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Hollywood Is Pulling Up the Drawbridge

Val Kilmer's AI resurrection is a feel-good story with a very dark punchline — and Matthew McConaughey's advice to young actors makes it worse.

Val Kilmer died in 2025 — but he’s appearing in a new film anyway, resurrected by AI with his family’s blessing. The story of how it happened is surprisingly moving. The story of what it means for everyone who isn’t already famous is a lot darker.

Matthew McConaughey told a room full of desperate drama students to “trademark themselves.” Ben Affleck just…

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