Ridley Scott's "Napoleon", a film originally created by Apple for its streaming platform, was the unlikely hero of the movie industry's CinemaCon gathering on its opening night Monday.. Sony Pictures, which is partnering with Apple to distribute the film to cinemas, dedicated the finale of its coveted CinemaCon opening night slot to the movie.
At the sprawling Louisiana prison known as "Angola," inmates clad in black and white stripes go toe-to-toe with horses and bulls at a unique rodeo event now in its 57th year.. In addition to traditional rodeo fixtures such as bull riding, the Angola Rodeo also includes more daring challenges such as "Convict Poker" -- in which four inmates sit around a table with a wild bull set loose.
Netflix will invest $2.5 billion in South Korean content over the next four years, the streaming giant's CEO Ted Sarandos announced after meeting with the country's President Yoon Suk Yeol in Washington.. "Netflix is delighted to confirm that we will invest USD 2.5 billion in Korea including the creation of Korean series, films, and unscripted shows over the next four years," Sarandos said in a statement given to AFP Tuesday.
Incendiary host Tucker Carlson, who exited Fox News Monday, repeatedly aired falsehoods on his top-rated show, from anti-vaccine to anti-immigrant propaganda -- and even his departure was wrapped up in conspiracy theories.. "Tucker served as the bridge between Fox News and the most extreme parts of the right-wing base -- laundering anti-trans paranoia, election lies, and venomous rhetoric including the great replacement conspiracy theory nightly."
Canadian singer Grimes put the word out Monday that she is fine with her voice being used for AI-generated songs, as long as she gets half the royalties.. "I'll split 50 percent royalties on any successful AI generated song that uses my voice."
In the world of Tucker Carlson's hit TV show, America was under assault -- by Democrats, by health authorities, by Black Lives Matter protests -- and white conservatives were in a fight for their very survival.. He embraced a far right notion that Democratic politicians and other elites were trying to replace whites through immigration, during more than 400 episodes of his show, according to a tally by The New York Times.
A new French film was added to the Cannes Film Festival line-up on Monday despite reports of inappropriate behaviour on set, including the use of a child in a sex scene. . It was nonetheless added to the line-up for next month's festival along with another French film, "Black Flies" by Jean-Stephane Sauvaire.
A copy of the first collected edition of William Shakespeare's plays went on display in London on Monday, to mark the 400th anniversary of its publication.. Others will go on display around the world to mark the anniversary of the publication between now and the end of the year.
Fox News star host Tucker Carlson is leaving the influential conservative TV network, it was announced Monday, in a surprise move days after the outlet was forced to pay a huge financial settlement to end a defamation case.. - Fox's fallen favorite - The $787.5-million defamation settlement last week meant that neither Fox Corporation chairman Rupert Murdoch nor hosts such as Carlson would have to testify in what was expected to be an explosive trial.
The AI bot ChatGPT has passed exams, written poetry, and deployed in newsrooms, and now politicians are seeking it out -- but experts are warning against rapid uptake of a tool also famous for fabricating "facts".. Despite warning that AI systems could destroy civilization, he recently promised to develop TruthGPT, an AI text tool stripped of the perceived liberal bias.
