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Andrew Garfield is opening up about playing Sam Altman in Luca Guadagnino's upcoming film Artificial, which hits theaters on December twenty-fifth. Speaking at the New York Film Festival premiere, Garfield said Altman initially seemed, quote, fucking great, pointing to his early congressional testimony as the moment he was charmed — before deeper research complicated that picture considerably.
Shifting to streaming, Casey Bloys has signed a multi-year contract extension as he takes on the role of Co-Chair and Chief Content Officer at Skydance's direct-to-consumer division. His immediate task is integrating the HBO Max and Paramount Plus content teams under one roof — a merger that will test whether two very different creative cultures can actually find common ground.
And in a story that sits at the intersection of branding and politics, SpaceXAI is reportedly moving toward a name change, becoming SpaceXSI. The rebrand stems from a direct request by the current President of the United States — a reminder that even the naming of technology ventures is never purely a business decision, and that proximity to power always comes with strings attached.
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