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Matthew McConaughey, Michael Caine Ink Deals for AI-Generated Versions of Their Voices With ElevenLabs

Matthew McConaughey and Michael Caine have teamed with AI audio company ElevenLabs to produce virtual replications of their famous voices.

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How Mark Wahlberg Became The King Of Streaming

As theatrical releases decline, the 54-year-old actor has become the most bankable star on Netflix, Amazon and Apple—earning $20 million or more a movie—in a major paradigm shift of Hollywood economics. Inside the new A-Minus List.

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Christopher Nolan Was Hired to Direct ‘Troy’ More Than 20 Years Before ‘The Odyssey’; He Says the Studio Backtracked and Offered ‘Batman Begins’ as ‘Consolation Prize’

Christopher Nolan was hired to direct "Troy" more than two decades before "The Odyssey," but the movie was taken away from him.

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James Cameron-Backed $1BN UK Film Studio Given Greenlight By UK Government

Marlow Film Studios, backed by James Cameron, has been given the greenlight by the government and Lisa Nandy's culture department.

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James Cameron Says It’s ‘Horrifying to Me’ that AI Can ‘Make Up an Actor’: It Creates a ‘Performance From Scratch With a Text Prompt’

James Cameron says its 'horrifying' that AI can replace actors.

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Leonardo DiCaprio Says AI Can Never Be Art Because It Lacks Humanity: Even ‘Brilliant’ Examples Just ‘Dissipate Into the Ether of Internet Junk’

Leonardo DiCaprio says even the most "brilliant" forms of AI mimicking just goes viral for 15 minutes and then "dissipates into internet junk."

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Fewer characters on TV had abortions in 2025 — and more stories reinforced shame : NPR

 

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Original ‘Neon Genesis Evangelion’ Studio Gainax Officially Shutters After 42 Years

When studio president Tomohiro Maki was arrested in 2019 for sexual assault of a teenager, a subsequent audit unveiled years of unrecoverable mismanagement.

www.cartoonbrew.com

 

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Crisis at IFFK as I&B Ministry denies censor exemption to 19 films, including 100-year old Battleship Potemkin

IFFK faces crisis as 19 films, including Battleship Potemkin, denied censor exemption by I&B Ministry, disrupting festival screenings.

www.thehindu.com

 

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Sony Strikes $457M Deal To Acquire Majority Stake In Peanuts Brand

Sony will acquire a majority stake in Peanuts Holdings Llc, the company behind the cartoon franchise that includes Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the gang.

deadline.com