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Studying pop culture with a purpose. 📝🍿 A community-sourced, inclusive, and ethical archive of the people, fashion, & motifs, that touch the New Romantics. Celebrating our budding new roses and the elders that paved the way. 🌹 🚫 No endorsements, no AI

This week on the @wired.com podcast, I had a fascinating conversation with Puck's @mattbelloni.bsky.social about tech and Hollywood. From the open secret of AI use, to Ben Affleck's $587M startup sale, to Amazon MGM dropping that OpenAI biopic...we covered a lot. Read and listen here:

‘Everyone Is Doing It’: The Truth About AI in Hollywood

Puck’s Matthew Belloni says AI has quietly become part of everyday filmmaking. The battle now isn’t whether Hollywood will use the technology—it’s who controls what’ll come next.

wired.com

On August 3, 2001 ‘The Princess Diaries’ hit US theaters. 👸🏻 The Disney comedy follows nerdy SF-based teen Mia Thermopolis (Ann Hathaway), who discovers she is the heir to the crown of Genovia and is thrust into preparations for royal life, coached by Queen Clarisse Renaldi (played by Julie Andrews).

Anne Hathaway as Mia awaiting her makeover reveal. The movie poster for Disney’s Princess Diaries with Julie Andrews in a blue gown and Anne Hathaway in a brown, sunglasses, headphones, and a strapless dress.