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Strikers’ Defender Strikes Back at “Nobody Cares” Advocate

By Mike Reynolds

In the July 28th edition of the Wall Street Journal, writer, former high school musician, and onetime actor Matthew Hennessey wrote a piece condemning the entertainment industry for (…)

By |August 3rd, 2023|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

Is Summertime More Important in the Northern Hemisphere?

The Northern and the Southern hemispheres share the same time zones, but the calendar schedule is dictated by the Northern part. Does it bother the inhabitants of the Southern Hemisphere (…)

By |July 31st, 2023|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

Euphemisms and Aphorisms Sans Euphoria

By Dom Serafini

I was recently searching among past My2¢ editorials to look for signs of some insightful predictions or analyses I’ve made, or, conversely, to see just how wrong I’ve (…)

By |July 27th, 2023|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

The Arduous Birth of a Film Commission

By Dom Serafini

Film commissions are recognized by cities, regions, and nations worldwide as a tool to promote business and employment in their territories, as well as gain international visibility for (…)

By |July 24th, 2023|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

Musk: The “Unregretted” Genius

Whether Twitter owner Elon Musk is a financial wizard (having built an $8.2 billion Tesla) or someone who has not properly invested his family wealth is still a hotly debated (…)

By |July 20th, 2023|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

The Academy Shouldn’t Decide Genres

By Dom Serafini

Is it drama, comedy, or dramedy? Steve Pond asked this very question in the June 2023 edition of The Wrap as he pondered the tough job facing the (…)

By |July 13th, 2023|Categories: WaterCooler|1 Comment

Conecta’s Growing Connection

The seventh edition of Conecta FICTION & ENTERTAINMENT concluded today in Toledo, where a large group of professionals from the global content industry gathered with the aim of promoting co-productions (…)

By |June 29th, 2023|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

New Twists & Turns for the HFPA’s Globes

By Mike Reynolds

The June 12, 2023 announcement that the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) was disbanding with immediate effect was, in itself, not a huge surprise. With all of the (…)

By |June 26th, 2023|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

The New NATPE Budapest Looks Much Like the Old One

NATPE Budapest featured two pre-market notifications. One was from the organizer, Toronto, Canada-based Brunico, stating that it would open on Monday, June 19, a day earlier than planned. The other (…)

By |June 22nd, 2023|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

AI-Created Content: What Could it Mean for TV

By Anna Beke-Martos*

The industry is abuzz with the seemingly endless opportunities Artificial Intelligence (AI) offers.

However, as there almost always is there’s a rub: Copyright does not protect machine-created works. (…)

By |June 19th, 2023|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments