Oscar Stuff
Sam Mendes Takes Us Back to the Movies with His Brilliant Empire of Light [AwardsDaily]
Telluride Diary: Bright Sun, Strong Coffee, and Great Movies [AwardsDaily]
Telluride Awards Analysis: ‘Tar’ Star Cate Blanchett Looks Oscars-Bound for One of Her Most Impressive Turns [HR]
The Whale: Brendan Fraser gets ‘huge round of applause’ after first screening of Darren Aronofsky film [Independent]
‘Women Talking’ Soars at Telluride, Sarah Polley Could Be Third Consecutive Female Director Oscar Winner [Variety]
Excitement rises as Don’t Worry Darling Arrives in Venice [AP News]
Video essay on the cinema of Everything, Everywhere All At Once
Movie Stuff
Spider-Man: No Way Home returns to movie theaters and tops the box office [Variety]
Nationwide $3 movie ticket deal draws 8.1 million moviegoers, with sales topping $24 million
Movie theaters pulled in $24.3 million in ticket sales from the National Cinema Day promotion, according to Comscore. [CNBC]
Anastasia trailer
Other Stuff
Amazon Claims First-Day Record Audience for ‘Rings of Power’ [HR]
Apple will reportedly announce new AirPods Pro on Wednesday [Engadget]
Creative Arts Emmy Winners [AwardsDaily]
Today in Apology Culture
Chris Rock criticizes Will Smith's apology for Oscars slap: 'F*** your hostage video' [Yahoo]
Britney Is ‘Not Sorry’ For Her Instagram After Her Sons Accused Her For Posting For ‘Attention’ [Yahoo]
Controversy erupts over prize awarded to AI-generated art
Critics say the text to image system pose a threat to the livelihoods of human artists. [Aljazeera]
Kanye West calls out fake Kim Kardashian diarrhea post & mocks Pete Davidson again... as he continues to furiously post to social media [Daily Mail]
Euphoria's Maude Apatow Responds to Being Called a 'Nepotism Baby' [JustJared]