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Topic: Hollywood

Disney sees higher costs to create content after Hollywood pay raises

The media conglomerate expects its fiscal 2024 capital expenditure to total roughly $6 billion and spend on produced and licensed content to be about $25 billion.

After agreement with producers, 148-day-long Hollywood writers’ strike officially ends

The Writers Guild of America (WGA) on Sunday signed a tentative deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.

Striking writers, Hollywood studios to meet on Sunday as talks stretch on

Writers walked off the job in early May after no consensus was reached regarding compensation, minimum staffing of writers' rooms & the use of artificial intelligence.

WGA striking writers to meet Hollywood studios today, negotiate five-month standoff

The WGA went on strike in May after negotiations reached an impasse over compensation, minimum staffing of writers' rooms and the role of artificial intelligence.

6 ways AI could disrupt Hollywood – digital avatars to synthetic voice

Despite dying in a car crash in 1955, actor James Dean is being brought back to life by technology to walk and talk alongside real-life actors in a new film.

Hollywood saves PVR Inox as Bollywood fails to attract moviegoers to theatres

The company said the June quarter witnessed a muted start, with limited releases in Hindi, but saw the highest number of Hollywood movies since the pandemic.

Oppenheimer — ‘father of atomic bomb’ swore by Gita, put it all at stake to oppose hydrogen bomb

Theoretical physicist, now the subject of a big-ticket Hollywood movie, believed the bomb was needed to end World War 2, but also struggled to cope with its potential consequences.

Hollywood actors to go on strike, join writers on picket lines

The actors' union announced at a press conference that the strike will begin at midnight after its national board unanimously authorised the walkout.

‘To appease a mighty CEO’: GQ gets flak for pulling article on Warner Bros chief David Zaslav

The article by freelance film critic Jason Bailey was published on the website last Monday and was heavily edited before eventually being taken down.

Versatile Oscar-winning ‘Little Miss Sunshine’ actor, Alan Arkin dies at 89

Arkin appeared in scores of films, was nominated for an Academy Award four times and won a Tony Award, Broadway's top honors, in 1963 for his stage role in 'Enter Laughing'.

On Camera

A 2-hour op, precise extradition—what Maduro’s capture tells us about modern US military

Despite multiple agencies being involved, the US could maintain a clear chain of command. This is something India should consider too, as it defines the theatre command structures.

Trump threatens India with fresh tariffs on Russian oil, calls PM Modi a ‘good guy’

The latest comment comes as New Delhi and Washington have yet to sign a trade agreement. India’s purchase of Russian oil has reduced, but Moscow remains top source for crude.

S-300, Su-30 jets, T-72 tanks: Inventory of Venezuela’s largely Russian-origin arsenal

Venezuela also boasts of a diverse portfolio of unmanned aerial vehicles capable of carrying out surveillance, reconnaissance and being employed for kinetic purposes as well.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.