Why Fox Bought Roku: Lachlan Murdoch’s $22B Streaming Bet
Rupert Murdoch chased the TV Guide of the Future for years. He spent billions trying to build an…
AI Coders Walk Around in Public With Laptops Open to Keep Agents Going
Geoff Chan sees the parents staring at him. Loading audio narration… The 39-year-old head of product at Raven.AI…
Musk’s Grok AI under fire for generating explicit images of child actress (reports)
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok has come under scrutiny after users reportedly generated explicit images of children,…
Quentin Tarantino slams Paul Dano as ‘weakest male actor’ in Screen Actors Guild over There Will Be Blood
Tarantino went on to describe Dano as “a weak, weak, uninteresting guy,” complaining that Day-Lewis was let down…
Media Insider: NZ Screen Awards guest arrested, trespassed after becoming aggressive following incident with female hospitality workers
A witness reported the man – one of 770 guests at the glitzy event – was intoxicated. Awards…
Media Insider: KFC hacker ad draws 50 complaints; The race to be TVNZ 6pm newsreader; Screen Production Rebate boost; Troy Bowker buys property housing Stuff printing press
The ad is ubiquitous, with the character even popping up on the TVNZ+ app’s opening screen recently. “What…
Taylor Swift’s ‘Showgirl’ movie: Swifties flock to L.A. theaters
Only Taylor Swift could compel hundreds of Angelenos to spend their Saturday morning at a listening party film…
Media Insider: Film stars Cliff Curtis, Taika Waititi and Jason Momoa linked to multimillion-dollar deal to buy Auckland Film Studios from Auckland Council
Jason Momoa, left, with Cliff Curtis, centre, and Taika Waititi in New Zealand in May 2023. Photo /…
Carol Hirschfeld is back on screen – this time as the voice of musician Shayne Carter
Hirschfeld (happily) got roped in when, during a voiceover session, which was on camera, Carter got awkward and…
Comedy legend Ginette McDonald on ‘jabbering’, learning from the young guns, and Lynn of Tawa
“Because it’s quite tiring, my way of keeping going is to talk. I jabber away, and then that…
Media Insider: Netball TV rights – Sky walks away, Netball NZ forced to pay production costs in new TVNZ deal
That, in turn, may well impact netballers’ own pay. It appears TVNZ has benefited from a sport desperate…
NBA Free Agency: Lakers reportedly waive Shake Milton
UPDATE: As expected, the Lakers have reportedly waived Shake Milton. His contract was set to become guaranteed on…