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Taylor Swift Asks Fans to Be Kind Ahead of Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) – The Hollywood Reporter

Before surprising fans with a performance of “Dear John” during Saturday’s stop of the Eras Tour, Taylor Swift gave a speech, asking fans to act with “kindness and gentleness” on social media ahead of the release of Speak Now (Taylor’s Version). The Grammy-winning singer noted that she gets to “stand on this stage every single night of this tour and watch some of the most beautiful things happen,” including fans interacting with kindness in the crowd, and she urges her fans to continue that same…

Harrison Ford Is Surprisingly Kind to ‘Kingdom of the Crystal Skrull’

Image via Lucasfilm Given his status as Hollywood’s favorite curmudgeon, there may have been a lot of people expecting Harrison Ford to start wailing on Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull as soon as he hit the promotional trail for upcoming sequel Dial of Destiny. After all, the actor’s responses to Star Wars questions have become the stuff of legend over the years, and the prospect of him tackling inquiries relating to the lore of the Marvel Cinematic Universe prior to the release of next…

When Joe Jonas Recalled Getting A Boner While Filming ‘Body Moves’ With Charlotte McKinney, “It’s Kind Of Hard Not…

When Joe Jonas Jokingly Admitted Having A Bigger P*nis Than His Siblings & Recalled Getting A Boner While Filming “Body Moves” With Charlotte McKinney (Picture Credit: Instagram & Youtube) American singer & songwriter Joe Jonas gained prominence as a member of the popular pop-rock band Jonas Brothers. He not only has a successful music career but also in television and film. He formed the band DNCE in 2015, which released the hit single “Cake by the Ocean” which garnered widespread acclaim. The singer and…

4,000 Year Old ‘Stonehenge’ Monument First of Its Kind in The Netherlands : ScienceAlert

Dutch archaeologists on Wednesday revealed an around 4,000-year-old religious site – dubbed the "Stonehenge of the Netherlands" in the country's media – which included a burial mound serving as a solar calendar.The burial mound, which contained the remains of some 60 men, women and children had several passages through which the Sun directly shone on the longest and shortest days of the year."What a spectacular archaeological discovery! Archaeologists have found a 4,000-year-old religious sanctuary on an industrial…

DeepMind Co-Founder Describes a New Kind of Turing Test

With artificial intelligence hype leaving venture capitalist firms foaming at the mouth, ready to buy into any new company that sticks an “A” and “I” in its name, we sure as hell need a new way of defining what constitutes an AI. The Turing Test fails to define real intelligence in today’s world of large language models. One leading figure in the AI field has a better idea that could only come from the wealth-obsessed realm of big tech: the best way to tell if AI is smart is if it can get rich quick.ChatGPT’s Creator

Ancient Structure Along River Nile Is Oldest Hydraulics System of Its Kind : ScienceAlert

A smattering of ancient rock walls along the river Nile in Sudan appear to represent the oldest known hydraulics system of their kind.New findings suggest people living in the ancient empire of Nubia in northern Sudan were manipulating the river to their advantage as far back as 3,000 years ago.River 'groynes' are rigid structures, laid perpendicular to a shore or bank, that humans still use to this day to manipulate the flow of water and silt.They're highly useful, and farmers and boaters along the Nile have known that…

Kathy Griffin On Being Cancelled After Her Controversial Donald Trump Photoshoot & Then Battling Cancer, “I Lost My…

Kathy Griffin On Being Cancelled After Her Controversial Donald Trump Photoshoot ( Photo Credit – IMDb ) Kathy Griffin admitted the fall-out from her controversial Donald Trump photoshoot contributed to her Complex PTSD. The outspoken comedian, battled lung cancer in 2021 and recently underwent vocal cord surgery. Kathy saw a string of shows cancelled and she was dropped from her annual co-hosting job on CNN on New Year’s Eve after she took part in a shoot with photographer Tyler Shields in which she posed with a…

Is Nick Cave a conservative? Depends what kind of conservative you mean | Nick Cave

Until very recently, nobody much cared about Nick Cave’s political opinions, including Cave himself. For most of his career, which began in Melbourne in the late 70s, he was too entrenched in the badlands of his imagination to be one of those musicians to whom journalists turned for a righteous line on an election or a war. He has never written a protest song nor aligned himself with a cause. Since 2018, he has sometimes discussed cultural politics in The Red Hand Files, his online project answering questions from fans,…

Majority of consumers care what kind of data they share with retailers and service providers, new study finds

Predicted amount individuals are willing to pay for different data types, out of those who were prepared to pay something, 95% Confidence Intervals. Credit: PLOS ONE (2023). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0284581 Consumers value their personal data including the one collected by retail stores, service providers and loyalty schemes. The University of Bristol-led research, published in PLOS ONE, found 96% of people would protect…

Gaming on the Galaxy Watch is kind of cool and kind of weird

A few decades ago, Nintendo tried to and successfully banked on the idea of reasonably-priced portable gaming by releasing the Game & Watch handheld electronic games. Today, the term “watch games” seems to have a different meaning, as smartwatches have become a prominent part of the wearable market. But can you actually game on a Galaxy Watch? And is the experience worth it? I dabbled in smartwatch games after I purchased the Galaxy Watch 5. And to my surprise, numerous wrist-based games can indeed be downloaded for…