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James Lamont and Jon Foster, part of the writing team behind Paddington in Peru, are set to write Critterz, an AI-assisted animated feature from Vertigo Films and Native Foreign. Expanding on the world introduced in the 2023 short film, the project brings together human creativity and AI technology.

The original Critterz short, written and directed by Chad Nelson, was the first film to use OpenAI’s Dall·E system alongside traditional animation. It premiered at Annecy, Tribeca, and Cannes Lions and was nominated for a PGA Innovation Award. A remastered version, using OpenAI’s Sora, was released this year, showing the rapid development of AI-assisted filmmaking.

Lamont and Foster, known for their work on The Adventures of Paddington and Channel 4’s Wasted, said the creative approach behind Critterz drew them to the project. “We’re very excited to be putting storytelling at the heart of this groundbreaking project,” they said.

James Lamont and Jon Foster, best known for being two-thirds of the writing team behind “Paddington in Peru,” are reteaming for the newly-announced AI animated feature “Critterz.”

The project is a feature-length adaptation of 2023’s groundbreaking short film of the same name, and comes from Vertigo Films, the Federation Studios-owned U.K. production company, which is teaming with AI creatives at Native Foreign. Lamont and Foster — who also helped write StudioCanal’s pre-school “The Adventures of Paddington” animated series and Channel 4 comedy “Wasted” starring Sean Bean — will pen the script for the family adventure, which is set to expand the world of the so-called Critterz characters.

“We’re very excited to be putting storytelling at the heart of this groundbreaking project,” said the writing duo. “The creative team behind ‘Critterz’ really impressed us with their vision and desire to make a beautiful, compelling and funny family movie”

The 2023 short “Critterz,...

The Bold and the Beautiful spoilers reveal that fans were excited when Ashleigh Brewer reprised the role of Ivy Forrester.

Aside from the Remy Pryce (Christian Weissmann) storyline, fans really haven’t seen Ivy. It seems the character is being wasted, so here are four ways that the soap could use Ivy right now.

Forrester Takeover Storyline

Ivy and Electra Forrester (Laneya Grace) are continuing to work on their jewelry line despite the takeover. It would have been interesting if the Forrester family clued Ivy at least on their plan.

Electra is clearly going through too much and probably feels stuck in the middle. Electra is also taking her cues, at least in business, from Ivy.

While Ivy does have a past conflict with Steffy, they are both Forresters. It seems a shame that Ivy isn’t being pulled into this storyline.

Remy Pryce’s Return

The first time Remy was around,...

Grammy-winning DJ-producer Tiësto will become the Super Bowl’s first in-game DJ.

The NFL tells The Hollywood Reporter that the Dutch musician will perform a DJ set prior to the game as the players warm up, as well as spin music during featured breaks within the game, becoming the first DJ to perform throughout the Super Bowl. The Feb. 11 spectacle will air live on CBS from Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada.

“I’m excited to be a part of the Super Bowl Lviii!” Tiësto says in a statement. “And it’s even more incredible that it’s in my favorite place — Las Vegas. Thank you to the NFL for having me. I cannot wait to party with you all at the big game!”

Tiësto joins a list of top-notch artists who will perform at the big game. Usher will headline the halftime show, and pre-game performers include Reba McEntire (“The...

Carrie Underwood has announced an extension to her Las Vegas residency. Due to overwhelming demand, fans can now see the country artist on three additional dates in December 2023.

The residency celebrates Underwood’s career highlights and greatest hits over her 15 years as an award-winning singer.

This comes after her Denim & Rhinestones tour finished in March 2023. She restarted her Las Vegas residency back in June and will continue starting in September for six nights.

Underwood first rose to prominence after winning the fourth season of American Idol in 2005. Both her first single and album were successful. “Inside Your Heaven” made her the only country artist to debut on the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and Some Hearts became the best-selling solo female debut album in country music history.

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In total, she has sold 85 million records worldwide and is the highest-ranking female country artist of all...

Is Chris too far gone? That was the question left with us during the closing moments of this weeks episode.

On Fear the Walking Dead Season 2 Episode 10, we finally caught back up with Travis and Chris. It turns out, they're still as boring as when we last left them.

I don't know what it is about these two, but I just can't get invested in them. I'll just chalk this up to poorly written characters. 

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The last two episodes were some of the better of the series. Unfortunately, this episode just wasn't up to par with them.

To be honest, I really couldn't care less about Travis and Chris' excursions. However, we did meet three new characters whose names sound like they're part of a boy band with Brandon, Derek and Baby James.

I didn't get the feeling Chris wanted to...

While some people's idea of the perfect New Year's Eve is to stay in and watch the ball drop in Times Square on TV with Ryan Seacrest (or Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin), all cuddled up with a loved one and a bottle of Cabernet, many others will dance 'till the sun comes up.

DJs are the new rock stars -- and they're the tastemakers of the year's biggest party night. So what constitutes the perfect New Year's Eve playlist? ETonline reached out to the world's biggest DJs -- many of whom regularly play to crowds of tens of thousands -- to get their go-to tracks and tips for curating the soundtrack for the perfect New Year's party.

Pics: Which Celebrities Can Drop a Beat? Check out 9 Star DJs!

1. The Chainsmokers: This DJ duo had a huge 2014 - cracking DJ Mag's prestigious Top 100 list for the first time at No. 97 riding support...

