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Yahoo
09-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
David Zazlav Is the Good Guy? Why He Might Have Saved Turner Classic Movies
We've made no secret of our quibbles with David Zaslav's oversight of Turner Classic Movies. In June 2023, I wrote a critical op-ed ('Dear David Zaslav: Gutting TCM Will Not Help You Win Filmmakers Back to Warner Bros.') right after the Warner Bros. Discovery CEO presided over layoffs amounting to 80 percent of the staff. So it might come as some surprise that I'm now feeling bullish about the news that Zaslav and Warner Bros. co-heads Mike DeLuca and Pam Abdy will retain creative control over TCM as Warner Bros. Discovery prepares to split into two companies. (This arrangement was first reported by Variety and confirmed by IndieWire.) One will be the Studios and Streaming group, a business that oversees film and TV production, with Zaslav retained as CEO. The other is the Global Networks group, home to the present company's entire suite of linear TV channels, with new CEO Gunnar Wiedenfels, currently WBD's CFO, in charge. This group carries most of WBD's $38 billion in debt. CNN, TNT, and the entire portfolio of networks owned by WBD will go here. More from IndieWire Sydney Sweeney Was 'Definitely Very Shocked' by the 'Euphoria' Season 3 Plot 'The Morning Show' Season 4 Promises the Exact Drama You Crave Except for Turner Classic Movies. TCM will serve as a kind of bridge between the two new companies, with distribution and operations handled by Global Networks, while creative direction will be steered by DeLuca and Abdy at Studios and Streaming, as they are doing now. It's the only network to have such an arrangement. Not only does that make sense, it's good news. If Zaslav spun off TCM along with all the other channels, it could destroy the equilibrium the network achieved over the past couple years. Further, a source at WBD confirms to IndieWire that TCM will continue to have its operations based in Atlanta and that 'things at TCM are basically staying exactly as they are today.' The TCM layoffs were regrettable but not unusual: Many media companies are finding them necessary to survive. And Zaslav appears to be not only invested in the brand's future but may be willing to correct some mistakes. Longtime head of programming Charlie Tabesh, beloved by the network's fans for his thoughtful and eclectic lineups at the core of the brand's identity, was hired back in that role almost immediately in the summer of 2023. Some months later, longtime VP of enterprises and strategic partnerships Genevieve McGillicuddy returned to oversee the TCM Classic Film Festival, an event which she started and grew into one of Hollywood's most beloved annual gatherings. Zaslav listened, probably with help from DeLuca and Abdy. And almost certainly because Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, and Paul Thomas Anderson beseeched him to recognize the network's value and offered to come onboard as creative advisors. Today, TCM is an essential platform for today's leading filmmakers to share, on camera, their favorite films from the network's lineup. Beyond Spielberg, Scorsese, and Anderson, there was Guillermo del Toro (who waxed rhapsodic about Alfred Hitchcock's 'Suspicion' and John Ford's 'The Quiet Man'), Francis Ford Coppola (talking about 'The Magnificent Ambersons'), and Ron Howard (sharing how much his small-screen father Andy Griffith's heel turn in 'A Face in the Crowd' means to him). These have been vital ways to connect the dots between cinema past and present. Most TCM initiatives continue under Zaslav's leadership: The wine program, the publishing line (of which this writer was once an author), the cheeky intros by hosts Ben Mankiewicz, Alicia Malone, Dave Karger, Jacqueline Stewart, and noir czar Eddie Muller. The bespoke montages, assembled to promote the monthly lineup, continue with flair. Now there's also an expanded presence for TCM on the once-again-renamed HBO Max. Earlier this year, New York City hosted a day-long pop-up version of the TCM Classic Film Festival. The flagship festival continues unabated with extraordinary opening-night galas the past two years headlined by talent from 'Pulp Fiction' and 'The Empire Strikes Back' — showcasing that the idea of classic film encompasses more than black-and-white gems. There have been hiccups. Being short-staffed undoubtedly resulted in a few instances of the network airing different titles than were listed, most notably the 1932 Kay Francis vehicle 'Jewel Robbery' when the Barbara Stanwyck Western '40 Guns' was supposed to air instead. Still, that's