Issue Date: 08/23/2024 | Click headlines for full story, pics, video or to comment
SHOOT News of the Day Paramount Extends “Go Shop” Period So It Can Review Bronfman Offer
Shares of Entertainment giant Paramount Global are up Thursday after announcing it would extend by 15 days a period where it’s allowed to assess competing offers to its merger agreement with Skydance. The company made the announcement late Wednesday after confirming that it had received an offer from Edgar Bronfman, Jr. of Fubo, the streaming
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Season 2 Of “Pachinko” Delves Into Challenges For Ethnic Koreans In Japan
The second season of “Pachinko,” opening Friday, delicately captures the plight of ethnic Koreans brought to Japan during colonial rule and their descendants, exploring themes of home and identity through several generations. The award-winning series, based on the New York Times bestselling novel, returns to Apple TV+ with eight episodes that follow four generations of
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Review: Director Rupert Sanders’ “The Crow”
One of the first things you see in the reimagined “The Crow” is the sight of a fallen white horse in a muddy field, bleeding badly after becoming entangled in barbed wire. It’s a metaphor, of course, and a clunky one at that — a powerful image that doesn’t really fit well and is never
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Are Nielsen Numbers For Political Conventions A Hint About Who Will Win The Election? Don’t Count On It
In a close election campaign with both sides looking for an edge, the party with more people watching their midsummer convention would seem to have an important sign of success. Yet historically speaking, that measurement means next to nothing. Eight times over the past 16 presidential election cycles dating back to 1960, the party with
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HPA Award Recipients For Engineering Excellence: Adobe, Evercast, Disguise and Cuebric
The Hollywood Professional Association (HPA) Awards committee has announced this year’s recipients of the coveted HPA Award for Engineering Excellence. The honors will be presented at this year’s HPA Awards gala on November 7 at the Television Academy in Los Angeles. Entering their 19th year, the HPA Awards continue to celebrate and highlight the achievements
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Google Agrees To Pay Millions For California News; Journalists Call It A Bad Deal
Google will soon give California millions of dollars to help pay for local journalism jobs in a first-in-the-nation deal, but journalists and other media industry experts are calling it a disappointing agreement that mostly benefits the tech giant. The agreement, which was hashed out behind closed doors and announced this week, will direct tens of
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FCC Moves To Fill Connectivity Gaps After Millions Lose Access To Internet Subsidy
The Biden administration is moving to blunt the loss of an expired broadband subsidy program that helped more than 23 million families afford internet access by using money from an existing program that helps libraries and schools provide WiFi hotspots to students and patrons. Jessica Rosenworcel, chairwoman of the Federal Communications Commission, told The Associated
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SPW News of the Day MTI FILM and ColorTime Launch New Creative Boutique “Flow” in Vancouver, Canada
In an exciting move set to invigorate the television production industry, Hollywood-based post-production veterans, MTI FILM and ColorTime, have joined forces to launch a new creative boutique, Flow Post Partners. Situated in the heart of Vancouver’s creative district, Flow is designed to support the rebounding television production market, capitalizing on Canada’s favorable post-production tax credits. Flow
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“A Wonderful Life” Makes Theatrical Premiere
“A Wonderful Life,” an LGBTQ+ Christmas movie from award-winning writer/director Jeff London, is set to make its theatrical premiere at the SF Queer Film Festival on Saturday, August 24, 2024, at 6:30PM at Landmark’s Opera Plaza Cinema, 601 Van Ness Ave. One of the feature’s stars, Mel England will attend the screening and opening night.
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DWA Presents Ultimate Events, August 2024 Edition (Hybrid Special)
Even beyond Paris, dozens of momentous events are set to arrive en force in the coming days. The ever-enticing list includes some of our world’s most famous cultural and creative-industry gatherings, which are set to welcome attendees virtually and/or in person … and where innovation and mastery are sure to reach new heights yet again.
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