Entertainment
Hollywood’s franchise frenzy: More than half of top studios’ 2025 movies are existing IP
A life-size model of the new Marvel Universe movie “Deadpool & Wolverine” authorized by Disney is seen in Shanghai, China, on July 26, 2024. Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images Hollywood’s franchise frenzy is only just beginning. The 2024 box office has been inundated with sequels, prequels and remakes, with the top 10 titles […]
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As Apple enters AI race, iPhone maker turns to its army of developers for an edge
A view of Apple’s new iPhone 16 at an Apple Store on the Regent Street in London, United Kingdom on September 20, 2024. Rasid Necati Aslim | Anadolu | Getty Images As Apple prepares Apple Intelligence to jump into Silicon Valley’s AI race, it’s relying on one of its strongest advantages: Its army of 34 […]
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Meta, challenging OpenAI, announces new AI model that can generate video with sound
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg holds a smartphone, as he makes a keynote speech at the Meta Connect annual event, at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California, U.S. September 25, 2024. Manuel Orbegozo | Reuters Facebook owner Meta announced on Friday it had built a new AI model called Movie Gen that can create realistic-seeming […]
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Ubisoft shares skyrocket 30% after report Tencent, Guillemot family considering buyout
The Ubisoft logo displayed during the Brand Licensing Europe at ExCel London on September 24, 2024. John Keeble | Getty Images Shares of French video game publisher Ubisoft surged over 30% on Friday after a media report that Tencent and the firm’s founding Guillemot family are considering a potential buyout of the company. Bloomberg News […]
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Starlink to end the days of spotty Wi-Fi on planes, says Air New Zealand CEO
The days of spotty — or worse, no — Wi-Fi on airplanes are numbered, said Air New Zealand CEO Greg Foran. Reliable and fast Wi-Fi will become “ubiquitous” on full-service carriers, he told “Squawk Box Asia” Friday. But not just any Wi-Fi will do. As airlines race to entice passengers with fast — and ideally free […]
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Alec Baldwin’s ‘Rust’ to debut at Camerimage Festival three years after on-set death
In this image from video released by the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office, Alec Baldwin stands in costume and speaks with investigators following a fatal shooting on a movie set in Santa Fe, N.M. Special prosecutors said Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023, that they will seek to recharge actor Baldwin with involuntary manslaughter in a 2021 […]
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MLS partners with OneFootball in push to expand global audience
Lionel Messi #10 of Inter Miami controls the ball during the second half of the game against St. Louis City at Chase Stadium on June 01, 2024 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Megan Briggs | Getty Images Major League Soccer is teaming up with German digital media platform OneFootball to provide highlights, stats and other content […]
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EchoStar to sell Dish to DirecTV, combining major pay-TV providers
Hamid Akhavan, EchoStar CEO, speaking on CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” on Sept. 30, 2024. CNBC EchoStar is selling its Dish TV provider and digital business Sling to rival DirecTV in a deal announced Monday that brings together two of the largest pay-TV providers, and sent EchoStar shares plunging 10%. DirecTV agreed to pay a […]
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‘Golden Week’ bookings show Chinese travel preferences are evolving
Outbound travel from China is set to receive a much-anticipated jolt as “Golden Week” bookings show changes in where and why Chinese people are traveling. Buoyed by falling airfares, Chinese travelers are booking more overseas trips for the National Day holiday period, which extends from Oct. 1 to 7, according to Fliggy, a major travel […]
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Maggie Smith, Oscar-winning actor known from Harry Potter and ‘Downton Abbey,’ has died at age 89
Maggie Smith, the masterful, scene-stealing actor who won an Oscar for “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” in 1969 and gained new fans in the 21st century as the dowager Countess of Grantham in “Downton Abbey” and Professor Minerva McGonagall in the Harry Potter films, died Friday. She was 89. Smith’s sons, Chris Larkin and […]
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