Creators of ‘KPop Demon Hunters,’ ‘The Bad Guys,’ ‘In Your Dreams’ and ‘The Willoughbys’ Take on the Future of Storytelling

At View Conference, top directors from DreamWorks, Netflix and Sony discuss how real-time tools, fan culture and AI are ...

The Animation Industry is Strapped for Cash. What’s Next?

To reach audiences migrating online, producers must develop new financing and distribution models beyond traditional ...
The Verge

Nvidia is letting anyone use its AI voice animation tech

Nvidia is open sourcing Audio2Face, its AI tool that generates facial animations for 3D avatars based on audio input. Nvidia is open sourcing Audio2Face, its AI tool that generates facial animations ...
PC Gamer

Nvidia's gen-AI facial animation tech is going open source, potentially making it much easier for game devs to turn real-time speech into convincing characters

Nvidia has announced that its Audio2Face animation technology is going open source. On paper, that should make it much easier for a wide range of game developers to create AI characters with ...
Comic Book Movie

MARVEL ZOMBIES Social Media Reactions Reveal Mixed Response To Marvel Animation's WHAT IF...? Spin-Off

The social media embargo for Marvel Zombies has lifted, and if you're a fan of What If...? and zombie gore, then it sounds like this series will hit all the right notes. However, while these early ...
Medscape

AREDS Vitamins Show No Effect in Geographic Atrophy

Vitamin supplements known to potentially slow the progression of intermediate age-related macular degeneration do not seem to have a similar effect on geographic atrophy, an advanced form of the dry ...
Sports Illustrated

Why “Nonfunctional Hypertrophy” Is a Lie – Power Athlete Radio Guest Defends Bodybuilding

In a world obsessed with performance metrics and sport-specific output, bodybuilding often gets sidelined — dismissed as superficial or, worse, "nonfunctional." On this episode of Power Athlete Radio, ...
The Washington Post

Animation’s all-time box office king is now in English. It may still confuse you.

“Ne Zha II” adapts a complex Chinese legend, helped by stunning visuals and a cast that includes Michelle Yeoh. Those of us who habitually check box office charts the way normies pore over sports ...
Mercury News

What to watch: Global animation blockbuster finally lands in U.S.

An animated box-office behemoth and the raunchy second season of an HBO Max superhero series are worth your attention this week. Here’s our roundup. “Ne Zha II”: Ask anyone in the United States to ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Renée Zellweger Unveils Her Directorial Debut in First Interview About Hand-Drawn Animation ‘They’: “A Passion Project — That’s What This Is”

Zellweger's first foray into directing, a nine-minute short that premiered at Edinburgh International Film Festival, takes aim at the plumes of toxicity polluting the world: "We all have these ...
News Medical

Heavy smoking linked to atrophy in Alzheimer’s brain regions

New MRI research reveals that heavy smoking can shrink key brain regions tied to memory and cognition, and excess weight might intensify the damage, raising fresh questions about dementia prevention.