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AI can be as evil as man makes it to be: Keniley-Kumar law firm partner

As an entertainment attorney, he focuses primarily on emerging technologies in the music and entertainment industry

Matthew Perry, Emmy-nominated 'Friends' star dies of apparent drowning

Matthew Perry, who starred as Chandler Bing in the hit series Friends, has died. He was 54. The Emmy-nominated actor was found dead of an apparent drowning at his Los Angeles home Saturday, according to the Los Angeles Times and celebrity website TMZ, which was the first to report the news. Both outlets cited unnamed sources confirming Perry's death. His publicists and other representatives did not immediately return messages seeking comment. Asked by AP to confirm police response to what was listed as Perry's home address LAPD Officer Drake Madison told The Associated Press that officers had gone there "for a death investigation of a male in his 50s. Perry's 10 seasons on Friends made him one of Hollywood's most recognizable actors, starring opposite Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Matt LeBlanc, Lisa Kudrow and David Schwimmer as a friend group in New York. As Chandler, he played a sarcastic yet insecure and neurotic roommate of Joey and Ross, played by LeBlanc and Schwimmer ...

Michael Douglas to get Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award at IFFI 2023

The actor and producer will travel to India for the 54th International Film Festival of India to receive prestigious Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award

Late-night shows return as actors resume talks to end standoff of writers'

Late-night talk shows are returning after a five-month absence brought on by the Hollywood writers strike, while actors will begin talks that could end their own long work walk-off. CBS's The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live! and NBC's The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon were the first shows to leave the air when the writers strike began on May 2, and now will be among the first to return on Monday night. Comedian John Oliver got his first take on the strike out, exuberantly returning Sunday night to his Last Week Tonight show on HBO and delivering full-throated support for the strike. Oliver cheerily delivered a recap of stories from the last five months before turnings serious, calling the strike an immensely difficult time for all those in the industry. To be clear, this strike happened for good reasons. Our industry has seen its workers severely squeezed in recent years, Oliver said. So, the writers guild went to strike and thankfully won. But, it took

Michael Gambon, who played Dumbledore in Harry Potter films, dies at 82

The Irish actor passed away peacefully with his family by his side after suffering from pneumonia

The Hollywood writers strike is over after guild leaders approve contract

Hollywood's writers strike was declared over after nearly five months Tuesday night when board members from their union approved a contract agreement with studios, bringing the industry at least partly back from a historic halt in production. The governing boards of the eastern and western branches of the Writers Guild of America and their joint negotiating committee all voted to accept the deal, two days after the tentative agreement was reached with a coalition of Hollywood's biggest studios, streaming services and production companies. After the vote they declared that the strike would be over and writers would be free to start on scripts at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday. Late-night talk shows the first to go dark when writers walked out on May 2 are likely the first shows that will resume. Scripted shows will take longer to return, with actors still on strike and no negotiations yet on the horizon. The writers still have to vote to ratify the contract themselves in early October, but .

Writers Guild reaches an agreement with Hollywood studios to end strike

Union leaders and Hollywood studios reached a tentative agreement Sunday to end a historic screenwriters strike after nearly five months, though no deal is yet in the works for striking actors. The Writers Guild of America announced the deal in a joint statement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, the group that represents studios, streaming services and production companies in negotiations. WGA has reached a tentative agreement with the AMPTP, the guild said in an email to members. This was made possible by the enduring solidarity of WGA members and extraordinary support of our union siblings who joined us on the picket lines for over 146 days. The three-year contract agreement -- settled on after five marathon days of renewed talks by WGA and AMPTP negotiators that was joined at times by studio executives -- must be approved by the guild's board and members before the strike officially ends. In a longer message from the guild shared by members on social

The Expendables 4 Box Office Collection: The movie fails to perform

The fourth part of The Expendables series couldn't perform well at the box office and collected just $8.3 million on opening weekend. The Expendables 4 hit theatres on September 22, 2023

Barbie re-releasing in IMAX today with post-credit scenes for seven days

Barbie is re-releasing in theatres in IMAX format with post-credit scenes today, September 22. The movie was released on July 21 and became one of the highest-grossing movies of the year

Expendables 4: Check release date, star cast, story overview and more

Expandables 4: The fourth installment of action thriller movie Expendables is finally released today. The movie is directed by Scott Waugh and officially titled 'Expend4bles'

