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So netflix can't pay their actors but they can pay for the AI programs? Hilarious. I guess now It's time to stop giving our money to netflix because what are they without customers??? Actually I already quit my account when they shut down the account sharing.

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AS HOLLYWOOD EXECUTIVES insist it is ā€œjust not realisticā€ to pay actors ā€” 87 percent of whom earn less than $26,000 ā€” more, they are spending lavishly on AI programs.

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While entertainment firms like Disney have declined to go into specifics about the nature of their investments in artificial intelligence, job postings and financial disclosures reviewed by The Intercept reveal new details about the extent of these companiesā€™ embrace of the technology.

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In one case, Netflix is offering as much as $900,000 for a single AI product manager.

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Comment ā€˜CANCELLEDā€™ if you plan to cancel your Netflix subscription.

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Also not claiming Lainey is the most reliable source in the world wide web but here are her thoughts about the strike and KOTFM.

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(...) In other Leo news though, on the professional front, letā€™s talk about Leo and the strike. Killers of the Flower Moon is scheduled for release October 6. It is expected to be a major Oscar contender. But before that, what about the press tour? At this point, some promotional activity would be either happening or being arranged ā€“ like magazine shoots and interviews, pieces to roll out in the weeks preceding the premiere. These kinds of activities are now off the table due to the work stoppage.Ā 

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Right now, with negotiations having broken down and no new meetings scheduled between the unions and the AMTPT, it doesnā€™t look like the strike is ending any time soon. More and more Iā€™m hearing from several writers and actors who are personal friends that itā€™ll be December or maybe even January. Which means, for the fall releases, that there wonā€™t be any promotions. If the strike is still happening in October, in Leoā€™s case, he and the cast will not be participating in junkets and certainly wonā€™t be seen on red carpetsā€¦whichā€¦ Iā€™m sure for Leo thatā€™s a bonus, because he hates publicity. But it would f-cking suck for Lily Gladstone, the star of Killers of the Flower Moon, to not have her big moment in the marketing spotlight.Ā 

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Also this decision of paramount!!!??? Dear lord indeed. Hollywood is slowly dying.

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Predictions are saying the studio is no more in about 2 years.

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Oscars Predictions: Best Actor ā€“ Leonardo DiCaprio Early Favorite With Colman Domingo, Paul Giamatti Awaiting Festival Bows

Hollywood strikes will hinder awards campaigns, but great films will still seek recognition

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VarietyĀ Awards CircuitĀ section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety senior awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual contender. As other formal (and informal) polls suggest, competitions are fluid and subject to change based on buzz and events. Predictions are updated every Thursday.

2023 Oscars Predictions:

Best Actor

Weekly Commentary (Updated July 27, 2023): The Cannes Film Festival brought many notable films that could vie for awards consideration, including Appleā€™s ā€œKillers of the Flower Moonā€ starring Leonardo DiCaprio. An Oscar-winner for ā€œThe Revenantā€ (2015), his turn as a husband with ulterior motives is one of his finest. It would be hard to imagine a lineup that wouldnā€™t include him.

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From the first half of 2023, smaller films have names worth considering, such as Kelvin Harrison Jr from Searchlightā€™s ā€œChevalier.ā€ The summer has now dropped Cillian Murphy into the mix as the titular ā€œOppenheimerā€ from Christopher Nolan. Despite Nolanā€™s vast respect in the industry and pop culture, Heath Ledger (ā€œThe Dark Knightā€) is the only actor nominated and won an Academy Award for one of the auteurā€™s movies. Could Murphy become the second (or third/fourth with co-stars Robert Downey Jr and Emily Blunt contending in supporting categories)?

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While we are expecting a supporting push for Ryan Gosling, there are some that see his brilliant turn as Ken in Greta Gerwigā€™s ā€œBarbie,ā€ as a leading role. Weā€™ll list him in both places for now.

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Amid the ongoing Hollywood strikes, the show must go on, at least in terms of fall festivals like Venice, Telluride and Toronto.

