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  • Friday, Jan. 12, 2024
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. addresses marchers during his "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial on Aug. 28, 1963, in Washington. The Television Academy, which presents the Emmy Awards, announced on Friday, Jan. 12, 2024, what it calls the top 75 moments in television history ahead of the ceremony's 75th edition, being held on Monday, Jan. 15. (AP Photo, File)
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- 

The moon landing, the Beatles' first appearance on American TV and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech are among the 75 Most Impactful Television Moments as ranked by the Television Academy before Monday's 75th edition of the Emmy Awards.

Academy members from the television industry collaborated with academics to cull eight decades of TV history and vote on the list that was revealed Friday. Atop it they put Apollo 11's 1969 first landing on the moon, and Neil Armstrong's declaration of a "giant leap for mankind." In second they put coverage of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, and in third the Beatles' 1964 appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show."

King's "I Have a Dream" speech, delivered at the March on Washington in 1963, is ranked No. 6. This year's Emmy Awards, delayed four months because of Hollywood's actors and writers strikes, comes on the MLK holiday.

While the top of the list is dominated by More

  • Friday, Jan. 12, 2024
South Korean director Bong Joon-ho speaks during a press conference demanding an investigation into the case for the death of the late actor Lee Sun-kyun in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 12, 2024. Lee, a popular South Korean actor best known for his role in the Oscar-winning movie "Parasite," was found dead in a car in Seoul on Dec. 27, 2023, authorities said, after weeks of an intense police investigation into his alleged drug use. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- 

Oscar-winning " Parasite " director Bong Joon-ho and other artists in South Korea have called for a thorough investigation into the death of popular actor Lee Sun-kyun, who played the head of a wealthy family in the class satire movie.

Lee, 48, was found dead in his car on Dec. 27 in what is widely seen as a suicide following an intense weekslong police investigation into his alleged drug use.

In a nationally televised news conference on Friday, Bong and other artists, writers, performers and producers questioned why police repeatedly summoned Lee in the presence of TV cameras and whether they had inappropriately leaked information about the investigation to media. They also questioned whether media outlets had overly sensationalized reports about Lee's private life that were unrelated to the drug investigation.

"We urge relevant officials to fully investigate whether there were any problems with the security of (the information) in More

  • Friday, Jan. 12, 2024
Lily Gladstone (l) and Leonardo DiCaprio in a scene from "Killers of the Flower Moon" (photo by Melinda Sue Gordon/courtesy of Apple TV+)
LOS ANGELES -- 

The African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) has revealed its 2024 Special Achievement honorees chosen for their prolific contributions to the entertainment industry. These honorees will be celebrated at the organization’s 7th Annual AAFCA Special Achievement Awards luncheon, taking place on Sunday, March 3, in the Centennial Room at the Los Angeles Athletic Club in downtown Los Angeles.

The invitation-only luncheon will bestow honors upon the Martin Scorsese-directed feature film “Killers of the Flower Moon,” which will receive the Stanley & Karen Kramer Social Justice Award for shining a light on the true story of the infamous Osage Nation murders.

Jamie Foxx and Datari Turner, the producing duo behind Foxxhill Productions, will be honored with AAFCA’s Producers Award for their exceptional work on three high-profile films released in 2023: “They Cloned Tyrone,” “Story Ave,” and “The Burial,” along with Foxxhill’s commitment More

  • Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024
This image released by HBO shows Kristofer Hivju, from left, Kit Harington and Emilia Clarke in a scene from "Game of Thrones." The 75th Emmy Awards will include cast reunions and re-creations of classic moments from a dozen iconic shows throughout television history, including "Game of Thrones." (Helen Sloan/HBO via AP)
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- 

The 75th Emmy Awards will be studded with cast reunions and recreations of classic moments from a dozen beloved shows throughout television history.

"All in the Family," "Grey's Anatomy," "Game of Thrones," "Martin" and many more series will get the special treatment at Monday night's ceremony at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, with many getting renditions of their sets, including the bar from "Cheers."

"It was really about, how can we celebrate 75 years of television differently?" the show's executive producer Jesse Collins told The Associated Press.

The first such scene will come within the 10 minutes of host Anthony Anderson's Emmys opening, and the moments will be spread throughout the Fox telecast.

"The core of it," said Dionne Harmon, another executive producer, "is really celebrating television and to honor the shows of yesterday while we honor the shows of today."

Collins, Harmon and Jeannae Rouzan-Clay More

  • Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024
Margot Robbie in a scene from “Barbie.” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
LOS ANGELES -- 

The Publicists of the International Cinematographers Guild (ICG, IATSE Local 600) have announced their nominees for the Maxwell Weinberg Award for Motion Picture Publicity Campaign, honoring outstanding achievement in publicity in 2023.

