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Movie Review: This is her, now, in space: J.Lo heads to a new galaxy for AI love story in 'Atlas'

Let’s all be clear, if we weren’t already, that when it comes to Jennifer Lopez, it's about the love story. Always the love story. J.Lo the pop star, singing about rekindled love on her latest album, “This is Me … Now.” J.

May 24, 2024 8:06 AM Read more >

With a new War Rig and a fleet of motorbikes, 'Furiosa' restarts the motorized mayhem of 'Mad Max'

NEW YORK (AP) — When it was time to start making “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga,” production designer Colin Gibson went to a garage in Australia to find some old friends. It had been years since 2015’s “Fury Road” wrapped production.

May 23, 2024 12:58 PM Read more >

Mohammad Rasoulof fled Iran to debut his film in Cannes. 'I have many more stories to tell,' he says

Mohammad Rasoulof was facing eight years in prison — and likely more considering the uncompromising nature of his latest film, “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” — when he decided to flee Iran.

May 23, 2024 11:23 AM Read more >

With a sequel in the works, 'Red, White & Royal Blue' stars reflect on its success - and R rating

LOS ANGELES (AP) — When “Red, White & Royal Blue” debuted last summer, it did so without fanfare or spectacle, landing squarely amid historic Hollywood strikes that precluded its stars from lending their press-friendly faces to promote the movie.

May 23, 2024 7:19 AM Read more >

'Control, consent, compensation': Voice actors express concern over AI in video games

A recent dispute over the use of a voice similar to Hollywood actor Scarlett Johansson by the maker of ChatGPT is another example of the complexities of generative artificial intelligence and the ethical debate around the technology.

May 23, 2024 2:00 AM Read more >

Pay increases, AI provisions included in Writers Guild of Canada labour deal

TORONTO — The Writers Guild of Canada has ratified a new three-year contract that increases pay and implements artificial intelligence protections for writers, story editors and story consultants.

May 22, 2024 2:50 PM Read more >

Hot Docs to close its flagship cinema, lay off staff for three months

TORONTO — Ongoing financial uncertainty is forcing the Hot Docs Film Festival to temporarily close its flagship Toronto theatre and lay off staff for about three months, the organization said Wednesday.

May 22, 2024 1:23 PM Read more >

Trump campaign calls 'The Apprentice' film 'blatantly false,' director offers to screen it for him

CANNES, France (AP) — Donald Trump’s reelection campaign called “The Apprentice,” a film about the former U.S. president in the 1980s, “pure fiction” and vowed legal action following its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival .

May 21, 2024 2:12 PM Read more >

Movie Review: 'The Garfield Movie' is a bizarre animated tale that's not pur-fect in any way

If you catch the latest Garfield movie, you might not expect to find the famous orange feline at one point running from bad guys on the top of a speeding train. Lasagna eating? Sure.

May 20, 2024 12:00 PM Read more >

'The Apprentice,' about a young Donald Trump, premieres in Cannes

CANNES, France (AP) — While Donald Trump's hush money trial entered its sixth week in New York, an origin story for the Republican presidential candidate premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on Monday, unveiling a scathing portrait of the former pre

May 20, 2024 11:48 AM Read more >