Scots star Lulu was left stunned during her Manchester show as boyband Take That made a surprise appearance on stage, sending fans into a frenzy.
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Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer SAG-AFTRA announced Friday that members have ratified new three-year contracts for voice actors who work on animated TV shows. The deals addressed the same concerns that fueled last year’s 118-day actors’ strike, notably artificial intelligence, which many actors fear will replace their jobs. As with the live-action agreement, the animation deals do not forbid the use of AI.
But they do prevent actors’ voices from being recreated without their permission. Though the animation terms are largely patterned on the deal that ended the strike, there are a couple of differences. SAG-AFTRA negotiated for language declaring that animation voice actors must be human beings — a definition that was not included in the TV/Theatrical deal.
“We’ve got it in writing,” the union stated on X, formerly known as Twitter, earlier this month. “‘Voice actors’ includes ONLY humans in the new TV Animation Agreements!” The lack of that definition in the TV/Theatrical agreement was a source of controversy during the ratification process. At the time, executive director Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, the union’s top negotiator, argued that defining actors as human beings would not be an effective protection against AI misuse.
“What you need is actual protection against what these companies might do,” he said last fall. “Not something that just sounds great, but doesn’t actually protect you.” As with the TV/Theatrical deal, the animation agreements provide for consent and compensation for the use of “digital replicas” to recreate an actor’s voice. The deal does not prevent studios from training AI models on past performances to create a “synthetic” voice — unless that voice sounds like an actual voice actor or their
.Scots star Lulu was left stunned during her Manchester show as boyband Take That made a surprise appearance on stage, sending fans into a frenzy.
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Take That's Mark Owen left fans swooning after his appearance on Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway. The singer, who is known for his youthful looks, appeared to have turned back the clock as he ditched his moustache and long hair for a '90s curtains hairstyle - reminiscent of his early days with the band.The band kicked off Ant and Dec's ITV show with a performance of their hit single Shine on Saturday evening, 6 April.
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