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Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeMore than 260 Jewish members of the entertainment industry, including actors David Schwimmer, Julianna Margulies and Josh Gad, have signed an open letter criticising the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for excluding Jewish people as an underrepresented group in its diversity efforts.The letter, which was organised by Jew in the City’s Hollywood Bureau for Jewish…

Martial arts superstar Bruce Lee was just 32 when he died in 1974; he’d only made a handful of films, but the loss of his towering popularity left a huge void. Naturally, it didn’t take long for movie studios to try and capitalize on that—as a new documentary, Enter the Clones of Bruce, explores.Could Critical Role Go Independent in the Future?io9 has the exclusive trailer to share today ahead of the doc’s Tribeca Film Festival debut this weekend.Exclusive Trailer for New Bruce Lee ‘Bruceploitation’ DocExclusive Trailer…

Image: ComixologyComixology is teaming up with Scissor Sisters’ co-founder Scott Hoffman—better known by his stage name “Babydaddy”—to work on a new, five-part sci-fi comic blending Hoffman’s world of glam rock music with dystopian sci-fi, and io9 has your first look inside.“I culled a lot of ideas from my personal experience and the incredible 12 years I spent in the band Scissor Sisters (2024 brings the 20th anniversary of our first album!),” Hoffman said in a press release provided to io9 . “I also studied writing at…

Screenshot: Daft PunkIt’s been over two years since Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, the duo formerly known as the robotic electronic musicians Daft Punk, announced they would be parting ways. But this month marks the 10th anniversary of their last album, Random Access Memories—and to celebrate,there’s one more slice of sci-fi-tinged goodness to share.Don't Fear the Reaper, an Interview with Horror Author Stephen Graham JonesThis week saw the release of a new anniversary edition of Random Access…

It may be easy to forget, but Matt Groening’s Disenchantment still exists as one of Netflix’s big adult animated series. While not as big a hit as The Simpsons or Futurama, it seems to have found its own niche over the years and managed to survive Netflix’s multiple cancellation sprees to compete its 40-episode order. And like those two shows (and other hit Netflix series like Stranger Things and Voltron: Legendary Defender), it sounds like it’s starting to grow beyond TV and into the realm of comics.Misha Collins on What…

Image: Frazer Harrison/Gareth Cattermole/Victor Boyko (Getty Images)Artificial intelligence and the music industry are having a moment, and it’s unclear at this point whether it’sa great one. As AI generators like ChatGPT and DALL-E get better and better, so too do AI voice generators—and that’s no better exemplified than the rise of completely fabricated songs from major artists. An AI-generated song from Drake and The Weeknd called “Heart on My Sleeve” went viral earlier this month before being pulled from streaming…

The AI-generated Drake and The Weeknd song was taken down from social media platforms including Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube, Amazon Music, SoundCloud, and others over the course of the last two days. The song calls into question existing copyright laws and whether they apply to songs created in the artist’s voice and without consent.Time to Tackle the Taylor Swift Ticketmaster Turmoil | TechModoThe song, Heart On My Sleeve, was reportedly created by Ghostwriter977 who used AI software to replicate Drake and The Weeknd’s…

The Securities and Exchange Commission has a message for celebrities eyeing paid deals to promote cryptocurrencies: Disclose you’re getting paid, or else.The SEC revealed on Wednesday that it had charged eight celebrities, including actress Lindsay Lohan, influencer Jake Paul, rappers Lil Yachty and Soulja Boy, singers Akon and Ne-Yo, and more for promoting the tronix (TRX) and bitTorrent (BTT) tokens on social media but not revealing they had been paid for doing so, which is illegal. The regulator claims the celebrities…

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Image: HBOWhen Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy returns for its fourth and final season, it won’t just have a new timeline, it’ll also bring some new blood to the cast. On Friday, Netflix announced its superhero drama added Nick Offerman, Megan Mullally, and David Cross to the cast. Offerman and Mullaly, who are married in real life, will play the characters Gene and Jean Thibideau. The pair are community college professors from New Mexico described as wearing sensible footwear and “suffer from the most extreme case of deja…