‘Masters of the Air’ Producer Reveals “Biggest Problem” They Faced
Apple TV’s new World War II epic Masters of the Air has faced a very steep climb to take flight, creatively speaking. First, it had to live up to the legacy of its extraordinary predecessor, HBO’s 2001 limited series Band of Brothers, which some consider to be their all-time favorite war “movie.” BoB‘s successor, 2010’s […]
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Taylor Swift Searches Apparently Blocked by X Following AI Nudes
Searches for “Taylor Swift” on Saturday are drawing a blank space on Twitter/X, as the social network is no longer on showing any search results for the singer after a proliferation of pornographic AI nudes flooded the service earlier this week. The service also shows no results for “Taylor Swift nude” or “Taylor Swift AI” […]
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“Everyone Lost Their Minds”: The Great ‘Barbie’ Backlash-Backlash
In Bo Burnham’s brilliant, pandemic-fueled Netflix special Inside, there’s a lyric that often comes to mind during media outrage news cycles. It’s from the song “That Funny Feeling” — a rundown of dystopic sentiments about modern life — and goes like this: “The backlash to the backlash to the thing that’s just begun.” In this […]
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Taylor Swift AI Nudes Provoke Fandom Uproar on X: “Disgusting as Hell”
Pornographic, nude images of Taylor Swift that were generated using AI have been circulating on social media, provoking massive outrage among her fans and beyond. The fake images — deepfakes — portrayed Swift in several sexualized positions while partially clad in Kansas City Chiefs garb among hordes of fellow Chiefs fans (a reference to her […]
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Michelle Yeoh, Hillary Clinton React to Those Margot Robbie, Greta Gerwig ‘Barbie’ Snubs
Hillary Clinton and Michelle Yeoh are reacting to those Barbie Oscars snubs. The former first lady, senator, secretary of state and 2016 Democratic presidential candidate posted a reassuring message on Instagram for star Margot Robbie and director Greta Gerwig, who on Tuesday learned they were shut out of the best actress and best director categories, […]
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HBO’s ‘Sex and the City’ Is Coming to Rival Netflix
And just like that, one of HBO’s most iconic hits is heading over to its biggest streaming rival. All six seasons of the Emmy-winning comedy Sex and the City are going to stream on Netflix for the first time. The show will reportedly be added to the platform in April as a co-exclusive with Max […]
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Ryan Gosling Criticizes Margot Robbie, Greta Gerwig Oscars Snubs
Ryan Gosling issued a statement about Barbie‘s Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie being snubbed in two key Oscar categories on Tuesday. The actor had some strong words following Gerwig missing out on a best director Oscar nomination, and Robbie not being nominated for best actress. Gosling was nominated for a best supporting Oscar (along with […]
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Greta Gerwig’s Oscar ‘Barbie’ Snub Slammed: “How Is This Even Possible?”
There are always Oscar snubs. But this one is striking the media as particularly egregious: Greta Gerwig wasn’t nominated for best director for Barbie — a film that was not only the biggest hit of the year and helped to bring moviegoers back to cinema with the success of “Barbenheimer,” but was also nominated for […]
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Netflix’s ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ Reveals New Official Trailer
The full and official trailer to Netflix’s live-action series version of Avatar: The Last Airbender has been released. The story follows Aang, the young Avatar, as he learns to master the four elements (Water, Earth, Fire, Air) to restore balance to a world threatened by the Fire Nation. “I’m the Avatar and I’m going to […]
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Martin Scorsese Nominated for Record 10th Director Oscar, Passing Steven Spielberg
Martin Scorsese has now earned more Oscar nominations for best director than anyone alive. The Academy nominated the 81-year-old icon for his film Killers of the Flower Moon on Tuesday. Scorsese now has 10 best director nominations, surpassing Steven Spielberg, who has nine. Scorsese has won the category just once — for 2006’s The Departed. […]
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‘Rick and Morty’ Season 8 Coming in 2025, Anime Series Reveals New Footage
Here are three pieces of breaking Rick and Morty news. First, the Emmy-winning series will return for its eighth season sometime in 2025, ending the show’s recent streak of having new episodes annually (the show’s seventh season had its finale in December). The reason for the push: Last year’s five-month Writers Guild strike delayed production […]
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‘Star Wars: The Bad Batch’ Season 3 Trailer Reveals Final Season
Lucasfilm Animation has released an action-packed trailer for the final season of Star Wars: The Bad Batch. The third and final season of the Emmy winning The Clone Wars spinoff gets underway Feb. 21 with three episodes. The finale will air May 1. The official description: “In the epic final season of Star Wars: The Bad Batch, the […]
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