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October 9, 2025 5:02 PM

Hollywood talent agency CAA says OpenAI’s Sora poses risk to creators’ rights

Hollywood's premier talent agency, Creative Artists Agency, said on Thursday OpenAI is exposing artists to "significant risk" through its new AI video-generating tool Sora. The Los Angeles-based CAA, founded in 1975, represents thousands of actors, ...

September 24, 2025 11:31 AM

Jimmy Kimmel defends free speech as he returns to late-night television from suspension

Jimmy Kimmel returned to late-night television on Tuesday defending U.S. political satire against "bullying" by the Trump administration, six days after his on-air comments about the murder of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk led Walt Disney DIS.N to...

September 24, 2025 11:22 AM

WaveX launches seven new incubation centers to boost media, entertainment and AVGC-XR startups

The startup accelerator platform WaveX, under the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting’s WAVES initiative, has announced the launch of seven new incubation centers across India to support startups in the Media, Entertainment, AVGC (Animation,...

September 23, 2025 9:56 PM

President Murmu presents 71st National Film Awards, confers Dadasaheb Phalke Award on Mohanlal

President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday presented the 71st National Film Awards at a glittering ceremony in New Delhi, honouring excellence in Indian cinema across multiple categories. The President also conferred the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award f...

September 19, 2025 12:27 PM

Trump applauds Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension and seeks to punish critical broadcasters

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday celebrated the suspension of talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel from the airwaves and said TV broadcasters should lose their licenses over negative coverage of his administration, adding fuel to a national debate over...

September 18, 2025 9:50 AM

Disney’s ABC pulls ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ off air after remarks about Kirk

Walt Disney-owned ABC said on Wednesday it was pulling "Jimmy Kimmel Live" off the air, after comments by the late-night show's host about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk prompted a threat by the head of the top U.S. communica...

September 17, 2025 11:22 AM

Redford’s vision boosted independent films and voices beyond Hollywood

In 1981, Robert Redford launched an experiment when he invited the makers of 10 low-budget movies to what film critic Roger Ebert described as a "cinematic summer camp" in the Utah mountains. Four decades later, Redford and the annual Sundance Film ...

September 17, 2025 11:44 AM

National Award-winning film ‘Chalo Jeete Hain’ to be re-released nationwide from Sep 17

National Award-winning film Chalo Jeete Hain will be re-released across the country from September 17 to October 2, with screenings planned in lakhs of schools and nearly 500 cinema halls, including PVR Inox, Cinepolis, Rajhans and Miraj, the Informa...

September 16, 2025 1:24 PM

India to showcase creative economy, cultural heritage at Busan Film Festival

India will make its biggest-ever presence at the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) 2025 in South Korea, with a line-up of 10 films and five projects at the Asian Contents & Film Market (ACFM), the government said on Tuesday. For the first...

September 15, 2025 1:02 PM

Indian filmmaker Neeraj Ghaywan’s ‘Homebound’ shines at TIFF, secures second runner-up at International People’s Choice Award

Filmmaker Neeraj Ghaywan's latest project 'Homebound' created waves at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), where it not only received a standing ovation but also clinched the second runner-up spot for the prestigious International People'...

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