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Category: Arts & Entertainment News
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Art & Tech Conferences, Festivals &, Art Basel 2026 Basel, and more.
Art & Tech Conferences, Festivals & Calls for Work this week: Art Basel 2026 Basel Edition will feature curated large-scale installations and city-wide public projects; and SIGGRAPH 2026’s Art Gallery and Art Papers programs have been…
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Immersive Digital Art & Interactive, How Immersive Digital Exhibitions, and more.
Immersive Digital Art & Interactive Exhibitions this week: Immersive digital exhibitions have transitioned from a niche novelty to a core museum offering, now routinely; and Meow Wolf’s upcoming Los Angeles location will feature a major…
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‘John Wick’ Sparks Idea Theft Lawsuit Against Lionsgate
A screenwriter named J.R. Wicker has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Lionsgate, Thunder Road Films, and John Wick scribe Derek Kolstad, alleging that the hit franchise was lifted from his unproduced…
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Pig director Michael Sarnoski locks himself to The Chain
Michael Sarnoski, director of Pig and A Quiet Place: Day One, will direct the pilot for Damon Lindelof’s upcoming HBO series The Chain, an adaptation of Adrian McKinty’s best-selling novel.
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Amazon Has Axed Its New Stargate Series
Science Fiction this week: Amazon MGM Studios has canceled Martin Gero’s planned Stargate revival series, which was set to begin filming this; and Two Gen Z YouTube filmmakers, Kane Parsons (20) and Curry Barker (26), have upended the box…
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Thailand’s CEA Launches Bangkok International Content Market; First Edition Set For July
Film and TV Development this week: Thailand’s Creative Economy Agency (CEA) is launching the Bangkok International Content Market (BICM), a full-scale; and Zack Snyder is set to write and direct a theatrical reimagining of John…
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FAST channels and ad-supported, FAST Footprint with Three, and more.
FAST channels and ad-supported streaming reshape TV distribution this week: Blue Ant Media has launched three new FAST channels—Shockwave, Wildest, and History & Warfare—on Network 10’s; and Rakuten TV’s new report, The FAST Advantage…
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Audio listening trends: radio still, Nielsen Linear radio continues, and more.
Audio listening trends: radio still leads as podcasts capture a growing share this week: Nielsen and Edison Research data for Q1 2026 shows linear radio (broadcast plus streaming) still commands 62% of; and Nielsen’s Q1 2026 audio report…
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Sports and live events dominate, great viewership divide Why, and more.
Sports and live events dominate viewership as streaming and piracy surge this week: Live sports, particularly the IPL, is pulling away from general entertainment in India as its viewership hits 1; and NHL playoff viewership is surging…
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Art meets AI and robotics at Santa Fe’s Currents festival
Interactive Art this week: Currents 2026, the Santa Fe new media festival, runs June 12-21 across eight venues, featuring 53 works that; and Interactive projection mapping has shifted from a one-directional medium to a closed-loop system…