyo for the screening of his 1985 biopic "Mishima: A Life In Four Chapters" at the 38th Tokyo International Film Festival, Paul Schrader was an upbeat mood when he walked the opening night red ca...
Naman Ramachandran Oct 29, 2025
Surviving Cars members reveal they’ve been working on Ric Ocasek’s final songs
Iconic New Wave band The Cars are working on completing music that was made with late frontman, Ric Ocasek. READ MORE: The story of new wave in 15 classic albums The new wave band found swift success ...
Elizabeth Aubrey Oct 29, 2025