Iranian American actor Anthony Azizi says the continuing Middle East conflict has sparked rising persecution of Iran’s Baha’i minority, including its members being jailed and tortured under the threat of execution. “This a war on human rights and humanity and people who have no rights,” Azizi, a veteran series regular on U.S. dramas like CSI,…

As the 2026 box office finishes its spring run with “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” on top and a controversial Michael Jackson film nabbing a record opening for a biopics, no one can argue that transmedia isn’t a key strategy for Hollywood. Nic Hill, co-founder and chief innovation officer at creative agency Sawhorse Productions, knows…

Activists, filmmakers and actors It began with a dire warning — and a call to arms. In a 2025 panel discussion, Daniel Kwan, one half of the directorial tandem behind Everything Everywhere All at Once, set the existential stakes. “We have to understand that AI is fundamentally incompatible with our institutions,” said Kwan, who called on studios,…