Jennifer Lopez chats with Benny Medina while leaving a lunch meeting at the Bel Air Hotel in Los Angeles on Friday afternoon (February 11).
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Martin Dale ContributorMocapLab – one of Europe’s biggest motion capture (mocap) facilities – is implementing a major expansion plan to meet increased demand from film and TV projects, commercials, videogames and immersive media.Founded by Rémi Brun in 2007, MocapLab offers state-of-the-art motion capture services, from its facilities based on the outskirts of Paris. It has a strong R&D department and has been recognized by the French government as a research entity.
It is a member of several state-supported innovative business groups, such as CAP DIGITAL, OSEO, Agoranov and Paris Innovation.The company recently received a grant from France’s CNC to reinforce its offer, as part of the CNC’s €10 million ($11.4 million) technological modernization scheme launched in 2021. At PIDS Enghien, an event that runs Jan.
26-29, MocapLab will take part in a demonstration of extreme mocap in which it will show a mocap shot for an ambitious bicycle jump in a large venue in Annecy, produced for Ubisoft, and a motion capture recording of horse-riding, a tennis match between Novak Djokovic and Gael Monfils, and Sean Connery in the Bahamas.“We started doing mocap 28 years ago,” explains Brun. “We were the first in Europe at the time.
Mocap is getting bigger. We want to use this new influx of financing, to move from being an experimental studio to an industrial studio.”The current expansion plan includes increasing the studio space, purchasing more cameras and increasing staff and R&D activities.
Jennifer Lopez chats with Benny Medina while leaving a lunch meeting at the Bel Air Hotel in Los Angeles on Friday afternoon (February 11).
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorMotown founder Berry Gordy had a galaxy of star executives helping him build the company into the powerhouse it became, but not many of them shone as brightly as Suzanne de Passe.Joining the company relatively late in its heyday, de Passe moved from her native Harlem to Detroit in 1968 and soon convinced a skeptical Berry to sign a group of kids calling themselves the Jackson 5. She quickly took charge of developing the group into the pop-culture juggernaut they immediately became — their first four singles went to No.
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorMotown Records and Google have announced a partnership in pursuit of elevating women of color within the music industry.The Motown Records Creator Program Supported by Google will find and fund the next outstanding woman content creator, videographer, or creative producer/director and offer an opportunity to collaborate with Motown Records’ executives and its roster of artists, including TianaMajor9. According to the announcement, the initiative is aligned with Motown’s commitment to shattering barriers for talented creatives and is a continuation of Google’s ongoing mission to amplify underrepresented voices in entertainment and ensure diverse, equitable representation in our media landscape.
Fans were in awe of singer Anne-Marie as suffered a 'Madonna moment' at the Brit Awards 2022.
Hilary Duff and Nicole Richie are proving that you can not only be cordial with your ex-boyfriend, but you can even do date nights with each other. This weekend Duff and her husband Matthew Koma joined her ex-boyfriend Joel Madden and Richie for a quadruple date with Pete Wentz and his girlfriend, Meagan Camper, and producer Josh Abraham and his wife Regina.
Hilary Duff, 34, and her ex Joel Madden, 42, proved they’re still friendly after their past romantic relationship in a new photo that was posted to Instagram this week. Josh Abraham, the founder of PULSE Music Group, shared the snapshot to his story and it included a group of what appeared to be couples, including Hilary and her husband Matthew Koma and Joel and his wife Nicole Richie, standing and posing together in Scratch|Bar & Kitchen in Los Angeles, CA.
Hilary Duff and Joel Madden famously dated from 2004 to 2006, but they've now reunited 16 years after their romance went kaput.Over the weekend, the exes were joined by their spouses, as well as others, for a group dinner date in Los Angeles.On Sunday, a photo started making the rounds on Twitter of a star-studded dinner at Scratch|Bar & Kitchen in Los Angeles that included, Hilary, her husband Matthew Koma, Joel, his wife Nicole Richie, Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz, his girlfriend Meagan Camper, and record producer Josh Abraham and Gina Abraham.hilary duff hung out with nicole richie and joel madden? my ears just shot up like scooby doo pic.twitter.com/OckO1iIsXcIn posting a photo of the guys from that evening to his Instagram Story, Josh joked, "New band alert." Clearly, a lot of time has passed since Hilary and Joel dated, and they seem to be on good terms with each other. Back in 2016, Hilary briefly spoke about the romance on Nico Tortorella's podcast "The Love Bomb.""It was so all encompassing," she said of the relationship. "It was so intense.
