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For nearly every major career, there is an industry built around the industry: one that offers professional development for both newbies and veterans, promising them tips on getting started, building their portfolios of business skills, and keeping up with changing trends. Content creation has come a long way as an industry, with a period of supercharged growth since the dawn of Covid, and now more than ever, there are people offering creators advice on how to level up their careers—if they’re willing to pay for it.

Professional development for creators can take the form of annual marquee events with dozens of presenters and workshops, like at VidSummit (one ticket: $995). Or, like Whalar‘s Lighthouse initiative, it can be a brick-and-mortar collaborative workspace with production studios, continuing learning programs, and coffee shops. It can even be Ninja‘s much-memed-upon “Become a Streamer” masterclass.

Or it can be Creator Method,...

“Dune: Part Two,” “Inside Out 2” and “The Creator” lead the feature nominations for this year’s Hollywood Professional Association (Hpa) Awards with three apiece. The awards will be presented during a Nov. 7 gala at the Television Academy in North Hollywood.

“Dune: Part Two” was nominated in the categories for color grading, editing and sound; “The Creator,” for color grading, sound and visual effects; and “Inside Out 2” for color grading in an animation feature, sound, and VFX in an animated feature. The eligibility period runs from September to September.

As previously announced, during the ceremony FotoKem will receive the Charles S. Swartz Award for industry contributions. Adobe, Disguise, Cuebric and Evercast will be honored for engineering excellence.

The list of nominees follows:

Outstanding Color Grading – Live Action Theatrical Feature

“Blink Twice” — Damien Vandercruyssen // Harbor

“The Creator” — David Cole // FotoKem

“Dune: Part Two” — David Cole // FotoKem

“Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga...

Many powerful Naruto characters of the older generation are shrouded in mystery, all we have are legends to grasp their strengths. Tobirama Senju sets himself apart in that respect, with material proof of his strength: his ninjutsu. He is the creator of many overpowered techniques in the series which are a testament to his potential. Besides that, there’s one more thing Tobirama is renowned for.

Through memes, several discussions, and his own deeds, Tobirama has been throned as the biggest Uchiha Hater by Naruto Fandom. These two aspects of his character have remained to be the topics of discussion among fans.

Tobirama Senju: The Prodigy and Creator of Several Forbidden Jutsu Hashirama and Tobirama | Credits: Studio Pierrot Co. Ltd.

Tobirama Senju was the younger brother of the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju. From a young age, he closely observed Hashirama, who was considered the ‘God of Shinobi’. He had immense...

VidSummit 2024 is upon us, and for those heading to the Irving Convention Center next week, we’ve put together an official Tubefilter guide to the event, packed full of must-see programming and a wide variety of creator-led panels.

VidSummit has been around since 2014, and was started by Derral Eves, a longtime video marketing strategy consultant who saw the need for a biz dev event dedicated exclusively to digital content creators. This is set to be VidSummit’s biggest year yet, with its largest number of attendees–3,500–and its most stacked schedule of keynotes, discussion panels, workshops, and more.

Since there are dozens of programs for attendees to choose from, we wanted to give y’all a heads up on what we consider VidSummit 2024’s must-see programming. Our selections hit everything from the big keynotes to multi-creator panels to workshops on things like protecting yourself from doxxing, plus case studies on...

In an age when platforms dictate the rules of engagement for millions of creators, a startup is looking to put power back into the hands of individuals. Coy Creator is launching a “business-in-a-box” platform that allows creators to consolidate content, live events, and merch without giving up ownership of their data.

The first word in Coy Creator’s name is an acronym that stands for “Capitalize on You,” and that phrase is an apt summation of Coy Creator’s mission. The platform provides its partners with the assets they need to build custom sites where they can engage with fans while controlling multiple revenue streams.

In an email to Tubefilter, two of Coy Creator’s leading execs explained that the company emerged as a response to the current state of affairs on social media platforms. CEO Matt Silk and Cro Will Keenan said that Coy aims to “address a significant...

The Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards just happened and there were some cool winners! SpongeBob SquarePants and Patrick hosted from Bikini Bottom. It was broadcast on Nick and other channels like TeenNick.

For movies, Barbie won Favorite Movie and Margot Robbie won for playing Barbie. Timothée Chalamet won for playing Willy Wonka. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse was named the Favorite Animated Movie.

Some of the winning TV shows included Percy Jackson and the Olympians for Favorite Kids’ TV Show and Young Sheldon for Favorite Family TV Show. Walker Scobell who plays Percy won for Favorite Male TV Star (Kids).

In music, Taylor Swift swept with three wins including Favorite Female Artist. Post Malone won for Favorite Male Artist. Imagine Dragons took Favorite Music Group.

