Executives, marketing professionals, entrepreneurs and creators across the field of film, television and gaming came together for a day of keynote speakers, panels and networking on Thursday for the Variety Entertainment & Technology Summit presented by EY. Industry
In a highly-competitive situation, HBO has given out a straight-to-series order for the drama “The Spread” with Javier Bardem attached to star and executive produce, Variety has confirmed. The project hails from writers Bill Dubuque And Sean Sansiveri, who also executive
“Monkey Play” (“Kurangukali”), the latest project by Indian filmmaker Don Palathara (“1956, Central Travancore,” “Family”), has been selected for the Vancouver Film Festival’s new Business Hub Works-in-Progress program, which showcases up to eight feature-length projects in the
Ancient Chinese authorities used many creative ways to punish people, often with methods designed to mark them for life. One brutal example mentioned repeatedly in historical texts is cutting off a person's nose. However, archaeologists in China have never found skeletal
Despite the rapid development of generative AI and the high level of public interest, the use of AI in the day-to-day work of many employees is not yet the norm. This is the finding of the third wave of the Konstanz AI study, for which a total of 1,105 employees were surveyed
[New Era] New York -- Namibia says the United Nations' adoption of the "Correct the Map" resolution is part of a wider effort to address the historical injustices suffered by Africa and Africans.
Anthropic has said it wants to unlock treatments for rare diseases, and its biology work has gone beyond "in silico" or computer evaluations.
FBI Director Kash Patel temporarily paused cooperation with its counterpart in Canada earlier this month over how the country’s national public broadcaster referred to the September 11 attacks. The New York Times reports that after the Canadian Broadcasting Company reminded its
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) suspended issuing approvals for Flock’s automated license plate reader (ALPR) cameras amid growing security and privacy concerns surrounding the technology. “TxDOT’s role is to review permits to ensure license plate readers are
The T.J. Martell Foundation raised more than $3.2 million for cancer research at its annual New York Honors Gala on Sept. 15 — the most the event has raised in more than two decades. Red Light Management founder Coran Capshaw was presented with the Lifetime Music Industry Award
“The clan of predators currently in charge of the U.S. federal government” are striving to make the world safe for grift, corruption, and theft , with their mob boss president leading the way.
An exploration of the human figure, use of architectural materials, and the perception of space. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Across Two
Gursimran Datla’s Canadian-U.K. production company BetterHalf Films has boarded Andara Fembriarto’s Indonesian animated film “Galeo of the Seawalkers” (“Galeo Anak Segara”). The title is among the selected projects at the upcoming Vancouver International Film Festival’s newly
Brandy Clark returns this weekend with “American Roots,” her first new single in more than three years — and, incidentally her first since the New York Times named her one of the 30 greatest living American songwriters earlier this year. On the surface, it’s one of the
The ending and post-credits scene in Marvel's Wolverine sets up a sequel, spin-off, and potential DLC, with Apocalypse as the bad guy.
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Douglas Seiler painstakingly sourced papyrus and reed pens from Egypt and traditional lampblack ink from Japan, then paid some high school students to inscribe the papyrus with lines from Star Wars and the Bible and a quote from the '60s sci-fi TV show The Outer Limits.
People with power are more quickly singled out as the culprit when something goes wrong but it is unclear who made the mistake. That is shown by a series of studies by researchers at the University of Amsterdam. In one, they analyzed almost 100,000 everyday conflicts on the
Paramount is circling release dates for two horror sequels: the new “Crawl” movie starring Mason Gooding and Emily Rudd, and “Heart Eyes 2.” The yet-to-be-titled “Crawl” sequel is set for July 16, 2027. Alexandre Aja — who directed the 2019 horror thriller, which was a breakout
"He felt that she was sane when she did it. And that's exactly what he told me," Marcel recalled.
Don't worry, we're not going to try to make you pay attention every time one of the BlackPink girls releases a solo track. But if one of them happens to make a banger, you might want to know about that. Rosé, the New Zealand-born BlackPink member, has made at least one banger
Expanding its industry ambitions this year, the Vancouver International Film Festival, as part of its newly established Institute for the Moving Image, has announced its slate of eight first-ever Works in Progress (WIP), alongside eight international co-productions. These
Elevation Pictures has boarded as Canadian theatrical distributor Jason Lapeyre’s World War II hybrid documentary “The Auschwitz Volunteer,” the true story of Witold Pilecki, a Polish soldier who volunteers to go to a Nazi prison camp and start a resistance movement from the
Zach Cregger’s movie is more an adaptation of the experience of playing Resident Evil than the story of Raccoon City
A Wendy's franchisee that operates 314 of the fast food company's restaurants in 15 states announced Friday that it will be filing for bankruptcy.
