Fyre Fest: 'If You Have to See A Lineup Before You Drop $1M Don't Bother'

www.ticketnews.com: A failed festival and subsequent prison sentence for defrauding thousands of concertgoers isn’t stopping Billy McFarland. In fact, he seems to be more energized than ever before ahead of the alleged second — and first — edition of Fyre Festival.

2024 Oscars: Costume and Production Design lineups match for 3rd time

GoldDerby: Anyone who didn’t perfectly predict this year’s Oscar nominees for Best Costume Design and Best Production Design has a uniquely valid excuse. This applies to all but a tiny fraction of Gold Derby’s nearly 11,000 prognosticators, whose solid consensus ultimately conflicted with the academy’s highly unusual decision to populate both categories with the same five films: “Barbie,” “Killers of the Flower Moon,” “Napoleon,” “Oppenheimer,” and “Poor Things.” Since these two craft races have only been completely congruent twice before, it’s especially understandable that very few people anticipated this outcome.

Jekyll and Hyde as a Ballet? A strange case Indeed

Arts & Entertainment | denvergazette.com: Val Caniparoli has always been a fan of film noir. “I loved those dark, scary stories,” the renowned choreographer recalled. “They always stayed in my mind. Years later, when it came to things like Jekyll and Hyde, I knew I could do it.” Wait. Did he mean turning it into a ballet? Yes he did.

Celebrate Valentine's Weekend at the Strand Theater in Zelienople

onstagepittsburgh.com: Broadway In Love celebrates the most poignant, hilarious, and captivating love songs from Broadway’s iconic productions, including Wicked, South Pacific, Frozen, My Fair Lady, and Phantom of the Opera. Servais, known for her dazzling performances on Broadway and across the country, expresses her excitement for returning to The Strand Theater, a venue she holds dear to her heart after her leading performance in 2016’s Heroes and Villains.

Mixing: Vocals First

SoundGirls.org: Learning to mix is the best reason to take the time and go slow. First, you start with everyone in a scene up. Once you have a grasp on that, you can start to break it down into manageable chunks that progressively get smaller. Mark when someone doesn’t have lines for a bit: if actors 1, 2, and 5 are the only ones talking for a page or two, you can pull 3, 4, and 6 out until they’re needed. Maybe you start with everyone in a scene up. Once you feel comfortable with that, you move to only have the people you need for a couple of pages, then just one page, then the next four lines, the next three, etc. Eventually, you get used to the flow of bringing faders up and down for one line at a time.

Meyer Sound Constellation brings world-class flexible acoustics to Vietnam

LightSoundJournal.com: With the opening of the Ho Guom Opera in Hanoi, Vietnam has vaulted to the front rank of Asian countries offering the most advanced technical facilities for hosting the performing arts. The stunning new venue was presented to the public in a soft opening in July and has since earned international accolades for its visionary architecture, audience amenities, and an aural environment instantly optimized for any event by the Constellation® acoustic system.

Ballet on the Trocks

Pasatiempo | santafenewmexican.com: The 26-year-old is a member of the cast of Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, and he says he first tried pointe shoes thanks to a college dance instructor. Molinero del Paso attended the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts, and he had a teacher named Andrea Tallis who thought it was good practice for men to try wearing pointe shoes. They can help in their leaping, says Molinero del Paso, because they provide more support.

Dynamic EQ and Multibands

SoundGirls.org: Dynamic EQs and Multiband compressors are a crowd favorite in the mix engineer world. Personally, if I were to be stranded on an island and had to use only one plugin or insert, I would choose a dynamic EQ, however, both have significant strengths and applications.

Fawlty Towers to hit the West End with stage show

The Independent: Fawlty Towers fans will have a chance to experience the sitcom live, as the classic British comedy series heads to the West End. The original BBC series was written by John Cleese and Connie Booth, and centred on the staff of a fictional hotel in Torquay, Devon.

What happens when plays move out-of-the-round?

Intermission: When a play I adored in its premiere gets picked up for a tour or re-mount, my heart gives a little flutter. Yes, I think. People have another chance to experience this work. I can bully my friends into seeing Casey and Diana and they can’t blame the commute to Stratford for not going.

