Google sued by US artists over AI image generator
GOOGLE has been hit with a new copyright lawsuit in California federal court by a group of visual artists who claimed the Alphabet unit...
Lawsuit over Wall Street’s Fearless Girl statue is settled
NEW YORK — The sculptor who created the Fearless Girl statue that promoted gender diversity on Wall Street has settled a lawsuit by a...
French actor Gerard Depardieu to be tried in October over alleged sexual assaults
PARIS — French actor Gerard Depardieu will be tried next October for alleged sexual assaults against two women during a 2021 film shoot, the...
Pre-roman necropolis unearthed in Italy during excavations
ROME — A pre-Roman necropolis characterized by rich grave artefacts was discovered in southern Italy during excavations for the construction of an electricity power...
This startup with make a statue of your dog for $10,000
FOR ATTENDEES at payment processing company Stripe, Inc.’s annual conference this week, it was impossible to miss: A six-foot Renaissance-style Carrara marble statue of...
Windmill sails fall from Paris cabaret club Moulin Rouge
PARIS — The sails of the landmark red windmill atop the Moulin Rouge, the most celebrated cabaret club in Paris, fell to the ground...
HK Disneyland begins its Marvel season of superheroes
WITH Hong Kong (HK) being as strong a travel destination as ever, Filipino tourists can now check out new Marvel superhero-related offerings at Hong...
FX’s Shōgun, an outstanding historical political drama
FEUDAL Japan has been immortalized time and again in books, plays, and movies, most notably in the jidaigeki (period piece) genre led by the likes of Akira Kurosawa. James Clavell’s sprawling 1975 novel Shōgun is the most influential “East meets West” take on this genre, adapted into a miniseries in 1980, but arguably transformed into its best form in FX’s Shōgun.
Taylor Swift’s Tortured Poets Department dominates US sales and Billboard charts
LOS ANGELES — Pop megastar Taylor Swift sold 2.61 million album and streaming units of The Tortured Poets Department during its first week of...
Entertainment News (04/30/24)
FOR a culinary adventure across borders, Unilever Nutrition and Viu have partnered to bring Secret Ingredient, which stars Sang Heon Lee as rich Korean bachelor Ha-Joon, Julia Barretto as Filipina chef Maya, and Nicholas Saputra as the Indonesian chef Arif.
Planet of the Apes franchise looks to the future with new film Kingdom
LONDON — Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, the latest installment in the science-fiction (sci-fi) franchise, is both a sequel and a prequel,...
Ryan Gosling’s The Fall Guy is a love letter to stunt performers
LONDON — After serving “Kenergy” with Barbie, actor Ryan Gosling turns the spotlight on the movie-makers whose job is to shine on screen while...