Tag: celebrity
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Is AI a threat to jobs? A ‘Tomb Raider’ affair poses the question
In France, the apparent use of artificial intelligence to clone an actor’s voice for video game character Lara Croft has fans and actors up in arms
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The oldest pipe organ in the Christian world sounds after 800 years of silence
After 800 years of silence, a pipe organ that researchers say is the oldest in the Christian world has roared back to life at a monastery in Jerusalem’s Old City
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Pakistani dating show sparks anger ahead of its debut on YouTube
A new dating show based on “Love Island” featuring Pakistani contestants has sparked controversy in the Muslim-majority country
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Chopin lovers can’t meet their hero, but this pianist got to do the next best thing
The winner of the 2nd Frederic Chopin Competition on Period Instruments all but traveled through time to commune with the Romantic-era piano virtuoso and composer on the day marked as his birthday
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Stories of migration from around the world are longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction
Novels that give voice to the often unheard stories of migrants around the world are among the nominees for the 2024 Women’s Prize for Fiction
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Edward Bond, a playwright who shocked the stage world with ‘Saved,’ dies at 89
British playwright Edward Bond has died at the age of 89
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Taylor Swift struck a deal with Singapore not to perform in any other Southeast Asian country
Taylor Swift is stealing the show at an Asian summit where Singapore’s leader has been forced to defend his tiny country’s lucrative and exclusive concert deal with the singer that could cause bad blood with neighboring nations
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Ammo supplier says he provided no live rounds in fatal shooting of cinematographer by Alec Baldwin
A movie-ammunition supplier has testified at trial that he provided only inert dummy rounds without gunpowder to the Western movie “Rust,” where actor Alec Baldwin fatally shot a cinematographer during a 2021 rehearsal
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A party like no other? Asia’s richest man celebrates son’s prenuptials with a star-studded bash
Tycoons from around the world, heads of state, as well as Hollywood and Bollywood stars have descended on the small western Indian city of Jamnagar, where billionaire industrialist Mukesh Ambani is kickstarting a big fat wedding celebration for his youngest son
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Iranian singer who won Grammy for Mahsa Amini protest anthem is sentenced to prison in Iran
An Iranian singer who won a Grammy presented by U.S. first lady Jill Biden has been sentenced to more than three years in prison over his anthem supporting the 2022 protests over the death of Mahsa Amini