There were also winners for sports, social media and gaming. Simone Biles won for Favorite Female Sports Star. Travis Kelce for Favorite Male Sports Star. MrBeast won for Favorite Male Creator.

Yellowstone is the sweeping landscape of the Dutton family ranch, which is often eclipsed by the actions of its larger-than-life characters & the intense (behind-the-scenes) drama that unfolds. But amid the relentless tension and tough exterior of ranch life, isn’t it the quieter scenes that often spark the most fiery discussions among fans?

Of course, there was one such moment—a bathroom dialogue between Monica (Kelsey Asbille) and her son Tate (Brecken Merrill)—that perhaps even Taylor Sheridan couldn’t defend. This event from season 4 stands out not for its explosive action, but for its controversial subtlety.

Taylor Sheridan in Yellowstone | Paramount Network

The scene’s approach to parenting & childhood, which sparked an online debate, has led some viewers to wonder if this slice-of-life from Season 4 should have been cut. Drawing from the insights of ardent Reddit users, let’s dig deeper into why it has become such a hot topic for discussion.

Tyler, the Creator has canceled his headlining appearances at this year’s Lollapalooza festival in Chicago and Outside Lands Music Festival in San Francisco, the artist announced.

The rapper, who most recently released a deluxe version of his 2023 album Call Me If You Get Lost, did not explain why he was canceling his performances at two of the summer’s major festivals. Outside Lands cites “personal reasons” for the canceled performance by the “Earfquake” rapper-producer.

“i hate saying this but i have to cancel lollapalooza and outside lands,” he wrote on X, formerly Twitter. “i made a commitment that i can no longer keep, and that bums me out knowing how excited folks were. that is not sexy at all. please please forgive me or call me names when you see me in person. Love.”

i hate saying this but

i have to cancel lollapalooza and outside lands.

i made...

As if serving as the creative director of the 28th edition of the American Black Film Festival (ABFF) wasn’t enough, Issa Rae will now sit for the inaugural “Creator Conversation” with two very special guests: Ava DuVernay and Kenya Barris.

The exclusive live event — which is part of a new program dubbed “Creator Conversations” — will take attendees on a journey through their Rae, DuVernay and Barris’ processes and careers, including recent projects such as DuVernay’s latest film “Origin” and Barris’ hit “Black-ish” franchise and his directorial debut “You People.”

“We are truly delighted to get a rare glimpse into the minds of three trailblazers who are reshaping the landscape of film and television. Ava DuVernay, Kenya Barris and Issa Rae are incredibly talented creators whose work and careers we admire tremendously,” ​​said Nice Crowd President Nicole Friday announcing the special event, which will be held on Friday, June...

Exclusive: Tribeca Festival announced plans for an all-new festival vertical dedicated to Creators, in partnership with Whalar Group, adding to its programming slate of Film, TV, Music, Audio Storytelling, Games and Immersive verticals. The new Creator vertical will bridge Hollywood with the growing creator space.

The vertical is set to launch with a talk at the 2024 Tribeca Festival, featuring filmmaker Archie Gips and creators Brandon Edelman and Coco Mocoe. The conversation will explore creators as the next wave of entrepreneurs, storytellers, community builders and publishers, and how they are redefining the entertainment industry. The talk will tackle topics such as engagement, fandom interaction, and authentic storytelling. Beyond the annual festival, the Creator vertical will also include a year-round talks series, taking place at The Lighthouse, Whalar Group’s physical campus for creators in New York and Los Angeles.

“Tribeca goes where our audiences go,” said co-founder and CEO of Tribeca Enterprises Jane Rosenthal.

The Sci-Fi genre consists of some of the most inventive and life-changing films because by the very definition of the word the creators have to invent a fictional future or technology and while some of the films in this genre give us spectacle others give us a story that makes us think about the future and how our world is changing for better or for worse. So, today we thought of listing the best new sci-fi films you can watch at home right now and in this list, we didn’t include any film released before 2023.

The Creator (Hulu & Rent on Prime Video) Credit – 20th Century Fox

The Creator is a sci-fi action film directed by Gareth Edwards from a screenplay co-written by Edwards and Chris Weitz. The 2023 film is set in the year 2055 after an A.I. created by the United States goes rogue and detonates a nuclear warhead...

TikTok is giving some users the ability to post hour-long videos. The app is running a test that expands its maximum upload length from ten minutes all the way up to 60.

Matt Navarra, a consultant who is known for spotting new features on social media platforms, was among the first people to notice the 60-minute runtime test. TikTok later confirmed to TechCrunch that some users now have access to hour-long content. While any creator could potentially benefit from posting long-form videos, that format is particularly useful in categories like beauty, cooking, education, and comedy.

