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Foraying into the self-driven professional chapter of her life by launching her directorial debut, The Heart, at the Sundance Film Festival, Malia Obama sought to be seen as her own person. However, the reviews of her short film weren't as heartwarming as one could've foreseen. PARK CITY, UTAH - JANUARY 18: Malia Ann Obama attends the "The Heart" Premiere at the Short Film Program 1 during the 2024 Sundance Film Festival at Prospector Square Theatre on January 18, 2024 in Park City, Utah. Dia Dipasupil/Getty…

Christopher Nolan is arguably on track this year to finally win the Academy Award for Best Director for his blockbuster biopic Oppenheimer—he's been nominated five times before, including for his devastating war drama Dunkirk. However, that doesn't mean the famed filmmaker doesn't often find himself on the receiving end of criticism. While accepting the Best Director prize from the New York Film Critics Circle on Thursday, January 4, Nolan spoke about the "complex emotional relationship" he has with critics of his films…

Christmas gift shopping is a daunting task, but the challenges don’t end with the last receipt. You also need to wrap them.It might not sound that terrifying if you have only a couple of pieces to put under the tree, but Reddit user Rosexknight has 4 in-laws as well as 10 nieces and nephews who she spends the holidays with!Naturally, the woman streamlines the whole process to save herself the trouble. However, the presents don’t always end up looking the same and she overheard the relatives saying that it’s because she…

Cryptoeconomics is the use of game theory, cryptographic proofs and computer science to guarantee future economic outcomes. It has been used to theorize protocol development and user experiences in ways that assume that people are profit maximizing individualists. Distributed ledger technologies and decentralized consensus protocols are too important for people and planet to leave to the interests of self-interest and profit-maximization.Read All Cryptoeconomics is the use of game theory, cryptographic proofs and…

The photo I uploaded to Ratliffe's GPT. Maria Diaz/ZDNETArtificial intelligence is a powerful tool, especially in its generative form. However, I'm partial to thinking people often take the technology too seriously. While there are fears that generative AI can take over some jobs, it can be an outstanding tool for work and fun, as photographer Trey Ratcliff proves.Ratcliff created a custom GPT bot to critique photos that users upload, complete with his personality and humor. Ratcliff trained the bot on over 5,000 of…

The photo I uploaded to Ratliffe's GPT. Maria Diaz/ZDNETArtificial intelligence is a powerful tool, especially in its generative form. However, I'm partial to thinking people often take the technology too seriously. While there are fears that generative AI can take over some jobs, it can be an outstanding tool for work and fun, as photographer Trey Ratcliff proves.Ratcliff created a custom GPT bot to critique photos that users upload, complete with his personality and humor. Ratcliff trained the bot on over 5,000 of…

It’s hard to imagine a stranger pairing: Lindsay Anderson, the pioneering director acclaimed for his provocative leftwing critiques of postwar Britain, and Wham!, the young pop duo behind Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go and Last Christmas.Yet the two parties came together in 1985, when Anderson, then 61, was hired to direct a documentary about George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley’s groundbreaking tour of China, which made the 21- and 22-year-olds the first western pop act to play in the country.The collaboration ended in tears.…

When Angela Bassett learned she didn’t win at the 2023 Oscars on Sunday, she didn’t make a scene. There was no fit, there were no tears.Instead, the “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” star kept a blank face and slowly turned her head as fellow nominees applauded winner Jamie Lee Curtis. But some Twitter users felt her subtle reaction made her a “sore loser.”“Bassett is a fantastic actress. A shame she didn’t continue performing tonight and applaud when Jamie Lee won,” wrote Twitter user @SPisacreta. “Everyone wants to win.…

via Warner Bros. No matter how much people dislike 2011’s infamous Green Lantern – which is an awful lot given its status as both one of the worst comic book adaptations of the 21st Century and one of the biggest box office bombs of all-time – there can’t be too many people who detest it more than leading man Ryan Reynolds. The actor has made it his mission to verbally eviscerate the diabolical DC disaster anytime the opportunity presents itself, even if both he and director Martin Campbell are in agreement that…

Manga with an emphasis on action and adventure has hit a fever pitch in popularity, as evidenced by 2022's best-selling titles. Current stats see "Jujutsu Kaisen" and "Tokyo Revengers" topping the charts (via DualShockers). With their success comes a push to recreate their formula across other entries, something that creates a host of copycats. Something that doesn't always translate to those tiles is Oda's character expressions. He revealed in a Weekly Shonen Jump interview the technique comes from his…