CBS plays middleman between advertisers and sports influencers
Paramount teams up with sports creators
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Actors put themselves up for auction
The Future. The Union Solidarity Coalition’s eBay auction to support struggling Hollywood crews is going viral and raising some serious cash thanks to creative ideas and star power. It’s building to be another successful cross-union fundraiser for TUSC, which raised $315,000 in July for the same cause. With a bevy of similar events going down […]
Millie Bobby Brown’s novel puts ghostwriters in the spotlight
The Future. Ghostwriting has been around forever, but the release of Stranger Things actress Millie Bobby Brown’s debut novel is re-questioning the practice. While the criticism toward Brown may be steeped in much more than just her use of a ghostwriter, the conversation could push more celebrities to be open about it (as Brown was) […]
Wasserman signs Brillstein Entertainment Partners
Wasserman shakes up Hollywood
TikTok is becoming the marquee platform for movie and TV piracy
Pirated movies takeover TikTok
Metaphysic is helping stars own their AI likeness
The Future. Metaphysic, the AI company behind @DeepTomCruise and the de-aging VFX for Robert Zemeckis’ upcoming film Here, is rolling out a tool for talent to create and copyright their digital likeness. CEO Tom Graham has been showing off the possibilities of the tech by undergoing the process himself… though it’s unclear if Graham ever […]
The SEC may have just canceled Hollywood NFT projects
The Future. Stoner Cats, the starry six-episode animated Web3 series, was made an example of by the Securities and Exchange Commission under the agency’s new mandate to treat every crypto but Bitcoin as an unregistered security. While the fate of crypto assets will ultimately still need to be determined by the courts, the ruling may […]
Neon shifts into a winning strike position
Neon aims to revive arthouse
TKO rings the NYSE bell
The Future. Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel’s newly created fight empire has officially entered the ring… er… public markets. With the intention of not just increasing the footprint of both UFC and WWE but also expanding the divisions’ media output (films, docs, and social content), TKO may supercharge the amount of fighting talent who can become […]
Las Vegas’ Sphere is already bringing in eyeballs
Las Vegas’ new 4D venue