Here are a few posts from last week's Greenpage that might be worth your time...
SAG-AFTRA Deal: What You Need to Know
collider.com: After a historic 118-day strike (the longest in the union's history), SAG-AFTRA has formed a tentative deal with the AMPTP and Hollywood's studios. With a deal finally struck, the industry's biggest upcoming productions can finally get back to work, with hugely anticipated projects like Deadpool 3, Beetlejuice 2, and more resuming production after the long delay. Formulating a deal that ensures fair and equal compensation for actors in the industry was certainly long overdue, yet even though the announced tentative deal puts an end to the long strike, some members of the industry aren't satisfied with some of the compromises SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP made (particularly as it pertains to artificial intelligence).
Google DeepMind’s AI Pop Star Clone Will Freak You Out
WIRED: Even if you didn’t watch last weekend’s episode of Saturday Night Live, you still probably saw it. You may already even know what “it” I’m talking about: Timothée Chalamet, and other similarly-dressed cast members, booty-shaking in tiny little red undies. He was, the sketch goes,
The Sphere represents the "iPhone-ification" of tour design says Es Devlin
www.dezeen.com: The Las Vegas Sphere could set a new standard for tour design much like the iPhone did for mobile phones, set designer Es Devlin tells Dezeen in this interview. Devlin started her career in London's theatre scene of the 1990s before going on to conceive some of the most recognisable sets in the history of modern touring – from Kanye West's floating stages to a giant augmented-reality version of Bono.
Hurdles Made of Dollar Bills: The Gatekeeping of a College Education in Musical Theatre
AMT Lab @ CMU: Every year, thousands of high school seniors across the United States (and a privileged few from countries across the globe) participate in what laymen could only describe as the closest possible experience to a human cattle call: the musical theatre college audition process. From campus visits to testing to prescreens and the final audition, the process can cost thousands of dollars for an auditioner and their family, even without additional support like coaching or a summer intensive program. While, of course, institutional and governmental financial aid is available, these are not resources that are available to all students during their process and education.
Wallace & Gromit Creator Aardman Is Almost Out of Clay
gizmodo.com: Aardman Animations has been defined by its clay animation techniques. Known as Newplast plasticine, it’s been used since the studio’s inception back in 1972, in all its productions, from the Wallace & Gromit shorts to more recent fare like Star Wars Visions and Shaun the Sheep. You know you’re watching an Aardman production when you see it, and it’s hard to imagine them not doing claymation.
