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Russell Crowe talks pushing back on studio pressure for sex scenes in Ridley Scott’s ‘Gladiator’ and says ‘Gladiator II’ failed to ignite audiences in the same way as the original film because it lacked a “moral core” - Taormina Film Festival
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Jalen Brunson sacrificed over $100 million to give the Knicks a better chance to compete for a title.
Tonight he’s an NBA champion and a legend in New York for life.
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I don’t do political posts, but this clarity is worth spreading. There is nothing illegal going on in LA elections, instead, the system is operating exactly as designed.
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Human music creators! Here’s a simple music theory trick you should know and practice!
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Once again I have to say - collaborating with other musicians on music creation is the best. It really is a communal thing. I don't believe it should be always done alone. The result is always better. DO IT!
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Jun 7
20 years in Long Island, 20 years in Los Angeles, 1 year circumnavigating Earth, 3 years in North Carolina…
My heart is still in Los Angeles. Can’t explain it. Hope to move back one day.
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The AFM has been a thorn in the side of many - but I support this.
Jun 5
Musicians' Union Sues Major Labels for Artists' Share of AI Song Generator Settlement Money hollywoodreporter.com/music/…
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Hi friends, can you do me a quick favor and please wishlist my son’s next game on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/4…
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Michael Patti retweeted
Jun 4
'Backrooms' director Kane Parsons isn't a fan of generative AI
"If I could snap my fingers and make generative AI disappear forever, I probably would"
"Creatively, I get no enjoyment from using those tools. It defeats the purpose entirely for me"
He thinks there may be uses in tedious VFX labor 'but right now it's difficult to discuss objectively because there's so much at stake and so many genuinely harmful consequences already happening"
(via @australian)
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Jun 3
Someone got to Marty. We must save him!!
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Martin Scorsese is now a partner and advisor for a generative AI startup
He says he's using AI during preproduction to help storyboard projects
“I’m interested in the intersection of technology and storytelling, and seeing how that can push the bounds of creativity to create deeper and richer experiences for audiences ... cinema is a young medium ... we have to be open to how it can evolve"
(via @nytimes)
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Michael Patti retweeted
Jun 3
Suno - a company that trained on "essentially all music files of reasonable quality that are accessible on the open Internet", and argues it does not need to pay to do so - is now valued at $5.4 billion.
They will pay for GPUs, and for engineers, but not, apparently, for the music they use - other people's music - without which their models would not work.
I know lots of musicians who will be upset. I am with them.
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Michael Patti retweeted
This is the inevitable “sea change” of our industry. These are the real filmmakers.
No, bloated companies with passionless executives chasing their “billion dollar franchise” will never save us.. they are the ones killing us.
These “kids” are not “kids”.
They are Filmmakers,
With a capital “F”,
For “fuck your business as usual, we are the artists of dreams, and the future belongs to us.”
I’m so stoked for this!!
Jun 1
Currently, “Backrooms,” a horror film by the 20-year-old director Kane Parsons, is projected to earn an astonishing $70 million dollars in its opening weekend. Remarkably, it isn’t the first time this month that a horror-themed big-screen début from an enviably young YouTuber has surpassed box-office expectations. Or crushed them, in the case of “Obsession,” the shoestring-budgeted first feature from the 26-year-old director and writer Curry Barker, who got his start directing horror and comedy shorts and posting them online. “Might a generation raised on social media, a force often credited with hastening the death of theatrical moviegoing, instead prove to be its salvation?” Justin Chang asks. Read more about the Gen Z directors who may save going to the movies: newyorkermag.visitlink.me/vV…
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