THE MAXWELL WEINBERG AWARD FOR MOTION PICTURE PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN NOMINEES ARE:

  • Air – (Amazon MGM Studios)
  • Barbie – (Warner Bros. Pictures)
  • John Wick: Chapter 4 – (Lionsgate)
  • The Little Mermaid – (Walt Disney Studios)
  • Maestro – (Netflix)
  • Oppenheimer – (Universal Pictures)
  • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – (Sony Pictures Entertainment)
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem – (Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies)

The winner will be determined via online ballot by ICG publicists, during the voting period: Jan. 24 to Feb. 2. More

  • Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024
The Microsoft logo is seen in Issy- les-Moulineaux, outside Paris, France, Tuesday April 12, 2016. Microsoft said Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024, that it is upgrading its cloud computing service to let customers store all personal data within the European Union. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)
LONDON (AP) -- 

Microsoft said Thursday that it is upgrading its cloud computing service to let customers store all personal data within the European Union instead of having it flow to the U.S. where national privacy laws don't exist.

The changes apply to services including Azure, Microsoft 365, Power Platform, and Dynamics 365, the Seattle-based tech company said.

Cloud computing companies have been moving to localize data storage and processing amid tightening requirements in the 27-nation European Union, which has strict data privacy laws.

Brussels and Washington have spent years wrangling over the safety of EU citizens' data that tech companies store in the U.S. following revelations by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden that the American government eavesdropped on people's online data and communications.

Microsoft said its "EU Data Boundary solution goes beyond European compliance requirements." The company has More

  • Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024
This March 19, 2018 file photo shows Amazon's Prime Video streaming app on an iPad in Baltimore. Amazon is cutting several hundred positions across its Prime Video and MGM Studios unit. Mike Hopkins, senior vice president of Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios, said in a note to employees, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, that the staff cuts come as the company identified areas to reduce or discontinue investments while boosting its investment in areas that provide the most impact. AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Amazon is cutting several hundred positions across its Prime Video and MGM Studios unit.

Last month Amazon said that Prime Video users would start seeing ads on movies and television shows starting on January 29, setting a date for an announcement it made back in September.

Prime members who want to keep their movies and TV shows ad-free will have to pay an additional $2.99 per month.

Mike Hopkins, senior vice president of Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios, said in a note to employees that the company is boosting investment in areas with the most impact, while stepping back from others.

Amazon has cut thousands of jobs after a hiring surge during the pandemic. In March, Amazon announced that it planned to lay off 9,000 employees. That was on top of the 18,000 employees the tech giant said that it would lay off in January 2023.

Job cuts are occurring elsewhere in the company this week.

Twitch, the video game More

  • Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024
The Barbie Career of the Year Women in Film doll set (Mattel)

Barbie has unveiled its Career of the Year dolls, which highlight positions in which women are underrepresented. For 2024, Mattel debuts a set featuring Barbie in four moviemaking roles, inspired and sparked in part by the commercial and critical success of the Greta Gerwig-directed feature film, Barbie.

The four new dolls are:

  • Barbie Studio Executive doll with an original body wears a two-piece outfit, comes with shoes and sunglasses, and includes a smartphone play piece. 
  • Barbie Director doll with a tall body wears a jumpsuit, shoes and headset, and comes with a movie script play piece. 
  • Barbie Movie Star doll with a curvy body wears a glamorous gown and heels, accessorizes with a necklace and bracelet, and comes with an award trophy.  
  • Barbie Cinematographer doll with a petite body wears a “Chase Dreams” top, plus pants and shoes, and comes with camera and clapboard accessories. 

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  • Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024
The Meta logo is seen at the Vivatech show in Paris, France, June 14, 2023. Meta said in a blog post Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, that it will start restricting inappropriate content for teenagers' accounts on Instagram and Facebook, such as posts about suicide, self-harm and eating disorders. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- 

Meta said Tuesday it will start hiding inappropriate content from teenagers' accounts on Instagram and Facebook, including posts about suicide, self-harm and eating disorders.

The social media giant based in Menlo Park, California, said in a blog post that while it already aims not to recommend such "age-inappropriate" material to teens, now it also won't show it in their feeds, even if it is shared by an account they follow.

"We want teens to have safe, age-appropriate experiences on our apps," Meta said.

Teen users — provided they did not lie about their age when they signed up for Instagram or Facebook — will also see their accounts placed on the most restrictive settings on the platforms, and they will be blocked from searching for terms that might be harmful.

"Take the example of someone posting about their ongoing struggle with thoughts of self-harm. This is an important story, and can help destigmatize these issues, More

  • Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024
The icon for the video sharing TikTok app is seen on a smartphone, Feb. 28, 2023, in Marple Township, Pa. TikTok has restricted one tool researchers use to analyze popular videos, a move that follows a barrage of criticism directed at the social media platform about content related to the Israel-Hamas war and a study that questioned whether the company was suppressing topics that don’t align with the interests of the Chinese government. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)
NEW YORK (AP) -- 

TikTok has restricted one tool researchers use to analyze popular videos, a move that follows a barrage of criticism directed at the social media platform about content related to the Israel-Hamas war and a study that questioned whether the company was suppressing topics that don't align with the interests of the Chinese government.

TikTok's Creative Center – which is available for anyone to use but is geared towards helping brands and advertisers see what's trending on the app – no longer allows users to search for specific hashtags, including innocuous ones.

The social media company, which is owned by Beijing-based ByteDance, has also removed certain hashtags from the Creative Center that some online researchers had stored for analysis. They include topics that would be seen as controversial to the Chinese government – such as "UyghurGenocide" and "TiananmenSquare"- as well as hashtags about U.S. politics and the war in Gaza and Ukraine More

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