‘Northanger Abbey’ Crew Pursue Lawsuit After $9M Jane Austen Film Collapsed, With Producers Yet To Make Good On Promises To Pay Wages

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British crew members on an adaptation of Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey are pursuing legal action after the film collapsed, leaving some people so broke, they had to ask colleagues for fuel money to get home.   Source: https://deadline.com/2026/06/northanger-abbey-jane-austen-lawsuit-1236962688/

‘Why would you put a toxic product into the hands of a young child?’: director turned activist Beeban Kidron on why big tech needs its ‘tobacco moment’

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In her work as an online safety campaigner, the baroness and Bridget Jones director has seen things she can never unsee – and she’s furious at the tech overlords doing nothing to stop the abuse.   Source: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/13/beeban-kidron-interview-baroness-big-tech-online-child-abuse

Film producer’s 50 firms struck off companies register, leaving workers unable to chase fees

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A prolific film producer, whose projects have starred the likes of Frasier’s Kelsey Grammer and Four Weddings and a Funeral’s Anna Chancellor, has had scores of his production businesses forcibly removed from the UK’s companies register, leaving workers unable to … Continued

Hardcore gamers nurtured Nvidia and the AI boom. Now they feel betrayed by Big Tech

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‘An ongoing culture war’: AI is driving up the cost of key gaming components as Big Tech leaves the gaming industry, once an inseparable ally, in the dust.   Source: https://www.morningstar.com/news/marketwatch/20260523138/hardcore-gamers-nurtured-nvidia-and-the-ai-boom-now-they-feel-betrayed-by-big-tech