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It's safe to say that the '90s is having a moment, and if you were there you'll remember that the sitcom was TV royalty.Thanks to syndication (more on that later), TV branding was suddenly super-important, leading to iconic logo design guaranteed to transport you right back to the Friday nights spent watching Friends on your orange blow up sofa (that can't be just me).

So, this is quite remarkable.The newly launched Cargo from KitBash3D enables creatives to access a library of professional assets previously used in blockbuster movies from Warner Bros. to Marvel as well as Netflix, HBO and more.You can find models, kits and materials found in games such as The Last of Us Part II and reuse them in your own projects.

It's a weird time to be a TV advertiser.Until roughly two years ago (and despite dissatisfied grumblings among most broadcasters), Nielsen was pretty much the only show in town when it came to TV measurement.Now, panels feel passé, programmers are actively testing alternative currencies, a joint industry committee of competing broadcasters is working together on standards for cross-platform measurement - and Nielsen, once the last word in TV currency, is on its back foot.

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On Tuesday May 23rd, HBOMax will rebrand and officially drop "HBO" from its name to become simply "Max."Warner-Discovery is using digital, social, out-of-home, radio and linear TV as well as the company's owned and operated channels to tout the rollout of Max.

Restaurants Central Perk Coffeehouse, based on the cafe at the center of the sitcom "Friends," will open its first-ever location in Boston later in 2023.Hey New York, how do you like them coffee beans?Central Perk Coffeehouse, a new cafe based on the fictional hangout spot central to the beloved NYC-set sitcom "Friends," is opening its first-ever location later this year - in Boston, not New York City.

Last month, in an interview about Warner Bros. Discovery's $50 million streaming profit in the first quarter of 2023, the company's chief executive, David Zaslav, told CNBC that he believed the Writers Guild of America strike would ultimately end because of a love for the business and a love for working.

Welcome to the vibrant city of Los Angeles, where sunshine, glamor, and endless possibilities await.From the iconic landmarks to the hidden gems, this Los Angeles bucket list has it all.Whether you're a longtime resident or a newcomer looking for Los Angeles apartments , these top 16 must-do activities, recommended by Redfin, will help you make the most of living in Los Angeles .

A picketer at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles carries a sign with references to the television shows Grey's Anatomy, Abbott Elementary and Succession.Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images As the Writers Guild of America strike continues into its third day, the jokes aren't on late night TV anymore they're on the picket lines.

The writers' guild is seeking higher minimum pay, less thinly staffed writing rooms, shorter exclusive contracts and a reworking of residual pay - all conditions it says have been diminished in the content boom driven by streaming."The companies' behavior has created a gig economy inside a union workforce," the WGA said in a statement.

Shopping mall operator Westfield said it plans to give up control of the San Francisco Centre mall after more than 20 years of operation in another sign of San Francisco's economic struggles.The company attributed its decision to the challenging operating conditions in downtown San Francisco, which have led to declines in sales, occupancy and foot traffic.

Ezra Miller in "The Flash."(Warner Bros. Pictures)StarOutline (2.5 stars) In "The Flash," the titular superhero and Justice League member who is so fast he can time travel - via something called the Chronobowl, a sort of swirling arena of temporal possibilities that he enters by, er, running really fast - attempts to return to his childhood so he can prevent the murder of his mother (Maribel Verdú).

WANNABE: Reckonings With the Pop Culture That Shapes Me, by Aisha Harris Being a Black critic in a time of exceptional art made by Black people has immense rewards and myriad risks.Wannabe, the debut essay collection from Aisha Harris, a co-host of NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour, is at its best when engaging with those risks and the thorny questions of her profession.

This article includes spoilers for the most recent episode of Succession.In Sunday's episode of Succession, a TV network sold out democracy.The most implausible part of the story was how high a price the sellers got for it.In the episode America Decides, the heirs to the conservative media empire Waystar Royco helped Jeryd Mencken, a Nazi-curious presidential candidate, claim a violence-tainted election by ordering their cable-news network to call it for him.

On Wednesday, Chris Licht's turbulent tenure at CNN was abruptly cut short, just over a year after he stepped into the top job.The network will be managed on an interim basis by a group of three editorial executives Amy Entelis, Virginia Moseley and Eric Sherling until a permanent replacement for Mr. Licht is found.