Hardwell is closing out the year with a special mix that encompasses some of 2014’s hottest tracks. Taking to his podcast, Hardwell On Air, the Dutch DJ has put together a two hour episode that will be released in two parts, the first of which was uploaded today.

Featuring music from the producer himself, along with a few Revealed Recordings label mates and some of Edm’s hottest artists, like Zedd, Galantis, Dada Life, Oliver Heldens and many more, the mix is full of big room tracks and gives us a nice sample of some of the best that the genre had to offer in 2014.

Even if you don’t dig the song selection here, it’s very well mixed and shines a light on some great remixes that probably flew under the radar this year. It’s a solid hour of music and I’d definitely suggest giving it...

Let me begin this recap with a bold prediction: Season 7 of The Voice, despite being the weakest in the history of NBC’s singing competition, will be the first to launch a chart-topping, stadium-filling superstar.

I will stop short, however, of predicting which contestant gets the job done for the only reality franchise where the slightest hint of negativity is greeted by producers in Hazmat suits, sealed in plastic biohazard bins and shipped to landfills in deepest New Jersey. (I live in the Garden State, so that joke is officially not offensive.)

I mean, let’s face it: At noon today,...

Rihanna celebrated her 25th birthday in Hawaii yesterday ... with on-again boyfriend Chris Brown by her side.The singer posted a shot of the two of them together on her Instagram account, showing her with a huge smile on her face as she sits on his lap. "Pour it up pour it up! #birthdaybehavior," she posted along with the pic.She also posted shots from her party, showing them eating cake and celebrating together -- see those photos in the gallery above.Earlier in the day, the couple was also seen walking along the beach hand-in-hand.It's pretty clear that it's "Game On" with these two, who also attended the Grammy Awards together last week. It wasn't all one-on-one time with her controversial ex though, as her Bff Melissa Forde also posted some shots of RiRi's birthday celebration as well -- including this one, which came with the message "Wasted."Will...

There's hardly a musician on my favorites list (or yours, probably) who hasn't crossed paths at some point with industrial rocker, drummer, programmer and producer Chris Vrenna at some point. Whether it's Nine Inch Nails, Slipknot, Marilyn Manson, David Bowie, Rammstein, Rob Zombie, Metallica, Lords of Acid or dozens of others, Vrenna's distinctive style has played a massive role in shaping the dark side of multiple music genres over the past couple of decades. Aside from his association with all those iconic names, Chris has also nurtured his own sonic brainchild – an eerie gothic entity known as Tweaker. The project actually dates back to the late '90s, when Chris was still drummer for Nine Inch Nails, but Tweaker solidified as a touring group in the mid-2000s, when Vrenna was joined by guitarist/keyboardist Clint Walsh. After the release of their 2004 album 2 Am Wakeup Call, the band toured with...

Just days before "Pretty Wild" star Tess Taylor checked into rehab for drugs ... she was modeling for a new line of clothing that promotes hardcore alcohol consumption ... and TMZ has learned there are no plans to stop production. Taylor -- a model by trade -- had booked a gig with the Young N' Reckless clothing company ... owned by "Fantasy Factory" star Chris 'Drama' Pfaff. One of the new Ynr shirts features Taylor double-fisting 40-ounce bottles,...

Television’s best show is here to rescue us from the doldrums of summer TV as Breaking Bad returns Sunday night on AMC. In honor of the occasion, Melissa Maerz and I did what any two jacked-up obsessive fans of the crystal meth drama would do: We kidnapped Emmy winning star Aaron Paul and forced him to deliver some dirt on the new season for the latest edition of the InsideTV Podcast! “If you like crazy and dark, you’re gonna love this season,” Paul promises. After giving us a taste of what’s in store for Jesse Pinkman, Paul...

(Summer Phoenix, left)

(I spoke with Summer Phoenix for Venice Magazine in spring of 2002, during a time when she was getting a real publicity push and lots of work. A press kit that was sent to me in advance had articles from just about every major newspaper and magazine. She was living in London at the time, doing a play with Casey Affleck, who she would marry a few years later. I thought she was quite strong in both The Believer, which would give Ryan Gosling a big push, and a lesser-seen film called Esther Kahn, in which she was the lead. I don't know if she has abandoned acting for the time being, as her IMDb credits seem to stop in 2004. Regardless, I believe she is still a talent and an interesting person from the film world of the decade that was, and so am including our talk in our flashback series.

Stephen Kay has come aboard to direct Senator International's horror project Boogeyman for Ghost House Pictures, Senator's genre label headed by Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert. Production is due to begin in the spring in New Zealand. Screen Gems will distribute domestically. Mehdi Norowzian was attached to direct the project but is no longer on board. Boogeyman is described as a classic horror project about a young man traumatized by memories of terrible events in his childhood bedroom. Years later, he reluctantly returns home to face his fears. Raimi and Tapert will produce from a script by Eric Kripke, Juliet Snowden and Stiles White. Steve Hein and Gary Bryman are executive producing. Kay, repped by ICM, directed the MTV telefilm Wasted, starring Nick Stahl and Summer Phoenix, as well as Get Carter, starring Sylvester Stallone. He also wrote and directed the indie feature The Last Time I Committed Suicide. Senator International is fully financing and handling worldwide rights to all pictures produced under the Ghost House banner, with Senator executive vp motion pictures Nathan Kahane and creative executive Jim Miller overseeing the daily creative operations.