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Woodstock legend and anti-war activist Joe McDonald dead at 84

Best known for leading an anti-war, profane chant at Woodstock, the lead singer of the late '60s rock band Country Joe and the Fish, Joe…

Elvis is still king — of the box office — as ‘EPiC’ earns $14 million in a win for music docs

Baz Luhrmann's "EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert" earned $14 million in limited, wide releases, showing audience interest in music documentaries and concert films.

AI actor Tilly Norwood’s world is expanding with the ‘Tillyverse’

Xicoia, the AI talent studio responsible for creating AI actor Tilly Norwood, has plans to further develop the bot's digital universe. It's called the "Tillyverse."

‘Blindsided’ KTLA journalist and others speak out against recent layoffs

Following the layoffs of several longtime journalists on KTLA, some viewers and fellow journalists are airing their grievances on social media.

With its staff union still on strike, the Writers Guild of America West threatens to cancel its award ceremony

As the Writers Guild of America West's staff union strike enters its second week, the guild's management threatens to pull their annual award show.

Hollywood studios escalate dispute over ByteDance’s ‘pervasive copyright infringement’ with its AI tools

On Friday, the Motion Picture Association sent its own cease and desist letter to ByteDance, the company behind the controversial AI video generator, Seedance 2.0….

DVDs are the new vinyl records: Why Gen Z is embracing physical media

As streaming continues to dominate the film and TV industry, many Gen Z movie watchers are opting out and choosing physical formats instead.

CBS’s Bari Weiss pulls out of UCLA lecture

Weiss, the founder of the Free Press and now editor-in-chief at CBS News, had been invited to speak at UCLA on the future of journalism.

Netflix and Warner Bros join Disney and Paramount in calling out ByteDance’s latest AI platform

Just last week, ByteDance launched its AI video platform, Seedance 2.0, and ever since, AI-generated videos using copyrighted materials have continued to go viral. Studios…

Weeks before studio negotiations, the Writers Guild of America’s staff union goes on strike

Just a month before the Writers Guild sits down with major film and TV studios, its own staff union is striking right outside their offices,…