One of the most anticipated movies at this year’s Venice Film Festival is Priscilla, Sofia Coppola’s latest about the relationship between Priscilla Presley (Cailee Spaeny) and rock and roll legend Elvis Presley (Euphoria’s Jacob Elordi), who met when she was 14 and he was 24 while he was serving in …
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W HEN, NOT IF, ROBOTS DESTROY humanity in the next few decades, they won’t resemble the Terminator, says Eliezer Yudkowsky, the leading pioneer of artificial intelligence who now believes we’re doomed. Yudkowsky is 43, balding, and with a dark beard and glasses. Over Zoom in Seattle, he wears a loose-fitting, …
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As Woody Allen took the press conference stage for his recent film Coup de Chance, the disgraced filmmaker was given a lengthy standing ovation by the (largely European) media assembled in the room — arguably the most rapturous reception any filmmaker received. It was difficult to watch. During the press …
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French actor and director Mathieu Kassovitz is “worrying” condition after a motorcycle accident in Paris yesterday. Kassovitz, 56, was preparing for a role in an upcoming film when he was “very seriously injured,” according to French media. The actor was taken to a hospital in Kremlin-Bicêtre, according to authorities in …
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Anyone who watched The Osbournes knows that whenever the First Family of Reality Television gets bored, things get weird fast. So rather than let idle hands become the Devil’s hands, the family has decided to use a moment when Ozzy isn’t touring and Sharon is taking a break from TV …
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Steven Tyler, who owns a home in Maui, encouraged fans to visit the Hawaiian island during the opening night of Aerosmith‘s farewell tour over the weekend at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. The singer told the audience not to be afraid to travel there following the recent destructive fire. …
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Ten years ago, The Criterion Collection dropped a dual-format edition of Charlie Chaplin’s City Lights. Included amongst its special features is behind-the-scenes footage of Chaplin forcing his co-star, Virginia Cherrill — a socialite the filmmaker spotted at a boxing match — to act out the scene of her blind flower …
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Nearly seven hours after Electric Zoo‘s gates opened on Sunday and with some three-and-a-half hours left of performances still to come at Randall’s Island in New York, festivalgoers were notified that capacity had been reached. By then, the festival gates were being breached by valid ticket holders who were being …
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Today’s country artists love to namecheck icons like Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, and Waylon Jennings in their songs and during interviews. But sonically, they owe their greatest debt to Jimmy Buffett, whose tropical vibes, beachy imagery, and ocean escapism has shaped the last two decades of mainstream country. Buffett died …
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Not all Republicans are impressed with Donald Trump. New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu bashed the former president, blaming him for the party’s losses in special elections and local elections this year. “Republican school board members… have lost their seats because they felt like they had to constantly answer for being …
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