nitpicking. Just two weekends ago, I found myself so compelled by their lineup that I watched an entire evening of TCM: 'Double Indemnity' and 'Chinatown' introduced by Mankiewicz in conversation with Nathan Lane at New York City's United Palace theater, followed by 'Sorry, Wrong Number' and Eddie Muller giving a rich, appreciative take that pinpointed that film's unique Lynchian mood. Zaslav's interest in TCM may not be entirely altruistic: After the day-and-date release strategy disaster of the Jason Bevan regime, the new Warner Bros. Discovery needed to telegraph that its leadership was invested in filmmaking and filmmakers. Bringing in filmmakers to be part of TCM was a savvy move. TCM is also great brand-burnishing, with the network built heavily off of the Warner Bros. library and classics like 'The Maltese Falcon' and 'Casablanca.' TCM is a shrine to Warner Bros.' glorious past and an ongoing snapshot of the rich history that Warners filmmakers could join today. The funny thing is, by all accounts, Zaslav is also genuinely sentimental about the network and said to even have it on at his office quite often. Best of IndieWire Guillermo del Toro's Favorite Movies: 56 Films the Director Wants You to See 'Song of the South': 14 Things to Know About Disney's Most Controversial Movie Nicolas Winding Refn's Favorite Films: 37 Movies the Director Wants You to See
Forbes
28-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Mel Brooks Turns 99: A Celebration Of An Extraordinary Career
HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 21: Mel Brooks speaks onstage at the "Spaceballs" screening during the ... More 2024 TCM Classic Film Festival at TCL Chinese Theatre on April 21, 2024 in Hollywood, California. (Photo byfor TCM) Mark your calendars - one year from today, Mel Brooks will turn 100! And today we wish the Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award (EGOT) winner a Happy 99th Birthday! The irony of Brooks reaching age 99 is the classic sitcom Get Smart, which he created with Buck Henry in 1965 and featured Barbara Feldon as Agent 99. Get Smart, which aired through 1971 and won seven Emmys and two Golden Globe Awards, is just one of the endless accomplishments of Mr. Brooks, who is still actively working. Fun factoid: Don Adams as Maxwell Smart (Agent 86) talking on the shoe phone has been parodied by many comedians over the years. Don Adams (1923 - 2005) as Maxwell Smart/Agent 86 and Barbara Feldon as Agent 99 in the television ... More series 'Get Smart', circa 1965. (Photo by Silver Screen Collection/) Another fun factoid: Mel Brooks is one of only 21 entertainers to win the EGOT. Born Melvin Kaminsky on June 28, 1926, Mel Brooks began his lengthy career as a comic and a writer for the groundbreaking Sid Caeser variety show Your Show of Shows, which ran from 1950 to 1954. There he worked with eventual legends Neil Simon and Carl Reiner, whom he remained best friends with until Reiner's death in 2020 at age 98. Did you know?: Mel's last name, Brooks, is an adaptation of his mother's maiden name, Brookman. Promotional portrait of American comedians Sid Caesar (left) and Mel Brooks in 'The Sid Caesar, ... More Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, and Howard Morris Special,' which was originally broadcast on April 5, 1967. The special was a reunion of cast members from 'Your Show Of Shows.' (Photo by CBS) NEW YORK, NY - [August 18, 2016: The Writer's Room located at City Center 130 West 56th street, ... More where YOUR SHOW OF SHOWS came to life each week from February 25, 1950 until June 5, 1954. The writing staff included Sid Caeser, Carl Reiner, Mel Brooks, Neil Simon, Howard Morris, Mel Tolkin, Lucille Kallen, Tony Webster, Joe Stein, Danny Simon, Max Liebman and Woody Allen. It waslocated on the 6th floor. Photographed on August 18, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by) Sid Caesar then created sketch-comedy Caesar's Hour, which ran from 1954 to 1957 and included most of the same cast and writers, including Brooks and the arrivals of Woody Allen and Larry Gelbart (M*A*S*H). Then, after creating live act the '2000 Year Old Man' with Carl Reiner and appearing on The Steve Allen Show with it, the pair segued to three comedy albums, a 1975 animated TV special, and a reunion album in 1998. Trivia note: Brooks adapted the '2000 Year Old Man' character to create the '2500-Year-Old Brewmaster" for Ballantine Beer in the 1960s. 1974: Actors Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner pose for a publicity portrait for their program "2000 And ... More Thirteen Year Old Man" in 1974. (Photo by Michael) Brooks headed to Broadway with the creation of the musical All American in 1962. Then came Get Smart. And, for several years, Brooks explored the ideas of a musical comedy of the notorious Adolph Hitler, which turned into his first feature comedic film, The Producers, in 1968. Brooks won The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, and his film career skyrocketed. 