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The Food Blogger Mistaken for an OnlyFans Star by AI, and the Hell That Followed
'I wouldn’t wish it upon any other creator out there': Claire Scott reveals her Kafka-esque battle to get reinstated on search. Plus: the TikTok bid…
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Natalie Jarvey
CinemaCon: Theater Owners' Window Wonderland
Gimme more or . . . we'll ask again?! Inside the tough talk about 45-day exclusivity and what we're not saying out loud
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Richard Rushfield
Amazon's Amazing TV Mess: 'Everyone's Afraid of Their Own Shadow'
After Jen Salke's exit, writers, sellers, agents spill tea on the torture of doing business there and what they want to see from Vernon Sanders
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☀️WB Quiets Noise on Big 🎥 Swings, But Mum on Windows
LGF focuses on the youth! / AMAZON MGM's big 🎥 night ahead / NETFLIX, Sofia Carson score again
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D'oh! TV Animation Meets AI With Unease, Opportunity
Faster, cheaper: New tools in the market put artists in a state of ambivalence. Plus: My exclusive news on CBS ratings
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It's War: AI's Horrifying Boiling Point is Here
OpenAI's new brazen image generator rips off Studio Ghibli, Pixar & Lego. Hollywood, fight now before it's too late
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Emmy's Clown Car Comedy Race
It's fresh series stars vs. returning champs in an unusually crowded field. Plus: The Academy's 'No Other Land' hedge backfires
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'We're not just an ATM' as top party funders seek Silicon Valley-style leverage and wait (and wait) for a plan on how the party will meet the moment
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Lorne Michaels vs. NBC: The Epic 1990s War That Nearly Cost Him His Job
Excerpt: It was the 'SNL' era of Sandler, Farley, Carvey. But ratings fell, and the suits wanted its producer out, Judd Apatow to take over and O.J…
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TV Schedule 'Disaster': How Reps Keep Talent Working in Hiatus Chaos
Exclusivity was made for a 22-episode world. Now dealmakers for actors and writers use clever ways to keep everyone earning through the calendar
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Ashley Cullins
TV Schedule 'Disaster': How Reps Keep Talent Working in Hiatus Chaos
Exclusivity was made for a 22-episode world. Now dealmakers for actors and writers use clever ways to keep everyone earning through the calendar
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Ashley Cullins
CEO Tom Quinn: How I Built Neon (and Why You Can Too)
Two best pictures ('Anora', 'Parasite'), 5 Palme d'Ors: The star exec opens his playbook — budgets, creative vision, strategy and the 'lazy' hysteria…
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Ashley Cullins
CEO Tom Quinn: How I Built Neon (and Why You Can Too)
Two best pictures ('Anora', 'Parasite'), 5 Palme d'Ors: The star exec opens his playbook — budgets, creative vision, strategy and the 'lazy' hysteria…
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Ashley Cullins
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Celeb Endorsements: Cash, Sweat Equity or Go for the Mega Exit?
Agents, lawyers and investors' intel on winning the complex world of brand partnerships, even if their client isn't the next Ryan Reynolds
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Ashley Cullins
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