Though TikTok used short-form content to put itself on the map, it has progressively increased the maximum runtime of its videos. The uptick to ten minutes arrived in 2022. Two years later, Navarra spotted a test that bumped the max up to 30 minutes.

By doubling that parameter once again, TikTok is supporting its ongoing investment in long-form products.

Coachella 2024 headliner Tyler, the Creator teamed up with his former Odd Future group mate Earl Sweatshirt at Coachella on Saturday, April 20, to deliver a couple of songs.

The pair performed “AssMilk,” their collaboration from Tyler, the Creator’s 2009 mixtape, Bastard, and “Rusty” from 2013’s Wolf. Following their “Rusty” performance, they hugged each other and Earl Sweatshirt said, “Look at the biggest show on Earth” complimenting his friend and the grand landscape-themed stage setup. Tyler, the Creator called Earl Sweatshirt his brother and said, “I love this guy so fucking much.

Instagram wants to help creators design chatbots that can interact with fans on their behalf. The Meta-owned app is testing a program called Creator AI that will facilitate direct messages between influencers and their followers.

According to the New York Times, Creator AI is currently in the early stages of testing. The plan is to mimic the voices of participating creators in order to outsource fan interactions to automated systems. The AIs will be trained based on data supplied by the creators, which could include Instagram posts, direct messages, comments, and audio from Reels and Instagram Stories. Creators would also be able to choose specific phrases to use in replies to fans.

The Times report cites “people briefed on [Instagram’s] plans.” Those insiders were not able to provide details about specific influencers who are participating in the Creator AI test due to nondisclosure agreements they signed. Meta declined to comment on the Times report.

The Avatar: The Last Airbender fans know just how hard it is for all the Avatars who have been bestowed with the responsibility of protecting human beings from the threats of the spirit world. While all of them exercise great strength and power to overpower evil, they also have to leave behind their own desires to fulfill their duty of serving the world.

Avatar: The Last Airbender.

Yet even through that, each successor of this league of heroes is connected to their predecessors throughout their lives, gaining access to their consciousness to continue to fight for what’s right. All except for Korra, who loses this ability at one point in time. And in doing so, revealed a major and extremely dark storyline about the saga that we never quite realized existed.

Avatar: The Last Airbender Follows an Incredibly Dark Storyline

While it may not seem like it with all...

Elon Musk really, really, really wants to make video a thing on X. He’s been courting MrBeast for months, trying to convince YouTube‘s most-subscribed-to creator to post his much-viewed content on X (with…some degree of success?).

Now he claims to be going after YouTube’s living room TV viewership: According to a quote-retweet from Musk, X is apparently working on an app that’ll let users watch long-form video content on their smart TVs.

He quote-retweeted someone named “DogeDesigner,” whose original tweet included a stock image of a TV screen and the sentence, “You can soon watch your favorite long form videos directly on your SmartTVs.”

“Coming soon,” Musk commented.

Coming soon https://t.co/JlnlSL7eS9

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 9, 2024

He didn’t give any details about the app, but Engadget reports it’ll roll out on Samsung TVs and Amazon Fire TVs. When? We don’t know.

Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment, the leading film and television industry organization for Asian and Pacific Islanders, on Monday night presented its second annual Radiance Gala, celebrating the achievements of Asian and Pacific Islander Women and Non-Binary artists, artisans, and leaders in entertainment, presenting honors to actress Sandra Oh, the teams behind Lionsgate‘s Joy Ride and Hulu’s Black Cake, and more.

At the event held at at the Ebell in Los Angeles, Oh was presented with the Luminary Award by Jessica Yu, the director of her 20th/Hulu comedy Quiz Lady. Cast members of Black Cake, including Mia Isaac, Chipo Chung and Simon Wan, joined creator-showrunner Marissa Jo Cerar in accepting the Best in TV Award. Meanwhile, Joy Ride filmmaker Adele Lim was joined by writer-producers Teresa Hsiao and Cherry Chevapravatdumrong, and actors Sherry Cola and Desmond Chiam, in accepting the prize for Best in Film, presented by Baron Davis.

It's Hollywood's biggest night — and all the stars are out! Movie stars, that is! Yes, it's time for the Oscars, the yearly ceremony where Hollywood pats itself on the back for a job well done. And you know what? The nominees this year are pretty darn solid! Christopher Nolan's thriller-biopic "Oppenheimer" leads the pack with a whopping 13 nominations. Will this finally be the year Nolan takes home Oscar gold? It sure seems that way — but you never know. There could be some surprises in store. Follow along with us here at /Film as we bring you the winners of the 2024 Oscars in real time. We'll be keeping this post updated throughout the night, so put on your tux and/or gown and get ready for all the glitz and glamor of a potentially boring awards ceremony!

