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Netflix employees stage a trans solidarity walkout, pose list of demands

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When asked in an interview with the Hollywood Reporter , co-CEO Ted Sarandos didn’t say whether he would meet the group’s demands. I want to say that we are deeply committed to inclusion on screen and behind the camera and in our workplace,” Sarandos told the Hollywood Reporter. brb walking out.

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Backed by LG, AmazeVR is hoping to resurrect virtual reality’s consumer dreams

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For over 100 years entrepreneurs have come to Hollywood to try their luck in the dream factory and build an empire in the business of storytelling. Propelled by new technologies, new businessmen have been landing in Los Angeles since the invention of the nickelodeon to create a studio that would dominate popular entertainment.

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Interview with Neville Spiteri, TheBlu

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WEMO Media is an interesting combination of Hollywood, computer games, and deep technical experience, one of the few companies we have seen which seems to combine both the worlds of high tech and software with content, interactive, and Hollywood. It comes together pretty naturally because of the experiences we are creating.

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Avatar's James Cameron Boots Up New 3D Technology Firm

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The company said it will be hiring software engineers and design engineers, as well as others, to help develop the firm's technology. The firm said that the company's technologies, products and services have been used in such projects as Avatar, TRON: Legacy, u2 3D and Resident Evil:Afterlife.

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Disney's Zootopia A Triumph In Computer Animation, As Much As Filmmaking

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Zootopia's technical staff--located here in Southern California--included more than 120 software engineers, IT, and other technology professionals, who build a huge body of very advanced, modeling and simulation software, which drove the animation that eventually made it to the big screen.

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Interview with Anne Walls and John Singleton, WordHustler

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Anne Walls and John Singleton are co-founders of WordHustler (www.wordhustler.com), a local Hollywood startup looking to help writers connect with publishers. In terms of the market, we cover everything, but the big areas are contests and publications of every kind, literary agents, and also some Hollywood agents.

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Go West Young Men: Winklevoss Twins Buy $18M L.A. Mansion To Dive Into SoCal Tech Scene

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The Winklevoss twins, the 31-year-old Harvard grads who are probably best known for their years-long legal fight with Mark Zuckerberg over the founding of Facebook, have put $18 million of their Facebook settlement cash toward buying a brand new bachelor pad in the Hollywood Hills, according to a report today out of TMZ.*. 2011 Holiday.

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