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English-born Canadian actor Chris Gauthier died aged 48 on Friday, February 23. The Once Upon a Time star died from an “unspecified short illness,” his management revealed. On Sunday, a statement confirming the news of his death was shared on Facebook by Chad Colvin of TriStar Appearances/Event Horizon Talent. “We can confirm that our dear friend and client, Chris Gauthier, passed away on Friday morning, February 23, at the age of 48,” the statement reads. Once Upon a Time star Chris Gauthier died at age 48(Getty…

What starts as a pastiche of a classic western – Viggo Mortensen stars as a stranger in a hostile frontier town – takes a sudden swerve into the unexpected when the story baton is passed to a put-upon present-day female cop working a night shift in a Native American reservation. Then, through a magical realist flourish featuring a large bird, the location switches again, this time to the Brazilian jungle some time in the past.This shape-shifting picture from experimental Argentinian director Lisandro Alonso is a formally…

There’s something magical about a device with multiple purposes that you don’t see every day, and that’s what’s happening with the Eureka Dual Washing Bot. This do-it-all machine is actually 4 appliances in 1. At first glance, you might think it’s a washing machine, and you’d be right. It is a washing machine. But it can also dry your clothes in the same drum. Making it a washer and dryer combo. Open up the front-loading door and toss your dirty clothes in, and the Eureka Dual Washing bot will get them nice and clean.…

At a glanceExpert's Rating ProsLightweight, maneuverable, and easy to controlSucks up 90 percent of the dirty water, so the floor dries without leaving a hazeCompetitively pricedConsShort run time on High mode, and you can’t swap out a drained battery for a fresh oneBattery requires 3-6 hours to rechargeEureka could void your warranty for using another maker’s specialty cleaning agentLacks a hard brush head option for scrubbing ground-in dirtOur VerdictEureka! The New400 Wet/Dry Vacuum eliminates the mess and…

At 30 years old, Michelle Kunimoto already has more than 3,000 planet candidates under her belt.Inspired by science fiction and curiosity, the University of British Columbia astronomy graduate is passionate about searching for exoplanets — bodies orbiting stars outside our own solar system.She's currently leading a team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) hunting for them. In 2024, Kunimoto will return to her alma mater as an assistant professor in UBC's department of physics and astronomy."She is an…

Generative artificial intelligence, the technology engine powering the popular ChatGPT chatbot, seems to have a limitless bag of tricks. It can produce on command everything from recipes and vacation plans to computer code and molecules for new drugs.But can AI invent? Legal scholars, patent authorities and even Congress have been pondering that question. The people who answer "yes" - a small but growing number - are fighting a decidedly uphill battle in challenging the deep-seated belief that only a human can invent.…

Generative artificial intelligence, the technology engine powering the popular ChatGPT chatbot, seems to have a limitless bag of tricks. It can produce on command everything from recipes and vacation plans to computer code and molecules for new drugs.But can AI invent? Legal scholars, patent authorities and even Congress have been pondering that question. The people who answer "yes" - a small but growing number - are fighting a decidedly uphill battle in challenging the deep-seated belief that only a human can invent.…

It is the custom now for everyone in the film business to describe film-makers as “storytellers”. But even leaving aside the fact that so many film-makers are not very good at the old-fashioned business of storytelling, the fact is that cinema does not have to be about story, however uncommercial an idea that seems.The Argentinian director Lisandro Alonso is a case in point: his work is challenging and opaque and taken an uncompromisingly andante pace and yes, it is probably destined to be shown at festivals. But it is…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeKazuo Ishiguro how a “eureka moment” in the back of a London taxi resulted in Oscar nominations.The author of books including Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go adapted Akira Kurosawa’s Japanese film Ikiru into a London-set drama titled Living, which was released in 2022.Ishiguro wrote the script, which has been nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay at this year’s Oscars, which…

EUREKA, Calif. —  Beauty drew Brieanne Mirjah D’Souza to Eureka. In 2018, she and her husband — Michigan natives who had been living for a spell in the Bay Area — moved up to this chilly old timber town to build a life beneath the redwoods and by the sea. But last winter, pregnant with her first child, D’Souza began reflecting on this pretty place she would bring her son into.D’Souza, a 32-year-old digital marketer, is of Chinese and West Indian descent. And Humboldt County is very white. As D’Souza’s belly grew and the…