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Maggie Gyllenhaal Says She Tried Using AI to Turn Dakota Johnson Into Marilyn Monroe for Short ‘Flesh Impact’ — Then Scrapped It: ‘Fundamentally Di...

Maggie Gyllenhaal Says She Tried Using AI to Turn Dakota Johnson Into Marilyn Monroe for Short ‘Flesh Impact’ — Then Scrapped It: ‘Fundamentally Di...

Venice jury president Maggie Gyllenhaal revealed that she experimented with artificial intelligence to transform Dakota Johnson into Marilyn Monroe for her short film Flesh Impact which plays on the Lido. But she ended up scrapping it because she felt that it stripped Johnson’s performance of the very humanity that made it compelling. Speaking at the […]

Sarah Pidgeon Replaced in Paul Schrader's Film 'Non Compos Mentis'

Sarah Pidgeon Replaced in Paul Schrader's Film 'Non Compos Mentis'

Sarah Pidgeon Replaced in Paul Schrader's Film 'Non Compos Mentis'

How Telluride Film Festival Fits Into the Fall Awards-Season Circuit

How Telluride Film Festival Fits Into the Fall Awards-Season Circuit

Explore how the secretive Telluride Film Festival, held in a small Colorado town, became a crucial and influential launchpad for Oscar contenders.

Venice Film Festival opens with Danny Boyle's Murdoch film, an award for Clooney and geopolitics

Venice Film Festival opens with Danny Boyle's Murdoch film, an award for Clooney and geopolitics

George Clooney is at the Venice Film Festival to receive a lifetime achievement award on Wednesday evening

Danny Boyle Celebrated at Variety’s Venice Pre-Opening Party as ‘Ink’ Star Jack O’Connell Praises His Ability to ‘Take Us Inside a World’

Danny Boyle Celebrated at Variety’s Venice Pre-Opening Party as ‘Ink’ Star Jack O’Connell Praises His Ability to ‘Take Us Inside a World’

Danny Boyle was celebrated with Variety’s Creative Impact in Directing Award on Monday during a Venice Film Festival pre-opening night party at the poolside terrace of the Hotel Excelsior. The Oscar-winning British filmmaker is set to open the festival on Wednesday night with “Ink,” a juicy exposé of how British tabloid The Sun propelled Rupert […]

George Clooney says he'd like to avoid being in tampon ads after death

George Clooney says he'd like to avoid being in tampon ads after death

George Clooney is sounding the alarm on artificial intelligence, revealing the ways in which it will make life "harder and harder and harder."

The Venice Film Festival opens with a Rupert Murdoch film, George Clooney and plenty of geopolitics

The Venice Film Festival opens with a Rupert Murdoch film, George Clooney and plenty of geopolitics

George Clooney and Danny Boyle will help open the Venice Film Festival, which kicks off Wednesday