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We knew things would get dramatic onscreen in the upcoming Wicked movie adaptation, but filming on the much-anticipated musical took a turn for the theatrical behind the scenes when a relationship scandal rocked the production. As you well know, Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo are playing the main witches— Glinda and Elphaba, respectively—for the film, leading a stacked Wicked cast that also includes Bridgerton's Jonathan Bailey, screen legend Michelle Yeoh and Saturday Night Live funnyman Bowen Yang. Despite that star…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Research in the International Journal of Public Sector Performance Management has investigated workplace happiness and its impact on productivity within and outside the information technology sector in Delhi. Their findings shed light on the significant impact of workplace happiness on employee engagement and emphasize its universal relevance. …

Screenshot: OpenAIPart of OpenAI’s success comes through funding from a multibillion-dollar partnership with Microsoft. It wasn’t long before the aging tech behemoth launched its own AI-powered tools in the form of a new chat feature on its unloved search engine Bing.Bing Chat (launched renamed Microsoft co-pilot) launched in February 2023. In its first few days on the market, it went completely off the rails. Bing told users it was alive, shared its plans for world domination, used racial slurs, and tried to convince a…

Name: KLF Kare.Age: Zero; it just launched.Appearance: Unclear.Can’t you try to describe it? “KLF Kare is a multinational franchise that provides branding solutions for independently owned care homes.”There, that wasn’t so hard. What does it mean? No idea.So is it care homes, or branding solutions, or some kind of franchise business? Ask the KLF.The what now? The musical and artistic partnership of Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty, who as the KLF became the world’s biggest-selling singles act in 1991, before abruptly…

The Prince of Darkness has high hopes that he will be able to have a last hurrah, in spite of his unstable health status.In February, Ozzy Osbourne canceled his spring tour stops in Europe while marking four years since a major accident that damaged his spine and resulted in a life-altering operation last year that removed and realigned pins in his neck and back. The former Black Sabbath frontman said that he was “not physically capable” of dealing with the grueling travel that touring entails.Osbourne announced in July…

Three New Brunswickers are enjoying an astronomical surprise: an asteroid has been named after them.It's called Mipach — using the first two letters from the names of Saint Johners Mike Powell, Paul Owen and Chris Curwin."I saw the email and the other two guys hadn't seen it yet. So I was frantically on the phone and messaging them back and forth, getting them to take a look. So it was just overwhelming," Curwin said.The asteroid is 6.37 kilometres in diameter and resides in the main belt, between the orbit of Mars and…

ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Expedition 70 Commander Andreas Mogensen gets ready for the Christmas season and poses for a fun portrait wearing a Santa Claus hat. Credit: NASAAll seven members of the Expedition 70 crew spent Wednesday continuing its space biology research and maintaining the upkeep of the International Space Station (ISS). The orbital septet will also observe the Thanksgiving holiday and share a traditional turkey meal aboard the space laboratory.Astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli, Satoshi Furukawa,…

In almost all major Google events in 2023, we saw the company come out and drop a subtle line asking Apple to support its RCS, or Rich Communication Services messages. RCS chat is seen as the next step in carrier-supported messaging and the successor to SMS. And after all those ‘wink and smile' moments directed at Apple, the Cupertino-based tech giant has finally announced support for RCS in iPhones starting in 2024. But, there's a catch! When Google made those pleas, it was also to ask Apple to end the green vs blue…

Every actor has roles they regret taking, but few are as open about their dislike of a project as Gwyneth Paltrow. In 2020 she was quizzed about her “least favorite performance” and didn’t even hesitate before dubbing one movie a “disaster”. This is 2001’s Shallow Hal, a romantic comedy starring Paltrow opposite Jack Black. The concept is that Black plays a man hypnotized into seeing a person’s inner beauty, leading him to fall in love with a 300lb woman who he believes resembles the skinny Paltrow. Shallow Hal has not…

In the realm of horror comedy, two stand-out films have recently made their mark: Happy Death Day and Freaky, both directed by Christopher Landon. Landon's imaginative approach to the slasher genre has cultivated a dedicated fanbase for both movies. Interestingly, the co-screenwriter of the latter movie pitched a crossover between the two properties. While this mashup didn't materialize, he has another pitch for an epic Avenger-level horror movie crossover, and it's an idea that I love even more.Writer Michael Kennedy,…