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Morgan Freeman is the latest star to speak publicly about alleged attempts to replicate celebrities’ voices using AI. The Oscar-winning actor, who is known for his voiceover work, took to social media Friday to express his appreciation for…
YouTube stars Rhett & Link are expanding their content in the comedy space. The duo, who host Good Mythical Morning and own Mythical Entertainment, will launch a new comedy series on their Rhett & Link YouTube channel in August. The new…
After making a splash last fall with her debut album Snow Angel, Reneé Rapp has revealed that she’s back to work on a new album. “Are you currently working on a new album?” actress Rachel Sennott asks Rapp in a new installment of…
Revived retailer Toys ‘R’ Us is the first brand to use Sora, OpenAI’s highly anticipated text-to-video tool, for its advertising — and the one-minute spot it debuted at a conference in France this week is garnering mixed reviews online.…
Ed Begley Jr. has been Hollywood’s most famous environmentalist for nearly four decades, and now his daughter Hayden is helping him bring his message to Gen Z. Starting in 2020, Hayden Begley began posting funny videos of her mom (actress…
Apple TV+ is launching an original podcast — in English and Spanish — told through the lens of the late iconic Mexican singer Juan Gabriel. The first two episodes of My Divo will debut July 1 and the superstar performer, also known as El…
“I would say I wanted to do a gay version of Clue, but Clue is the gayest thing ever,” writer Ted Malawer jokes about his new scripted podcast Does This Murder Make Me Look Gay?! “So, I would just say a gayer, queerer version of Clue.”…
X is getting into the business with the Kardashians. The Elon Musk-owned tech company has inked a deal with Khloé Kardashian, who will host a video podcast on the platform beginning this fall. The 26-episode series is still light on…
YouTube is making a significant addition to its product, in the middle of a contentious presidential election year. The streaming video platform will let users attach notes to videos, allowing them to add context to viewers. “For example,…
Season three of Spotify’s The Louis Theroux Podcast will launch this September, The Hollywood Reporter can exclusively reveal. The British documentarian, author, journalist — and some would say, a national treasure — has topped both the…
Ben Potter, a YouTube personality known for the audio dramas that he created from comic books, has died. He was 40. The content creator died Saturday after “an unfortunate accident,” his wife, Nathalie Potter, shared on his X (formerly…
Courteney Cox re-created her “Dancing in the Dark” dance for a TikTok trend. In recent weeks, TikTokers have taken to asking their moms how they danced in the 1980s and posting videos, many of which are backed by the 1984 song “Smalltown…
Blumhouse has spent years bringing the supernatural and the deranged to the big screen, and now Blumhouse Games is bringing that ethos to the gaming sphere. The company revealed six horror-themed video games on Friday that are set to debut…
Netflix’s first live boxing match, a high-profile bout between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul, has a new date. Just a week after postponing the match due to Tyson’s ulcer flare-up, the fight’s promoter, Most Valuable Promotions, says the event…
YouTuber Dhar Mann has signed an advertising partnership with Studio71. As part of the pact with the global media company, Mann will look to further monetize his popular YouTube videos with the help of Studio71, which has relationships…
Spotify is hiking the prices of its premium plans for the second time in a year, a sign that streaming inflation is still running hot. The music streaming giant said on Monday that it is adjusting the prices for all of its premium plans,…
Netflix’s upcoming live boxing match between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul is being postponed. Most Valuable Promotions, which organized the event, said that the July 20 event would have to be postponed at the behest of Tyson’s medical team.…
Shannon Sharpe arrives promptly at noon at the South Beverly Grill, a short drive from his home in Holmby Hills. He is 6-foot-2 and 230 pounds, a wall of muscle sheathed in black athleisure wear. He slides into his favorite booth, orders a…
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup has raised a huge Series B funding round. The company, xAI, says that it has secured $6 billion in a new round of funding that values it at $24 billion. Investors in the round include Fidelity,…
While Netflix has expanded the type of programming it offers, most recently venturing into live sports and other events, co-CEO Ted Sarandos has indicated in a new interview that news is not for Netflix. “We don’t do breaking news and that…
Yeardley Smith, known for her voice work on The Simpsons and her crime-centric audio shows, is launching a new podcast network through her company Paperclip Ltd. The network, entitled Audio 99, will operate as a subsidiary of Paperclip Ltd…
BuzzFeed has an activist investor, and it is a familiar name to close followers of Republican politics. Vivek Ramaswamy, the entrepreneur who ran an unsuccessful campaign for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, has acquired a…
If there has been a consistent message from YouTube over the past couple of years, it has been built around its vast ecosystem of creators. More recently, that has been joined by artificial intelligence, with the Google-owned video…
The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) held their 2024 Podcast Upfront in New York on Thursday, May 9. IAB gathered brands, agencies and media buyers to provide an exclusive glimpse into upcoming podcast programing. The event, of which…
Apple is apologizing for an iPad Pro ad that was widely criticized when it debuted earlier this week. The dystopian spot, titled “Crush,” shows several instruments, including a guitar and piano, being crushed by a hydraulic press. Also…
Jon Stewart is adding another hosting gig to his Daily Show plate — though this one isn’t on camera. Stewart, who returned to The Daily Show for a once-a-week turn behind the desk in February, will host a podcast for Comedy Central…
It’s about to get a lot easier to buy something on Amazon while watching a TV show, movie, or live sporting event on Prime Video. Ahead of its inaugural upfront presentation to advertisers next week, Amazon says that it plans to roll out…
A new Nintendo Switch video game console is in the horizon… but don’t expect any news in the next few months. Nintendo reported quarterly earnings on Tuesday, and in conjunction with that news, the company released a statement from its…
DNEG, the London-headquartered visual effects and animation house that has won Oscars for the likes of Denis Villeneuve’s Dune and Christopher Nolan’s Tenet and has also worked on The Last of Us and season 4 of Stranger Things, among…