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Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeA new Bollywood film has been accused of “trivialising” the deaths of millions of Jews killed during the Holocaust.The film Bawaal, directed by filmmaker Nitesh Tiwari and starring actors Janhvi Kapoor and Varun Dhawan, follows the story of a small-town school teacher who agrees to an arranged match with a woman suffering from epilepsy. The couple takes a trip to Europe to visit World…

Oppenheimer has officially crossed the $200 million mark at the box office after opening in theaters on Barbenheimer Friday. Since its early previews, Christopher Nolan’s epic thriller has earned comparisons to some of the greatest biographical films of all time, including The Social Network, Darkest Hour, and more. The film follows the interior life and historic events that shaped physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer from his early research years, through the Trinity Test and beyond. “Prometheus stole fire from the gods and…

Joseph Gordon Levitt has taken aim at the major film and television studios and any other industry considering using artificial intelligence in a new op-ed for the Washington Post titled “AI Should Pay Actors and Trainers.” “I’ve been fascinated with AI for years and as the technology is getting more and more powerful. I’ve just grown really concerned about what it’ll might mean for my industry and honestly not even so much just for my livelihood but people I work with,” the actor told Morning Joe on Wednesday.…

OnePlus's first foldable smartphone has been doing rounds on the Internet for quite some time now. And now, the Chinese smartphone brand has explicitly hinted at the moniker of its first foldable handset on Twitter on July 26. OnePlus, during the Mobile World Congress (MWC) this year confirmed that it is working on a foldable smartphone and assured its release sometime in the third quarter. The Pete Lau-led company also gave us a glimpse of the foldable at its OnePlus 11 launch event. The upcoming handset is expected to…

It started in April, with the Barbie x Ruggable washable rugs. By May, Barbie had a low-calorie pink lemonade, limited-edition fuschia Xbox controllers and a line of “on-chain virtual collectibles” designed to “help women access Web3.0”. Soon, Barbie was on Gap apparel, Starbucks cups, Superga shoes and Funboy pool floats; she was at Primark, Bloomingdales, a dedicated Amazon store, two pop-up cafes in New York and Chicago, an immersive museum in Los Angeles and a Barbie boat cruise around the Boston Harbor.By July, the…

Realme has not realeased a fully-fledged flagship since January 2022, but such a device is in the works, said Digital Chat Station on their Weibo profile. The new top-tier smartphone will be called GT5 Pro and will have a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset. There is also a vanilla GT5 in the works which will be official this year and will stick to the current best chip Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. Realme’s current most powerful smartphone globally is the GT3 with its Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 and 240W charging. However, at least on paper,…

Welcome to “This Week in Latin Music,” a collection of hot, fiery hot, and diablo takes on the week that was in our special corner of the musical landscape. Why did Bad Bunny drop a song called “K-Pop” with Travis Scott and The Weeknd? It’s a release created in SEO heaven: three of the buzziest playboys in music record a song and name it after one of the hottest genres in the world. Then, presto, change-o — you got an instant hit. Right?Featuring Bad Bunny and The Weeknd, “K-Pop” is the latest single from Houston…

The first trailer for Kalki 2989-AD debuted at Comic-Con 2023.Screenshot: Vyjayanthi MoviesHollywood may not be a major force at San Diego Comic-Con this year, but India sure is. In a year where most major American studios were forced to skip the convention without actors to appear on panels, or writers to write upcoming movies, the Indian production company Vyjayanthi Movies stepped in and chose the convention as the place to reveal it’s upcoming mega sci-fi blockbuster.Inspiration Behind Immortal Longings | io9…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeMatt Damon got personal in a recent interview with his Oppenheimer castmates.The 52-year-old Good Will Hunting star plays Lt Leslie Groves Jr, director of the top-secret Manhattan Project in Christopher Nolan’s new J Robert Oppenheimer biopic starring Cillian Murphy as the “father of the atomic bomb”.During a roundtable interview with Nolan, Murphy, and fellow cast members Emily Blunt…

As of this week, Calibri is no longer Microsoft’s default font. Aptos, a sans serif typeface inspired by mid-20th-century Swiss typography, has taken its place. Aptos will start appearing as the new default font across Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Excel today. Tech. Entertainment. Science. Your inbox. Sign up for the most interesting tech & entertainment news out there. By signing up, I agree to the Terms of Use and have reviewed the Privacy Notice. Microsoft announced back in April 2021 that…