Hacker News with Generative AI: Entertainment

Val Kilmer: Top Gun, Batman and The Doors actor dies aged 65 (bbc.com)
Actor Val Kilmer, who starred in some of the biggest movies of the 1980s and 90s, including Top Gun and Batman Forever, has died at the age of 65.
Celebrities, Obituaries, Film, Entertainment, Music
11 points by marban 17 hours ago | 2 comments
Cheap TVs' incessant advertising reaches troubling new lows (arstechnica.com)
TVs offer us an escape from the real world. After a long day, sometimes there’s nothing more relaxing than turning on your TV, tuning into your favorite program, and unplugging from the realities around you.
Consumer Electronics, Advertising, Entertainment
10 points by LinuxBender 1 day ago | 2 comments
AI was enemy No. 1 during Hollywood strikes. Now it's in Oscar-winning films (bbc.co.uk)
Inside a soundstage once used by silent film stars Charlie Chaplin and Mabel Normand, Hollywood executives, actors and filmmakers sipped cocktails as they marvelled at what some say is the biggest breakthrough since the talkies: AI-generated video.
Artificial Intelligence, Hollywood, Film Industry, Entertainment
21 points by jeffwass 2 days ago | 3 comments
Ketchup Entertainment Acquires 'Coyote vs. Acme' from Warner Bros (rollingstone.com)
Wile E. Coyote’s legal battle with the Acme Corporation, accused of sabotaging his skirmishes with the Road Runner by way of faulty products, is heading to court as Coyote vs. Acme finally heads to movie theaters.
Entertainment, Movies, Acquisitions, Warner Bros
7 points by dannyphantom 2 days ago | 1 comments
Warner Bros Completes Worldwide Sale of 'Coyote vs Acme' (deadline.com)
Warner Bros has completed the sale we told you about a couple weeks ago for their previously shelved Coyote Vs Acme movie.
Movies, Entertainment, Warner Bros, Business
87 points by ChrisArchitect 2 days ago | 24 comments
Village Roadshow Entertainment has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection (latimes.com)
Village Roadshow Entertainment has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, a dark turn for the once-prolific film financing company that backed the “Joker,” “The Matrix” and “Ocean’s Eleven” movie franchises.
Entertainment, Bankruptcy, Film Industry
75 points by MilnerRoute 3 days ago | 75 comments
Richard Chamberlain dies aged 90 (theguardian.com)
Richard Chamberlain, the hero of the 1960s television series Dr Kildare who found a second career as an award-winning “king of the miniseries,” has died. He was 90.
Obituaries, Television, Actors, Entertainment
15 points by sandebert 3 days ago | 4 comments
TV Garden (tv.garden)
Welcome to tv.garden, your gateway to free live TV streaming from anywhere.
Streaming, TV, International, Entertainment
260 points by vkdelta 3 days ago | 47 comments
Show HN: Appear as anyone in video calls like zoom or Google meets (phazr.ai)
With a single reference photo, you can become your favorite anime character, meme, celebrity, or even your own unique creation.
Video Calls, Artificial Intelligence, Entertainment, Identity
109 points by michaelphi 4 days ago | 51 comments
Madison Square Garden's surveillance banned this fan over his T-shirt design (theverge.com)
A concert on Monday night at New York’s Radio City Music Hall was a special occasion for Frank Miller: his parents’ wedding anniversary. He didn’t end up seeing the show — and before he could even get past security, he was informed that he was in fact banned for life from the venue and all other properties owned by Madison Square Garden (MSG).
Surveillance, Music, New York, Entertainment
219 points by helloworld 5 days ago | 89 comments
Madison Square Garden's surveillance system banned fan over his T-shirt design (theverge.com)
A concert on Monday night at New York’s Radio City Music Hall was a special occasion for Frank Miller: his parents’ wedding anniversary. He didn’t end up seeing the show — and before he could even get past security, he was informed that he was in fact banned for life from the venue and all other properties owned by Madison Square Garden (MSG).
Surveillance, Censorship, Entertainment, New York
22 points by dustincoates 5 days ago | 2 comments
TVgarden (tv.garden)
Welcome to tv.garden, your gateway to free live TV streaming from anywhere.
Streaming, Television, Entertainment
8 points by bookofjoe 5 days ago | 3 comments
Netflix's Adolescence Is a Trojan Horse for Online Censorship and Surveillance (reclaimthenet.org)
Somewhere between Black Mirror and a parliamentary white paper, Netflix birthed Adolescence — a four-part drama so hyped it makes The Crown look like daytime TV.
Netflix, Censorship, Surveillance, Entertainment, Drama
29 points by unboxingelf 9 days ago | 4 comments
AMC Theatres will screen a Swedish movie 'visually dubbed' with the help of AI (engadget.com)
On May 9, AMC Theatres will start showing a sci-fi movie that was shot in Swedish but will look like it was made in English instead.
