Author: Michael

For Gen Z and Gen Alpha, YouTube is the top storytelling platform. That’s what the 5th annual Teens and Screens Report from the Center for Scholars and Storytellers at UCLA found. The study surveyed more than 1,500 adolescents whose ages ranged from 10 to 24 years old about their perceptions, opinions and beliefs when it came to TV shows, movies, video games, AI and social media. For adults, the term “stories” is often limited to TV and movies, but this younger demographic had a more flexible understanding of the term. Almost three-fourths (72.9%) of respondents ranked YouTube as the top medium…

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Martin Short mercilessly roasts his longtime friend Conan O’Brien during an episode of Conan’s podcast, ‘Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend,’ comparing Conan to actress Tilda Swinton, ‘Ed Sheeran in a funhouse mirror’ and ‘a Q-tip with ketchup on it.’ More from Entertainment Tonight: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdtXPiqI2cLorKaPrfpKc4g?sub_confirmation=1 Exclusives from #EntertainmentTonight : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQwITQ__CeH2Y_7g2xeiNDa0vQsROQQgv

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Media mogul John Malone predicted Wednesday that Elon Musk’s SpaceX could strike a multibillion-dollar investment and distribution deal with Skydance, just two weeks after the company completed its $81 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. Speaking with Liberty Global CEO Mike Fries at the Paley International Council Summit in New York, Malone suggested the companies could reach a global content distribution agreement involving as much as $8 billion to $10 billion in cross-investment. The potential partnership could give SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet service a foothold in Hollywood content distribution while providing financial backing to Skydance, which is navigating a substantial…

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