‘Owning Manhattan’ Star Ryan Serhant Links With AI Startup HeyGen to Generate Social Media Avatar for Content (EXCLUSIVE)
Ryan Serhant, the star realtor captured in Netflix’s “Owning Manhattan,” claims his company produces about 2,200 social posts a month. It’s a hefty amount for a man who oversees a sprawling real estat
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08.10.2026
The Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Merger Already Sounds Terrible
The new entertainment giant has an insane plan for how AI can improve the creative process.
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08.10.2026
Man Sentenced to Prison for Bot Streams of AI Songs
Mike Smith is the first person to face federal charges for music streaming fraud
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07.10.2026
Tablo’s Art of Language: The Epik High Rapper Talks AI, Misunderstandings, and the Beauty of Trying
He tells Teen Vogue he often prefers to translate Epik High’s music himself.
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06.10.2026
Ben Affleck Talks AI, Mortality, and Why He’s Clocking in at a 9 to 5 Office Job
In the latest episode of GQ’s weekly interview series One More Question, the Animals star talks to Zach Baron about AI, mortality, and why he’s clocking in at a nine-to-five office job.
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06.10.2026
‘Law & Order: SVU’ Season 28 Premiere, Written 3 Months Ago, Tackles Gang Rape and Consent Law Amid Cornell 7 Case
This week’s premieres of “Law & Order” and “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” are tackling timely topics head-on. The Season 26 premiere of the flagship series is set to dive into the world of AI aut
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06.10.2026
Luca Guadagnino Is ‘Not Afraid’ of Sam Altman Backlash to ‘Artificial’: ‘People That Have a Lot of Power’ Should Be ‘Aware That You Must Be Responsible’
Luca Guadagnino’s “Artificial” takes on some of the most powerful leaders in artificial intelligence, including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman — but he’s “not afraid” of any potential backlash. Premiering at N
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02.10.2026
I Toured the Set of an AI-Hybrid Film. There Are Actors — But No Set (EXCLUSIVE)
Do we follow the tall, stilted, morally questionable man in cargo pants? It’s the question up for debate among the collection of four teenagers leading Jason Zada’s “Terrarium,” a found-footage style
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30.09.2026
Apple Studios Visual Effects Workers Secure First IATSE Contract
Apple Studios visual effects workers have secured their first IATSE contract. The members won new standards for wages, health care, retirement benefits, working hours, artificial intelligence and work
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30.09.2026
White House’s New AI Website Confirms Trump Lost the 2020 Presidential Election
President Donald Trump has routinely — and falsely — claimed that he won the 2020 election, which was actually won by Joe Biden. But the new AI-powered website America.gov, which Trump unveiled on Tue
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29.09.2026
‘Light Pillar’ Director Xu Zao Readies AI-Themed Follow-Up ‘Easy, My Friend’
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29.09.2026
Madrid Audiovisual Cluster Dives Deeper into New Business Models, AI and Emerging Technologies at Iberseries & Platino Industria
The Madrid Audiovisual Cluster (MAC), an economic interest group comprising close to 100 Madrid-based companies, has put together a two-day industry networking and peer-learning program at the Iberser
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29.09.2026
Jia Zhangke Readies Zhao Tao Road Movie ‘Mamma Dunhuang,’ Rules Out AI in Production (EXCLUSIVE)
Jia Zhangke will turn his attention to location scouting and production design for his next film, road movie “Mamma Dunhuang,” once the 10th Pingyao Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon International Film Fe
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27.09.2026
Tilly Norwood Says She’d Love to Work With Tom Holland and Olivia Colman: ‘But Only If It Were Their Digital Twins’ on an ‘AI Production’
A year after announcing AI actress Tilly Norwood at Zurich Film Festival’s Summit, Particle 6 founder and Norwood creator Eline van der Velden returned to the Swiss event to look back at the backlash
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26.09.2026
San Sebastián 10 Takeaways, From Brad Pitt Seducing San Sebastián to AI, Buzz Titles, Deals and Glorious Gastronomy
Blessed by warm but hardly sweltering late summer sun — and no typical Basque txirimiri drizzle so common to other editions — the 74th San Sebastián also marks the last under festival director José Lu
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25.09.2026
‘Lion King’ Director Rob Minkoff Joins AI-Assisted Film ‘Storm Dogs’ From Tilly Norwood Creator Particle 6
Rob Minkoff, the co-director of the Disney classic “The Lion King” and the director of “Stuart Little,” is in advanced discussions to board the AI-assisted film “Storm Dogs,” the next project by Tilly
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25.09.2026
AI Robots Dance in the Rain as Pingyao Film Festival Turns 10, Honors Ann Hui
The 10th Pingyao Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon International Film Festival opened on Sept. 24 with an AI robot dance by Unitree, a tribute to four late friends of the festival and the East-West Award
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25.09.2026
Issa Rae Is ‘Never Going to Stop’ Using Her Power for Good, Even as Mergers and AI Disrupt Hollywood: ‘This Is All Men’s Fault’
Issa Rae received the Entertainment Entrepreneur of the Year Award at Variety’s L.A. Power of Women event on Wednesday in Beverly Hills. The award was presented by U.S. Bank senior executive vice pres
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24.09.2026
Jeffrey Katzenberg Says Hollywood Must Accept AI as a Tool: It ‘Is Not Going Away’
Jeffrey Katzenberg, the legendary Hollywood producer and executive, thinks the entertainment industry needs to accept AI if it wants to remain relevant. In a 2,377-word essay posted to X on Wednesday,
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23.09.2026
Sony Music Group Becomes First Music Company to Join AI Content Coalition ARIAM
Sony Music Group has joined the Alliance for Responsible Innovation in the Arts & Media (ARIAM), becoming the first music company to join the group advocating for the responsible adoption of AI throug
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23.09.2026