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James Cameron Is Writing a New Terminator, But A.I. Keeps Growing

Is another Witcher spinoff on the way? Terry Matalas won’t stop talking about his plans for a potential Star Trek: Legacy spinoff. Could another familiar Clone Wars face return for Ahsoka? Plus, what’s coming on the final season of Nancy Drew. Spoilers, away!“It’s Hard Not to Make Your Own Special Effect Noises When You’re Doing Action” | io9 InterviewTerminator 7During a recent appearance at the Dell Tech World conference, James Cameron stated he’s writing a new Terminator movie, but reportedly “wants to see” how recent

Khalid Joins Growing Criticism of AI-Generated Tracks

Khalid is expressing his concerns over the recent virality of AI-generated tracks.Speaking with a TMZ paparazzo over the weekend, Khalid was asked about the wave of recent AI-generated sounds emulating Drake’s voice, specifically whether he would be okay with someone doing the same with his voice.“I have mixed feelings about it,” he explained. “I feel like AI is definitely going to be a helpful tool and it’s one of those things that you can’t escape. Hopefully, you know, I get to still have my job for a long time.”When…

Essay: Food, death and the state of the nation in Khalid Jawed’s novels

Man cannot get away from food as apart from being requisite nourishment, cultural practices, myths and rituals sustain the partaking of it. Does the desire for food trigger sensory undercurrents that reverberate with ambition, passion, pleasure, jealousy, insecurities and identity? Is the kitchen a repository of delight and contentment or a site for lewdness and heinous crimes? These are the questions that Urdu author Khalid Jawed examines in Nemat Khana. Translated into English by Baran Farooqi as The Paradise of Food,…

Marshmello, Khalid and Panic! at the Disco to Perform – The Hollywood Reporter

Anitta, J Balvin with Ryan Castro, Marshmello x Khalid and Panic! at the Disco are set to perform at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards. The show will be broadcast live from Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., on Sunday, Aug. 28, at 8 p.m. ET/PT. Anitta will make her VMA debut with a performance of her single “Envolver,” which topped the Billboard Global Excl U.S. chart in April. The song, from her fifth studio album Versions of Me, has climbed as high as No. 3 on Billboard’s Hot Latin Songs chart and No.…

Review: The Paradise of Food by Khalid Jawed

In Gargantua and Pantagruel, a fiction series by the sixteenth century French monk Rabelais, a character discusses “the most lordly, the most excellent, and the most convenient” ways to wipe one’s bum after “dunging”. A goose’s neck, velvet masks, hats, pigeons, and nettles are among the options, which span a chapter.One could say that Rabelais has found a worthy successor in the Urdu writer and professor Khalid Jawed, whose novel Ne’mat Khana (translated in English as The Paradise of Food) came out in 2014. In the book,…

Marshmello and Khalid Drop Video for New Song “Numb”

Electronic and dance producer Marshmello has reunited with Khalid, who he previously collabed with on the 2017 track “Silence,” for another Summer-ready song.Complete with a music video that encapsulates the vibe they’re going for, “Numb” sees the two musicians effortlessly settle back into the collaborative groove they previously exhibited on “Silence.” It’s been five years since they last teamed-up, and yet “Numb” makes it seem as though no time has passed at all."Me and Khalid always talked about doing another song, so…