Black Theater IS Black History

New York Theater: Ossie Davis, the author and star of “Purlie Victorious” in 1961; Leslie Odom Jr, the star of the play’s revival in 2024. Rose McClendon, who made her Broadway debut in 1926; Audra McDonald, who made her Broadway debut in 1991 and has won more Tony Awards than any other performer in history.

One of ‘Baby Driver’s Best Jokes Was Due to a Licensing Issue

collider.com: Even for Edgar Wright, a visually acute and idiosyncratic filmmaker, his 2017 heist caper, Baby Driver, is a supremely ingenious film. The film's direction and style are commanding on the screen. It is the kind of film that reminds general audiences of the power of the director.

NFTRW Weekly Top Five

Here are the top five comment generating posts of the past week:

What the Vision Pro Could Mean for the Future of Mixed Reality (and Apple)

Lifehacker: A lot of you have bought an Apple Vision Pro, it turns out—200,000 if reports to be believed. While Apple sells way more iPhones, iPads, and Macs than that, the Vision Pro is, at this point in time, effectively sold out, days before its official Feb. 2 launch date.

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Alec Baldwin pleads not guilty to new ‘Rust’ set shooting charge

National | Globalnews.ca: Actor Alec Baldwin has pleaded not guilty to a charge of involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer during a rehearsal on a Western movie set in New Mexico.

Posted by David at 2/01/2024 10:32:00 AM

Designing and making luxury handbags with AutoCAD LT

AutoCAD Blog | Autodesk: For more than 30 years, Wendy Stevens has built an illustrious career designing and making metal handbags by hand. These stunning, luxury bags have even graced the pages of Vogue.

Posted by David at 1/31/2024 10:47:00 AM

Universal Orlando Resort shares first official look and details about its highly anticipated new theme park, Universal Epic Universe

Amusement Today: In 2025, Universal Orlando Resort will unveil its next gamechanger for theme park entertainment with the debut of its most ambitious theme park yet: Universal Epic Universe. Epic Universe will present a level of theme park immersion and innovation that is unmatched – transporting guests to expansive worlds featuring more than 50 awe-inspiring attraction, entertainment, dining and shopping experiences that come together to create an unforgettable adventure that is nothing short of epic.

Posted by David at 1/31/2024 10:43:00 AM

‘I’m done with pretenders’: disabled actors on reclaiming Richard III

Theatre | The Guardian: ‘I felt really depressed – and tired,” says Mat Fraser of the news that Michelle Terry, the artistic director of Shakespeare’s Globe, will play Richard III this summer. Recent years have seen increased resistance to “cripping up”: non-disabled actors mimicking impairment on stage. The role of Richard is often now played by disabled actors, including Fraser, who starred in Barrie Rutter’s 2017 production of the play for Northern Broadsides and Hull Truck.

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‘I’m done with pretenders’: disabled actors on reclaiming Richard III

Theatre | The Guardian: ‘I felt really depressed – and tired,” says Mat Fraser of the news that Michelle Terry, the artistic director of Shakespeare’s Globe, will play Richard III this summer. Recent years have seen increased resistance to “cripping up”: non-disabled actors mimicking impairment on stage. The role of Richard is often now played by disabled actors, including Fraser, who starred in Barrie Rutter’s 2017 production of the play for Northern Broadsides and Hull Truck.

Non-disabled Richard III actor to press on despite calls for recast

Shakespeare's Globe | The Guardian: The artistic director of Shakespeare’s Globe has pushed on with playing Richard III in a summer production, but vowed not to “alter [her] physicality” following a backlash over not casting a disabled actor in the role. The Globe was criticised after it announced that Michelle Terry would play the role of Shakespeare’s scheming king who describes himself as “deformed, unfinish’d”.

U.K. 2023 Film, TV Production Spend Hit by Strikes: BFI

The Hollywood Reporter: The film and TV production boom in the U.K. came to a grinding halt in 2023 amid the Hollywood writers and actors strikes. According to the British Film Institute, the total spend on film and high-end TV production last year reached £4.23 billion ($5.37 billion) from 394 productions, down 35 percent from £6.27 billion ($7.72 billion) in 2022 as previously reported.

