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HOLLYWOOD

The NO FAKES Act cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a bipartisan vote—and, as Eriq reports, that means it’s time to start gaming out what a world with a federal property right to voices and likenesses actually looks like. Supporters see the act as a long-overdue shield against deception, while critics see the makings of a powerful new instrument for policing speech. But some version of it could materialize in the lame duck session, and would represent the most significant expansion of Hollywood I.P. rights since the ’90s.

The proposed law would also lead to a very thorny legal landscape. It specifically exempts A.I. replicas used in documentaries or biographical works—unless they create a “false impression” of authentic participation, with a further carve-out for satire and parody. Meanwhile, life-rights deals will likely become far more valuable. Indeed, the studios and guilds currently celebrating the bill’s passage could soon find themselves on the defensive once judges start deciding what “public interest” means. As Eriq writes, that’s when the fun begins…

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FASHION

With Drake back in the cultural conversation after a fallow period, his business partners are hoping to connect on a licensing deal for his lingering apparel concern, OVO. A recent creditor lawsuit sheds a lot of light on why their time is now.

A.I.

Whatever happens on primary night, the A.I. dark money battle over Alex Bores is merely the opening of a broader industry proxy war—with hundreds of millions of dollars ready to deploy into 2028.

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SPORTS

FanDuel president Christian Genetski is only six weeks into his newly expanded role running the company, but he’s got plenty of thoughts about the state of the sports-betting business—from FanDuel’s move into prediction markets to the Sorsby headache and why this year’s World Cup is like March Madness on steroids.

ART

The roving art fair has already captivated the three-comma crowd with exclusive design offerings in rarefied settings—and now, despite recent turbulence, it’s setting up shop in the East Coast’s ultimate summer enclave.

HOLLYWOOD

Matt is joined by Keach Hagey, a journalist at The Wall Street Journal and author of The Optimist: Sam Altman, OpenAI, and the Race to Invent the Future, to discuss Amazon abandoning Luca Guadagnino’s movie Artificial and looking to sell it to another studio to distribute. They talk about why Amazon made the movie in the first place, its relationship with OpenAI, their thoughts on the script and how it portrays Altman, whether any major studio will buy the movie, and how Big Tech has influenced Hollywood’s decision-making strategy.

SPORTS

John Ourand joins Peter to revel in the World Cup’s TV ratings bonanza and why all the haters were wrong. Then John weighs in on YouTube’s relentless pursuit of a marquee sports rights deal—and whether it’s on the verge of becoming a genuine player or just phoning it in.

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