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britt hayes @britthates.bsky.social · 18h

studio execs & major outlets claim AI is "inevitable" and poised to take over Hollywood. the reality is much different. i spoke with filmmakers, producers, and editors about how AI is actually showing up in productions – and what it still can't do:

Hollywood Has a Major AI Hype Problem

Studio execs and major media outlets claim that AI is "inevitable" and poised to take over film and TV. The reality is much different.

movieweb.com

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 6h

Every one of these "If only it were possible to..." plugs for AI is animated by an incredibly deep resentment of either talent or authorship.

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 2d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

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Eric Goldman @theericgoldman.bsky.social · 3h

Yeesh, this is depressing. Specifically about the industry I work in but also the general state of the internet (and another reminder of the shittiness of AI)

Film Stories @filmstories.bsky.social · 3d

Google's search results are, sadly, damaging lots of websites. What does #Google actually want? And is it what a human being would want?
filmstories.co.uk/features/oka...

Okay then, Google: tell us what to do | The future of entertainment websites

Google's search results are, sadly, damaging lots of websites. What does Google actually want? And is it what a human being would want?

filmstories.co.uk

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Eric Goldman @theericgoldman.bsky.social · 4h

Yes, Jenny Lewis can still do The Freddie, because you never forget what Troop Beverly Hills taught you!

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Eric Goldman @theericgoldman.bsky.social · 5h

BAD NEWS!!!!

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Eric Goldman @theericgoldman.bsky.social · 6h

Welcome back, Rilo Kiley!

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Eric Goldman @theericgoldman.bsky.social · 7h

We are very lucky it stopped raining given it was absolutely pouring this morning…. But it’s still funny timing to go to an outdoor concert on what is easily the coldest night here in quite some time. Ah well, the sounds of Rilo Kiley will warm us!

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Eric Goldman @theericgoldman.bsky.social · 7h

Obviously!

a boy and a girl are looking at each other

ALT: a boy and a girl are looking at each other

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Mikey O'Leary @michaelroleary.bsky.social · Apr 11

A few years back, my brother spent over a year fighting for his life in need of a full liver transplant, then through complications & a longer than expected recovery.

To stave off dialysis, (it was brutal last time & his kids shouldn't have to see him like that), he's in need of a kidney.

Kevin O'Leary Needs a Kidney | Can You Help?

www.nkr.org

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 9h

Pay people you like on the internet folks, it’s going to be rough out there

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 9h

Over half of all articles on the Internet are now written by AI

(via Axios)

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Eric Goldman @theericgoldman.bsky.social · 8h

Didn’t expect Kyle Mooney to be the first opening act for Rilo Kiley at the Greek, and yet here he is. Y2K is underrated, Kyle!

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Eric Goldman @theericgoldman.bsky.social · 10h

They say it so much too! Like did they find info on Nightmare Cafe, a Robert Englund-led TV show Craven WAS involved with, and conflate them somehow?

James Beckett @kickthebeckett.com · 12h

I cannot stress enough that Wes Craven did not have a single goddamned thing to do with Freddy's Nightmares, and I have no fucking clue what Polygon is smoking with this article

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Eric Goldman @theericgoldman.bsky.social · 15h

lol, somehow I mistyped what was meant to be “I love when you hit one I know I was there for!” :)

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MrBundren @sleeve.bsky.social · 17h

His posters were always great, no matter the quality of the movie

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Eric Goldman @theericgoldman.bsky.social · 17h

And also sitting behind me on my shelf right now is this. So many iconic images created by a single person.

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Eric Goldman @theericgoldman.bsky.social · 17h

More Drew Struzan favorites in my collection (and that have been on my wall in the past).

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Eric Goldman @theericgoldman.bsky.social · 17h

RIP to the amazing Drew Struzan. Impossible to quantify how well he sold a movie ahead of time, giving you fantastic imagery that said “oh, I want to know more about that world!” Can’t think of a time I didn’t have his work on my walls (the current crop is pictured)

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Brian W. Collins @brianwcollins.bsky.social · 20h

Some cities have no repertory screenings at all while here in LA if you want to see AMERICAN PSYCHO outdoors on a Friday night you have *options.*

A listing of outdoor screenings that shows American Psycho playing in two places at once

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Eric Goldman @theericgoldman.bsky.social · 21h

Los Angeles right now.

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Eric Goldman @theericgoldman.bsky.social · 21h

No problem! It’s when you hit one I know I was there for! (and where they were so nonchalant about taking photos!)

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Eric Goldman @theericgoldman.bsky.social · 21h

Lastly, this was the day I watched Alison Brie impulsively jump on the Greendale foosball table while being interviewed by Fuel TV. #Community

youtube.com/shorts/q6Uf6...

Alison Brie Jumps on a Foosball Table on the Set of Community

YouTube video by Eric Goldman's Cultured Pop

youtube.com

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Eric Goldman @theericgoldman.bsky.social · 21h

More cast chat pics (I wonder what Joel whispered to Danny)

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Eric Goldman @theericgoldman.bsky.social · 21h

Some cast chat pics from the “Basic Rocket Science” set. I don’t think I’d get access to Donald Glover on set again after this, as he became more press shy. And Chevy never did these things after the very beginning except full cast panels - I only spoke to him on my very first set visit in Season 1.

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Eric Goldman @theericgoldman.bsky.social · 21h

Most of my Community set visits were solo, but a small group of us were there when they were shooting this episode. (thread)

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Eric Goldman @theericgoldman.bsky.social · 1d

I am 5’9”. Jeremy Allen White is 5’7”. But in Hollywood, magic is possible.

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