Automation, Slavery, Monsters, and Misery in Search of the Whole

HowlRound Theatre Commons: Maud Acheampong is a Ghanaian American new media performance artist interested in soft technologies like misery, ugliness, nostalgia, and the way they manifest in our digital ecologies for better or worse. Through Dainty Funk, their digital avatar and drag persona, Maud takes on monstrous forms and attempts to chronicle these assumed human phenomena with a digital lens.

Cirque du Soleil, President of Resident Shows 'part ways'

www.ktnv.com: One of Cirque du Soleil's top Las Vegas executives is leaving the company. On Tuesday, the company announced they were "parting ways" with Eric Grilly, who had been the President of Resident Shows and Affiliate Shows.

Bard generates photos now, finally

The Verge: Users can prompt Bard to generate photos using Google’s Imagen 2 text-to-image model. Bard, now powered by Google’s Gemini Pro large language model, was always going to have image generation. It was assumed the more powerful Gemini Ultra model would power it; however, that model remains in development.

Meyer Sound Constellation Brings Flexible Acoustics To Opera In Vietnam

ProSoundWeb: Live performance hall at the new Ho Guom Opera in Hanoi equipped with 165 full-range self-powered loudspeakers working with dedicated D-Mitri DVRAS processors, and more.

Her biggest fan

Chicago Reader: The deepfake AI-generated images of Taylor Swift swirling around the Internet inevitably came to mind on opening night of Goodman’s Highway Patrol—if only to make me think that, all things considered, Dana Delany got off easy with her encounter with a committed fan.

'My Fair Lady' a Beautiful Tribute to a Classic Musical

onstagepittsburgh.com: I had the pleasure of seeing the opening night performance of The Lincoln Center’s Production of Lerner & Lowe’s My Fair Lady at the Benedum Center on Tuesday night. The revival of this iconic musical was nominated for 10 Tony Awards and 5 Drama Desk Awards, including Best Musical Revival. This production succeeds by recognizing what was so beloved about the original and expanding upon it by providing more depth, agency, and control to its characters.

The best things we saw at the 6th Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival

Chicago Reader: The 6th Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival swept through Chicago as vigorously as the cold front that accompanied much of it, and puppets dominated venues all around Chicago for ten straight days from January 18 to 28. With lots of last-minute add-ons for sold-out shows, theatergoers responded eagerly to the multicultural feast.

Issa Rae, Keke Palmer, Taraji P. Henson Slam Hollywood Issues

www.theroot.com: If there’s one group of people you can always bet on to keep it real at all times, it’s Black women. When it comes to the shortcomings of Hollywood and its mistreatment and undervaluing of Black talent and shows in particular, Black women—namely Taraji P. Henson, Keke Palmer and most recently Issa Rae are sounding the alarm and proposing a complete exit from the industry as a whole.

Nicole A. Watson Named Playwrights’ Center Producing Artistic Director

AMERICAN THEATRE: Playwrights’ Center (PWC) has named Nicole A. Watson their new producing artistic director. Watson will take over on April 1 as outgoing producing artistic director Jeremy B. Cohen heads to the Ojai Playwrights’ Conference.

How 32-Bit Float Audio Recording is Changing Zoom’s Lineup

nofilmschool.com: For those of us living and breathing in the film and video world, you often see and hear lots of new buzzwords thrown around—especially in the tech gear space. However, for every new camera term or cinematography jargon that springs up, a lot of the time, they don’t mean much besides more pixels or better colors.

What the Vision Pro Could Mean for the Future of Mixed Reality (and Apple)

Lifehacker: A lot of you have bought an Apple Vision Pro, it turns out—200,000 if reports to be believed. While Apple sells way more iPhones, iPads, and Macs than that, the Vision Pro is, at this point in time, effectively sold out, days before its official Feb. 2 launch date.

Ford's second annual First Look births three new plays

DC Theater Arts: It’s thrilling to be in the room at the birth of the new. This is just what I experienced on Friday and Saturday, January 26 and 27, 2024, at The Ford’s Theatre Legacy Commissions: A First Look festival. Three plays, representing the second set of public readings of works commissioned by Ford’s Theatre, commanded the venerable stage.

