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Luke Larsen / Digital Trends Intel’s rebranding of its processors was a big deal. The change from Core i5 to Core Ultra 5 was more than just a rebrand — it was supposed to signal a shift to a new era for Intel. That’s why the announcements around 14th-gen Raptor Lake Refresh HX at CES 2024 are so unfortunate. These 55-watt chips will be appearing in gaming laptops of all kinds next year — everything from the Razer Blade 16 to the Lenovo Legion 7i. If you’re going to do a rebrand, you have to put all your eggs in…

Taylor Swift won’t tolerate jokes about her NFL star beau Travis Kelce, not even at the Golden Globes. Despite the celebratory atmosphere at the annual award show, things got awkward when host Jo Koy, 52, made a jest about Taylor Swift's personal life while acknowledging her presence at the star-studded event. Seated alongside Miles Teller's wife, Keleigh Sperry, the singer maintained a serious expression as the comedian commented on her presence at NFL games. Even her bestie, Selena Gomez looked quite bored and…

Taking place at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, USA, the 81st Golden Globe Awards was marked by two new categories: "Cinematic and Box Office Achievement" and "Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy on Television," the Barbenheimer phenomenon, and, of course, all the glitz and glam brought on by celebrities’ lavish outfits.Cillian Murphy was awarded Best Actor for Best Performance in a Motion Picture in a Drama for his portrayal of J. Robert Oppenheimer in Oppenheimer. Meanwhile, Lily Gladstone won best…

Screenshot: Marvel/Disney+Of all the weird moments and choices in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, the Illuminati scene might be the one that most made us wonder “wait... what just happened?” Patrick Stewart, Professor X himself, brought the X-Men into the Marvel Cinematic Universe in Sam Raimi’s 2022 sequel, but filming his cameo sounds like a “what just happened” situation all its own.Doctor Strange 2's Sam Raimi on America ChavezIn a new interview with Happy Sad Confused host Josh Horowitz—which also covers…

This article gets into some minor spoilers if you haven’t seen Anyone But You, but nothing outside of the realm of the “sexy” shower scene.There’s been a lot of changes made to filming sex scenes on the sets of films and TV shows over the years. Sets are often more closed than they used to be, and intimacy coordinators are brought in to help with "big challenges" and to ensure actors are comfortable with what transpires when the cameras are watching. Of course, this doesn’t mean that every single 'awkward moment' can be…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeCharlie Hunnam has recalled an “awkward” meeting with Star Wars creator George Lucas when he was being considered to play Anakin Skywalker.The part eventually went to Hayden Christensen, who played the villainous character in the 2002 prequel film Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones and its 2005 follow-up Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith.Hunnam, who can currently…

Have you ever spent countless nights awake pondering the correct collective noun for all of your Xbox consoles? Xboxes sound weird, and according to the father of that Microsoft console, there was almost something weirder floating around when the console was being developed. According to Seamus Blackley, who created and designed the original Xbox in 2001, there was a strong argument against keeping the console's internal name of DirectXbox, as the pluralized form of that word was the "most awkward" when…

Stephanie Meyer's Twilight novels became a global sensation in the late 2000s and early 2010s, and the saga of Twilight movie adaptations starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner propelled the series to new heights. The whole world seemed to be divided into Team Jacob or Team Edward camps. The werewolf-vampire rivalry was intense on-screen, but the two heartthrobs off-screen didn't quite form a personal connection either. In a recent podcast appearance, Taylor opens up about the reasons behind his…

On a good morning, Brittany Howard wakes up and decides who she wants to be. She will come up with a character, select clothes to match and pick some corresponding music. Today, clutching her recently neutered puppy, Wilma, the character seems to be “teacher who lives on the French Riviera”: she’s in white trousers, a white top and a blue work shirt with a hat which says Women Love Me, Fish Fear Me. Another recent character was a tractor-driving fan of the country singer Luke Bryan. “I had my camo Crocs on and…

After a weekend of chaos at OpenAI, the company’s board of directors appointed former Twitch boss Emmett Shear interim CEO late Sunday. It was just the latest in a string of tumultuous changes at the AI company following Friday’s ouster of CEO Sam Altman, and left many wondering what kind of CEO Shear would be, why the board chose him, and how much he would differ from Altman.Shear was one of four co-founders of Justin.tv, launched in 2006. In June 2011, the site moved its gaming content to its new platform Twitch, which…