1968: Actors Gene Wilder, Zero Mostel and Lee Meredith perform scene in Mel Brooks classic movie ... More "The Producers". Winner of two Academy Awards. (Photo by Michael) Next was The Twelve Chairs in 1970, and two more collaborations with Gene Wilder: Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles, both in 1974. Fun factoid: the legendary actress Heddy Lamarr sued Brooks over the use of the name Hedley Lamarr in Blazing Saddles and settled out of court. Actors Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman and Teri Garr in a scene from the movie 'Young ... More Frankenstein', 1974. (Photo by Stanley Bielecki) Actor Mel Brooks (left) sits on the floor beside Harvey Korman as Cleavon Little kneels atop a desk, ... More in a still from the film, 'Blazing Saddles,' directed by Mel Brooks, 1974. (Photo by Warner Bros./Courtesy of Getty Images) Brooks undeniably struck a comedic chord with audiences. Young Frankenstein was the third-highest-grossing film domestically of 1974, just behind Blazing Saddles with a gross of $86 million. Heading back to television, Brooks created the 1975 sitcom When Things Were Rotten, a parody of Robin Hood. Despite only airing for 13 episodes, he resurrected dialogue from the comedy, and other Brooks films, for Robin Hood: Men in Tights on the big screen in 1993. Cary Elwes and Amy Yasbeck celebrate in a scene from the film 'Robin Hood: Men In Tights', 1993. ... More (Photo by 20th Century-Fox/Getty Images) Later Mel Brooks features include Silent Movie (1976), High Anxiety (1977) and, through his company Brooksfilms, Frances (1982), The Fly (1986), My Favorite Year (1982), History of the World Part I (1981), Spaceballs (1987), Life Stinks (1991), and Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995). There was also the one season TV sitcom The Nutt House with Cloris Leachman and Harvey Korman in 1989. And, in 2001, came the blockbuster Broadway musical The Producers, based on the earlier film. 388331 01: People stand in line outside the St. James Theatre in New York April 25, 2001 to purchase ... More tickets for the Broadway production of "The Producers". "The Producers," a $10 million stage version of Mel Brooks'' classic film comedy is Broadway's biggest hit since "The Lion King" with $100 ticket prices which are the highest on Broadway. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Newsmakers) Fun factoid: Brooks guest starred as Uncle Phil in four episodes of the Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt sitcom Mad About You from 1996 to 1999 and won the Emmy Award three times for Best Guest Actor in a Comedy Series. Not a bad gig! MAD ABOUT YOU — "The Penis" Episode 14 — Pictured: (l-r) Paul Reiser as Paul Buchman, Helen Hunt as ... More Jamie Stemple Buchman, Mel Brooks as Uncle Phil, Lawrence Mandley as Leon, unknown, Eric Allan Kramer as Skippy — Photo by: Paul Drinkwater/NBCU Photo Bank LOS ANGELES, UNITED STATES: Comedian Mel Brooks points to his Emmy awardat the 50th Annual ... More Primetime Emmy Awards 13 Sept at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Brooks won his Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for his role as Uncle Phil in "Mad About You". . AFP PHOTO Kim KULISH/mn (Photo credit should read KIM KULISH/AFP via Getty Images) In recent years, Brooks published his memoir All About Me in 2021. He wrote and produced History of the World Part II, a follow-up series on Hulu, also in 2021. And just this month he announced Spaceballs 2 is bring produced with a release date targeted for 2027. Oh, and now there is also Very Young Frankenstein, a television project, for FX, that Brooks is producing. The moral of this story: Staying active is the 'secret sauce' for longevity. And today we wish Mel Brooks a Happy 99th Birthday! American film director Mel Brooks, New York, New York, July 1976. (Photo by Jack Mitchell/Getty ... More Images)
New York Post
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Billy Dee Williams celebrates 'Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back' 45th anniversary