'Avatar' VFX Artists Vote to Unionize with IATSE By Overwhelming 75% Support

IATSE: Visual effects (VFX) artists employed by a subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios, best known for working on James Cameron’s ‘Avatar’ film series through Lightstorm Entertainment productions, have voted to unionize with the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), the union announced Wednesday. In the unionization election held by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), 57 voted in favor of union representation and 19 voted against.

Making Blender Do Things That CAD Can Only Dream Of

Make:: CAD packages like Fusion360 have the ability to set something as a value that you can change on the fly. It’s great. A good example is that if you’re designing laser cut pieces that have to slot together, you can set your material thickness and all your slot thicknesses to a specific variable, then later adjust that variable to match your raw material. That single adjustment will update all the proper parts in the file and your model will fit together nicely. It’s a system that is available but it is also cumbersome.

'Avatar' VFX Artists to Unionize With IATSE After 75% Vote in Favor

TheWrap: The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees said Wednesday that 75% of a group of 76 VFX artists who work on James Cameron’s “Avatar” film series through Lightstorm Entertainment have voted to unionize with the below-the-line workers guild.

Alec Baldwin pleads not guilty to new ‘Rust’ set shooting charge

National | Globalnews.ca: Actor Alec Baldwin has pleaded not guilty to a charge of involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer during a rehearsal on a Western movie set in New Mexico.

Space Shuttle Endeavour has been lifted into a ready-to-launch position

www.timeout.com/los-angeles: It embarked on 25 trips into space, a one-way flight to Los Angeles on top of a 747 and a parade along the city’s surface streets. Now, Space Shuttle Endeavour has added one final expedition to its lengthy travel itinerary: a ride on a high-rise–sized crane.

'Godzilla Minus One' Used 610 VFX Shots to Animate the Iconic Monster

variety.com: The special effects team behind “Godzilla Minus One‘s” jaw-dropping final battle wanted the spectacle to be a “religious” experience. The climax of that vitally important sequence in the Oscar-nominated monster movie involves the total destruction of the titular titan.

IATSE and Teamsters begin negotiations with studios and streamers in March

Reel 360 News: The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) and the Hollywood Basic Crafts, which encompasses Teamsters Local 399, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 40 (IBEW), Laborers International Union of North America Local 724 (LiUNA!), United Association Plumbers Local 78 (UA), and Operating Plasterers & Cement Masons International Association (OPCMIA) Local 755, have announced a collaborative effort in bargaining their shared Motion Picture Industry Pension and Health Plan proposals during the 2024 negotiation cycle with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP).

Teamsters, IATSE United About Contract Talks With Studios: “They Should Fear Us”

Deadline: With their current contracts set to end on July 21, the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and Teamsters Local 399 will stand in together in solidarity in upcoming negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. The sit-down with the Carol Lombardini-led AMPTP will begin March 4, sources tell Deadline.

IATSE and Teamsters to Jointly Negotiate Pension and Health Benefits

IndieWire: For the first time since 1988, IATSE, the Teamsters, and Hollywood Basic Crafts are teaming up to jointly negotiate their pension and health plans with the studios. The three unions will still individually negotiate their other contractual matters with the AMPTP.

Of death – and laughter: how to write plays in Ukraine during wartime

Theatre | The Guardian: In a studio theatre tucked into a courtyard behind Kyiv’s main Khreshchatyk Street, six playwrights and six directors were hammering out a fraught question: how to write plays about war, during the war. One unexpected outcome of their workshops was: through jokes.

BRC Imagination Arts promotes Carmel Lewis to company President

InPark Magazine: Bob Rogers, Chairman and CEO of BRC Imagination Arts (BRC) has announced that Carmel Lewis, a 23-year company veteran, has assumed the role of President. This appointment underscores BRC’s commitment to independent creativity and reinforces its dedication to delivering world leading experiential creative and business solutions for a wide range of clients and international audiences.

