Thick, acrid smoke still blanketed the Chicago area Friday, prompting closings and cancellations in the city and suburbs. An air quality alert is in effect through Saturday night, though the …
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Netflix paid $587 million in cash when it purchased Ben Affleck’s AI startup InterPositive, the company disclosed in a federal filing. As part of the company’s Form 10-Q report with …
Netflix Paid $587 Million for Ben Affleck’s AI Startup InterPositive Read More
Having just been announced as the Venice Film Festival curtain raiser, Danny Boyle’s “Ink” has found a new nome. Netflix has acquired the U.S. and Latin American rights to the …
Netflix Buys Danny Boyle’s Rupert Murdoch Movie and Venice Opener ‘Ink’ Read More
Shane Gillis has made comedy history. With 76,212 tickets sold for his July 17 show at Lincoln Financial Field, the stadium home of the Philadelphia Eagles, Gillis has broken the …
Shane Gillis Breaks Guinness World Record for Most Tickets Sold for a Solo Comedy Show (EXCLUSIVE) Read MoreChicago-based dairy company Fairlife paused U.S. production after its systems were breached in a ransomware attack. Fairlife, maker of ultra-filtered milk and Core Power protein shakes, is a subsidiary of …
West Loop’s Fairlife pauses U.S. production after cyberattack Read MoreNEW YORK — Major League Baseball is restricting iPad usage in dugouts to prevent the tablets from running artificial intelligence to help make decisions. The tablets have access to video …
MLB restricts dugout iPads to bar use of AI to make game decisions Read MoreThis story was published in partnership with Chalkbeat Chicago. Campaign fundraising in the race to serve on Chicago’s first fully elected school board is picking up momentum, with $1.8 million …
Spending in Chicago school board election exceeds $1.8 million as limits lift in race for board president Read More
When the first footage from Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” dropped, some of the worst people on Al Gore’s internet lost their minds (Elon Musk chief among them). They decried its …
‘The Odyssey’: All the Ways Christopher Nolan’s Movie Is Different From the Book Read MoreThe better team vs. the privileged, preferred, chosen one. The No. 2 FIFA ranked team in the world vs. the world No. 1 team and the World Cup defending champs. …
As usual, FIFA brings the drama (good and bad) to the World Cup Read More
Suncatcher Productions has acquired the theatrical distribution rights to the family drama “If I Tell You,” directed by Tessa Blake. Based on Lisa O’Donnell’s novel “Closed Doors,” the film follows …
Tessa Blake’s ‘If I Tell You’ Starring Carol Kane Acquired by Suncatcher Productions for Distribution (EXCLUSIVE) Read More
The Television Academy plans to reduce the number of Emmy categories that are awarded during its primetime Emmy telecast on Sept. 14. On Thursday, the Academy’s Board of Governors voted …
Emmys to Move Five Categories Out of NBC Telecast In a Bid to Revamp the Ceremony (EXCLUSIVE) Read MoreRelated Air quality alert for Chicago, Day 2, as wildfire smoke from Canada shuts down beaches, venues Chicagoans woke up to the smell and taste of thick smoke Friday, an …
‘Hazardous’ Canadian wildfire smoke prompts air quality warning for Chicago. Here’s what you should know. Read More
A judge on Friday heard arguments on a state coalition’s bid for a restraining order to pause the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger and said she would issue a ruling by …
Court Hears Argument on States’ Move to Pause Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Read More
Apple is hiking the prices of Apple Music subscription plans — the tech giant’s first rate increases for the service since the fall of 2022, citing higher music licensing costs. …
Apple Music Hikes Subscription Prices, Citing Rising Licensing Fees Read More