The greatest film in the galaxy. 'Star Wars: Episode V — The Empire Strikes Back' is 45 years old today – and Billy Dee Williams couldn't be prouder to have starred in such a ground-breaking piece of cinema 'Working on 'The Empire Strikes Back' was like stepping into a dream — an adventure in every sense,' the 88-year-old actor who played Lando Calrissian exclusively told The Post. Advertisement 11 Billy Dee Williams attends the 2024 TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood, California. Getty Images for TCM 11 Billy Dee Williams in 'The Empire Strikes Back' in 1980. ©Lucasfilm Ltd./courtesy Everett 'George Lucas, Irvin Kershner, and the entire team created a world so rich and real that it was impossible not to get swept away,' Williams added. 'I knew it was something special even then, but none of us could have predicted the lasting impact it would have.' Advertisement Williams made his 'Star Wars' debut in the 1980 film directed by Kershner (who died in 2010) with a story by Lucas, 81. Upon its release, 'The Empire Strikes Back' got mixed reviews from critics and fans, many of whom complained about the film's dark tone that culminated in the bad guys winning in the end. 11 Darth Vader, Lando Calrissian and Boba Fett in 'The Empire Strikes Back.' But after many years, 'The Empire Strikes Back' became universally considered the best 'Star Wars' movie ever. Advertisement 'Forty-five years later, 'The Empire Strikes Back' still resonates because it's not just about battles and starships — it's about friendship, sacrifice, and hope,' Williams told The Post. 'To be part of a story that has inspired generations is a humbling honor. I feel the love from fans every day, and it never gets old.' 11 Billy Dee Williams, Harrison Ford in 'The Empire Strikes Back.' Everett Collection / Everett Collection 11 Billy Dee Williams as Lando in 'The Empire Strikes Back.' Everett Collection / Everett Collection In the film, Lando initially betrays his longtime pal Han Solo (Harrison Ford), before he has a change of heart and backstabs the Empire — and thus secures fan-favorite status. Advertisement 'Lando was, and still is, a trailblazer,' said Williams. 'He showed audiences that charm, complexity, and courage could live in one man.' 11 Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Harrison Ford in 1980. ©Lucasfilm Ltd./courtesy Everett Williams added: 'I always approached him with a sense of dignity and fun, and I'm proud that after all these years, Lando still holds such a beloved place in the galaxy.' 11 Billy Dee Williams at the Critics Choice Association's 5th Annual Celebration Of Black Cinema and Television in 2022. Getty Images for Critics Choice Association Editor Paul Hirsch exclusively told The Post that working on the film is still one of his greatest achievements in his career. 'I was on the picture for 14 months, during which time I was on location in London and in Marin County, where my son was born,' said Hirsch, who wrote about 'The Empire Strikes Back' in his 2019 book 'A Long Time Ago in a Cutting Room Far, Far Away.' 11 Paul Hirsch at the 2024 AFI Fest at TCL Chinese Theatre on October 23, 2024 in Hollywood, California. Getty Images 'I had innumerable memorable experiences during that time,' Hirsch added, 'so to pick out a single memory would be impossible.' Advertisement Despite its success, 'The Empire Strikes Back' infamously faced numerous production difficulties. Original screenwriter Leigh Brackett died before filming started, and her duties were passed onto Lawrence Kasdan. 11 Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Peter Mayhew, Mark Hamill in 'The Empire Strikes Back.' ©20thCentFox/Courtesy Everett Collection Additionally, several actors got hurt on set including Mark Hamill, who was in a severe car accident that caused facial injuries. That forced the film's creators to include a scene where Luke Skywalker is attacked by a Wampa on Hoth. Advertisement There were also financing problems as the film's initial budget of $8 million rose to over $30 million. The movie ultimately made over $540 million at the worldwide box office. 11 Lando with Han after he's frozen in carbonite' ©Lucasfilm Ltd./courtesy Everett / Everett Collection Hirsch told The Post that his job as editor wasn't impacted by the production issues. Speaking about the film's legacy, Hirsch said, 'The initial release of a film is like its birth. Some grow up and lead long lives and achieve success later on. I have worked on a few that were total flops at first, but are now considered cult classics.' Advertisement 11 Chewbacca chokes Lando in 'The Empire Strikes Back.' ©Lucasfilm Ltd./courtesy Everett / Everett Collection In a rare interview with in 2020, Lucas looked back on making 'The Empire Strikes Back.' 'It wasn't the most fun movie to make, but it was definitely a rewarding film,' he said. 'It turned out well. I learned some things.'
