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.
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.
'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.”
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.
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.”
