The Intersection of Media & Technology by Variety Magazine Los Angeles, September 21st , 2023   Variety returns in-person for its annual Entertainment & Technology Summit, presented by City National Bank on September 21st. This one-day event will explore advancing technology’s impact on TV, film, gaming, music, digital media, and consumer brands. The event will take place in Los Angeles, California. Among the Panels: Building Hit Entertainment Across Platforms, with Agnes Chu - President, Condé Nast Entertainment, Eli Holzman - [...]

Los Angeles August 6 – 10, 2023 SIGGRAPH is the premier worldwide conference for computer graphics and interactive techniques. This year, it will be the 50th conference celebrating half a century and will present various topics about computer graphics' present, past, and future. "SIGGRAPH represents a near-perfect timeline of discovery and advancement in the computer graphics world," said the conference chair, Erik Brunvand. The keynote topics and speakers of SIGGRAPH 2023 will be: Darío Gil: "SIGGRAPH 2023 Keynote: What's [...]

Many top movies, no stars.   Venice, August 30 - September 9 The Hollywood strikes are looming in Venice. Still, Venice Film Festival artistic director Alberto Barbera managed to attract many top movies to the Lido. The lineup presentation, Tuesday morning (July 25), disclosed films by directors Bradley Cooper, Yorgos Lanthimos, David Fincher, Michael Mann, Sofia Coppola, Ava DuVernay, and Wes Anderson that will all premiere at the event, which runs from Aug. 30th - Sept. 9th. Despite the uncertainty [...]

No stars in view, but it was still fun for the cosplayers.   To a not-so-attentive eye, Comic-Con 2023 was just like any other in-person Comic-Con (unlike the virtual events in 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic, those were different). Cosplayers of all types filled the convention center, and lines formed inside the exhibit hall, outside panel rooms, and for various activities and experiences throughout the city's Gaslamp Quarter. Still, those familiar with San Diego Comic-Con at its pre-pandemic [...]