Feud: Capote vs. The Swans: Behind the Glam Styles, Costumes

The Hollywood Reporter: Babe Paley, Slim Keith and C.Z. Guest are a few of the iconic jet-set women who conjure images of wealth, glamour, high society … and Truman Capote. Known as “The Swans,” they dominated New York society, with the acclaimed author of Breakfast at Tiffany’s a part of their inner circle.

Dante AV Ecosystem Hits Major Milestone with 50 Licensees and Multiple Product Launches at ISE 2024

Sound & Video Contractor: Audinate Group Limited (ASX:AD8), developer of the industry-leading Dante® AV-over-IP solution, announced it now has reached 50 manufacturers licensing Dante AV technology to build networked video devices. Kramer, Blustream, Magewell, Kiloview, Zenwin, Aavara, and Infobit AV are a few of the most recent partners that have joined the Dante AV ecosystem.

Atlantic Theater's Landmark Union Vote

bwayjournal: With two shows running on Broadway (Kimberly Akimbo & Days of Wine and Roses) and at least two others on the way (Buena Vista Social Club & English), the Atlantic Theater Co. has affirmed its status as a preeminent presenter of new work and a sought-after partner of commercial producers and other nonprofit companies.

Designing and making luxury handbags with AutoCAD LT

AutoCAD Blog | Autodesk: For more than 30 years, Wendy Stevens has built an illustrious career designing and making metal handbags by hand. These stunning, luxury bags have even graced the pages of Vogue.

Lumbering: A Sign Design Sculpt

Sign Builder Illustrated, The How-To Sign Industry Magazine: Located in the Moosehead Lake area of Maine, Harold Stade established this sign-making legacy after serving in the 82nd Airborne during WWII. He started painting signs and even attended the New York City Trade School for sign painting, fine lettering, and showcard artistry.

HOLOPLOT's Unique Capabilities Transform Audio Experience At Sphere, Part 1

Live Design Online: Sphere Las Vegas made headlines after opening with a U2 residency featuring extraordinary projections and lighting from the band's designer, Willie Williams. Visually, the new concert and film venue is stunning, but while Sphere is much larger and more technologically advanced, there are other buildings with roughly the same design hosting live entertainment, the Avicii Arena (Globen) in Stockholm, Sweden, and Al Wasl Plaza in Dubai are two that paved the way.

Meet Heisler, TV's Favorite Beer That Doesn't Even Exist

VinePair: If you’ve ever seen “New Girl,” you’re likely familiar with True American. The fictional drinking game — which is as patriotic as it is confusing — is a favorite among the sitcom’s characters, who play it sporadically throughout the show’s seven seasons. The aftermath usually involves horrific hangovers, divulged secrets, and dozens of empty beer cans scattered across the roommates’ loft.

Griselda: How Sofia Vergara Transformed with Fake Teeth, Prosthetics, and Wigs

www.elle.com/culture: From the looks of her wardrobe, it would be easy to mistake Griselda Blanco (Sofía Vergara) for a mob wife, but she, in fact, is the one running a powerful drug empire and earning the nickname “the Godmother.” Griselda’s quest to infiltrate the illicit business boys club is far from easy, and the Netflix limited series from co-creator and showrunner Eric Goldman (Narcos and Narcos: Mexico) depicts this unprecedented rise to infamy. Exclusive parties and nightclubs await, but this world is far from glitz and glam.

Skil PWRCore 20 18-Gauge Brad Nailer Review

Pro Tool Reviews: Over the last few years, we’ve seen a number of excellent tools join the Skil PWRCore 20 lineup, but today we have something completely brand new from the company. The Skil 18-gauge brad nailer fills an important gap in the ranks, but I want to know how this first-generation tool compares to the competition.

Universal Orlando Resort shares first official look and details about its highly anticipated new theme park, Universal Epic Universe

Amusement Today: In 2025, Universal Orlando Resort will unveil its next gamechanger for theme park entertainment with the debut of its most ambitious theme park yet: Universal Epic Universe. Epic Universe will present a level of theme park immersion and innovation that is unmatched – transporting guests to expansive worlds featuring more than 50 awe-inspiring attraction, entertainment, dining and shopping experiences that come together to create an unforgettable adventure that is nothing short of epic.

