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Sunday, September 03, 2023

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Here are a few posts from last week's Greenpage that might be worth your time...

Was it worth it? Edinburgh fringe acts give their verdict on the festival

Edinburgh festival 2023 | The Guardian: By the end of the Edinburgh fringe, anyone who has been here all month will tell you how tired they are. There have been highs – after a tentative return last year, most people feel the fringe has found its feet again and audiences are back in bigger numbers. But also lows – not all performers saw those audiences in their rooms and everyone mentions accommodation costs.

Posted by David at 8/28/2023 09:38:00 AM
VFX Workers at Disney File for Unionization Under IATSE

The Hollywood Reporter: Visual effects workers at Walt Disney Pictures have filed for an election with the National Labor Relations Board that could allow them to unionize with IATSE. The news comes as Disney-owned Marvel VFX workers are currently organizing for their own union election amid the writers and actors strikes.

Posted by David at 8/29/2023 02:12:00 PM
Ripple effects from Hollywood strikes reach other industries

CANVAS Arts: The company had struggled for years, tossed around by pandemic-induced production shutdowns that began in March 2020. Last year, though, business for Valentino's Costume Group had finally picked back up. Hoping to capitalize on that good fortune, the shop moved in January to a North Hollywood space twice the size of its old building.

Posted by David at 8/30/2023 12:20:00 PM
Netflix Agrees to Pay Royalties to Creators of German Series

Variety: Netflix has agreed to pay creatives in Germany additional royalties based on the success of its local series productions. The performance-based royalties will be paid to talent working in front and behind the camera on German Netflix series. The payments will be in addition to wages covered by production companies and based on the number of streams made by the series on the platform.

Posted by David at 8/29/2023 02:10:00 PM
OpenAI disputes authors’ claims that every ChatGPT response is a derivative work

Ars Technica: This week, OpenAI finally responded to a pair of nearly identical class-action lawsuits from book authors—including Sarah Silverman, Paul Tremblay, Mona Awad, Chris Golden, and Richard Kadrey—who earlier this summer alleged that ChatGPT was illegally trained on pirated copies of their books.

Posted by David at 8/31/2023 10:13:00 AM

Sunday, May 07, 2023

Worth a Look

Here are a few posts from last week's Greenpage that might be worth your time...

Sky-High Hollywood Exec Pay Is Target in WGA Strike: ‘Workers Who Write Their Shows Can’t Afford Rent’

www.thewrap.com: Hollywood executives’ pay has become a significant topic of conversation in the wake of the writer’s strike, after the WGA was unable to reach a deal in contract negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.

Posted by David at 5/02/2023 11:44:00 AM
Writers Strike Impact: Makeup Artist Says Remember Below-The-Line Workers

Guest Column – Deadline: Let’s start by saying that I, like the huge majority of my fellow crew members, support the WGA if they strike to get fair compensation. We below-the-line members would just like to be considered in the conversation. I believe what the writers are asking for is more than fair, but I know we will be the ones left in crippling debt after the smoke clears, with no celebration dance at the end for us.

Posted by David at 5/02/2023 12:02:00 PM
Yellowjackets’ Liv Hewson Passes on Emmys Over Gendered Categories

IndieWire: Showtime’s “Yellowjackets” has a large ensemble of actors worthy of Emmy consideration, from established stars like Melanie Lynskey and Christina Ricci to up-and-comers like Jasmin Savoy Brown and Sophie Nélisse who play their younger counterparts. But one cast member, Liv Hewson, has removed themselves from contention, due to the gendered categories of the Television Academy’s awards.

Posted by David at 5/02/2023 11:56:00 AM
This Bay Area theater started an emergency fundraising campaign, but not because of low attendance

Datebook: In the last six months of 2022, ticket sales were up 9% compared to the same period in 2019, Artistic Director Khalia Davis told The Chronicle at the time. Two shows, “Elephant and Piggie’s We Are in a Play” and “A Year With Frog and Toad,” sold out within days of releasing tickets. The company was experimenting with a membership model, where audiences could come as many times as they wanted.