On her new album Fools for the Fleeting , the Nashville songwriter prioritizes in-person human interaction: "I want a connection beyond this rectangular box that we’re staring at"
Sept 18 (Reuters) - More US troops have died during the war with Iran than the Pentagon has publicly disclosed, the Washington Post reported on Friday, citing six US officials familiar with theDefense Department's internal casualty accounting data. There have been at least 22
The demise of the Kennedy Center began with Donald Trump. Tax documents obtained by Zeteo Friday disprove the president’s repeated claims that he “saved” the revered arts center from financial collapse, and instead illustrate that Trump’s intimate involvement in the building’s
A large share of Americans say President Trump is to blame for the current economic conditions facing the nation, including high inflation and affordability concerns, according to a new survey. The Politico/Public First poll, released Thursday, found that 43 percent of
A new review of the Silicon Valley Bank collapse found Federal Reserve supervisory staff “knew or should have known” about the institution’s vulnerabilities, Michelle Bowman, the Fed's vice chair for supervision, said Friday. The initial findings from an outside consulting
The European Union has committed to achieving climate neutrality by 2050, a process that will require rapid and substantial reductions in greenhouse gas emissions across all economic sectors.
Seeing a bachelor's thesis published in a scientific journal is relatively uncommon. For three theses linked to the same research group to result in scientific publications within just three months is downright rare. Yet that is exactly what has happened in Elsebeth Schröder's
Reacher star Alan Ritchson is in talks to become the Helldivers movie's leading man.
The purpose of this blog post its to get you to listen to Yaphet , the new album from Philadelphia indie rapper Curly Castro. In most cases, the headline of the post would just be something about how that album exists. But a prospective reader might be more likely to click
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger ordered the state government to take steps that could empower local communities to have a larger say in data center development and slow down approvals in a state that is already home to the data center capital of the world. Executive Order 22
Gerrit Graham, an actor, screenwriter and songwriter who co-wrote a song for The Grateful Dead, died on Tuesday in Rhinebeck, N.Y. He was 77. He suffered from lung disease, among other ailments. Graham began his career starring alongside Robert De Niro in early Brian de Palma
World War Z was a box office hit in 2013. A sequel was planned, but never materialized. Now, Brad Pitt is set to return for a new zombie movie.
During a recent stockholder meeting, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick quibbled about a question
US District Judge Leonie Brinkema’s 106-page decision ordered Google to share more data about its ad auctions with publishers and appoint an independent antitrust monitor to police its business practices, among other changes. The order was unsealed roughly two weeks after
The film from 'No Other Land' directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, has generated backlash and acclaim since its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival.
Vice President Vance zeroed in on Iowa Democratic gubernatorial nominee Rob Sand during a rally in Council Bluffs on Friday, saying he is too far left to lead the state. Sand is leading in several polls in the contest to succeed Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) in November. In a roughly
Officials who spoke with The Post expressed frustration that the additional loss of life in the Middle East is not reflected in the Defense Department’s casualty database.
A wildly inaccurate U.S. military intelligence report produced with artificial intelligence almost started World War III, CNN reported Friday. In the spring, U.S. military officials launched an operation to intercept a Chinese ship they believed was transporting nuclear weapons
Anthropic's chatbot Claude is leading more than a quarter of the artificial intelligence (AI) firm's research and development efforts, the company revealed Thursday. The report marks the latest sign of AI's growing capabilities within the development space itself, building on
Strauss Zelnick was asked about GTA 6 on PC during Take-Two's recent annual meeting.
Last year, multi-city punk-rock festival series Punk In The Park caught heat after it was discovered that Cameron Collins, the owner of Brew Ha Ha Productions, had donated to Donald Trump's 2024 presidential campaign. The Dropkick Murphys said they wouldn't play the festival
Physicists at UC Santa Barbara have extended the search for evidence of microscopic black holes produced at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). The formation of these tiny, fleeting objects at the LHC represents one way
One evening in August 2025, a Pakistani shepherd, Abuzar Hussain, was tending sheep and goats on the mountain slopes of Shijar. At about 6 p.m., a thunderous roar shattered the silence of the valley.
In this guide, we explain if there is romance in Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave and how to unlock the paired ending with Eshmel.
The International Atomic Energy Agency said it has been informed of the strike on the Kursk nuclear power plant and said it was not on fire despite being operational at the time