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Netflix Drops Millions on Ben Affleck’s AI Startup: Playing with AI Fire May Actually Burn

July 22, 2026 8:00 amJuly 22, 2026 11:57 am

Leave it to Netflix, the streaming behemoth that’s already disrupted Hollywood’s traditional business model, to double down on the latest threat to actual human creativity: artificial intelligence. In a deal reportedly worth up to $600 million, Netflix has acquired InterPositive,...

How Hollywood Is Helping Fund Political Races Outside California

October 31, 2020 10:04 amNovember 2, 2020 2:57 am

For decades, political donors in Hollywood often just gave general contributions to the major candidates or, far more likely, the party itself to divest to big races. And while there is a sizable number of Republican donors among those in...