Read more: Famous Characters Who Never Actually Appear On Screen

And The Nominees Are.

Well, everyone, the winners for the 22nd Annual Golden Schmoes for the year 2023 are in. As expected, Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer walked away the big winner, earning nine Schmoes. It took home most of the big prizes, including Best Movie, Actor, Supporting Actor, Director, Screenplay, Poster, Trailer, Line of the Year and Best Sequence. While an excellent showing that beat the seven wins Everything Everywhere All At Once took home last year, it still falls short of our all-time winner here at the Schmoes, Nolan’s own The Dark Knight, which won an amazing 12 awards.

Otherwise, the winners were an eclectic mix. Godzilla Minus One, which is now widely considered the greatest Kaiju movie ever made, took home three awards, including Best VFX, which is impressive considering how small its budget was compared to the competition. Third place was an interesting tie, with John Wick: Chapter 4, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,...

Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey in ‘The Last of Us’ season 1 finale (Photograph by Liane Hentscher/HBO)

The Last of Us starring Pedro Pascal and Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning top the list of the 4th Annual Critics Choice Super Awards nominees. The Last of Us collected seven nominations, including a Best Actor in a Superhero Series nod for Pascal and a Best Actress in a Superhero Series nomination for Bella Ramsey.

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning‘s five nominations came in the Best Action Movie, Best Actor in an Action Movie (Tom Cruise), and Best Actress in an Action Movie categories.

The Critics Choice Super Awards recognize superhero, science fiction/fantasy, horror, and action films and television series, honoring the best in genres that are normally ignored by awards organizations. “The Super Awards consistently shine a bright light on the outstanding work being done in genre cinema and television,...

Clockwise from top left: Poor Things, Dune: Part Two, Oppenheimer, The Holdovers, Killers Of The Flower Moon Photo: Searchlight Pictures; Warner Bros. Pictures; Universal Pictures; Focus Features; Apple TV Unlike Dune prophet Paul Atreides, we don’t have the opportunity to drink the Water of Life and visualize every possible...

Before the Oscar nominations were announced, it was a head-scratcher to determine what movies would make up the category of Best Visual Effects. With the lineup being one of the most unusual selections in recent memory, having no Best Picture nominee, there is a case for many of these contenders to edge out a victory. And while there are many statistics and comparisons that can be used to determine which film will ultimately take home the statue, sometimes passion is all one needs to win an Oscar, and there is one film that stands out from the rest with wide support. Let’s examine why “Godzilla Minus One” may overcome the stats to win Best Visual Effects at the Oscars.

The Japanese kaiju film is directed by Takashi Yamazaki, who also serves as one of the visual effects artists alongside Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi and Tatsuji Nojima. “Godzilla” competes with “The Creator,...

TikTok just held its biggest creator summit yet, and used the event to announce it’s making two big changes in monetization: first, it’s bringing the Creativity Program out of beta, and second, it’s expanding Live Subscriptions beyond live content.

The Creativity Program, as you probably know, is TikTok’s replacement for the $1 billion let’s-get-creators-paid fund it established in 2020. It first introduced the Creativity Program around this time last year, paying out only on videos longer than 60 seconds.

As TikTok revealed at its For Creators: Future Formats Summit today in Los Angeles, that stipulation is remaining as the program comes out of beta, but one thing that isn’t staying is the name. TikTok has gone from Creator Fund to Creativity Program and now to the (possibly permanent?) moniker Creator Rewards Program.

The Rewards Program will release in the coming weeks “with some improvements,” TikTok says, without...

Rogue One and The Creator director Gareth Edwards is set to begin filming on his Jurassic World sequel on the 31st July. More here:

In the face of at least one major production setback that we know about, Universal is keen to get going on the next Jurassic World (or Jurassic Park) movie.

In early February, The Fall Guy and Atomic Blonde's David Leitch was announced as director, only for him to depart mere days later. In his place comes Gareth Edwards, whose terrific sci-fi thriller The Creator – his first film since 2016’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – has since been nominated for an Oscar.

It now looks as though a Jurassic filming date has been set by Universal – as spotted by World Of Reel, the Film & Television Industry Alliance’s website lists its start date as the 31st July, 2024.

The timing makes sense given that, for reasons best known to the studio,...

The writer of the original Jurassic Park, David Koepp, is headed back to the world of dinosaurs to pen the next installment of the Jurassic World franchise. While the new installment recently hit a roadblock, THR reports that the project has finally found its new director in Gareth Edwards.