Smoke from Australia's worst wildfires in decades may have contributed to the rare triple La Nina weather event that impacted continents thousands of miles away, according to new research.Flames burned through 46 million acres from June 2019 to January 2020 during Australia's summer months thrusting emissions into the Earth's atmosphere and potentially shifting weather patterns, said a study published in Science Advances on Wednesday.

Google is moving forward with plans to bring AI chat features to its core search engine as it works to keep pace with a wave of new artificial intelligence tools that could threaten the company's dominance online for the first time in decades.The company on Wednesday said it is introducing the next evolution of Google Search, which will use an AI-powered chatbot to answer questions you never thought Search could answer and to help get users the information they want quicker than ever.

BRONX, NY. - In a scene eerily similar to that of a post-apocalyptic movie, the New York Yankees hosted the Chicago White Sox as the Yankee Stadium was engulfed in smoke from Canadian wildfires.New York City topped the list of the world's worst air pollution for parts of Tuesday as harmful smoke wafted south from more than a hundred wildfires burning in Quebec.

The Warner Bros. Discovery chief, David Zaslav, was clear from the day he took control of CNN in 2022 about what he wanted for the cable news network.Publicly and privately he told associates, reporters and whoever else might care that he wanted to move the network away from what he viewed as left-leaning advocacy and toward more balance.

A screenshot of the Max homepage.Max When you spend months hyping the debut of a new streaming service, the last thing you want customers to see on your big launch day is error messages and snarky comments on social media.But that's what happened for some subscribers Tuesday morning trying to log onto the mega streaming service Max, which Warner Bros. Discovery created to unite content from its two biggest platforms, HBO Max and Discovery+.

Linda Yaccarino speaks at an event on Sept. 27, 2016 in New York.The former chair of global advertising and partnerships at NBCUniversal is set to become Twitter's next chief executive, succeeding owner Elon Musk.Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images Twitter owner Elon Musk announced in a tweet on Friday that Linda Yaccarino, a veteran media executive who led advertising at NBCUniversal for more than a decade, will succeed him as the platform's next CEO.

Chris Licht was chairman and CEO of CNN Worldwide.Mike Coppola/Getty Images for CNN Chris Licht came into the top spot at CNN pronouncing he had a clear view of what was wrong with the cable news channel, the vision to fix it, and the corporate backing that would enable him to turn the ship around.Barely more than a year later, with the channel's battered ratings further sagging, the formats for key shows still in doubt, internal strife at crisis levels, and journalists inside CNN still questioning what his vision is, Licht is gone, ousted by the corporate patron who wooed him to the network, Warner Bros. Discovery chief David Zaslav.

Picketers pass near stage 5 at a studio entrance during a Writers Guild rally outside Warner Bros. Studios, on Wednesday, in Burbank, Calif.Richard Vogel/AP When HBO Max made a glitchy transition to the new streaming service Max, a credits section that acknowledged the contributions of writers and directors was lost.

A major CNN personality has spoken publicly about the network hosting former President Donald Trump in a town hall last week.While accepting the Columbia Journalism Award and delivering the school's commencement address Wednesday night, CNN chief international anchor Christiane Amanpour said she met with CNN boss Chris Licht to voice her displeasure over the town hall.

Margot Robbie stars in the live-action Barbie movie, whose production reportedly required jaw-dropping amounts of pink paint.Warner Bros. Entertainment As any Barbie fan knows, life in plastic is fantastic and also very pink.So much so, in fact, that the makers of the highly anticipated live-action movie say they wiped out a company's entire global supply of one shade of it.

In a town where private space is at a premium, this 1953 photo from Michael "Tony" Vaccaro taken for LOOK magazine shows off a stylish way to get a city view.Michael "Tony" Vaccaro /Museum of the City of New York Visiting New York City this summer?A fun, family-friendly exhibit celebrating movies, TV shows, music, books, fashion and art inspired by the city is now open at the Museum of the City of New York.

Clockwise from top left: Elemental, Flamin' Hot, Barbie, Shortcomings, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Secret Invasion.Disney/Pixar, Searchlight Pictures/20th Century Studios, Warner Bros. Pictures, Jon Pack/Sony Pictures Classics, Sony Pictures Animation, Des Willie/Marvel Studios raced to finish summer attractions ahead of the writers strike and we're back with a great big guide of what to watch as the days get hotter and longer.