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At Venice, weā€™ll pay close attention to when Bradley Cooperā€™s sophomore directorial effort ā€œMaestroā€ bows at the Lido. The biopic of Leonard Bernstein has the eight-time Oscar nominee playing the famed composer in a film he also wrote and produced for Netflix. The streamer hopes Cooperā€™s movie is going to be a significant player and become the third person to direct themselves to acting wins ā€“ after Laurence Olivier (ā€œHamletā€) and Roberto Benigni (ā€œLife is Beautifulā€).

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As can be expected, Netflix is brimming with multiple candidates that could pop up, such as Colman Domingo in George C. Wolfeā€™s ā€œRustin,ā€ which will debut at TIFF.

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Another festival drop having strong early word is Alexander Payneā€™s ā€œThe Holdovers,ā€ with Paul Giamatti looking to avenge his criminal ā€œSidewaysā€ snub 20 years ago, another joint from Payne. Coincidentally, Jamie Foxx, who won that year for ā€œRay,ā€ could be in the discussion again with Maggie Bettsā€™ ā€œThe Burial.ā€

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Plenty more movies can move in or shift out of the calendar year. Itā€™s still early, but the chess pieces are being implemented.

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And the Predicted Nominees Are:

  1. Paul Giamatti ā€” ā€œThe Holdoversā€ (Focus Features)
  2. Leonardo DiCaprio ā€” ā€œKillers of the Flower Moonā€ (Apple Original Films/Paramount Pictures)
  3. Cillian Murphy ā€” ā€œOppenheimerā€ (Universal Pictures)
  4. Bradley Cooper ā€” ā€œMaestroā€ (Netflix)
  5. Colman Domingo ā€” ā€œRustinā€ (Netflix)

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Next in Line

  1. Kingsley Ben-Adir ā€” ā€œBob Marley: One Loveā€ (Paramount Pictures)
  2. Adam Driver ā€” ā€œFerrariā€ (Neon)
  3. Jeffrey Wright ā€” ā€œAmerican Fictionā€ (MGM)
  4. David Strathairn ā€” ā€œA Little Prayerā€ (Sony Pictures Classics)
  5. Paul Dano ā€” ā€œDumb Moneyā€ (Sony Pictures)

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Other Top-Tier Possibilities

  1. Barry Keoghan ā€” ā€œSaltburnā€ (Amazon Studios)
  2. Anthony Hopkins ā€” ā€œFreudā€™s Last Sessionā€ (Sony Pictures Classics) **
  3. Matt Damon ā€” ā€œAirā€ (Amazon Studios)
  4. Teo Yoo ā€” ā€œPast Livesā€ (A24)
  5. Christian Friedel ā€” ā€œThe Zone of Interestā€ (A24)
  6. Michael Fassbender ā€” ā€œThe Killerā€ (Netflix)
  7. Jamie Foxx ā€” ā€œThe Burialā€ (Amazon Studios)
  8. Joaquin Phoenix ā€” ā€œNapoleonā€ (Apple Original Films/Sony Pictures)
  9. Jesse Garcia ā€” ā€œFlaminā€™ Hotā€ (Hulu/Searchlight Pictures)
  10. Jay Baruchel ā€” ā€œBlackBerryā€ (IFC Films)

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Also In Contention

  1. Zac Efron ā€” ā€œThe Iron Clawā€ (A24)
  2. Lakeith Stanfield ā€” ā€œThe Book of Clarenceā€ (Sony Pictures) **
  3. Jaime Vadell ā€” ā€œEl Condeā€ (Netflix)
  4. Paul Mescal ā€” ā€œFoeā€ (Amazon Studios)
  5. Michael Fassbender ā€” ā€œNext Goal Winsā€ (Searchlight Pictures)
  6. Alden Ehrenreich ā€” ā€œFair Playā€ (Netflix)
  7. Peter Sarsgaard ā€” ā€œMemoryā€ (No U.S. Distribution)
  8. Justin H. Minā€” ā€œShortcomingsā€ (Sony Pictures Classics)
  9. TimothĆ©e Chalamet ā€” ā€œWonkaā€ (Warner Bros.)
  10. Gael GarcĆ­a Bernal ā€” ā€œCassandroā€ (Amazon Studios)

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Oscars ā€” Best Picture Race Slowly Taking Shape: Nolan vs Scorsese?