The outlet reports that Edwards is in talks to helm the feature that was briefly set to be directed by Bullet Train filmmaker David Leitch.

Universal and Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Partners have set a theatrical release date for the new Jurassic World movie: July 2, 2025.

The new movie is expected to be completely fresh take on a Jurassic era with Jurassic World cast members Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard not expected to return. Don’t expect the original trilogy’s Jeff Goldblum, Laura Dern and Sam Neill, either. The new Jurassic World is expected to take the franchise in a new direction,...

You get the feeling from talking to four of the Oscar-nominated members from the sound team of the sci-fi action thriller “The Creator” – supervising sound editor/sound designers Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn, sound mixer Ian Voigt and rerecording mixer Tom Ozanich – that they have never been through anything quite like the adventure they just experienced providing the sonics for this feature. It was shot on location in many countries throughout Southeast Asia, including Thailand, Nepal, Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos, the director Gareth Edwards eschewing backlot and green screen while recreating the vibe of a small indie production. “We shot it guerilla style, but then fuse all of this technology into what looks and sounds like a $300 million movie but isn’t,” stresses Aadahl.

“Sonically, Gareth wanted to combine this sort of realism using the actual sounds of nature in all of these different countries with the very...

X will soon allow brands and marketers to “run ads against a curated list of premium content creators.”

“[W]ith the diversity of perspectives on X expanding, we are enabling a new opportunity for advertisers to connect to their customers by aligning with some of the world’s best content creators,” X, which lost major advertisers like Disney, Apple, and Ibm last year due to rampant antisemitism on the platform, said in a company blog post.

Called Creator Targeting, the program lets advertisers use X’s self-serve ad manager to “to run pre-roll video ads against the video content of their chosen creator(s) in both the home timeline and profile.” In the future, Creator Targeting will have yet narrower capabilities, allowing advertisers to run ads against a single creator’s content.

X says Creator Targeting “is an extension of X’s powerful and brand safe video offering.”

If this idea sounds familiar,...

A pair of YouTube insiders are bringing their industry knowledge to a 30-day online course. Colin and Samir have partnered with Kajabi to launch an educational series called Creator Startup.

The course is described as a “live-cohort series” that will include group sessions, guided exercises, and social components. Colin Rosenblum and Samir Chaudry possess many creator economy insights and connections, but their Kajabi course will specifically focus on the business side of their career. A press release from Kajabi describes audience, value prop, process, and monetization as the pillars of the Creator Startup program.

Kajabi CEO Ahad Khan said that Creator Startup will teach students “how to build consistent revenue” on their channels. He described Colin and Samir’s creator economy insights as “unmatched,” though Kajabi is no stranger to the burgeoning online video business. Last March, it announced that it had paid out more than $5 billion to creators through its suite of marketing,...

The Creator and Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse have earned seven nominations apiece for the upcoming 22nd Annual Ves Awards in Los Angeles.

Nominees in 25 categories (including TV and commercials which are not included in this report) were selected by Visual Effects Society members at 39 in-person and virtual nomination events conducted worldwide over a 36-hour continuous process.

The nominations protocol included a review of each awards submission including “Befores and Afters” by a minimum of three different judging panels. Participating Ves members on the panels represented 25 countries.

The winners will be announced at the ceremony on February 21 at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles.

This weekend the visual effects branch presented its annual bakeoff, a pre-nomination-voting event featuring its category’s 10 shortlisted movies. Branch members got a look at an impressive and diverse range of work from big-budget tentpoles such as Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, to the $15 million Godzilla Minus One from Japan’s Toho, to a rare animated feature, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.

Speaking with the help of a translator, the Godzilla Minus One team of potential nominees offered a charming look at their work, which involved innovation—from character work to water—to complete the film’s 610 VFX shots with the constraints of a shoestring budget and just 35 artists. That unique situation also meant that Godzilla was one of several movies whose four potential nominees for creative contributions—in this case, including the film’s director Takashi Yamazaki and a compositor, Tatsuji Nojima—were not the more typical...

With awards season now fully in swing, this past weekend saw the Critics Choice Awards take place giving us our second glimpse of what we can expect the big winners to be come Oscar night.

‘Oppenheimer’ emerged as the biggest winner at the 2024 Critics Choice Awards, bagging eight trophies that included Best Picture, Best Director (Christopher Nolan), and Best Supporting Actor (Robert Downey Jr.). ‘Barbie’ followed closely with six wins, including Best Comedy and Best Song (“I’m Just Ken”).

On the TV side, ‘The Bear,’ ‘Succession’ and ‘Beef’ won big, each taking multiple acting awards and winning best comedy series, drama series and limited series, respectively.

Here’s the full list of winners.

