Behind Hollywood’s AI Debate, Studios Are Recruiting a New Generation of Artificial Intelligence Talent
Hollywood has publicly positioned itself as one of the entertainment industry’s strongest critics of artificial intelligence, with actors, writers and studios frequently warning about its impact on creativity, copyright and employment. Yet behind the scenes, many of the same companies are steadily expanding their investment in AI by hiring specialists to integrate the technology into […]
Hollywood’s Production Crisis Becomes a Defining Issue in the Los Angeles Mayor’s Race
Hollywood’s production crisis has become a major issue in the Los Angeles mayoral race, putting the future of the entertainment industry alongside affordability, crime and homelessness as one of the city’s central political concerns. This would have been hard to imagine in the previous election cycle, but the steep decline in local film and television […]
Redefining Success: How Crismar Chacín-Ruiz Found Her Voice in Hollywood
When Crismar Chacín-Ruiz looks back at her earliest memories, she remembers the winding road from her hometown of La Guaira, Venezuela, to Caracas, where her parents would drive her two hours each way for a simple but powerful purpose: theater class. At just nine years old, she had found her calling on stage, and the […]
