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Friday, October 13, 2023

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Monday, October 09, 2023

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

SAG-AFTRA Strike: Studio CEOs Return to Bargaining Table

The Hollywood Reporter: Some of Hollywood’s top leaders — Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos, Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav, Disney CEO Bob Iger, and NBCUniversal Studio Group chairman and chief content officer Donna Langley — are attending Monday’s negotiating session at the SAG-AFTRA national headquarters on Wilshire Boulevard, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. The performers union noted in a statement on Sept. 27 that “several executives” from member companies of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers would be attending, though the union at that point did not specify who.

Posted by David at 10/03/2023 11:27:00 AM

Deepfake celebrities begin shilling products on social media, causing alarm

Ars Technica: News of AI deepfakes spread quickly when you're Tom Hanks. On Sunday, the actor posted a warning on Instagram about an unauthorized AI-generated version of himself being used to sell a dental plan. Hanks' warning spread in the media, including The New York Times. The next day, CBS anchor Gayle King warned of a similar scheme using her likeness to sell a weight-loss product. The now widely reported incidents have raised new concerns about the use of AI in digital media.

Posted by David at 10/04/2023 10:11:00 AM

'I Just Fell In Love With It': Marybeth Abel Reflects on 15 Years With Wicked

Playbill: Audience members may spend one short day in Oz on their trip to Wicked, but longtime production stage manager Marybeth Abel’s exquisite visit has stretched on for 15 years. “It is incredible!” Abel states emphatically, referring to the length of her tenure. “I was on the original Les Misérables, and I did 13 years on that show. I was fortunate enough to also be the production supervisor, so I handled all of the North American companies of Les Misérables. I've been here 15 years.”

Posted by David at 10/04/2023 09:59:00 AM

Unpacking what the concert experience is truly like at Sphere

Las Vegas Weekly: “If you build it, they will come.” That famously misquoted line from 1989’s Field of Dreams whispers up at me as I take in the full, monolithic size of Las Vegas’ new mega-venue, Sphere. It’s hard to imagine that anyone built this; it’s otherworldly in almost every way.

Posted by David at 10/06/2023 10:56:00 AM

Is AI a Tool or a Taskmaster?

Architect Magazine: “Architecture was more of a handcrafted object, like [during] the Renaissance, when I first emerged,” said the late architectural pioneer Beverly Willis, 95, during a recent phone call as she discussed the impacts of technology during her long career. “And then it blossomed into this business, this science: the science of the soil, of the air, of things we didn’t consider when we started.”

Posted by David at 10/05/2023 12:13:00 PM

Friday, October 06, 2023

DP Weekly Round Up

Sunday, October 01, 2023

Worth a Look

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

How WGA’s Tentative Deal With AMPTP Got Done

The Hollywood Reporter: On Saturday, Sept. 23, Disney CEO Bob Iger was in Beverly Hills, seemingly living his best life. He was at dinner with Paul McCartney and Eagles alum Joe Walsh at La Dolce Vita, an Old World Italian restaurant with long white tablecloths and dark red leather booths. Some people were discreetly snapping photos, as was to be expected with a Beatle in the house.

Posted by David at 9/27/2023 09:56:00 AM

Breaking Down What the WGA Won

gizmodo.com: After nearly 150 days on strike, the Writers Guild of America and the Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers have finally reached an agreement. The unit members celebrated across the country, and now the WGA has released a Memorandum of Agreement, as well as some additional documents to inform members what nearly five months of withheld work, union solidarity, and standing up for their value has won them. You can read the full Memorandum here.

Posted by David at 9/28/2023 11:50:00 AM

Addressing Copyright, Compensation Issues in Generative AI

News - Carnegie Mellon University: Recent work by Carnegie Mellon University researchers tackles the thorny issues of copyright and compensation for generative AI models that create new images. A team in the School of Computer Science's Generative Intelligence Lab collaborated with Adobe Research and the University of California, Berkeley, to develop two algorithms to help generative AI models take important steps on these issues.

Posted by David at 9/29/2023 10:20:00 AM

Actors’ Equity Seeks to Unionize Broadway Production Assistants

The New York Times: Actors’ Equity, the labor union representing American stage performers and stage managers, is seeking to unionize Broadway production assistants, one of the few nonunion segments of the industry work force. The campaign comes at a moment when labor unions in the United States have become increasingly restive; there are organizing efforts in many sectors of the economy, and Hollywood’s writers and actors have been on strike for months.

Posted by David at 9/29/2023 10:20:00 AM

Why is the prompter strolling around the stage? Meet the secret heroes of German theatre

Theatre | The Guardian: Prompters such as Zumpe are the unsung heroes of a German theatre scene that puts increasingly gargantuan demands on its performers, as it ploughs a path somewhere between the avant garde and the post-pandemic appetite for more traditional entertainment. In Britain and America, as well as in France and Italy, the profession of the souffleur, or prompter, is a thing of the distant past. In productions in London’s West End, cast members are expected to get each other out of a fix if they blank on stage. Exceptions are sometimes made for ageing actors, but even then the more popular solution is an in-ear device that keeps off-stage interventions undetectable.

Posted by David at 9/26/2023 10:24:00 AM

There are no bad ideas

Friday, October 13, 2023

DP Weekly Wrap Up

Monday, October 09, 2023

Worth a Look

SAG-AFTRA Strike: Studio CEOs Return to Bargaining Table

Deepfake celebrities begin shilling products on social media, causing alarm

'I Just Fell In Love With It': Marybeth Abel Reflects on 15 Years With Wicked

Unpacking what the concert experience is truly like at Sphere

Is AI a Tool or a Taskmaster?

Friday, October 06, 2023

DP Weekly Round Up

Sunday, October 01, 2023

Worth a Look

How WGA’s Tentative Deal With AMPTP Got Done

Breaking Down What the WGA Won

Addressing Copyright, Compensation Issues in Generative AI

Actors’ Equity Seeks to Unionize Broadway Production Assistants

Why is the prompter strolling around the stage? Meet the secret heroes of German theatre

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