Best Picture

Winner: Oppenheimer

American Fiction

Barbie

The Color Purple

The Holdovers

Killers of the Flower Moon

Maestro

Past Lives

Poor Things

Saltburn

Best Actor

Winner: Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers

Bradley Cooper – Maestro

Leonardo DiCaprio – Killers of the Flower Moon...

Emma Stone, Paul Giamatti, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Robert Downey Jr. win acting prizes.

Oppenheimer dominated the 29th Critics Choice Awards in Santa Monica on Sunday evening with eight wins including best picture, director for Christopher Nolan, supporting actor for Robert Downey Jr., and acting ensemble.

The ‘Barbenheimer’ effect kicked in as Barbie, which began the night with a record 18 nominations, came second in the victory parade and walked off with a creditable six prizes.

Emma Stone earned best actress for Poor Things in something of a shock albeit a well-deserved one in the eyes of industry sources. She won the...

In its continuing effort to shine the spotlight on industry artisans who toil behind the scenes to make movie magic, the American Cinematheque on Thursday revealed the 2023 honorees for its third annual Tribute to the Crafts.

Winning multiple honors are Oppenheimer for Cinematography and Film Editing; Maestro for Hair & Makeup and Sound; and Barbie for Production Design/Set Decoration and Song (for “I’m Just Ken”).

American Fiction, The Color Purple, Poor Things, Killers of The Flower Moon (for the late Robbie Robertson’s final score) John Wick: Chapter 4 and The Creator also are being honored in the feature film categories, while Anselm, Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie and American Symphony are being recognized for achievement in documentaries.

Honorees will be tributed at the gala event at American Cinematheque’s newly restored (in conjunction with Netflix) Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood on January 19, 2024.

Tribute to the Crafts honors those who...

‘Poor Things’ and ‘Oppenheimer’ followed with 13 nods each.

Greta Gerwig’s Barbie leads this year’s Critics Choice Award nominations with 18, breaking the record for most nominations ever for a single film.

The blockbuster is up for best picture, best director, best original screenplay and acting nods for Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling.

Next in line is Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer and Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things, which have 13 nominations each including best picture. American Fiction, The Color Purple, Killers Of The Flower Moon, Maestro, Past Lives and Saltburn round off the best picture cohort.

The nominations follow a similar pattern...

Past Lives Photo: Courtesy of San Sebastian Film Festival Celine Song’s decades spanning drama Past Lives was named best feature at the 33rd Gotham Awards last night.

In the first major awards of the season, the best International Feature went to Justin Triet's ambiguous courtroom drama Anatomy Of A Fall, with Triet and Arthur Harari also receiving the Best Screenplay gong.

The gender neutral performance awards went to Lily Gladstone for her lead turn in The Unknown Country, and Charles Melton for his supporting role in May December. The documentary award went to Kaouther Ben Hania’s Four Daughters.

There was controversy on the night, however, after Killers Of The Flower Moon star Robert De Niro accused the Gothams of editing his autocue to remove comments about Donald Trump.

After seeming confused at the start of his speech - presenting Martin Scorsese’s crime drama with the Historical Icon...

Gareth Edwards’ The Creator is heading to Blu-ray and other physical media in the UK in January 2024. More details here:

Gareth Edwards’ return to filmmaking this year with The Creator was, for our money, something of a triumph. Big fans of Edwards here, and also big fans of the film, as you can see from our review.

The movie was very clearly made for the big screen, but also, it should be something of a home cinema workout as well. Now we have the confirmation that it’s going to be one of the first big physical media releases of the year in the UK in 2024, as Disney has dated the film for January 15th 2024.

That’s a few weeks behind the US release (it’s coming to disc in the states in December), and we’d anticipate the digital release being a little way in advance of that.

The...

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It’s hosted by our very own Joshua Cohen (that’s me) and Lauren Schnipper. Subscribe to Creator Upload on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen.

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For the past few years, direct response marketing has ruled podcasts.

But there’s a new king in town.

The Iab just released its eighth annual podcast report, and for the first time, brand spending beat out direct response. And when I say beat, I mean beat: brand spending now accounts for 61% of all podcast marketing, while direct response is down to 39%. That’s a big shift from 2016-2017, when direct response was the undisputed champ, and from 2018-2021, when it and brand advertising were a somewhat even split.

This means when you tune into a podcast, you’re way more likely to hear general, broad-targeting...

If you missed seeing Gareth Edwards’ The Creator in theaters, have no fear! 20th Century Studios, New Regency, and Entertainment One are bringing the visually astonishing and narratively compelling science fiction epic to the home market, beginning with the film’s digital release on November 14, with 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and DVD coming on December 22.

