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Minions & Monsters wins July 4 box office with a franchise-low $64M debut

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[tldr]Universal’s Minions & Monsters topped the US July 4 box office with roughly $64m over its first five days, the weakest opening in Despicable Me franchise history and far below the $120m-plus debuts of its two predecessors. The soft start raises franchise-fatigue questions for Comcast’s most reliable animation machine.[/tldr] Universal’s Minions & Monsters led the […]

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Spotify launches Reserved, a ticketing feature that rewards superfans with early concert access

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Spotify on Wednesday launched Reserved by Spotify, turning the concert ticketing concept it unveiled last month into a live product. The feature automatically holds up to two concert tickets for Premium subscribers based on their listening habits, making Spotify the first audio streaming platform to offer dedicated pre-sale ticket access. The first artist to participate is indie-pop […]

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Sora shutdown leaves Critterz at the Cannes market without its model

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The OpenAI-backed family animation that was meant to prove generative AI could ship a real movie has missed its festival window, in part because the video model it was built on no longer exists. Critterz, the OpenAI-backed animated feature that was being positioned as the first mainstream commercial film made through a generative AI pipeline, […]

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The Academy has not banned AI from the Oscars. It has defined what it means to be the author of a film.

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced new eligibility rules on 2 May for the 99th Academy Awards, and the two that matter most are about seven words each. Acting nominations will be limited to roles “demonstrably performed by humans with their consent.” Screenplays must be “human-authored.” Producers will be required to sign […]

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China built the AI content factory that Silicon Valley imagined but never shipped

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In January 2026, a new AI-generated micro-drama went live on a Chinese streaming platform every 90 seconds. By March, approximately 50,000 AI-native titles had been added to Douyin in a single month. The production cost was roughly one-tenth of a live-action shoot. The usable rate of AI-generated footage had climbed above 90 per cent. And […]

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