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Oscar-winning actor Jessica Chastain is set to be honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on September 4. With that, she becomes the 2819th to receive the star Oscar-winning actor Jessica Chastain is set to be honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce shared the news on its official website, stating that the actor will receive the 2,819th star, situated at 6258 Hollywood Boulevard in front of the W Hollywood Hotel. Read More She will be felicitated during a ceremony on September 4 with veteran actor Al Pacino and Oscar winner Viola Davis as guest speakers.  "The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce is proud to welcome actor Jessica Chastain to the Hollywood Walk of Fame . Jessica Chastain's talent and dedication have shone brightly on screens around the world, and now her star will shine even brighter on the iconic Hollywood Walk of Fame," A...

For a century, people have been predicting the death of Hollywood. Television would kill it, then home video, then the internet, then streaming, then artificial intelligence. The predictions were always premature. Hollywood always reinvented itself and kept going. But if Netflix acquires Warner Bros , this long-prophesied death may finally arrive , not in the sense that film-making will cease but in the sense that Hollywood will become a system that circles a single sun, materially changing its cultural output. All orbits – every deal, every creative decision, every creative career – will increasingly revolve around the gravitational mass and imprimatur of one entity. MoviesMergersStreaming - music/video/contentPop culture

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New York  —  After an artificial intelligence-generated “actress” drew intense backlash from human actors, the character’s maker says it’s not meant to replace people. But many in Hollywood aren’t buying it. It’s just the latest movie-industry feud over a technology that many creatives worry has stolen their work and could eventually replace them. “Tilly Norwood” looks like a young woman with wavy brown hair and clear skin who, since February, has posted on Instagram much like any other Gen Z influencer. She’s pursuing an acting career â€" and recently posted about doing “screen tests” in hopes of landing a gig. But Tilly Norwood isn’t a real person, she’s AI-generated, created by Eline Van Der Velden, founder of AI startup Particle6, which says it creates “digital content” for film and TV. In a rece...

Hollywood executives are deprioritizing diversity "at their own peril," a new report out Thursday warns. Diversity is essential to the entertainment industry's survival as moviegoers of color consistently drive box-office success, movies with more diverse casts tend to perform best at the box office and prioritizing diversity behind the camera is often what ensures diversity on screen. These have all been consistent findings in the annual editions of the UCLA Hollywood Diversity Report, including in the latest report , released Thursday.  For over a decade, the team behind the report, led by UCLA sociologists Ana-Christ ina Ramón and Darnell Hunt, has tracked the relationship between diversity and Hollywood's bottom line. The reports have perennially documented how people of color drive box office success , both as consumers and producers.  All of that once again held true in 2023, when people of color dominated opening weekend sales for 14 of the top 20 highest-...

Six people were arrested over the weekend for allegedly trying to fly a banner from the Hollywood Sign, police said.  In a post on Instagram , Los Angeles Police Department officers from the Hollywood station said that the suspects "trespassed all the way up to the Hollywood Sign," where they tried to hang a banner from the second "O." The suspects kneeling as LAPD officers placed them into custody over the weekend.  Los Angeles Police Department Hollywood/Instagram It's unclear exactly what message the banner was attempting to portray.  Police, working with L.A. City Park Rangers arrived at the area and took all six of the suspects into custody without further incident. They didn...

Hollywood celebrities are voicing support for Jimmy Kimmel after his show got pulled by ABC. ABC suspended the show over Kimmel's comments on the killing of Charlie Kirk in a Monday episode. Reactions from celebrities, including Ben Stiller, Wanda Sykes, and Jean Smart, have poured in. Hollywood is rallying behind Jimmy Kimmel, after his talk show, "Jimmy K immel Live!" got pulled from ABC. ABC "indefinitely" suspended the show over Kimmel's comments on the shooting of the conservative activist Charlie Kirk on September 10. "We had some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them," Kimmel said in a Monday epis ode of his show. He added that Trump's supporters were politicizing the shooting. Reactions from actors and comedians have poured in, expressing dismay over the show's suspension. The Jimmy Kimmel fallout is ramping up....

The entertainment industry was thrown into uncharted waters in late 2025 with the arrival of Tilly Norwood, an AI-powered actress created by Dutch innovator Eline Van der Velden. Unlike typical celebrity launches, Norwood's debut immediately sparked debate, with questions swirling about whether artificial intelligence could ever challenge the role of human actors-and what this means for their livelihoods. Tilly Norwood: Stunning AI creation making waves in entertainment Van der Velden, CEO of the tech company Xicoia, sought to calm fears from the outset. "Tilly isn't here to replace actors," she told AP News. "She's an experiment in creativity, a way to explore what's possible when technology and performance intersect." Yet, despite her as surances, the response was swift and divisive. Talent agencies publicly refused to represent Norwood, while social media erupted with discussions ranging from fascination to concern about the ethics an...

On Thursday night, Netflix threw a holiday party for some of its departments at Los Angeles restaurant Delilah, decorating the cozy space with a Tinseltown/Old Hollywood theme. But the holiday cheer quickly dissipated—at least, for everyone besides Netflix executives—after word began to spread that the streamer had won the bidding war to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery. The news became official Friday morning with the announcement that Netflix had entered into a definitive agreement to buy Warner Bros. in an $82.7 billion deal . There's nothing more Old Hollywood than Warner Bros., a storied movie studio established in 1923—one of the "Big Five" created during Hollywood's Golden Age. Which is precisely why many Hollywood insiders are taking this news so hard. If this deal does go through, Netflix, the streaming giant that swooped in and disrup ted the old system—or destroyed it, depending on your point of view—will take control of one of the last remaining Hollywo...

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Royal experts say Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's star power in Hollywood is rapidly fading five years after their dramatic break from the monarchy. A source recently told People magazine that the couple is still learning to navigate public scrutiny. While Meghan reportedly brushes off the criticism as "just noise," Harry is said to take the attacks more personally and remains intensely protective of his wife. "Their star power is fading," Kinsey Schofield, host of YouTube's "Kinsey Schofield Unfiltered," told Fox News Digital. MEGHAN MARKLE MAKES BOLD REVELATION ABOUT PRINCE HARRY MARRIA GE 5 YEARS AFTER ROYAL EXIT A source recently told People magazine Meghan Markle brushes off criticism as "just noise," while Prince Harry takes things more personally and remains intensely protective of his wife. (Kristina Bumphrey/Variety via Getty Images) "That will frustrate them because th...