Posted by David at 5/05/2023 10:39:00 AM
Stability AI And DeviantArt Ask Court To Dismiss Artists’ Silly Lawsuit Against Generative Art

Techdirt: Earlier this year you may have heard that there were a few lawsuits filed over generative AI platforms, with two big cases targeting Stability AI, makers of Stable Diffusion, in particular. I’d been meaning to write about these cases, and why they’re so problematic, but things have been busy and I didn’t get a chance. Though, now, in the first case, filed by some artists, Stability has filed its motion to dismiss (and an anti-SLAPP motion) against the plaintiffs, and it highlights many of the points I would have raised in the article anyway. So let’s just dig into that.

Posted by David at 5/02/2023 11:26:00 AM
At a Carbon Neutral Music Festival, We Gain More Than We Lose

consequence.net: Before you arrive at a music festival, you might spend hours in a long line of cars inching towards the bored parking attendants who organize lots so large they’re visible from low orbit. After walking through the long maze of vehicles, you’ll arrive at your first garbage receptacle, perhaps already piled high with plastic water bottles, each made with fossil fuels (about 8% of the world’s petrochemicals go to plastic), and most of which could have been recycled but won’t be. Recycling is expensive — just getting everything off the ground and bagged is hard enough — and so even more-sustainable aluminum cans are likely headed for the trash heap.

Posted by David at 5/01/2023 11:28:00 AM
Kabuki kids: The children of Japan's traditional theater

The Japan Times: Like most 10-year-olds in Japan, Maholo Terajima enjoys baseball and video games, but recently his schedule has also included lessons in sword fighting, choreography and fan dancing — preparations for his kabuki debut. The French-Japanese boy made his first appearance to rapturous applause this week under his new stage name, Onoe Maholo, at Tokyo’s Kabukiza theater, the storied home of the classical art form.

Posted by David at 5/04/2023 02:01:00 PM
Is Cosplay Cultural Appropriation? Let's Find Out

The Senpai Cosplay Blog: Is cosplay cultural appropriation? As cosplayers, we dress up as characters from a variety of fandoms including Anime, video games, comics, movies and much much more. There are so many wonderful cosplays out there!

Posted by David at 5/05/2023 11:28:00 AM
Live Nation CEO Says Ticketmaster Should Charge "A Bit More"

www.ticketnews.com: Live Nation Entertainment CEO Michael Rapino gave a lengthy interview to music industry analyst Bob Lefsetz last week, offering his perspective on the swirling controversies around his company and its place in the marketplace. In it, he offered some interesting justifications for its policies about ticket pricing and competition.

Posted by David at 5/05/2023 10:42:00 AM
Broadway Season Closer Quiz

New York Theater: How well were you paying attention to the theater in April, 2023, the end of the Broadway season? Answer these ten questions — and one doozy of a bonus question — to find out.

Posted by David at 5/01/2023 11:47:00 AM

Friday, May 05, 2023

DP Weekly Wrap Up

There are no bad ideas

Sunday, September 03, 2023

DP Weekly Wrap Up

Worth a Look

Was it worth it? Edinburgh fringe acts give their verdict on the festival

VFX Workers at Disney File for Unionization Under IATSE

Ripple effects from Hollywood strikes reach other industries

Netflix Agrees to Pay Royalties to Creators of German Series

OpenAI disputes authors’ claims that every ChatGPT response is a derivative work

Sunday, May 07, 2023

Worth a Look

Sky-High Hollywood Exec Pay Is Target in WGA Strike: ‘Workers Who Write Their Shows Can’t Afford Rent’

Writers Strike Impact: Makeup Artist Says Remember Below-The-Line Workers

Yellowjackets’ Liv Hewson Passes on Emmys Over Gendered Categories

This Bay Area theater started an emergency fundraising campaign, but not because of low attendance

Stability AI And DeviantArt Ask Court To Dismiss Artists’ Silly Lawsuit Against Generative Art

At a Carbon Neutral Music Festival, We Gain More Than We Lose

Kabuki kids: The children of Japan's traditional theater

Is Cosplay Cultural Appropriation? Let's Find Out

Live Nation CEO Says Ticketmaster Should Charge "A Bit More"

Broadway Season Closer Quiz

Friday, May 05, 2023

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