New York Post
04-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
‘E.T.' star Dee Wallace reveals she ‘argued' with Steven Spielberg over toning down bedroom scene
'E.T.' nearly wasn't so family friendly. Dee Wallace appeared on Steve Kmetko's 'Still Here Hollywood' podcast last week and recalled how she clashed with director Steven Spielberg over a bedroom scene involving her character, Mary, in the 1982 film. 'The only time Steven and I parted ways creatively was there's a whole B story in 'E.T.' about E.T. having a love affair with Mary, a love crush on Mary,' the 76-year-old actress explained. 12 Dee Wallace and Steven Spielberg attend the 40th anniversary screening of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial' at the 2022 TCM Classic Film Festival. Getty Images for TCM 'And there's little bits of it left in there,' she continued. 'There was a scene where he came in to put Reese's Pieces down on my bedside table as I'm asleep. Well, Mr. Spielberg wanted the sheet a little lower than I was comfortable with.' Wallace said that she 'argued my point that this was a family film.' 12 Dee Wallace on the 'Still Here Hollywood' podcast. Still Here Hollywood Podcast w/ Steve Kmetko/YouTube 12 Dee Wallace and Steve Kmetko. Still Here Hollywood Podcast w/ Steve Kmetko/YouTube 12 Drew Barrymore, Dee Wallace in 'E.T.' ©Universal/courtesy Everett / Everett Collection 'I could understand the parents smoking pot in 'Poltergeist.' But this film was very pure to me. And it was about love,' Wallace shared, adding that producer Kathleen Kennedy and writer Melissa Mathison got involved and sided with Wallace over Spielberg, 78. 'So we compromised and pulled the sheet up almost to my shoulder blades, which I was okay with,' Wallace said. 12 Dee Wallace at the 20th anniversary of 'E.T.' in Los Angeles in 2002. Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images 12 Steven Spielberg filming a movie in Montville, New Jersey in Feb. 2025. GC Images 'That's pretty high,' joked Kmetko, 72, to which Wallace replied, 'Not to a girl from Kansas who knew her grandmother was gonna be watching.' 'You can take the girl out of Kansas, you can't take Kansas out of the girl,' she added with a laugh. 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial' was Spielberg's seventh directorial feature film in his career. 12 Steven Spielberg at the 2023 Oscars. John Locher/Invision/AP The film, which follows a young boy who befriends an alien stranded on Earth, also stars Henry Thomas, Peter Coyote, Robert MacNaughton and Drew Barrymore. On the podcast, Wallace remembered knowing 'E.T.' would be a hit the first time she watched it in theaters. 'I could tell just from the way the audience responded,' she said. 'That film reaches into your soul, into your heart. It surpasses some block that we have and wakes us up.' 12 Peter Coyote, Dee Wallace in 'E.T.' ©Universal/courtesy Everett / Everett Collection 12 Robert MacNaughton, Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace, Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Drew Barrymore, Peter Coyote in 2002. Courtesy Everett Collection 12 Peter Coyote, Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace in 'E.T.' Courtesy Everett Collection Wallace also said that at the time she foresaw Barrymore, 50, would have a big career eventually. 'We knew from day one she was gonna be a producer and director,' she explained. 'I'm sitting in a high director's chair, first day on set, and she comes up to me and she goes, 'Dee, I'm going to sit in your lap now.' And I said, 'Okay, Drew, come on up.' I mean, she just knew what she wanted, that one.' 12 Drew Barrymore, Dee Wallace, Henry Thomas on the set of 'E.T.' in 1982. Courtesy Everett Collection Earlier this year, Spielberg discussed the film with Barrymore at a TCM Classic Film Festival event and revealed he went through a 'real hard-fought' battle to stop a sequel from being made. 12 Steven Spielberg attends the AFI Life Achievement Award Ceremony in April 2025. WireImage 'I just did not want to make a sequel. I flirted with it for a little bit — just a little bit to see if I [could] think of a story — and the only thing I could think about was a book that was written by somebody that wrote the book for it called 'The Green Planet,' which was all going to take place at E.T.'s home,' he explained, per THR. 'We were all going to be able to go to E.T.'s home and see how E.T. lived,' Spielberg added. 'But it was better as a novel than I think it would have been as a film.'
