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  • Wednesday, May. 29, 2024
Albert Ruddy, Oscar-winning producer of "The Godfather" and "Million Dollar Baby," dies at 94
Producer Albert S. Ruddy accepts the Oscar for best picture for "The Godfather" at the 45th Annual Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles, Calif., on March 27, 1973. The Canadian-born producer and writer who won Oscars for “The Godfather” and “Million Dollar Baby,” died Saturday, May 25, 2024, at age 94. (AP Photo, File)
By Hillel Italie, National Writer
NEW YORK (AP) -- 

Albert S. Ruddy, a colorful, Canadian-born producer and writer who won Oscars for "The Godfather" and "Million Dollar Baby," developed the raucous prison-sports comedy "The Longest Yard" and helped create the hit sitcom "Hogan's Heroes," has died at age 94.

Ruddy died "peacefully" Saturday at the UCLA Medical Center, according to a spokesperson, who added that among his final words were, "The game is over, but we won the game."

Tall and muscular, with a raspy voice and a city kid's swagger, Ruddy produced more than 30 movies and was on hand for the very top and very bottom, from the "Godfather" and "Million Dollar Baby" to "Cannonball Run II" and "Megaforce," nominees for Golden Raspberry awards for worst movie of the year.

Otherwise, he had a mix of successes such as "The Longest Yard," which he produced and created the story for, and such flops as the Arnold Schwarzenegger thriller "Sabotage." He worked often with Burt Reynolds, More

  • Wednesday, May. 29, 2024
OpenAI to start using content from News Corp. as part of a multiyear deal
The OpenAI logo is seen displayed on a cell phone with an image on a computer monitor generated by ChatGPT's Dall-E text-to-image model, Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, in Boston. OpenAI will start using news content from News Corp. as part of a multiyear deal between the two companies. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, file)
By Michelle Chapman

Joining news organizations that have chosen to collaborate rather than fight with the best-known artificial intelligence company, News Corp. has struck a multiyear deal to share news content with OpenAI for both training purposes and to answer questions from users.

As part of the deal, OpenAI will have access to both fresh and archived material from News Corp.'s major news publications, including The Wall Street Journal, Barron's and New York Post, Australian publications such as The Daily Telegraph, and others.

The companies would not talk about the length or value of the deal, although News Corp.'s Wall Street Journal said it could be worth more than $250 million over five years.

OpenAI has also made licensing deals with other media companies including The Associated Press, news publishing giants Axel Springer in Germany and Prisa Media in Spain, France's Le Monde newspaper and the London-based Financial Times.

For the most More

  • Wednesday, May. 29, 2024
Harvey Weinstein appears before judge in same NYC courthouse where Trump is on trial
Harvey Weinstein appears in Manhattan Criminal Court, Wednesday, May 29, 2024, in New York. The fallen movie mogul is awaiting a retrial on rape charges after his 2020 conviction was tossed out. Wednesday's court hearing addressed various legal issues related to the upcoming trial, which is tentatively scheduled for some time after Labor Day. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, Pool)
By Philip Marcelo
NEW YORK (AP) -- 

Harvey Weinstein is appearing before a judge Wednesday afternoon in the same New York City courthouse where former President Donald Trump is on trial.

The disgraced movie mogul entered the court in a wheelchair, as he has during recent hearings for a retrial on rape charges after his 2020 conviction was tossed out.

Assistant District Attorney Nicole Blumberg said additional survivors have come forward with assault claims and prosecutors are currently assessing which fall under the statute of limitations.

She said some potential survivors that were not ready to step forward during Weinstein's first trial may now be willing to testify.

When asked by Judge Curtis Farber whether there was a possibility of prosecutors filing a new indictment, Blumberg replied: "Yes, your honor."

She said prosecutors would be in a better position to update the court at the end of June, when they were seeking another hearing ahead of the More

  • Tuesday, May. 28, 2024
HELO sets a CSR-focused direction to help brands create impact-driven work for global communities
LOS ANGELES -- 

Recently earning The One Show and ADC Production Company of the Year distinction, HELO has announced a new strategic ambition to focus on developing brand-work that actively addresses social, economic and environmental issues--helping brands create activations and initiatives that have a meaningful impact on the planet. The new “Make Impact Work” manifesto is a progression of the company’s notable corporate social responsibility (CSR)-forward work over the last two years, which included developing an industry-altering technology enabling a blind man to commentate on a live NBA game, launching 1,000 drones above the United Nations to raise awareness around the severity of the climate crisis, and developing a series of life-changing rooftop billboards that cooled residential buildings in Miami.  

HELO was founded in 2013 by Brendan Kiernan and Justin Moore-Lewy as a specialist creative studio and agency hybrid creating “moving experiences” for More

  • Thursday, May. 23, 2024
Sony says focus is on creativity, with games, movies, music, sensors, IP, and not gadgets
A logo of Sony is seen at the headquarters of Sony Corp. on May 10, 2022, in Tokyo. Japanese electronics and entertainment company Sony says it’s focusing on creativity in movies, animation and video games, rather than old-fashioned gadgetry. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)
By Yuri Kageyama, Business Writer
TOKYO (AP) -- 

Japanese electronics and entertainment company Sony says it's focusing on creativity in movies, animation and video games, rather than old-fashioned gadgetry.

Its chief executive, Kenichiro Yoshida, outlined the company's strategy Thursday, saying Sony was helping creative professionals deliver what he called "kando," or a moving experience.

Yoshida did not speak about reports Tokyo-based Sony and Apollo Global Management are interested in buying Paramount Global.