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Comes Out June 16 Veteran Pixar animator and voice actor Peter Sohn ( The Good Dinosaur) returns to the director's chair with a fairy tale about diversity, equity and inclusiveness.Think I'm kidding?Fire, water, air and earth residents live together peaceably in the same city, explored by new pals and apparent opposites Ember and Wade.

Almost five years ago , one advertising "newcomer" poised to flourish was advertising-supported video on demand (AVOD) within connected TV (CTV) and over-the-top (OTT) platforms.Fast-forward to 2023, traditional TV has been drastically cut from households nationwide, with 36% of the US population cutting the cord and 93% of viewers reporting they access streaming video platforms.

Over the long weekend, the weather in New York City was beautiful ... but rather than taking in the sunshine, some of us (yes, me) spent most of their time in bed taking advantage of big discounts on streaming services.In honor of National Streaming Day - an informal holiday cooked up by Roku in 2014 that takes place every May 20 - several streaming services celebrated by slashing the price of their subscriptions.

The great Netflix password crackdown has begun.The streaming giant sent out an email on Tuesday to U.S. members who are sharing their account with people living outside their household that made clear it would begin kicking people off the service if they were using someone's account for more than 30 days while at a different location.

On Tuesday, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) officially launched Max, its new streaming service that combines HBO Max and Discovery+ content.But the launch had some technical difficulties.But a relaunch is no cakewalk.A user's HBO Max login, viewing history and billing information must all be transferred seamlessly for the new Max app to work properly - and, alas, that's not what happened.

Programmers that held upfronts came bearing gifts for advertisers, most of which were packaged as improvements to ad targeting and/or buying.Netflix, Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) all touted better ad targeting capabilities for streaming in response to a heightened focus on programmatic buying.

What makes for a strong New York movie?The standouts are often, like the city itself, unpredictable, a little shabby around the edges, sometimes exasperating but always compelling.The Tribeca Festival, which runs Wednesday to June 18, has loved this kind of work since its beginnings and has made it a point to celebrate the films set right in its backyard.

The "Wave House" - one of the most iconic homes on the California coast - just hit the market for $49.5 million.It's the first time the architectural gem has surfaced for sale in 36 years.Deriving its name from the cresting rooflines that mimic the wavespitching on the beach just below, the striking structure was built in 1957 by Harry Gesner, the late architect known for designing one-of-a-kind residences along the coast and the mountains above it.

The standoff could last months and shut down Hollywood production.(The last writers' strike lasted from November 2007 into February 2008.)Some of the sticking points include questions over staffing levels for new TV programs and income from episodes aired on streaming services.Since the strike kicked off Tuesday, hundreds of writers have picketed in the Los Angeles area and in New York, outside the studios and offices of Netflix, NBCUniversal, Disney, Sony, Paramount, Warner Bros. and others.

Though Max is The One to Watch for HBO content, the HBO Max-replacement app's TV library is actually comprised of more Discovery+ shows, according to new data.Research from streaming-app aggregator Reelgood, shared with IndieWire, states Max's compilation of 1,208 different series is comprised 55 percent by Discovery+ shows.

David Zaslav was not asked about the WGA strike on Warner Bros. Discovery's earnings call.So he talked about the New York Knicks.

Check out the first footage from Denis Villeneuve's sequel ahead of the full trailer release on Wednesday, May 3.

Paul Atreides' rise among the Fremen is upon us.Warner Bros. Pictures has released the first teaser for " Dune: Part Two " ahead of the official trailer release set for Wednesday, May 3. Watch below.

Illumination's animated film stands at $1 billion worldwide, while "The Eight Mountains" provided a rare specialized bright spot." The Super Mario Bros. Movie " (Universal) is projected to gross another $40 million in its fourth weekend, an achievement held only "Top Gun: Maverick," "Avatar: The Way of Water" and "Black Panther" in 2018.

The animated anarchy of Looney Tunes hit the mid-twentieth century like one of those falling anvils dropped by the Coyote on the Roadrunner.Throughout the 1930s and 60s, the Warner Bros Entertainment Company produced one animated nugget of comedy gold after the other, introducing us to a cast full of icons.

