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WGA Cancels L.A. Award Show Due to Staff Strike

The Writers Guild of America West has canceled its annual award show in downtown L.A., as its staff remains on strike. “I am writing to share the news that the 2026...

Trump Touts Economic Record and Slams Immigrants in Divisive State of the Union Speech

President Trump touted his economic achievements and attacked immigrants and Democrats in a divisive State of the Union address on Tuesday. Trump also criticized the Supreme Court, which struck down his...

Sony Joins Studio Protest Against ‘Egregious’ Seedance 2.0 Infringement, Citing ‘Breaking Bad’ and ‘Spider-Verse’ AI Clips

Sony Pictures has joined the outcry against Seedance 2.0, the Chinese video platform that has united Hollywood studios in their condemnation of AI-generated copyright infringement. In a cease and desist letter...

Netflix Threatens ByteDance With ‘Immediate Litigation’ Over Seedance 2.0 AI Clips

Netflix threatened ByteDance with “immediate litigation” on Tuesday, joining three other studios that have condemned the company for enabling copyright infringement via its Seedance 2.0 AI service. Netflix sent a cease-and-desist...

Warner Bros. Blasts ByteDance for AI Videos of Superman, Batman and ‘Game of Thrones’

Warner Bros. has joined a parade of studios in blasting ByteDance for “blatant infringement” on its new AI video service, accusing the Chinese company of facilitating user-generated knockoffs of its iconic...

20 Years After a ‘Friends’ Harassment Suit Was Dismissed, Baldoni-Lively Case Revisits Limits of Creative Freedom

The scene is a crowded bar. Director Justin Baldoni says that his co-star, Blake Lively, looks “pretty hot.” Lively says that wasn’t her aim. “Sexy,” Baldoni says, in mock self-correction. “Sorry,...

Netflix Settles ‘Inventing Anna’ Defamation Suit Brought by Ex-Vanity Fair Staffer

Netflix has settled a defamation lawsuit brought a Vanity Fair staffer who claimed that she was falsely portrayed in the Shonda Rhimes series “Inventing Anna.” Rachel DeLoache Williams, a former friend...

WGA Staff Authorizes a Strike, Accuses Guild Leaders of Bargaining in Bad Faith

The staff of the Writers Guild of America West has voted to authorize a strike, just weeks before the union is due to sit down with the major studios. The union...

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