Hilary Duff and her ex, Joel Madden, is. The 42-year-old rocker and 34-year-old actress, who dated for two-and-a-half years in the early aughts, went on a group date over the weekend with their respective spouses and two other couples. PULSE Music Group founder Josh Abraham documented the outing to Scratch|Bar & Kitchen in Los Angeles. Duff and her husband, Matthew Koma, Madden and his wife, Nicole Richie, and Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz and his girlfriend, Meagan Camper, were all in attendance. In one shot, Duff and Richie stand next to each other in the same pose with their husbands hugging them from behind. Koma also goofed off with Madden and Wentz in another shot, holding up a knife as Wentz held up a lit culinary torch, which Abraham captioned, «New band alert.» Duff dated Madden from age 16 to 19.
Jamie Lang With only two months before MipTV kicks off from Cannes, RX France (formerly Reed Midem) has revealed that more than 100 companies have confirmed their attendence for this year’s in-person TV content market, running April 4-6.Having faced various COVID-related setbacks over the past two years, MipTV has reinforced its strict health and safety protocols implemented to guarantee a safe and successful event and will require proof of full COVID-19 vaccination for all delegates looking to attend.Confirmed exhibitors thus far include Arte France, Beta Film, Catalan Films, CJ&EM, DR, Federation Entertainment, France Televisions, Kanal D International, Lionsgate, Newen Connect, NRK, Red Arrow Studios, SBS Content, SVT, Telefilm Canada, TF1 Studios, Unifrance, ViacomCBS Global Distribution Group, Warner Bros., YLE and ZDF Enterprises, among others. Buying and acquisition companies sending executives include, but are in no way limited to, Amazon, BBC, DR, France Televisions, Globo Brazil, ITV, Mediaset Group Italy, Mega TV, Movistar+, Nine Network Australia, Nordic Entertainment Group/Viaplay, Orange, RTE, RTL (Deutschland), Seven Network Australia, Sky, Starzplay, ViacomCBS, Warner Media Kids and YLE.“MipTV is back!” said RX France entertainment division director and MipTV director Lucy Smith.
Madonna, Lourdes Leon isn't afraid to experiment with bold fashion.MORE: Madonna's move to £6million Lisbon palace had a heartfelt reasonThe 25-year-old took to her Instagram Stories this week to showcase a new, risqué outfit as she posed for a mirror selfie.WATCH: Madonna's son cooks her a meal - and it's gourmet standardLourdes can be seen in the snapshot with her long, dark hair styled half-up with the rest left to cascade down her back. She is wearing a nude-colored dress that features a daring back with ruching and straps.READ: Madonna's daughter Lourdes looks identical to famous mum in unearthed school photosMORE: Inside Madonna's £10million London mansionMadonna, 63, is a mom to six children; she shares her eldest, Lourdes, with former partner Carlos Leon.
Madonna, 63, is not throwing in the towel with her risqué looks anytime soon. The shock queen, eternally known for her provocative photo shoots and wardrobe choices, gave fans a double whammy in a February 1 Instagram post with a sneak pic of the script from her upcoming flick, along with her sexy wardrobe du jour. The singer, 63, has been sharing snippets here and there on her socials about the biopic she’s been working on about her life, which she teased in true Madonna fashion: in a corset on the toilet.
Dispatches from the Sundance Film Festival are usually accompanied by descriptions of the looming mountains, snowy premieres and frantic bus shuttles. This year's Sundance, which played out entirely virtually due to the COVID-19 surge driven by the omicron variant, meant less evocative screening circumstances: Laptops, digital links and Zooms.But even in reduced form, the films were often hypnotic, thrilling and urgent.