"You'll either get it or pretend you don't," AI-generated character Tilly Norwood's Instagram bio declares. Melissa Barrera, Natasha Lyonne, and Whoopi Goldberg are among multiple celebrities who have reacted with disgust to reports that talent agencies are interested in signing the AI avatar to star in real projects. Following the backlash, Tilly's creator issued a statement standing ten toes down for tech that infamously struggles with hands and feet.
No actor defined the 2010s more than Jennifer Lawrence. Less than halfway into the decade, at the age of 22, Lawrence had won the hearts of audiences as the hero Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games, and a best actress Oscar for her performance in Silver Linings Playbook (famously tripping en route to accept it). She was bold, beautiful, brash and inescapable; her self-deprecating humour paired with megawatt talent made her a Messiah for millennials until she wasn't.