Trouble in Tinseltown: Actors and writers on strike

 

US film and TV actors and writers unite in historic double strike against studios and streaming giants. Plus, Spain – where football, politics and media collide.

For the first time in 63 years, Hollywood actors have joined writers in a double strike against studio powerhouses, demanding better pay, fairer working conditions, and protections from present and future AI threats.

Between Hitler and Hollywood - Leni Riefenstahl and Arnold Fanck

 Leni Riefenstahl was one of the most controversial artists of the 20th century. Her mentor, Arnold Fanck, was a German film pioneer of the 20s, now largely forgotten. In May, 1932, the two set off together on a five-month filming trip to Greenland.

We Went to Hollywood During the Most SEVERE LOCKDOWN

With all of the news coming out of China that the USA and California is under crazy severe lockdown, we decided to go see for ourselves. We went to downtown Hollywood during the most severe lockdown in the USA.

Color film was built for white people. Here's what it did to dark skin.

For decades, the color film available to consumers was built for white people. The chemicals coating the film simply weren't adequate to capture a diversity of darker skin tones. And the photo labs established in the 1940s and 50s even used an image of a white woman, called a Shirley card, to calibrate the colors for printing.

Why Black Panther’s box office success matters

The buzz around the Black Panther movie release should come as no surprise to anyone keeping tabs on representation in media these days. People want movies that feature people of color and their stories. But there is a dearth in the supply of films produced that do that. Vox spoke with the UCLA sociology professor Darnell Hunt about how Hollywood has progressed to diversify its characters and stories to reflect the demographics of the US. Watch this video to understand how America’s changing makeup is key to Black Panther’s early dominance at the box office.

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