The Supreme Court declined on Monday to take up a challenge brought by Canadian duck and goose farmers who sought to challenge California's ban on foie gras and argued that the controversial delicacy is the most "maligned and misunderstood food in the world."The court did not explain its thinking, but it comes after the justices upheld a California law that bars the sale of pork produced in other states unless the sow was housed in conditions that allowed her to move freely.

Mother's Day is one of the busiest days for the American restaurant industry.It also has a reputation among waiters and restaurant staff as one of the most grueling days on the calendar."Every server knows that working on Mother's Day is hell.In fact, if I die and go to hell, I completely expect it to be Mother's Day.

Gaze up into the sky next week, and you might catch a glimpse of the Da Vinci glow.It's a phenomenon that can happen around sunset when a crescent moon is on the horizon, but the outline of a full moon is visible.The Da Vinci glow is a common occurrence, and easy to see, said Christine Shupla, the science engagement manager at the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston.

CNN has selected Kaitlan Collins to host a new weeknight show at 9 p.m., elevating her to one of the most coveted time slots in cable news a week after she moderated a contentious town hall with former President Donald J. Trump.The new role for Ms. Collins was announced by CNN's chairman, Chris Licht, on Wednesday, just ahead of a presentation to advertisers in Midtown Manhattan hosted by Warner Bros. Discovery, CNN's parent company.

The chairman of CNN, Chris Licht, issued a robust defense on Thursday of his decision to broadcast a live town hall with former President Donald J. Trump, an unruly and bracing event that has prompted criticism inside and outside of the network.On a network-wide editorial call, Mr. Licht congratulated the moderator, Kaitlan Collins, on a masterful performance before acknowledging the public backlash.

President Joe Biden Monday called for major studios to come up with a fair deal for striking writers who have demanded changes to their contracts.The president made the comments while honoring Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month at the White House with a star-studded screening of American Born Chinese, a show set to premiere later this month.

Hollywood is no stranger to anti-aging efforts on-screen and off, so these fun and mostly harmless deepfakes have been widely accepted as positive technological advances.But with the advent of artificial intelligence programs including ChatGPT, Midjourney and DALL-E, whose speed and results are both mesmerizing and somewhat terrifying, alarm bells are going off among entertainment's creative set.

The power of artificial intelligence to encroach human labor is a not-so-speculative premise writers have explored for decades.You've seen it in movies, from 2001: A Space Odyssey, to WALL-E, to Her.But in 2023, it is movie and TV writers themselves who are fighting for survival from the machines.On the evening of May 1, the Writers Guild of America West called a strike that went into effect at 12:01 a.m. on Tuesday, May 2. Of the proposals the Hollywood writers union put forward to the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (who represent studios), one sought protections against the rapid, ongoing growth of AI.

Celtics The next Celtics TNT game is Game 5 at TD Garden.Will the drone be back for an encore?The Celtics are away this weekend, taking on Philadelphia in Games 3 and 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.Both games are set to be televised on ESPN.The next game to be shown on TNT will be Game 5 at TD Garden on Tuesday.

Three dresses owned by the late Diana, Princess of Wales are to go under the hammer at a Los Angeles auction this summer.Julien's Auctions and Turner Classic Movies (TCM) have jointly announced the sale of more than 1,000 objects closely associated with cultural figures, known as the Hollywood Legends collection, on August 26 and 27.

Keaton's return to the cape and cowl after a 30-year hiatus was an emotional experience for the actor.Despite the multitude of controversies surrounding Ezra Miller, " The Flash" has all the makings of the multiverse event of the summer.Both Ben Affleck and Michael Keaton reprised their roles as Batman in the DC blockbuster, which earned a rapturous applause after screening at CinemaCon and is expected to be a massive hit for Warner Bros.
Affleck has been a regular presence in the DC Universe for years (despite repeatedly insisting that he's done playing Batman), but Keaton's return to the character was 30 years in the making.

"Do I feel pressure for [the sequel] to do well?"Momoa wondered."No."Jason Momoa was shocked " Aquaman " stayed afloat at the box office.The DC superhero led the 2018 standalone film and is set to reprise the role in upcoming sequel " Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom," which was teased at 2023 CinemaCon.