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Actress Drew Barrymore has credited George Clooney for at least one valuable bit of advice. On ‘The Drew Barrymore Show’ this week, the actress spoke with ‘Masters of the Air’ stars Austin Butler and Callum Turner. Turner recently starred in the movie ‘The Boys in the Boat’ directed by Clooney, prompting Barrymore to recall working with the Oscar winner, reports People magazine. "So, George Clooney. As an actor, I loved working with him. He saved me from doing things that I…

Wynette and George Jones' daughter accused of violating non-disparagement agreement by serving as consulting producer on 2022 miniseries The estate of Tammy Wynette’s fifth and final husband, George Richey, has sued Showtime and one of Wynette’s daughters over the “villainous” portrayal of Richey in the 2022 miniseries George and Tammy. Richey died in 2010, 12 years after Wynette’s 1998 death. A year after Richey died, Georgette Jones — the daughter of Wynette and fellow country legend George…

Imagine having a dad as famous as George Clooney. He’s been acting for a very long time from looking back on his TV career starting with The Facts of Life to Clooney's  best movies like Ocean’s Eleven and Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? The Oscar winner has tried to tell his twins about how famous he is, but they sadly don’t believe him yet.George Clooney has for a long time said he didn’t want to get married or be a father. Then everything changed when he met human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin through a mutual friend in…

George Carlin’s comedy was both ahead of its time and timeless. Why else would we keep hearing about it more than 15 years after his death in 2008, at age 71?The pantheon-level comic’s political philosophy, as expressed in a 2005 special, fueled a viral anti-Trump ad during the 2020 election. His material on abortion, from 1996, made the rounds a couple summers ago, after the Dobbs decision imperiled Americans’ right to choose. Now, Carlin’s words are shedding light on the way humans interact with technology in…

Who knew that, in 2024, one of the stories with the most twists and turns would be about George Carlin? Okay, it’s not really about George Carlin — it’s about AI, and that makes all of this back and forth make a lot more sense… until we find out that AI wasn’t involved at all.Last week, the creators of the “George Carlin: I’m Glad I’m Dead” AI special were sued by the Carlin estate. The special, which claimed to use AI to write the jokes and perform them in Carlin’s voice, was called “a piece of…

As generative AI (and access to AI tools) continues to grow, expect to see more things like the tumult over “George Carlin: I’m Glad I’m Dead.” Released on (then pulled from) YouTube, it’s framed as an hour of new “material” by the comedian, who died in 2008. Of course, it's not that. It isn't based on old notes or lost routines, either, like recent releases from the Beatles, and George Carlin’s estate has filed a lawsuit against the makers.Initial reports from NPR said the AI was trained on thousands of hours of Carlin…

The estate of George Carlin is suing the media company behind a fake, hour-long comedy special whose creators boasted of using artificial intelligence to re-create the late standup comic’s style and material.The lawsuit filed in federal court in Los Angeles on Thursday asks that a judge order the podcast outlet Dudesy to immediately take down the audio special, George Carlin: I’m Glad I’m Dead, in which a synthesis of Carlin delivers commentary on current events. Carlin died in 2008.Carlin’s daughter, Kelly Carlin, said…

Photo: Mark Junge/Getty Images (Getty Images)Earlier in the month, a comedy special featuring an AI-generated George Carlin showed up on YouTube. The jokes weren’t that great and there were questions about using a dead person’s likeness without permission, and on Thursday, a lawsuit from the legendary comedian’s family made it clear that this isn’t a laughing matter. Like It or Not, Your Doctor Will Use AI | AI UnlockedThe estate of George Carlin filed a suit in California over the “George Carlin: I’m Glad I’m Dead”…

Remember that AI-generated George Carlin special? If not, here’s a quick run-through. Earlier this month, we covered the Dudesy podcast using artificial intelligence to create a new George Carlin comedy special. The special is called “George Carlin: I’m Glad I’m Dead,” and, as of the writing of this article, the video has been viewed over half a million times.At the start of the video, the AI says that it was able to create the special by listening to all of George Carlin’s material and using it to not only…

George Carlin’s estate has filed a lawsuit against the makers of an featuring an AI replica of the comedian, The late comedian’s estate, including his daughter Kelly Carlin, filed the suit in a Los Angeles federal court last night. It claims the online media company that posted the video, Dudesy, violated the performer’s right to publicity and infringed on a copyright.The video’s called “George Carlin: I'm Glad I'm Dead” and features an hour of new “material” by the comedian, who died in 2008. As AI replications go,…