Photo: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images The Academy has its first official rule regarding generative AI, and it’s more like a suggestion. The April 21 update to Academy rules features a post-Brutalist addition. “With regard to Generative Artificial Intelligence and other digital tools used in the making of the film, the tools neither …
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Photo: Warner Bros./Everett Collection One day Delroy Lindo received an unexpected text from Creed and Black Panther director Ryan Coogler: “Do you play piano?” Technically, the answer was no, but Lindo mentioned that he had done some practice three decades earlier for Spike Lee’s 1994 film Crooklyn, in which he played a struggling musician. …
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Photo: Lol Crawley/A24/Everett Collection Bad news for Academy members who aren’t Kirsten Dunst, but in an announcement from the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, members will have to watch every film in a category in order to vote in that category starting with the 2026 Oscars. This …
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Photo: Des Willie/Lucasfilm Ltd. It’s been nearly three years since Andor proved Disney is actually capable of making a good Star War. All it had to do was get out of the way and let showrunner Tony Gilroy (of Michael Clayton fame) do his thing. A prequel to a prequel, the series occupies a …
Photo: Naughty Dog/Sony Entertainment This review was published on June 19, 2020, when The Last of Us Part II was first released. We’re republishing it now for anyone freshly interested in how Ellie’s quest for vengeance plays out in the game. The Last of Us Part II is the worst video game I’ve ever …
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Photo: Warner Bros. Over its opening weekend in theaters, Ryan Coogler’s sexy, Mississippi-in-the-‘30s-set vampire-musical survival-thriller Sinners received the dual sainthood of an A Cinemascore — the highest audience-approval rating for an original, R-rated horror movie ever — and stronger-than-expected box-office returns. Surpassing pre-release “tracking” estimates by taking in $48 million domestically (over-shooting industry expectations …
Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: ABC, BBC, CBS, Cinemax, Fox, Max, NBC, Showtime The first scripted medical television show was 1951’s City Hospital. The series, which began on ABC before moving to CBS, followed the professional and personal lives of several doctors working, as the title suggests, at a large city hospital. And thus, a genre …
Photo: Paras Griffin/Getty Images Shannon Sharpe, the former tight end and current podcaster, is being sued for $50 million by a woman who claims to be his ex-girlfriend, NBC News reports. The unidentified plaintiff, whom the suit refers to as Jane Doe, is suing Sharpe for assault, sexual assault, battery, and sexual battery — …
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Photo: Focus Features/Everett Collection If you thought you’d be able to process the historical passing of Pope Francis by watching Ralph Fiennes and Stanley Tucci scheme together in robes tonight, think again. Conclave, the Oscar-winning film about a bunch of guys getting together to select a new pontiff, is no longer streaming on Peacock. …
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Photo: Lucasfilm Ltd. Sometimes you don’t realize how low you’ve set expectations until something comes along that reminds you to look up. That was certainly the case with Andor. When the Star Wars series debuted in September 2022, little about its logline suggested a clear pathway to greatness. A prequel series to Rogue One, …