Review: Roundup: What Did the Critics Think of Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick in PLAZA SUITE?

www.broadwayworld.com: Neil Simon’s three-act play about couples in crisis, Plaza Suite, has now opened at London's Savoy Theatre, already extended until 13 April. AD Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick reprise their roles from the Broadway production. Excitement (and tickets prices) are high, so, what did the critics think?

Review Roundup: DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES Opens on Broadway

www.broadwayworld.com: Reviews are in for Days of Wine and Roses starring Kelli O'Hara and Brian D'Arcy James, opening on Broadway tonight, Sunday, January 28th at Studio 54. The new musical will play a limited 16-week engagement through April 28, 2024.

IBS 2024: How to Navigate the Largest Exhibit Floor in 15 Years

Builder Magazine: Lace up your sneakers and get ready to explore the largest International Builders’ Show (IBS) floor in 15 years Feb. 27-29 in Las Vegas. Spanning nearly 675,000 net square feet of floor space, this year’s show welcomes a host of over 1,700 exhibiting companies, 45% of which are new to IBS.

Dear Evan Hansen Turns to TikTok to Find Stars for U.K. Tour

Playbill: The upcoming U.K. tour of the Olivier- and Tony-winning musical Dear Evan Hansen is collaborating with TikTok to find the next generation of talent for the upcoming production. As previously reported, Nottingham Playhouse Artistic Director Adam Penford will direct the new staging, which will play the Nottingham venue September 9–28 prior to embarking on a U.K. tour.

Dolly Parton Wants to Find Actors to Play 'Dolly' in Upcoming Broadway Musical 'Through Different Means'

www.broadwayworld.com: According to an interview with People Magazine, Dolly Parton says she wants to find actors to play herself in the musical based on her life through "different means."

Knowledge meets Entertainment: Keynotes and Live Acts at Prolight + Sound 2024

LightSoundJournal.com: A lively mix of glitz, glamour, training and networking: this year, Prolight + Sound is focusing even more strongly on its unique combination of entertainment and business. The lecture programme has never been more international and diverse. From sound to light, themes are taken up that turn the stages of this world into magical places. With the Live Box, visitors can also look forward to a new attraction that puts one of the core elements of the Prolight + Sound DNA back in the spotlight: music.

The Winners: 2023 Sydney Theatre Awards announced

limelight-arts.com.au: The winners of the 2023 Sydney Theatre Awards have been announced in a now-traditional Monday evening ceremony hosted at the Seymour Centre. Hosted by Marney McQueen, 30 awards were presented, shared between 15 productions which played on Sydney stages during 2023.

Prime movers: the German circus exploring Amazon through acrobatics

Stage | The Guardian: On the eastern outskirts of Berlin, a big top has been erected by theatre company Rimini Protokoll for a circus with a twist. These acrobatics come wrapped in metaphor and high concept: the show is about shopping giant Amazon and the processes of the virtual marketplace.

Wizarding World at Epic Universe: Clues from 'Fantastic Beasts'

attractionsmagazine.com: As construction continues for Universal Epic Universe, details from the “Fantastic Beasts” movies provide clues for what guests may find in the park’s Wizarding World of Harry Potter area.

Maestro Makeup: Watch Bradley Cooper Transform Into Leonard Bernstein

www.thewrap.com: Kazu Hiro is fast on his way to becoming one of the most celebrated craftsmen in Hollywood. The prosthetic makeup designer, two-time Oscar winner (for “Darkest Hour” and “Bombshell”), and recent New Yorker magazine subject is in the awards race again.

Following lawsuit, rep admits “AI” George Carlin was human-written

Ars Technica: The estate of George Carlin has filed a federal lawsuit against the comedy podcast Dudesy for an hour-long comedy special sold as an AI-generated impression of the late comedian. But a representative for one of the podcast hosts behind the special now admits that it was actually written by a human.

‘Gutenberg!’ recoups Broadway investment; cast album announced

www.broadwaynews.com: “Gutenberg! The Musical!” has recouped its $6.75 million capitalization, producers announced on Jan. 29. The production concluded its 20-week limited engagement at the James Earl Jones Theatre on Jan. 28. The musical comedy began previews on Sept. 15, 2023, and officially opened on Oct. 12.