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I know itā€™s way too early to speculate, but an Oscar race is is slowly brewing between Scorseseā€™s ā€œKillers of the Flower Moonā€ and Nolanā€™s ā€œOppenheimer.ā€

What I will say is that, if it really comes down to these two movies, then Iā€™ll be more than happy with the outcome because, truth be told, Nolan and Scorseseā€™s films are two of the best big studio films Iā€™ve seen so far this year.

As for Gerwigā€™s ā€œBarbie,ā€ it has received enough acclaim, immense box-office and become a cultural phenomenon that I just canā€™t see it missing a nomination, even with a little more than five months left in the year.

Technically, Celine Songā€™s ā€œPast Livesā€ is still the most critically acclaimed movie of the year and there might not be another movie to dethrone it this year. The Oscar quota is there as well. Immigrant story, female director, indie success and the A24 machine fully backing it.

What else? Iā€™m almost tempted to believe that ā€œSpider-Man: Across the Spider-Verseā€ has a shot. A major blockbuster thatā€™ll have Academy voters willing to check their animation bias at the door, and for good reason. ā€˜Across the Spider-Verseā€™ is an animated gamechanger.

Or, how about Ben Affleck ā€œAirā€ which is said to have played very well with Academy voters these past few months. Itā€™s the kind of safe and wholesome entertainment that wouldnā€™t have been out of place at the 1995 Oscars. A stacked cast and Affleck comeback is definitely an infectious narrative.

A few foreign contenders screened at Cannes this year, prime among them is Justine Trietā€™s ā€œAnatomy of a Fall,ā€ a mesmerizing whodunnit that circumvents cliches to probe the hidden mysteries lying behind a potential murder.

As stunningly rendered as Jonathan Glazerā€™s ā€œThe Zone of Interestā€ might be, its cool, detached arthouse style might not be enough to convince Academy voters of its virtues. Ditto Todd Haynesā€™ purposely campy, but probing, ā€œMay/December.ā€

So, which upcoming fall titles might make a dent in the Best Picture race? Maybe Bradley Cooperā€™s ā€œMaestro,ā€ Sofia Coppolaā€™s ā€œPriscilla,ā€ Michael Mannā€™s ā€œFerrari,ā€ Emerald Fennellā€™s ā€œSaltburn,ā€ Alexander Payneā€™s ā€œThe Holdovers,ā€ Hayao Miyazakiā€™s ā€œThe Boy and the Heronā€ and David Fincherā€™s ā€œThe Killer.ā€

Fennellā€™s film comes with a hefty amount of buzz after this past Springā€™s immensely well-received test screenings. Mannā€™s film also test-screened, but to less effective test scores, which is why the NYFF selection bewildered me, a bit. Ditto Cooperā€™s biopic, which had reshoots and has had different cuts screened in the last few months.

Then thereā€™s the non-festival films such as Ridley Scottā€™s ā€œNapoleonā€ and ā€œDune: Chapter Two,ā€ both of which could potentially be delayed due to the ongoing actors strike.

My 07.28.23 rankings:

1. Killers of the Flower Moon
2. Oppenheimer
3. Past Lives
4. Barbie
5. Saltburn
6. The Holdovers
7. Air
8. Anatomy of a Fall
9. Maestro
10. Across the Spider-Verse

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KOTFM being number 1 :thumbsup:

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The 16 Must-See Fall Movies

1) Killers of the Flower Moon (Martin Scorsese) ā€” October 6

Although I have already seen Scorseseā€™s staggering epic about the 1920s Osage Nation murders, I cannot fail to include it. This is the movie event of the year. ā€˜Killersā€™ holds and fascinates you in step-by-step fashion, and it radiates profound moral grief and heartache ā€” itā€™s three hours of scheming and murder, and the runtime just flies by. What Scorsese has created is a real and lived in world and absolute fire-in-your-belly cinema. Itā€™s also very measured and matter of fact in its clinical execution. This is Scorseseā€™s very steady, methodical depiction of morally toxic people. DiCaprio, De Niro and Gladstone all deserve awards love this season.

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Friendly reminder so far it has a better score than Oppenheimer (of course with less reviews but still) šŸ˜‹

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