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20 actors who also have notable careers as screenwriters

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Advice struggling actors sometimes get is to write for themselves. Of course, they may not have the chops to do that, but in the film industry there are indeed actors who also write, and successfully at that. Yes, sometimes they write their own movies, but some also have screenwriting careers not based solely on their…

Sound & Music

“We should give actors wings so they can fly even higher”: Alexandre Desplat on his scores for ‘Frankenstein’, ‘Jurassic World Rebirth’ and ‘The Social Reckoning’

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Alexandre Desplat has had a long and storied career, beginning in his native France before expanding to the rest of Europe and Hollywood. He won the Oscar for best original score for The Grand Budapest Hotel, one of seven films with Wes Anderson, and The Shape Of Water, the first of three collaborations with Guillermo…

Videos

AI-generated videos are already displacing actors and livestreamers across China’s entertainment industry

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AI-generated videos are threatening actors, influencers, and livestreamers in China, with some productions already replacing human performers.Since ByteDance’s Seedance 2.0 launched, digital performers can produce better videos faster and cheaper than humans. In Q1 2026, about 128,000 short dramas were published in China, three times the total for all of 2025. Ninety-five percent were AI-generated,…