Here’s the official synopsis for The Creator:

Amidst a future war between the human race and the forces of artificial intelligence, Joshua (John David Washington), a hardened ex-special forces agent grieving the disappearance of his wife (Gemma Chan), is recruited to hunt down and kill the Creator, the elusive architect of advanced AI who has developed a mysterious weapon with the power to end the war — and humankind. Joshua and his team of elite operatives journey across enemy lines into the dark heart of AI-occupied territory, only to discover the world-ending weapon he’s...

Ryan Gosling among supporting acting nominees for ‘Barbie’.

Andrew Haigh’s All Of Us Strangers at Searchlight Pictures leads the 33rd Gotham Awards nominations with four nods and is among the best feature contenders alongside A24’s Past Lives by Celine Song and The Zone Of Interest from Jonathan Glazer.

Justine Triet’s Cannes Palme d’Or winner Anatomy Of A Fall at Neon, Lila Aviles’ Mexican drama Totem at Sideshow/Janus Films, and Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things from Searchlight are also nominated for international feature.

Past Lives will vie for best feature with Ira Sach’s Passages (Mubi), Tina Satter...

Filmmaker Jonathan Palfrey has published a cool educating video that demonstrates how to build ‘The Creator’ Sony FX3 gimbal rig, which is very similar rig to what director Gareth Edwards used. Simple and efficient, and can be built by anyone quite easily. Watch it below.

The Creator: Behind the scenes. Director Gareth Edwards with the Sony FX3. Source: 20th Century Studios ‘The Creator’: Revolutionizing filmmaking

Now it’s well known how ‘The Creator’ has revolutionized filmmaking. Utilizing an affordable and ultra-compact consumer cinema camera, to shoot a big-budget Hollywood film. We wrote numerous articles about the lean methodology ‘The Creator’’s Director Gareth Edwards used. By shooting the entire movie on the Sony FX3, with minimal accessories, and with a guerrilla-filmmaking approach in mind, Edwards has succeeded in delivering stunning imagery that holds even on the huge canvas (IMAX screen). As we said before, we watched the movie on IMAX,...

In an era when artificial intelligence is reshaping industries, a surprising contender has emerged – the world of animated storytelling. From “Snow White” to “Toy Story,” The Walt Disney Company and Pixar have been known to be pioneers in animation. Now, with AI-driven tools like Dall-e 3, Bing Image Creator, Stable Diffusion, and Midjourney taking center stage, Disney and Pixar find themselves both intrigued and challenged by this new age of digital artistry.

The Buzz about Disney AI Posters

While Mickey Mouse was drawn with pencils and paper, today’s characters can be conceived by algorithms and trained datasets. The internet is abuzz with Disney AI posters, which are undeniably fascinating renditions of what seems to be Disney’s next animation. These posters, forged by the union of human creativity and machine precision, embody an unexpected blend of nostalgia and modernity.

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Disney has unset the wide theatrical release of Jeff Nichols’ The Bikeriders from its Dec. 1 theatrical release. Wouldn’t you know? AMC has their Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé on that date. Even though Beyoncé won’t be as big as Taylor Swift, she’ll the queen bee at the box office on the dead post-Thanksgiving December weekend with around a $20M start.

Tbd as to when the New Regency movie gets dated again, but the studio is citing the actors strike. That’s a good excuse as adult films have suffered the most from the lack of actors’ promotions, and this one has Austin Butler, Tom Hardy and Jodie Comer in it. However, what if the actors strike clears up soon enough? That still allows this movie to launch in early December for awards season, No? In addition to its Telluride world premiere, The Bikeriders already had an Academy...

The Creator director Gareth Edwards commented on the chances of his latest blockbuster getting a sequel or spin-off.

Original big-budget sci-fi films are a rarity these days. In that particular genre, the world is so used to getting new entries in an existing franchise or remakes of an old one that something completely new is all but an endangered species.

Yet, thanks to 20th Century Studios and Disney, audiences have gotten The Creator, a fresh story made for the big screen. The movie explores the idea of AI and how the world would look if half had banned the revolutionary technology while the other continued to embrace it.

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The Creator is a sci-drama film directed by Gareth Edwards, who co-wrote the film with Chris Weitz. Set in a dystopian future where a war between the humans and the artificial intelligence rages on, Joshua an ex-special forces agent is recruited to capture and kill the Creator, who is known as the architect of advanced AI. The Creator stars John David Washington, Gemma Chan, Ken Watanabe, Allison Janney, and Madeleine Yuna Voyles. So, if you loved the original sci-fi film here are some similar movies you could watch next.

