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LOS ANGELES — Across Hollywood, talking about it publicly can sometimes be taboo. Using it without disclosing that you did could make you the center of controversy. And protesting its use has been the norm. But even amid widespread vocal pushback against generative artificial intelligence, industry leaders say its use in film and TV is slowly becoming mainstream. More filmmakers are using evolving AI tools, and studios are partnering with AI companies to explore how they can use the technology in content creation. “It’s being used by everybody that doesn’t talk about the fact that they’re using it,” Michael Burns,…
MONTREAL — When they began working together on the new “F1” movie, Formula 1 living legend Lewis Hamilton was pleasantly surprised to see that Brad Pitt knew what he was doing behind the wheel of a race car.“He had a bit of a feel for it already. It wasn’t completely alien. I worked as a driver coach when I was a kid just to make a bit of money on the side, and I had some pretty bad drivers along the way!” Hamilton, a seven-time world champion who races for Ferrari and is a producer for the movie, told NBC…
Actor David Hekili Kenui Bell, who appeared in Disney’s “Lilo & Stitch” live adaption that released last month, has died, according to his family and a representative. He was 46.His sister, Jolene Kanani Bell, announced his passing on Facebook on Sunday. “It is with a heavy heart I share that my sweet, generous, talented, funny, brilliant and handsome little brother David H. K. Bell will spend today in the company of our Heavenly Father,” she wrote.”I’ve been waiting for the words and mindset to properly express the joy of a human, and Prince of a Man he was, but fate…
Jeremy Allen White is showing the world he does a pretty good Bruce Springsteen as he stars as the iconic singer in a new trailer for the upcoming biopic “Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere.”The film “chronicles the making of Bruce Springsteen’s 1982 ‘Nebraska’ album when he was a young musician on the cusp of global superstardom, struggling to reconcile the pressures of success with the ghosts of his past,” 20th Century Studios said in a statement.“Recorded on a 4-track recorder in Springsteen’s New Jersey bedroom, the album marked a pivotal time in his life and is considered one of his…
A federal judge denied Blake Lively’s request to keep some of her private text messages with Taylor Swift from Justin Baldoni, a major legal victory for the embattled “It Ends with Us” actor and director. U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman deemed in a court filing Wednesday that Baldoni’s requests for some messages between Lively and Swift were permissible.Baldoni’s legal team will have access to text messages only about “It Ends with Us,” the judge ruled. Lively and Baldoni starred in the 2024 film, an adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s bestselling romance novel “It Ends with Us,” which is at the center…
Neither Pixar nor zombies were enough to topple “How to Train Your Dragon” from the No. 1 slot at North American box offices over the weekend. The Universal Pictures live-action remake remained the top film, bringing in $37 million in ticket sales in its second weekend, despite the sizeable new releases of “Elio” and “28 Years Later,” according to studio estimates Sunday. “How To Train Your Dragon” has rapidly amassed $358.2 million worldwide.Six years after its last entry, the Dean DeBlois-directed “How To Train Your Dragon” has proven a potent revival of the DreamWorks Animation franchise. A sequel is already…
Denis Villeneuve is going from “Dune” to Bond.Amazon MGM Studios announced Wednesday that Villeneuve will direct the next James Bond movie. The untitled film will be the first since the studio took creative reins of the storied film franchise after decades of control by the Broccoli family.Producers Amy Pascal and David Heyman had maintained that before the next Bond is cast, they would develop a screenplay and find a director first. Now, they have one of the most respected blockbuster makers in Hollywood, who’s coming off a pair of widely acclaimed “Dune” films.In a statement, the 57-year-old French Canadian filmmaker…
More insight into Emilie Kiser’s final moments with Trigg Kiser are being uncovered. One week before authorities in Arizona shared that her and her husband Brady Kiser’s 3-year-old son had died after a nearly week-long stay in the hospital, the influencer reflected on her life as a mother. In a video shared to her Instagram May 11, Emilie—who also shares son Theodore Kiser, 2 months, with her husband—showed various snapshots of her spending quality time with her kids. In one clip, the TikToker sat on a picnic blanket outside cradling her youngest son before Trigg came over and planted a…
This review was originally published on May 20, 2025, as part of our Cannes Film Festival coverage. In adapting Akira Kurosawa’s High and Low, Spike Lee somehow crafts his most fun film in years even though, at its center, the film is about a greedy, ego-driven music executive who gets wrapped up in a violent kidnapping plot. Kurosawa’s High and Low elegantly captures Japan’s post-war anxieties, but with Highest 2 Lowest, Lee uses the modern music industry to critique America’s capitalist grindset and toxic celebrity culture. Denzel Washington stars as David King, a co-owner of Stackin’ Hits Records, which had…
The tragic death of TikToker Emilie Kiser’s 3-year-old son is under investigation. One day after authorities in Arizona shared Trigg Kiser had died May 18 following a nearly week-long stay in the hospital, they have confirmed they are formally looking into the matter. “Our thoughts and deepest condolences are with the child’s family and loved ones during this unimaginable time,” Chandler Police Department spokesperson Sonu Wasu said in a statement to E! News May 19. “The investigation into the circumstances surrounding this incident remain ongoing. This is still an open investigation.” “Out of respect for the family’s privacy,” Wasu continued,…