Yoshida said the company is now emphasizing the creative process itself instead of prized products of the past like the Walkman portable music player and Trinitron color TVs. He said "synergies" are no longer between entertainment and electronics, but determined by intellectual property spanning animation, music, games and films.

"We will continue to support people's creativity through our technology," he said in an online briefing.

Sony is adapting to More

  • Wednesday, May. 22, 2024
Industry trade groups unite with Ad Net Zero, Green The Bid and AdGreen in endorsement of new hard drive use best practice
LOS ANGELES & NEW YORK -- 

In a first-of-its-kind response to the advertising industry’s urgent need to decarbonize, ad industry trade associations the 4A’s, Ad Association, AICP, ANA, AOP, APA, IPA, and ISBA, have all jointly announced support for the adoption of best practices to encourage production hard drive reuse over single use. The guidance, developed by Green The Bid, Ad Net Zero and AdGreen, aims to significantly reduce carbon emissions in production and lessen the burden on natural resources implicit in excessive hard drive usage.  

In unanimous agreement, the above trade bodies for the ad industry endorse the statement that reads, “So long as hard drives have been wiped and tested before use, all ‘Enterprise Class’ drives can and should be reused multiple times during the manufacturer’s stated warranty period and provided such reuse would not put the production company in breach of any of its contractual obligations.” 

Unlike the film and television More

  • Wednesday, May. 22, 2024
Alkemy X launches Independent Film Services division
Andrew Greenblatt
PHILADELPHIA -- 

Coming off a successful run of contributions to Oscar-winning films including The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and The Whale, alongside recent work on a variety of upcoming independent features, entertainment studio Alkemy X has formally launched its Independent Film Services division. 

For nearly 45 years, Alkemy X has remained at the forefront of postproduction with award-winning work. Designed to build upon that longstanding expertise with a now greater focus on independent feature films, Alkemy X has tapped Andrew Greenblatt for a strategic collaboration in leading the new Independent Film Services division forward. Leveraging his extensive network and experience in the independent film sector, Greenblatt will play a pivotal role in further enhancing Alkemy X’s commitment to supporting filmmakers and productions within the independent film community. 

While leading Alkemy X’s Independent Film Services division, More

  • Tuesday, May. 21, 2024
Art Directors Guild elects its first all-female group of executive board officers
Dina Lipton (l) and Kristen Davis
LOS ANGELES -- 

Production designer Dina Lipton has been elected president of the Art Directors Guild (ADG, IATSE Local 800), replacing outgoing president Nelson Coates who completes eight-and-a-half years at the helm of the Guild.

Lipton will lead a 20-member Executive Board. For the first time in the Guild’s history, the four top ranking members are all female executive officers.

“I’m thrilled to assume the role of president,” said Lipton. “Thank you to my fellow guild members for voting me into this role. I’m looking forward to working hard on behalf of the membership during my term.”

Members of the ADG elected sr. set designer Kristen Davis as VP, and supervising art director Helen Harwell as treasurer. Art director/sr. set designer Judy Cosgrove is reelected to the role of secretary. All four officers will serve three-year terms commencing June 1, 2024.

“Celebrating the results of our elections this year, we’re excited to highlight the More

  • Wednesday, May. 22, 2024
Fox's Greg Olsen wins top analyst at Sports Emmy Awards and CBS' Super Bowl coverage wins top event
Former NFL tight end Greg Olsen gives a report during pregame warmups prior to the start of the first half of an NFL football game between the Washington Football Team and the Dallas Cowboys, Sunday, Dec. 12, 2021, in Landover, Md. Olsen won a Sports Emmy for Outstanding Event Analyst. Olsen will not be Fox Sports top NFL analyst this upcoming season as Tom Brady joins the network. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
By Joe Reedy

Tom Brady is coming into the booth of Fox Sports top NFL team with seven Super Bowl rings.

Greg Olsen is leaving it with another Sports Emmy award.

After being named Outstanding Emerging On-Air Talent last year, Olsen was named the top Event Analyst during the three-hour ceremony at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Frederick P. Rose Hall in New York.

"I think there's a lot of people wondering what I'm going to say right now," Olsen said.

"I don't know what the future holds," he said. "All I know is I love talking football, I love talking ball. I love studying it, I love seeing where the game is going, wherever that takes me, whatever level it is. I'm more committed to the game of football now.

"This is super cool, and I look forward to things ahead."

After Troy Aikman left Fox for ESPN's "Monday Night Football," Olsen moved into Fox's top analyst spot and quickly earned rave reviews for his work. It was originally More

  • Tuesday, May. 21, 2024
Matthew Perry's death under investigation in connection with ketamine level found in his blood
Matthew Perry poses for a portrait on Feb. 17, 2015, in New York. Authorities are investigating the death of Perry and how the beloved actor received the anesthetic ketamine, which was ruled a contributing factor in his death. Los Angeles Police Capt. Scot Williams told the Los Angeles Times Tuesday, May 21, 2024, that detectives were looking into why the “Friends” star had so much ketamine in his system when he died in October. (Photo by Brian Ach/Invision/AP, File)
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- 

Authorities have opened an investigation into how Matthew Perry received the supply of ketamine that killed him, police said Tuesday.

Los Angeles police are working with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service with a probe into why the 54-year-old "Friends" star had so much of the drug in his system, LAPD Capt. Scot Williams said in an email.

An assistant found the 54-year-old Perry face down in his hot tub on Oct. 28, and paramedics who were called immediately declared him dead. His autopsy, released in December, found that the amount of ketamine in his blood was in the range used for general anesthesia during surgery. It was listed as the primary cause of death, which was ruled an accident with no foul play suspected, the report said.

Drowning and other medical issues were contributing factors, the coroner said.

The investigation was first reported by TMZ.

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