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Synopsis: Set in 2092, spaceship Victory is one of the many that live off salvaging space debris. Crewed with a genius space pilot Tae-ho(Song Joong-ki), a mysterious ex-space pirate Captain Jang(Kim Tae-ri), an spaceship engineer Tiger Park(Jin Sun-kyu), and a reprogrammed military robot Bubs(Yoo Hai-jin), Spaceship Victory surpasses all other space sweepers. After...

Linktree has delivered the 2023 edition of its annual Creator Report. The link-in-bio company pulled data from its 40 million users to highlight the content strategies, websites, and ventures that have trended up over the past year.

Though Linktree is a notable name in the creator economy, its latest report devotes more space to a different ecosystem: The so-called “attention economy.” Approximately 200 million creators are competing to get the attention of viewers who feel more overwhelmed then ever. Linktree reported that 40% of people are “overwhelmed” by the amount of choice on the internet, and the average attention span is one-third as long as it was in 2004.

Naturally, Linktree sees itself as an antidote for the overstuffed viewer experience. Its link-in-bio service connects multiple platforms in one convenient location, and creators are using that tool to bring together more than 7.5 million websites. The 2023 report states that only 25% of the 100 million Linktree links that...

The Creator is a sci-fi film directed by Gareth Edwards, the visionary behind Monsters, Godzilla, and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. The film stars John David Washington, Gemma Chan, Ken Watanabe, Allison Janney, and newcomer Madeleine Yuna Voyles. The film is set in a future war between humans and artificial intelligence, where a former soldier (Washington) is tasked with hunting down and killing the Creator, the elusive mastermind of advanced AI who has developed a mysterious weapon that can end the war and mankind itself. However, he discovers that the weapon is actually an AI in the form of a young child (Voyles), and he must decide whether to follow his orders or protect her.

The Creator is one of the most anticipated films of 2023, and it is finally coming to India on September 29. The film will only be available in English and is not getting dubbed in Hindi,...

He’s captivated our imaginations with iconic monsters and futuristic space battles, using a symphony of light, scale, sound, and mastery over visual effects. Oh, and he really knows how to make Darth Vader scary. No, we’re not talking about George Lucas. We’re talking about Gareth Edwards. Though we might as well be talking about Lucas, given how much the Welsh filmmaker channels the former’s philosophy into his work. It also helps that he has a penchant for inspired collaborations with Ilm (Industrial Light and Magic) while proving himself a distinct, spiritual voice in science fiction.

Continue reading ’The Creator’: Gareth Edwards Talks The Dangers & Advancement Of A.I., The ‘Star Wars’ Influence & More [Interview] at The Playlist.

Zakiya Dalila Harris’ novel “The Other Black Girl” has hit the small screen in ten episodes filled with songs that support the story’s underlying message of compromising identity and Blackness in a majority-white workplace. Developed by Harris and Rashida Jones, who contributed the intro montage, to Episode 7 set to Anita Baker’s “Sweet Love,” the series crosses multiple genres from comedy to thriller and provides social commentary on how minority Poc employees compromise and navigate the social system of corporate America.

Set to Sza, TLC, Busta Rhymes, H.E.R., Janelle Monae and more, many scenes in the show become even stronger with the songs in the background. Co-showrunners Gus Hickey and Jordan Reddout left the ending open for a potential second season. The suspense and humor go hand in hand with the soundtrack for “The Other Black Girl.”

Here are all the songs in “The Other Black Girl”:

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Gareth Edwards first made a splash with Monsters, a sci-fi horror movie which was made for less than $500,000. He quickly made the leap to much bigger budgets with Godzilla and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. The experience on those films prompted Edwards to take a nearly seven-year break from Hollywood, but he’s back on the scene with The Creator, an original sci-fi action thriller starring John David Washington.

While speaking with SFX Magazine, Gareth Edwards discussed why he needed to take a break after Rogue One. “I needed to get off the merry-go-round, do you know what I mean?” Edwards said. “In Hollywood, you can get stuck on the hamster wheel, or whatever analogy you want to use. I just wanted to get off and have a break to take some time thinking about the next thing.“

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On the evening of Monday 25 September, at a central London location, you can journey to 2070. Set in a future where humanity is threatened by an AI ‘super weapon’, Gareth Edwards’ The Creator, starring John David Washington, looks set to be everything you’d expect from the man behind Monsters, Godzilla and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.

Empire VIPs will be among the first to see the highly anticipated epic ahead of its nationwide release on 28 September – not only that, but we will also have an in-person Q&a with Edwards himself. A blockbuster with brains as well as visual flash, this will sell out quickly. The future is now.

This event is exclusively for Empire VIPs. Not a member of the club, but want an invite? VIP Members are eligible for all events, however live events will have limited capacity and tickets will be allocated on a first come,...