Oscar-nominated actress Scarlett Johansson is taking legal action against an artificial intelligence (AI) app that cloned her likeness for an advertisement without permission.
Hundreds of sexual deepfake app advertisements featuring actresses Emma Watson and Scarlett Johansson ran on Facebook and Instagram over the last few days. The Masters of the Universe apparently had no issue with advertising the technology used to make fake porn of celebrities — and increasingly, normal people too.
Disney movie megastar Scarlett Johansson said she felt “groomed” and driven to recreate herself as a “bombshell” actress during the opening years of her career.
LOS ANGELES — Scarlett Johansson and the Walt Disney Co. on Thursday settled her lawsuit over the streaming release of “Black Widow,” bringing a swift end to what had begun as the first major fight between a studio and star over recent changes in rollout plans for films.
Actress Scarlett Johansson’s lawyer called Disney “misogynistic” in the latest round back and forth amid the “Black Widow” lawsuit.
Feminist advocacy groups Time’s Up, Women in Film Los Angeles, and ReFrame are accusing Disney of launching a “gendered character attack” against Scarlett Johansson over the company’s response to the actress’ Black Widow lawsuit filed against them on Thursday. Johansson
LOS ANGELES — Scarlett Johansson is suing the Walt Disney Co. over its streaming release of “Black Widow,” which she said breached her contract and deprived her of potential earnings.
Epic battles take place all the time in the Marvel universe, but now a real battle royale has broken out between the Disney-owned studio and one of its biggest stars that could have significant repercussions throughout Hollywood.
Digital piracy has plagued Hollywood studios and theater owners for decades. But it is now emerging as a contentious wedge issue as cinema owners are blaming the Walt Disney Co.’s day-and-date release of Black Widow for making piracy easier and
The National Association of Theatre Owners is blasting Disney for making its summer superhero tentpole “Black Widow” available on its premium paid streaming service at the same time it opened in theaters.
Scarlett Johansson’s Marvel adventure, Black Widow, is the No. 1 movie in North America this weekend, earning $80 million in receipts, BoxOfficeMojo.com announced Sunday.
A-list actress Scarlett Johansson — who has an estimated net worth of $165 million and topped the Forbes list of highest-paid actresses in 2019 — complained that women are underpaid in Hollywood, and that she is “still fighting that damn fight” to get paid what she is worth.
While discussing her upcoming Marvel Studios film Black Widow, actress Scarlett Johansson suggested Marvel was sexist in the way it portrayed her character, Natasha Romanoff, in the 2010 film Iron Man 2, stating that the fictional character was treated “like a piece of
Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise has remained silent amid a mushrooming scandal involving accusations of sexism and racism claims of the HFPA.
Actress Scarlett Johansson called out the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) — which presents the Golden Globe Awards — on Saturday, saying she has faced “sexist questions” at press conferences. The actress is now urging the entertainment industry to “take a step back” from the HFPA.
Scarlett Johansson says that giving political opinions is not an actor’s job, shortly before stating President Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory “felt like the end of a war.”
Following Joe Biden’s executive decision to kill the Keystone XL Pipeline, Hollywood celebrities including Leonardo DiCaprio, Jane Fonda, Scarlett Johansson, Mark Ruffalo, and Cher are now pressuring the president to shut down another energy project — the Dakota Access Pipeline.
Captain America star Chris Evans reportedly ripped President Donald Trump during an Avengers-themed fundraiser for Joe Biden on Tuesday, accusing the president of “actively trying to divide us.” The Hollywood star also blamed the president for the problems facing the country: “I think the fish rots from the head down.”
Cast members of the 2012 Marvel blockbuster movie The Avengers and its sequels are combining their superpowers to propel Joe Biden to the White House.
The 26th Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards were pretty underwhelming, though there were a few knockouts — I’m talking about the fashion, of course. The award show, itself, was mostly a snoozefest.
Pop superstar Taylor Swift is cozying up to some of China’s biggest power players by agreeing to perform at an Alibaba promotional event for Singles’ Day, the country’s biggest shopping day.
Hollywood actress Scarlett Johansson revealed in a recent interview that she is backing Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) nascent bid for the White House.
Actress Scarlett Johansson dismissed claims that she should not be allowed to play certain characters because she does not share their experiences, arguing that all “art should be from restrictions.”
Actress and activist Scarlett Johansson refused to endorse presidential candidate Joe Biden, called the Democratic part “broken,” and teased a run for political office, saying she would look into the possibility at some point in the “distant future.”
Hollywood starlet Scarlett Johansson has responded to the creation of realistic “deepfake” A.I.-generated porn videos featuring her face, claiming it is a “lost cause” to attempt to take action against such videos.
Actors Idris Elba sounded off in a recent interview, saying that an actor doesn’t necessarily have to be gay to play a gay character.
DC Comics’ Wonder Woman actress Gal Gadot has made the cut and appeared for the first time on Forbes latest Highest Paid Actress List.
Scarlett Johansson will no longer play a transgender character in upcoming movie Rub and Tug following complaints from left-wing LGBT activists.
A Business Insider writer resigned from the company after the site removed her article which argued it is okay for actresses, including Scarlett Johansson, to play transgender characters in movies.
Online news site Business Insider removed an article from a conservative writer that defended non-transgender actors and actresses playing the roles of transgender characters in movies after the site’s staff complained internally, according to the Daily Beast.
Actress Scarlett Johansson is once again at the center of a casting controversy after she accepted a role as a transgender man in the upcoming film Rug & Tug.
Mashable’s Angie Han says Wes Anderson’s new animated film “Isle of Dogs” is part of a pattern of “dehumanizing” Asians, engaging in cultural appropriation.
Scarlett Johansson blasted James Franco at the Women’s March and then quickly found herself under attack as a hypocrite over her 2014 defense of Woody Allen.
Dozens of Hollywood’s biggest names will descend on downtown Los Angeles Saturday for the Women’s March LA, the first-year anniversary march to protest Donald Trump’s presidency.
From actor Chris Evans (Captain America) to director Joss Whedon, the Marvel Comics franchise is committing harikari in the most unbecoming of ways: through unapologetic, partisan bashing of a democratically elected president they can’t stand.
Hollywood’s love affair with Planned Parenthood has taken a new turn with Marvel director Joss Whedon making a short film imagining what the world could look like without the abortion giant.
NEW YORK (AP) — An array of celebrities — from Meryl Streep to Tina Fey to Scarlett Johansson to Julianne Moore to Chelsea Handler — turned out to support Planned Parenthood at its centennial celebration, and to hear Hillary Clinton urge continued activism on behalf of women and girls around the world, and access to services like pregnancy and maternity care.
Paramount Pictures’ sci-fi thriller Ghost in the Shell is reportedly projected to lose at least $60 million, following a lousy $18.6 million take at the domestic box office in its March 31 opening weekend.
Actress Scarlett Johansson revealed she would be open to running for public office in the future in an interview Wednesday.
Saturday Night Live took aim at Ivanka Trump during its March 11 episode, with actress Scarlett Johansson playing a parody version of the First Daughter in a mock commercial for a perfume called “Complicit.”