George Carlin’s estate sues over fake AI comedy special ‘I’m Glad I’m Dead’

National | Globalnews.ca: The estate of comic legend George Carlin is suing a media company responsible for an AI-generated comedy special that recreated the voice and style of the late stand-up comedian.

Google’s Lumiere brings AI video closer to real than unreal

The Verge: Google’s new video generation AI model Lumiere uses a new diffusion model called Space-Time-U-Net, or STUNet, that figures out where things are in a video (space) and how they simultaneously move and change (time). Ars Technica reports this method lets Lumiere create the video in one process instead of putting smaller still frames together.

Space shuttle Endeavour to be raised by cranes Monday night

Los Angeles Times: Barring weather delays, the space shuttle Endeavour will undergo its final, historic lift starting Monday night, a maneuver no other retired orbiter has undergone.

Alec Baldwin Rust shooting: Why he was indicted by a grand jury on involuntary manslaughter charges.

slate.com/culture: On Jan. 19, a New Mexico grand jury decided to indict actor Alec Baldwin on involuntary manslaughter charges related to the 2021 accidental fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film Rust in Santa Fe. This decision comes exactly a year after the Rust lead actor, who also served as a producer on the project, was charged by the Santa Fe County’s district attorney’s office in a case that was ultimately dismissed last April.

A Look At 3D Printed Professional LED Signage

Hackaday: Customer perception is everything when you’re running a business, particularly in retail. High-quality signage can go a long way into creating a good impression in this respect. [king process] decided to show us how professional-grade LED signage is made in a Korean shop that specializes in the work.

Taylor Swift and George Carlin nonconsensual deepfakes prompt possible legal actions against AI use

Salon.com: Taylor Swift and the estate of the late George Carlin are both at the center of respective battles in which artificial intelligence was used to recreate their likenesses.

TheTheatreTimes.com: Towards Transnational Digital Infrastructure

The Theatre Times: All theatre is local. All theatre is global. Both statements are true: theatre has always been and continues to be a vehicle for national identity formation, self-representation, and self-understanding, but increasingly it is also becoming a place for international dialogue, where disparate cultures, values, and national interests can find, if not mutual understanding, at least mutual coexistence. Yet making and writing about theatre in a global context is not that easy. That is why we founded TheTheatreTimes.com

Native Arts and Cultures Foundation gets a new leader

Oregon ArtsWatch: The Native Arts and Cultures Foundation, a national group based in Portland, has hired a new president and chief executive officer following a nine-month search. Shyla Spicer (Yakama) will take on the dual post, replacing founding President/CEO T. Lulani Arquette (Kanaka ‘Ōiwi [Native Hawaiian]), who is leaving after 15 years.

Caffeine overdrive: The dark side of America's "no sleep" hustle culture

Salon.com: With nearly 20% of office spaces currently sitting empty across the United States, and as multiple major property and asset management companies have collectively defaulted on billions in commercial-property loans, it may be tempting to think that the cult of workaholism is diminishing as its old cubicle-packed temples seem to continue to crumble, but one visit to a Panera or Starbucks on a random Tuesday afternoon quickly dispels that notion.

How to Use Cocreator to Make AI Art in Microsoft Paint

Lifehacker: It's increasingly hard to get away from generative artificial intelligence at the moment, with the tech finding its way into many of the apps and devices we use regularly. Even Microsoft Paint is getting an AI upgrade.

Halyna Hutchins’ Family Attorney Criticizes SAG-AFTRA’s Defense of Alec Baldwin

The Hollywood Reporter: An attorney for the family of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins said this week that SAG-AFTRA‘s defense of Alec Baldwin amid new potential charges flies “in the face of common sense and the law.”

Theatre Awards Roundup: WaterWorks, Lift Every Voice, and More

AMERICAN THEATRE: Harlem Stage has commissioned five artists to create new work as part of the 2024 WaterWorks Emerging Artists program. Designed to support promising multidisciplinary artists of color as they develop new aspects of their artistic practice, the cohort includes Marie Lloyd Paspe, Barkha Patel, Christopher Rivas, Marie Thomas, and Immanuel Wilkins.