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Sunday, November 06, 2022

NFTRW Weekly Top Five

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

Producer Told Sienna Miller to 'F*ck Off' When She Asked to Be Paid the Same As Male Costar

jezebel.com: In a new interview with British Vogue, Sienna Miller, revealed that she was told by an “extremely powerful” producer to “fuck off” when she asked to be paid the same amount of a male counterpart in a New York City play.

Overview | Light-Up Costumes in Harsh Environments

Adafruit Learning System: Light-up costumes using LEDs are delicate. Wires break, connectors, fail, and dust or water can get into the tiniest cracks in your enclosure, causing short circuits or rust.

Invasive Diffusion: How one unwilling illustrator found herself turned into an AI model

Waxy.org: Last weekend, Hollie Mengert woke up to an email pointing her to a Reddit thread, the first of several messages from friends and fans, informing the Los Angeles-based illustrator and character designer that she was now an AI model.

Broadway Dancers Push for Return to In-Person Auditions as Industry Eyes Hybrid Model

The Hollywood Reporter: For the first time since the pandemic began, the actors’ and stage managers’ union will reopen its audition centers in Chicago, New York and Los Angeles starting Nov. 17. This is meant to encourage more producers to hold in-person calls, ahead of a coming mandate, after some performers expressed frustration with virtual auditions due to the cost involved and the feeling that their tapes were not being watched.

Why are so many coming-of-age films shot in Pittsburgh?

Pittsburgh City Paper: What do The Perks of Being a Wallflower, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, and Me, Earl, and the Dying Girl all have in common? They’re all coming-of-age movies, a term given to stories about a young person’s journey growing up and figuring themselves out. They were also all shot in Pittsburgh.

 

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