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China’s fluid humanoid stuns – but US still rules robot brains
CHINESE EV maker XPeng wowed audiences with its latest humanoid robot, Iron, at a recent launch. Compared with last year’s somewhat…
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Paramount, Comcast and Netflix submit bids for Warner Bros Discovery: source
The bids represent the first step in the possible sale of all or part of the century-old Hollywood studio Warner Bros Discovery has…
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“Wicked: For Good” Is Very, Very Bad
As part of an anti-Wicked Witch of the West smear campaign, Morrible tries to ensnare the loyalties of Elphaba’s closest ex-classmates:…
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Deutsche Bank warns of Japan capital flight in echo of UK crisis
Concerns over Takaichi’s spending plans have sent government bond yields to multi-decade highs and the yen has weakened to its lowest…
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Chelsea 1-1 Barcelona: Blues left to rue missed opportunity in Champions League draw
Having suffered plenty of past heartache at Barcelona's expense, Chelsea may have ordinarily celebrated a 1-1 draw with them in the…
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Women's Champions League Highlights: Chelsea 1-1 Barcelona
Chelsea draw with European giants Barcelona in a pulsating encounter at Stamford Bridge as both sides maintain their unbeaten records in…
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Billy Corgan’s Opera Commission Gets Styles From House of Gilles and Simon Ungless
In what might be an example of prismatic partnerships, Friday’s premier of “A Night of Mellon Collie and Infinite Sadness” at the Lyric…
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Christiani Pitts Brings ‘Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)’ Home to Broadway
In the opening scene of “Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York),” lifelong New Yorker Robin gets to see her hometown through the…
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‘A Fox Under a Pink Moon’ Wins at IDFA, Artistic Director Talks Sensitive Political Times: ‘It Makes You Have a Certain Care for How You Say Things’
Two Iranian films have been crowned the main winners of the 38th edition of IDFA, with Mehrdad Oskouei’s “A Fox Under a Pink Moon” taking…
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‘Christmas in Nashville’ NBC Special Sets Lineup, Host Trisha Yearwood (EXCLUSIVE)
“Christmas in Nashville,” a country music holiday special airing on NBC, has unveiled its lineup and host, three-time Grammy winner Trisha…
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Generosity Beats Transactions In Building Community
Community isn’t built on scorecards. It’s built on showing up. My take is simple: give without keeping tabs, and you’ll create a network…
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Why MLB is suddenly betting big on NBC and Netflix
If the football games, boxing matches, and comedy specials weren’t indication enough that Netflix is making a bold move for the live…
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‘It Ends With Us’ Author Colleen Hoover Is ‘Almost Embarrassed to Say I Wrote’ the Book After Blake Lively-Justin Baldoni Legal Battle
Colleen Hoover isn’t happy with how it ended. Hoover, who wrote the bestseller “It Ends With Us,” has addressed the controversy…
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Chadwick Boseman’s Star Gets a Prime Spot on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: ‘A Place of Prominence for a King’
On a starry January evening in 2018, Chadwick Boseman stepped out of a black car and onto the royal purple carpet outside the Dolby…
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Telugu Film Industry Celebrated as International Film Festival of India Gets Off to Goan Carnival Start
India’s vibrant Telugu-language film industry, known to the western world for Oscar winner “RRR,” was a dominant presence at the…
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Singdollar stays above S$1 to 120 yen mark
The Singapore dollar stayed above the S$1-to-120 yen mark on Thursday (Nov 20), standing at 120.39 yen as at 6.35pm, after having peaked…
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Fresh high: Singdollar stays above S$1-to-120-yen mark
The Singapore dollar stayed above the S$1-to-120-yen mark on Thursday (Nov 20), standing at 120.39 yen as at 6.35pm, after having peaked…
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IBM, Cisco outline plans for networks of quantum computers by early 2030s
IBM and Cisco Systems on Thursday (Nov 20) said they plan to link quantum computers over long distances, with the goal of demonstrating…
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‘Khartoum’ Co-Director Ibrahim ‘Snoopy’ Ahmad on Filmmaking Amid War, Collective Authorship and the Future of Sudanese Cinema
As the Doha Film Festival launches its inaugural edition, the event marks its debut with a bold gesture: a sweeping Spotlight on Sudan…
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“This World of Tomorrow” and “Oedipus” Dramatize the Power of the Past
To write “Tomorrow,” Hanks and Glossman adapted several of Hanks’s own short stories, primarily “The Past Is Important to Us,” which he…
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Suzannah Mirghani on How Thessaloniki Winner ‘Cotton Queen’ Shines a Light on Sudanese Culture: ‘There’s a Sense of Being Seen’
As the Doha Film Festival opens its inaugural edition with a robust Spotlight on Sudanese cinema and music, the program arrives at a…
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India’s WAVES Film Bazaar Kicks Off With New Cash Grant
The 56th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) kicked off the 19th edition of its industry market — now rebranded as WAVES Film…
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UBS appoints Kwa Chong Seng as chairman for Singapore, South-east Asia
UBS has appointed corporate heavyweight Kwa Chong Seng as chairman for Singapore and South-east Asia, beginning from Dec 1. In this newly…
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Premier League: The decline of the open-play goal
The 301 goals scored in 110 games so far averages out at 2.74 goals per game, which if it continued for the whole season would be the…