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While Peak TV has led to comedies with as much cinematic ambition and real-world atmosphere as a prestige drama, old-school sitcoms that use laugh tracks are not just abundant — but popular. Why It Hits: Laugh tracks being popular in the year 2025 may seem like a plot out of The Twilight Zone, but it’s […]
OpenAI is acquiring hardware firm io — created by legendary iPhone and iPod designer Jony Ive — in a $6.5 billion deal. The Big Picture: For the past couple of years, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Ive have been toying around with ideas for a hardware device that can define the AI era — like […]
TikTok is turning into a crash course in how to survive a financial apocalypse (whether real or simply vibes), with several spending-focused challenges taking off on the platform. Why It Hits (Our Wallets): As Americans wrestle with tariff-related price increases, the soaring cost of living, and underemployment, they’re looking for ways to save money — […]
Darren Aronofsky, the mind behind films such as Black Swan and Requiem for a Dream, has launched an AI studio called Primordial Soup in partnership with Google’s AI research lab, DeepMind. The Big Picture: Aronofsky is easily the biggest filmmaker so far to personally get involved in AI production, joining the likes of Natasha Lyonne […]
The stadium-tour era is making concerts bigger and richer than ever, but many concertgoers aren’t loving how it’s also making it harder than ever to see their favorite artists. The Big Picture: Post-pandemic, the live-music industry is doing incredibly well, with market leader Live Nation posting record revenues. That growth is driven by stadium tours, […]
Gen Zers and millennials are starting to turn away from smartphones and toward simpler devices that limit their access to the attention economy. Why It Hits: The ills of phone addiction are not news at this point, and people under 40 can hardly remember a time when they didn’t have uninhibited access to the internet. […]
Blue-chip brands and marketing agencies like Microsoft, Hinge, and Day One Agency are rolling out premium print publications to highlight unique stories or share novel insights on their respective industries. Why It Hits: In an ironic twist, print presents an attractive opportunity to avoid the saturation of digital marketing and provide a product that feels […]
Letterboxd, the cinephile social media platform that has blown up in popularity over the past couple of years, is getting into film distribution with a new TVOD (transactional video-on-demand) service called “Video Store.” The Big Picture: While platforms like YouTube, Vimeo, Facebook, Instagram, X, and TikTok have all toyed with showing movies and TV on […]
Oscar-winning blockbuster filmmaker Chris Nolan is shooting his next film, an adaptation of The Odyssey for Universal, entirely on IMAX film cameras — the first time it’s ever been done. The Big Picture: IMAX has been blowing up in popularity with moviegoers over the past decade, reaching a fever pitch in the past few years. […]
A doctor at the Children’s Hospital of Pennsylvania teamed up with a gene-editing researcher at the University of Pennsylvania to develop a personalized CRISPR therapy to save the life of a baby named KJ Muldoon with a rare genetic disorder. Why It Hits: The success of the personalized therapy was the first time such a […]