Artificial Intelligence, Movies, Technology, Entertainment
85 points by bookofjoe 11 days ago | 100 comments
Bigscreen Beyond 2 (bigscreenvr.com)
Virtual Reality, Entertainment, Gaming
140 points by nipponese 12 days ago | 125 comments
Director Charged with Fraud After Blowing $4M Netflix's Cash on Dogecoin (gizmodo.com)
During the heady early days of the Streaming Wars, Netflix spent more than $55 million on a sci-fi show created by the guy who directed the forgotten Keanu Reeves box office bomb 47 Ronin. According to a federal indictment, the director stole $11 million from the streaming giant and spent it on Dogecoin and Rolls Royces.
Fraud, Cryptocurrencies, Entertainment, Finance, Law
7 points by LinuxBender 13 days ago | 1 comments
‘Bluey’s World’: How a Cute Aussie Puppy Became a Juggernaut (hollywoodreporter.com)
The brand has spawned immersive experiences, books, podcasts, toys, albums, clothing, homeware, themed hotel rooms, Facebook groups and a mobile game and has made fans out of adults and kids alike: "This is the greatest show ever."
Media, Entertainment, Children's Shows, Australia
349 points by adrian_mrd 15 days ago | 311 comments
My Cool Friend Michelle (vulture.com)
The moment I knew I was going to get along very well with Michelle Trachtenberg, she was in an ice-cube battle with Jonathan Lipnicki.
Celebrity, Entertainment, Culture
21 points by _tk_ 15 days ago | 1 comments
Show HN: AI Dinner Party – LLMs discuss your topic and a winner is chosen (aidp.fun)
Find or create dinner parties where AI models discuss topics and choose a winner!
Generative AI, Artificial Intelligence, Entertainment, Social Media
8 points by imightbekyle 16 days ago | 9 comments
A Hollywood Star with a Secret That Could Have Ended Her Career (nytimes.com)
The Academy Awards always bring with them a series of firsts. First Black man to win for best costume design (Paul Tazewell). First openly trans person to be nominated for an Oscar (Karla Sofía Gascón). First Latvian film to win an Oscar (“Flow”).
Hollywood, Celebrities, Academy Awards, Entertainment
5 points by tintinnabula 24 days ago | 1 comments
The War of the Worlds (1938 radio drama) (wikipedia.org)
"The War of the Worlds" was a Halloween episode of the radio series The Mercury Theatre on the Air directed and narrated by Orson Welles as an adaptation of H. G. Wells's novel The War of the Worlds (1898) that was performed and broadcast live at 8 pm ET on October 30, 1938, over the CBS Radio Network.
Radio, History, Entertainment, Science Fiction
5 points by altilunium 25 days ago | 0 comments
Feds arrest man for sharing DVD rip of Spider-Man movie with millions online (arstechnica.com)
A 37-year-old Tennessee man was arrested Thursday, accused of stealing Blu-rays and DVDs from a manufacturing and distribution company used by major movie studios and sharing them online before the movies' scheduled release dates.
Copyright Infringement, Piracy, Entertainment, Law Enforcement
32 points by ndsipa_pomu 25 days ago | 66 comments
Hannah Montana Linux (sourceforge.net)
Meet Hannah Montana Linux or HML for short.
Operating Systems, Linux, Entertainment
23 points by thinkingemote 27 days ago | 7 comments
It's Official: The DVD Business Died in 2024 (variety.com)
Somewhere at a CVS Pharmacy or 7-Eleven likely near you, there’s a broken and pillaged Redbox machine, abandoned by its makers and wasting away like Ozymandias in the desert.
Media, Entertainment, Business, Technology
14 points by walterbell 30 days ago | 5 comments
What China's influence over Marvel Rivals reveals about censorship (nytimes.com)
Marvel Rivals is one of the biggest video games in the world. Since its launch in December, more than 40 million people have signed up to fight one another as comic book heroes like Iron Man and Wolverine.
China, Censorship, Video Games, Marvel, Entertainment
11 points by jarsin 35 days ago | 2 comments
30 Weird Chess Algorithms: Elo World [video] (youtube.com)
Chess, Algorithms, Video, Entertainment
4 points by hexomancer 36 days ago | 0 comments
The long wait for a glimpse of Luigi (theverge.com)
Despite being out of the public eye for months, the popular frenzy around Mangione is alive and well.
Luigi, Celebrities, Entertainment
7 points by herbertl 36 days ago | 0 comments
Visual effects studio Technicolor collapses (bbc.co.uk)
Technicolor, the visual effects (VFX) group which has worked on films ranging from Disney's 1940 classic Pinocchio to 2024 blockbuster Mufasa The Lion King, has collapsed into administration in the UK.
Visual Effects, Entertainment, Business, Film
7 points by nickdothutton 37 days ago | 0 comments
The CRPG Renaissance, Part 3: TSR Is Dead (filfre.net)
“How do you make a small fortune in tabletop gaming?” runs an old joke.
Role-Playing Games, Gaming, History, Industry, Entertainment
78 points by doppp 40 days ago | 44 comments
Film sets of the near future: Just as fake as the 'film' itself (newatlas.com)
If you want to understand the cataclysmic impact generative AI is about to have on the film industry, this one short video should make it very clear. Only one shot is 'real' - and that includes the 'behind-the-scenes (BTS) footage.'
Generative AI, Film Industry, Technology, Entertainment
4 points by myth_drannon 41 days ago | 0 comments