MTV Video Music Awards 2023: Taylor Swift wins nine awards, Check list here

MTV conducted the Video Music Awards last night. Taylor Swift swept the Awards night, she was nominated in eleven categories and won nine awards

The Crown Season 6 set to release later this year, check the latest updates

The Crown Season 6 is set to release later this year, Netflix confirmed. This will be the last season of The Crown, but also the first to wrap after the demise of the Queen Elizabeth II

Warner Bros releases Aquaman 2 teaser, Amber Heard returns in the sequel

Warner Bros released the teaser of its upcoming movie Aquaman 2. The makers also announced that they will release the trailer after four days, i.e., September 14

Hollywood strike stings Warner Bros, profit outlook trimmed by $500 mn

Warner Bros Discovery is cutting its profit expectations for the year, saying it will likely incur costs as high as USD 500 million tied to the ongoing Hollywood writers' and actors' strike. The US film and television industries remain paralysed by the dual strikes. The writers strike began in May and the actors joined them on July 14. Warner Bros Discovery owns HBO and Max, CNN, TNT and a host of other entertainment outlets, including DC Comics. The company said in a regulatory filing that it now expects 2023 adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization to be between USD 10.5 billion to USD 11 billion, down from USD 11 billion to USD 11.5 billion. "While (Warner Bros. Discovery) is hopeful that these strikes will be resolved soon, it cannot predict when the strikes will ultimately end. With both guilds still on strike today, the company now assumes the financial impact to (Warner Bros. Discovery) of these strikes will persist through the end of 2023, the

'Ferrari' movie gets 7.5 min standing ovation at Venice Film Festival

The biopic of racing mogul Enzo Ferrari stars Adam Driver, Penelope Cruz and Shailene Woodley

Michael Jackson Birth Anniversary 2023: Top 10 Albums of Michael Jackson

On August 29, 2023, Michael Jackson would have celebrated his 65th birthday. Known as the 'King of Pop', Micheal's achievements were phenomenal despite having a difficult childhood, and a life full of

Hollywood writers' strike continues: Here's what you need to know

Hollywood writers strike differ in terms of streaming show residuals, AI use, the number of writers required for shows, and employment durations

At Rs 600 cr Chandrayaan-3 costs less than some Hollywood films: Minister

Union Science and Technology Minister Dr Jitendra Singh on Friday said the estimated cost of the Chandrayaan-3 project at Rs 600 crore was lower than the budget of some Hollywood films made on the themes of space and moon. He also said scientific research connected with the project to check availability of hydrogen and oxygen on the surface of the moon is what makes the country's initiative "quite different" from lunar missions of other nations. "The cost of Chandrayaan-3 is merely Rs 600 crore, whereas a Hollywood film on space and moon costs more than Rs 600 crore. I don't see movies often nowadays but I was told by someone that one or two big actors now charge Rs 100 crore per film (in Bollywood), much above the Rs 5-6 lakh a star like Dilip Kumar charged for Devdas," he said. Experiments of Chandrayaan-3 started on Thursday on the surface of the moon and will last for 14 days, the Union minister added. "These experiments would pave way for new scientific research about the moon

Michael Jackson sexual abuse lawsuits revived by Calinfornia appeals court

A California appeals court on Friday revived lawsuits from two men who allege Michael Jackson sexually abused them for years when they were boys. A three-judge panel from California's 2nd District Court of Appeal found that the lawsuits of Wade Robson and James Safechuck should not have been dismissed by a lower court, and that the men can validly claim that the two Jackson-owned corporations that were named as defendants in the cases had a responsibility to protect them. It's the second time the lawsuits brought by Robson in 2013 and Safechuck the following year have been brought back after dismissal. The two men became more widely known for telling their stories in the 2019 HBO documentary Leaving Neverland. A judge who dismissed the suits in 2021 found that that the corporations, MJJ Productions Inc. and MJJ Ventures Inc., could not be expected to function like the Boy Scouts or a church where a child in their care could expect their protection. Jackson, who died in 2009, was

A new snake species named after Harrison Ford, and it's not his first

The new snake was found in the Otishi National Park (ONP) of the Avireri-Vraem Biosphere Reserve in Peru, South America