Fox News
02-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Fox News
‘Jeopardy' host Ken Jennings ‘deeply skeptical' of AI, years after losing to supercomputer
"Jeopardy!" host Ken Jennings once played against a super-intelligent computer, but he says current artificial intelligence is already years ahead. "I'm deeply skeptical of AI," Jennings told Fox News Digital at the TCM Classic Film Festival. "Obviously, these current iterations of LLMs [Large Language Models] would clean Watson's clock at 'Jeopardy!' The technology has moved on. I've played with chatbots and 'Jeopardy!' clues, and they're very hard to stump," he said. Jennings, along with fellow "Jeopardy!" all-star Brad Rutter, competed against the IBM Watson computer in 2011. Watson specialized in analyzing natural human language and answering complex questions, demonstrating its skills in a two-game exhibition match against Jennings and Rutter. Over the course of three days, the computer got many, but not all of the answers correct. For example, during the first game, it missed the "Final Jeopardy!" clue about U.S. cities. WATCH: 'JEOPARDY!' HOST KEN JENNINGS DEEPLY SKEPTICAL OF AI 'SLOP' "Its largest airport was named for a World War II hero; its second largest, for a World War II battle," the prompt read. The correct answer was "What is Chicago?" but Watson answered, "What is Toronto?????" with five question marks, As IBM's website explained, the multiple question marks indicated Watson wasn't completely confident in its answer after running its algorithms hundreds of times in approximately three seconds. Despite the occasional incorrect answer, Watson ended up winning the $1 million prize, donating its proceeds to charity. Since then, according to IBM's website, "The underlying technology has gone on to help organizations predict, optimize and automate business processes across numerous industries. Roughly 70% of global finance institutions and 13 of the top 14 systems integrators use Watson." After his defeat, Jennings wrote an essay for Slate at the time, saying, "IBM has bragged to the media that Watson's question-answering skills are good for more than annoying Alex Trebek. The company sees a future in which fields like medical diagnosis, business analytics, and tech support are automated by question-answering software like Watson." He continued, "Just as factory jobs were eliminated in the 20th century by new assembly-line robots, Brad and I were the first knowledge-industry workers put out of work by the new generation of 'thinking' machines. 'Quiz show contestant' may be the first job made redundant by Watson, but I'm sure it won't be the last." Jennings, who is now host of "Jeopardy!" as well as an author, isn't ready to give over his entire career to AI just yet. "I work in a creative field and when I watch something or I listen to something, I want to feel like it's coming from a mind. I want that sense of someone talking to me and I never get that with AI slop," he said during the festival. The fear of AI replacing creatives in Hollywood has been a persistent one in the past few years, taking hold during the writers' and actors' strikes of 2023. Earlier this year, Fox News Digital spoke with musician who said true artists don't need to worry about AI replacing them. "The only thing to be worried about is if you're making music to chase an algorithm," he told Fox News Digital. "If you're making music to trend on TikTok. And to do that, you have to really unlock the codes to that matrix. If that's your whole [hustle], then AI is going to do a better job than that." The Black Eyed Peas singer does think people not involved in the creative process in the music industry are the ones who should worry about AI taking away their jobs. "The people that are at risk of AI in the music [industry] are managers, label execs, finance auditors, attorneys. If you look at the money that's being put [in]to make these systems more advanced, Microsoft is giving you a copilot [the company's AI assistant]. And there's nothing slowing down how freaking awesome that's going to be in 2025 version eight. And that's going to be used for all types of industries," he said. "There's not an army or a fleet of AI music do[ing] everything to the level of copilots or sales force agents. So musicians and hyper-creatives are OK. We're going to use AI and reinvent and create a whole new industry because of it." He added, "Right now, AI does a good job of everything that we've created and can mimic it. But AI is not making things that don't exist exist. We do that. We created AI. So AI is a mirror. It shows you exactly what's in front of it."
