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Category: Arts & Entertainment News
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TV Technology & Infrastructure, Hearst Television Brings Ad, and more.
TV Technology & Infrastructure Advances this week: Hearst Television, a major broadcast group, is partnering with Viamedia.
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‘1923’ Star Darren Mann Signs With Paradigm (EXCLUSIVE)
Talent & Creative Signals this week: Darren Mann, known for his role as Jack Dutton in the Paramount+ series ‘1923,’ has signed with the talent agency; and A California appeals court has ruled that Brad Pitt can proceed with a lawsuit…
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Streaming and Industry Trends, What s Coming Netflix July 2026, and more.
Streaming and Industry Trends this week: Netflix’s July 2026 slate reveals a strategic mix of licensed catalog titles and original series continuations, with; and A thematic cluster of 2026 horror and genre films—Meredith Alloway’s…
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Movie News and Box Office Updates, Toy Story 5 Lassos Another Big Box Office, and more.
Movie News and Box Office Updates this week: Toy Story 5 holds the top box office spot for a second weekend with a $70M domestic haul, demonstrating strong; and The AvClub article analyzes the evolving and increasingly strained…
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TV Series Deep Dives and Finales, story Bear 3 songs, and more.
TV Series Deep Dives and Finales this week: An analysis of the FX/Hulu series ‘The Bear’ argues its musical curation is not merely atmospheric but structurally; and Anna Faris, reflecting on her guest role as Erica in the final season of…
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Netflix’s ‘The Ribbon Hero’ Anime Looks Wildly Different From Osamu Tezuka’s Classic Manga
Science Fiction this week: Netflix’s upcoming anime film ‘The Ribbon Hero,’ premiering August 8, is a modern reimagining of Osamu Tezuka’s 1953; and Netflix canceled the sci-fi series ‘The Boroughs’ after its first season, despite it…
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Software and Tool Updates, RealityScan 2 2 Widens GPU Support, and more.
Software and Tool Updates this week: Epic Games’ RealityScan 2.2 expands GPU hardware support to include AMD Radeon and Radeon PRO cards, enabling mixed; and Reallusion has replaced its 30-day iClone trial with a free, perpetual…
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Gear, Tools, and Industry Trends, E-commerce EU Withdrawal Button, and more.
Gear, Tools, and Industry Trends this week: A TecnoTur advisory clarifies operational steps for digital merchants, particularly authors selling audiobooks and; and A 2026 Amazon Prime Day roundup highlights discounts on established…
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AI’s Impact on Marketing and, Four Advertising Myths That Won t Survive AI, and more.
AI’s Impact on Marketing and Advertising this week: Basis CMO Katie McAdams argues that the impending automation of media buying via autonomous agents will scale and; and ZeroGPU is commercializing small language models (SLMs) for…
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Major Events and Brand Activations, Grand Ex 2026 Google Cloud Opus Agency Gramercy, and more.
Major Events and Brand Activations this week: Google Cloud’s Tech Immersion training program, executed by Opus Agency and Gramercy Tech, won the 2026 Grand Ex; and The 2026 Cannes Lions festival saw major technology and media companies…