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Why Baz Luhrmann can’t help thinking about Elvis
2+ hour, 19+ min ago (844+ words) LOS ANGELES " Baz Luhrmann's startling new movie about Elvis Presley began, the director says, with an accident. Luhrmann didn't end up using the archived material in "Elvis." But the discovery left him with a choice, he says: "I had the…...
Movie review: Ballet-themed erotic drama ‘Dreams’ dissipates in finale
2+ hour, 24+ min ago (396+ words) Mexican writer/director Michel Franco explores the dynamics of money, class and the border through the spiky, unsettling erotic drama "Dreams," starring Jessica Chastain and Isaac Hern'ndez, a Mexican ballet dancer and actor. In the languidly paced "Dreams," Franco presents…...
Review: Swagger, sweat and flirtation swirl in ‘EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert,’ a tribute to a performer and little else
2+ hour, 57+ min ago (170+ words) The first hour of "EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert" convinces you that the King is the greatest entertainer who ever lived. By the end of it, he's a god. This Elvis comes across confident, breezy, comfortable and funny. In one…...
Glenn Whipp: The case for ‘Sinners’ to win best picture
8+ hour, 7+ min ago (569+ words) By Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times "She's a regular," Arkapaw says, her arm around Beachler, who won an Oscar in 2019 for her work on "Black Panther." The two women and the rest of the "Sinners" team have been hobnobbing with…...
Parmy Olson: The AI panic ignores something important — evidence
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (504+ words) The post ripped through the Internet and has been seen more than 80 million times on X. In the words of the young and very online, people are shook. Shumer's post has struck a nerve in the middle of huge selloffs of…...
What to know about Defense Protection Act and the Pentagon’s Anthropic ultimatum
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (676+ words) By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS, AP Business Writer Defense officials in the Trump administration also warned they could designate Anthropic, which makes the AI chatbot Claude, as a supply chain risk " or invoke a Cold War-era law called the Defense Production Act…...
New York sues Counter-Strike game developer saying ‘loot boxes’ promote gambling
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (403+ words) State Attorney General Letitia James said in a lawsuit filed Wednesday in New York state court that games such as Counter-Strike 2, Team Fortress 2 and Dota 2 illegally charge users for the chance to win rare items held in the virtual containers....
Ukrainian envoy says US raised concerns about strikes aimed at Russia that impacted US oil interests
3+ day, 18+ hour ago (315+ words) By AAMER MADHANI and EDITH M. LEDERER, Associated Press Ambassador Olga Stefanishyna noted the U.S. concern on the fourth anniversary of Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine. "This reach-out was not related to encouraging Ukraine from refraining to attack Russian military and energy…...
Hegseth and Anthropic CEO set to meet as debate intensifies over the military’s use of AI
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (894+ words) By DAVID KLEPPER, MATT O'BRIEN and KONSTANTIN TOROPIN Anthropic, maker of the chatbot Claude, declined to comment on the meeting but CEO Dario Amodei has made clear his ethical concerns about unchecked government use of AI, including the dangers of…...
NASA will return its moon rocket to the hangar for more repairs before astronauts strap in
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (225+ words) The space agency said Sunday it's targeting Tuesday for the slow, four-mile (6.4-kilometer) trek across Kennedy Space Center, weather permitting. NASA had barely finished a repeat fueling test Thursday, to ensure dangerous hydrogen fuel leaks were plugged, when another problem…...