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4 movies that show key lessons for human-AI relationships
Artificial intelligence isn’t just a technical challenge. It’s a relationship challenge. Every time you give a task to AI, whether it’s…
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Jim Mitchum, ‘Thunder Road’ and ‘Moonrunners’ Actor, Dies at 84
James (Jim) Mitchum, a film and television actor and son of Robert Mitchum who appeared in over 35 titles between 1949 and 1994, died on…
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Awards Season Calendar 2025-2026: Key Dates for the Oscars, Golden Globes, SAG, DGA and More
Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the…
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Oil posts 8% weekly loss on potential Opec+ supply additions
Oil prices settled higher on Friday but posted a weekly loss of 8.1 per cent after news of potential increases to Opec+ supply. Brent…
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How Lionel Richie Mastered the Love Song
Listen and subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Google | Wherever You Listen The celebrity memoir is a form of which I’m reflexively skeptical.…
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Employee Appreciation Gifts That They'll Actually Want
Employees are the life blood of any business. They deserve our thanks for the long hours and hard work they put in so that they can…
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Conservation Must Start With People, Not Just Animals
Flying over the tiny Gombe National Park was a turning point in my understanding of conservation. Below me stretched a landscape that told…
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Man Ray’s Deadpan Wit on Display at the Met
“When Objects Dream,” the sensational Man Ray show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (through Feb. 1), is centered on the artist’s refined…
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“After the Hunt” Is a Pleasurably Ludicrous House of Cards
In Luca Guadagnino’s film, Julia Roberts plays a Yale professor forced to choose sides when a student accuses a colleague of sexual…
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How One Battle After Another Imagines an Armed Left
Among the film’s many departures from the novel, one is that it seems to be set approximately in the present—at least to judge from the…
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From mala to mall: 5 ways Singaporeans are swiping more in Johor
Transactions are up sharply even as the average ticket size dips, suggesting consumers are crossing the Causeway more often and buying…
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China trials ‘energy-saving’ underwater data centres
Undersea servers are kept at a low temperature by ocean currents, rather than the energy-intensive air cooling or water evaporation…
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Indonesia starts construction of 92 megawatt floating solar plant
The country plans to add 42.6 gigawatts of renewable energy, almost 61% of the additional power it plans to raise, to its grid by 2034…
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What to See in the 2025 New York Film Festival’s Second Week
When I’m looking at what’s on offer in the Revivals section of the New York Film Festival—and, for that matter, whenever I see a…
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Oil falls 2% to four-month lows on oversupply concerns
Oil prices settled down about 2 per cent at the lowest in four months on Thursday (Oct 2), extending a run of declines into a fourth day,…
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Top DHS Official Threatens Bad Bunny Fans Over Super Bowl Show
Donald Trump’s political associates don’t want immigrants to feel safe at the Super Bowl. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will be in…
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Fake actor deepens anxiety over AI in Hollywood
Scary. Terrifying. Deeply misguided. Those were among the visceral reactions this week from Emily Blunt, Whoopi Goldberg, Natasha Lyonne…
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Mikayla Nogueira to Be Honored at BeautyCares DreamBall 2025
BeautyCares DreamBall, the annual event benefiting Look Good Feel Better, has revealed its lineup of honorees. Mikayla Nogueira, the…
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Exploring the Intricacies of Memory with Ada Limón
The poet Ada Limón—whose latest collection, “Startlement,” went on sale this week—recently bought and moved back into her childhood home,…
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Jane Goodall, Iconic Chimpanzee Expert Who Was Subject of Dozens of Films, Dies at 91
Jane Goodall, the world’s foremost expert on chimpanzees whose work was captured in more than 40 documentaries, died Wednesday in…
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‘Bill and Ted’ Stars Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter on Bringing Their Buddy Act to Broadway, Studying Clowns for ‘Waiting for Godot’ and More
They partied with Napoleon and Socrates, foiled murderous robots from the future and outwitted Death himself. Now Keanu Reeves and Alex…
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ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2025: Australia start title defence with win
Ash Gardner struck a superb lower-order century as Australia began the defence of their Women's World Cup title with an 89-run victory…
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Variety’s Screenwriters to Watch for 2025 Include Scribes Behind ‘Ma 2,’ ‘Supergirl’ and ‘KPop Demon Hunters’
It all starts with the script, and Variety has selected just 10 of the up-and-coming wordsmiths to celebrate in their Screenwriter to…
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Claudia and Jackie Oshry’s Podcast ‘The Toast’ Lands Massive Three-Year Deal to Stay at Dear Media (EXCLUSIVE)
Following a heated bidding war, Dear Media prevailed in keeping Claudia and Jackie Oshry’s juggernaut podcast “The Toast” in its fold.…