#Vietnamese#Actor Hoa Xuande stars in the new espionage thriller “The Sympathizer” based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about the #VietnamWar. On Wednesday, May 22 at 3:00 p.m. ET, the breakout star joins The Post’s Jonathan Capehart to talk about playing a double agent in the miniseries, exploring the #VietnamesePerspective of the war and his journey from #Australia to #Hollywood.
Movie star Scarlett Johansson said Monday she was "shocked" by an OpenAI synthetic voice that sounds like her, which was released after she declined to work with the ChatGPT-maker on such a project. The artificial intelligence powerhouse headed by Sam Altman said it was working on temporarily muting the Johannson-sounding voice it calls "Sky." Monte Francis reports. #OpenAI#AI#Hollywood
“As a human rights lawyer, I will never accept that one child’s life has less value than another’s. I do not accept that any conflict should be beyond the reach of the law, nor that any perpetrator should be above the law. So I support the historic step that the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has taken to bring justice to victims of atrocities in #Israel and #Palestine.”
Earlier today, OpenAI announced that it would no longer be using a its "Sky" voice for its new chatbot. They didn’t say why, but the voice sounded a lot like Scarlett Johansson’s, despite the fact that the Hollywood star had declined to offer her voice to the company. Read more from NBC News, including how Johansson reacted: https://flip.it/IQYBUQ #Culture#Entertainment#AI#Hollywood#ScarlettJohansson
I just saw "Matrix 5" is in the works. When will Hollywood start producing new content instead of rebooting, remaking, or putting out the 5-10th installment of existing movies over and over again. Same goes for TV IMO.
I'm reminded of a bit from "The Simpsons" about Charles Bronson in "Death Wish 9."
Very sad news for movie lovers: the legendary Roger Corman has died at age 98. Here's a tribute to him from Variety. Tell us what you loved about Corman in the comments.
Was going through some old cornball action films, and it's really a shame that these two films were at different studios, because a Nic Cage cameo (as his character from 'Gone in 60 Seconds') would have been really fun in a Fast & Furious sequel...
Arabs suffer from a long and systematic stereotyping from the West. From the Orientalist movement of the 18th century till today, Western perceptions of Arabs and by extension Muslims, are based on what they have been conditioned to believe through the media be it in the form of literature, art, and more recently, movies and...
Is this a sign of the times for the movie business and creative professions in general? The Art Directors Guild (ADG) has suspended its Production Design Initiative program, which gives people hands-on training and job placements, saying, "we cannot in good conscience encourage you to pursue our profession while so many of our members remain unemployed.” The unemployment rate for members of the ADG currently stands at 75 percent. Here's more from IndieWire.
Jar Jar Binks actor Ahmed Best says his career "began and ended" with "Star Wars." As "Phantom Menace" celebrates its 25th anniversary, he told People magazine "Everybody came for me ... I'm the first person to do this kind of work, but I was also the first Black person, Black man." He remembers being ostracized from motion-capture work after the movie came out, but forged a new career as an educator and co-founder of the AfroRithm Futures Group. Here's more.
Stunt doubles are highly skilled and trained professionals who are often at risk through their work, but part of their job is staying away from fame. “Anonymity has always been the contract that we’ve agreed to, and it’s partly for the audience’s benefit,” says David Leitch, director of "The Fall Guy," who was Brad Pitt's stunt double for a decade. The Hollywood Reporter talked to him and Ben Jenkin, Logan Holladay and Chris O’Hara, three of the stunt performers from "The Fall Guy" about how they created the movie's action sequences, and the fight to get industry recognition for their profession. Tell us in the comments what you think the greatest stunt in movie history is.
"We all know he's guilty," says the Hollywood Reporter's Kim Masters of Harvey Weinstein. She looks into some of the consequences of MeToo accusations — who has lost their job or been brought to justice, and who hasn't — and what might happen next.
Verflixt und zugenäht. Ich habe eine sooo unglaubliche Schwäche für klassische Hollywood Diven.
Ja, ich weiß, von deren Rechten und Leben brauchen wir nicht zu sprechen. Die armen Frauen mussten unter dem Studiosystem unglaublich leiden ...
... aber sie sind so unglaublich schön, sexy, charmant: Die Kleidung, ihre Haare, die Gesichter, Schuhe. Hach, schockverliebt 😍. Rita oder Marlene oder Ava oder Liz oder Audrey oder Marilyn ...
Meine Liebste zieht mich damit auch immer auf, aber sie weiß auch wie sie mich damit kriegt 😘.
Hollywood Actor Steve Buscemi Randomly Assaulted in NYC (thenarinder.in)
Steve Buscemi, the renowned actor hailing from New York City, was randomly assaulted in Manhattan's Kips Bay area last week.
STEREOTYPING ARABS – A Timeless Hollywood Tradition (youtu.be)
Arabs suffer from a long and systematic stereotyping from the West. From the Orientalist movement of the 18th century till today, Western perceptions of Arabs and by extension Muslims, are based on what they have been conditioned to believe through the media be it in the form of literature, art, and more recently, movies and...