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Emma Mackey has revealed that Russell Brand gave her an unusual nickname on the set of the 2022 mystery film Death on the Nile.The movie, directed by Kenneth Branagh, is based on the 1937 Agatha Christie novel, and follows sleuth Hercule Poirot’s Egyptian holiday aboard a glamorous river steamer, which turns into a hunt for a killer when a picture-perfect couple’s idyllic honeymoon is tragically cut short.In it, Mackey played Jacqueline “Jackie” de Bellefort, the scorned lover of Armie Hammer’s Simon Doyle, while Brand…

My Best Friend's Wedding was a charming romantic comedy hit when it was released in 1997. It's okay if you don't remember the almost three-decades-old film because, if you ask Russell Crowe, the film's director barely does. Or at least, according to the actor, he has a skewed memory of the pre-production process. In a recent interview, director P.J. Hogan asserted that he initially wanted Crowe in the part of the best friend and romantic lead, playing opposite Julia Roberts. Hogan, however, claimed that Crowe gave a poor…

SAN FRANCISCO — Deb JJ Lee built a career in illustration on Instagram, one colorful comic at a time. Some of the comics that Lee, 26, posted on the photo-sharing site told stories about fantastical worlds; others meditated on Lee’s experiences as a Korean American. Without Instagram, Lee, who uses they/them pronouns, said they would not be illustrating graphic novels and publishing picture books. But seven years, hundreds of posts and tens of thousands of followers later, Lee’s relationship with Instagram has cooled —…

Shaquille O'Neal attends the second preseason NBA game between Atlanta Hawks and Milwaukee Bucks at Etihad Arena on October 8, 2022 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. "If you invest in things, it's going to change people's lives, you will definitely get a nice return," the previous NBA star recalled Bezos sharing in a tech conference in Vegas.Francois Nel | Getty Images Sport | Getty ImagesNBA legend Shaquille O'Neal shared an investment principle he heard from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, which he says has inspired his…

As Google gears up to launch the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro, it’s worth noting that the company’s Pixel line has never been more in the spotlight. Despite never selling as much as Samsung, Xiaomi, or even OnePlus, there’s always been a — shall we say — outsized amount of coverage dedicated to these phones relative to how much they’ve sold. Intended to be the iPhones of Android, Google has been working to get the Pixel attention that befits that status. The Pixel 6 finally got Google the attention it wanted, and now the…

Gautam Adani has had a very good year.The Indian billionaire briefly surpassed Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to become the second-richest person in the world in September, according to Bloomberg. He's now ranked as the world's fourth wealthiest person.Outside Southeast Asia, Adani is hardly a household name. That might be changing now that he's richer than Microsoft founder Bill Gates and iconic investor Warren Buffett."The kind of rise that you have seen is truly phenomenal and probably unprecedented in the world that in…

Pros Lovely AMOLED display Elegant, refined squircle design Well-supported Fitbit ecosystem Free six months of Fitbit Premium service Cons Minimal app selection, no third-party apps No Google Assistant $299 price is not the most competitiveAfter Google purchased Fitbit, we expected changes ahead. And with the upcoming Pixel Watch, there should be boundaries between it and the best Fitbit. The Fitbit Sense 2 moves forward with the hardware and backward with the software, in comparison with the original Fitbit…

Pros Vivid detailed picture Neural Quantum Processor upscales content to 8K Automatic brightness adjustment for dim and bright environments Cons Very expensive at $2,799 Some console connectivity issues Computer hub separate from TVThe QN800B TV is for those that want the very best in their living rooms or want a future-proof television system. When you get the opportunity to test out Samsung's 65-inch QN800B 8K QLED TV, you do not hesitate to check out an 8K picture. Such was the case about a month ago when…

Ahead of the Sept. 30 release of his new album Entergalactic, Kid Cudi sat down with Rolling Stone to share details about his 10th studio effort.In an interview with the magazine, Cudi opened up about what inspired him to join forces with Netflix for an animated series of the same name, which premieres alongside the album.“I was tired of making albums. I was bored of it,” he explained. “I was bored of having an album, dropping two music videos, and then that’s it. I was tired of the same old thing. And I was like if I’m…

In one of the more unusual experiments we've seen recently, researchers attached a large pair of cartoonish googly eyes to the front of a small, self-driving vehicle – and it turns out that this kind of anthropomorphic tweak could actually improve pedestrian safety.A roving pair of peepers on the front of driverless vehicles could, according to the researchers, give people standing by the road a better idea of whether they've been seen. That's one useful bit of information to have when it comes to determining the perfect…