Variety
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NewImages XR Market Welcomes New Buyers, New Storytelling Forms
In less than a decade, the NewImages Festival’s XR market has become a key international rendezvous, emerging as both the immersive industry’s...
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Immersive Doc ‘Stay Alive, My Son’ Uses Compassion to Spur Action
Prosecutor-turned-immersive storyteller Victoria Bousis has seen the often-separate strands of her professional lives converge in unexpected ways...
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Mixed-Media Experience ‘Noire’ Tackles Civil Rights Struggle With Literary, Theatrical Pedigree
Given the NewImages Festival’s remit to welcome diverse artistic voices into the immersive space, programing “Noire” was an obvious choice. An...
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Animated VR Anthology ‘Blue Figures’ Brings Jazz Greats to Life
French 2D animation specialist Disnosc will bring Miles Davis, Chet Baker and Fats Waller to a headset near you. A family venture founded by...
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At BMAC Event in L.A., Mickey Guyton, INK and Other Panelists Assess What Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy’ Moment Means for Black Female Country Artists
The tide of Black women in country is a phenomenon that much of the world has suddenly become aware of, thanks to Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter” and the...
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‘Mother Play’ Brings Jessica Lange Back to Broadway in a Family Tale That Blends Humor with ‘Wicked Darkness’
Eight years after her last visit to Broadway, Tony Award winner Jessica Lange returns to the stage in “Mother Play,” a true story about a...
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‘Kraven the Hunter’ Moves to December Release as Sony Pushes ‘Karate Kid’ to May 2025
Sony’s “Kraven the Hunter” is being pushed back from its August release, moving to Dec. 13, 2024. It will screen in IMAX and premium large formats....
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Luminate Streaming Ratings: ‘Fallout’ and ‘Baby Reindeer’ Stay on Top, ‘Under the Bridge’ Debuts Strong
“Fallout” was the most-streamed title of the week of April 19-25, per Luminate’s weekly ranking of streaming originals. The video game adaptation...
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Britney Spears and Her Father Settle Dispute Over Alleged Financial Misconduct During Conservatorship
Britney Spears has settled a dispute over legal fees with her dad, and former conservator, Jamie Spears. The pair settled an enduring debate over...
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‘Cash Out’ Review: John Travolta Goes Through the Motions in Uninspired Crypto Caper
If you’ve been wondering when a heist movie would wed traditional bank-robbing sequences with the current fixation on cryptocurrency, “Cash Out” is...
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Paramount Board Might Oust CEO Bob Bakish Amid M&A Talks: Report
Bob Bakish may be out at Paramount Global before any sale or merger deal for the media company is completed. The board of directors of Paramount...
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‘Illinoise’ Review: A Thrilling, Genre-Defying Broadway Musical Brings the Sufjan Stevens Album to Lyrical Life
Sufjan Stevens’s indie folk concept album “Illinois” (2005) is whimsical, earnest, and sorrowful; it weaves together events and figures from...