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 Issue Date: 04/14/2025 | Click headlines for full story, pics, video or to comment
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg Testifies At Historic Antitrust Trial
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg took to the witness stand on the first day of a historic antitrust trial to defend his company against allegations it illegally monopolized the social media market. The trial could force the tech giant to break off Instagram and WhatsApp, startups Meta bought more than a decade ago that have since
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JPC and SAG-AFTRA Reach Tentative Agreement on Successor Contracts To The Commercials Agreements
SAG-AFTRA and The Joint Policy Committee, LLC (JPC) have reached a tentative agreement on terms for successor Commercials and Audio Commercials Contracts, subject to approval by the SAG-AFTRA National Board, which will meet on April 26, and ratification by the membership. The specific details will not be released in advance of the board’s review.
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“A Minecraft Movie” Has Got Game At The Box Office For 2nd Straight Weekend
After just two weeks in theaters, “A Minecraft Movie” is already the highest grossing Hollywood release of 2025. The Warner Bros. videogame adaptation followed up its blockbuster opening with a second weekend of $80.6 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. Worldwide, it’s quickly surpassed $550 million. After doubling expectations in its $300
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Director JJ Augustavo Joins Reverie For Spots, Branded Content and Music Videos
Reverie Content has added director JJ “Jon Jon” Augustavo to its talent roster for U.S. representation spanning commercials, branded content and music videos. Augustavo’s music videos masterfully capture realism with fantastical elements inspired by street culture and have collectively garnered upwards of four billion views worldwide. Known for pioneering Macklemore’s trademark film style, he directed
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L.A. On-Location Filming Declines In 1st Quarter
FilmLA, partner film office for the City and County of Los Angeles and other local jurisdictions, has issued an update regarding regional filming activity. In the midst of a global decline in production and intensifying competition for film projects and jobs, on-location production in Greater Los Angeles declined by 22.4 percent in the first quarter
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Director Jasper Cable-Alexander Joins DROOL
DROOL, the London-based creative studio founded by Freddie Powell and Genevieve Sheppard, has added director Jasper Cable-Alexander for global representation. DROOL is a collective of directors and producers who bring the full team into every project–not just a single director. Like a wolfpack, they’re hell-bent on getting the best out of every job for every
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Blue Origin launches an all-female celebrity crew with Katy Perry, Gayle King and Lauren Sanchez
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin launched his fiancee Lauren Sanchez into space Monday with an all-female celebrity crew that included Katy Perry and Gayle King. It was the latest wave in space tourism, where more of the rich and famous than ever before — or lucky and well-connected — can enter the zero-gravity realm traditionally dominated
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Prosecutor says Sean “Diddy” Combs’ lawyers are looking for reasons to delay his May trial
A federal prosecutor in New York said Monday that lawyers for music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs are looking for reasons to delay a sex trafficking trial slated to start in three weeks. The latest version of the indictment against Combs, 55, added two new charges this month but he still hadn’t entered a plea, prosecutors
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Meta says it will resume AI training with public content from European users
Social media company Meta said Monday that it will start using publicly available content from European users to train its artificial intelligence models, resuming work put on hold last year after activists raised concerns about data privacy. The company, which owns Facebook and Instagram, said that it would train its AI systems using public posts
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