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A Flesh-Eating Period Piece Regains Its Stiff Upper Lip on Streaming

Jane Austen adaptations have become a staple of the cinematic diet, and you’re never too far away from another of the legendary author’s works being brought to the big screen, although we doubt we’ll see anything like Pride and Prejudice and Zombies again for a number of reasons. Hoping to make lightning strike twice in the wake of the commercially successful but critically panned Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, writer and director Burr Steers adapted author Seth Grahame-Smith’s other revisionist fantasy novel in the…

Will Ferrell and Ryan Reynolds Totally Won’t Be Lip Syncing in Their New Film

Image via Apple TV Plus Actors and funnymen Will Ferrell and Ryan Reynolds want you to know two things: A, they have a new Christmas movie called Spirited coming out, and B, they don’t lip-sync their singing parts. The pair said as much (for the most part) in a new video released on Reynold’s Twitter announcing the release of a new trailer for the movie tomorrow. Reynolds and Ferrell appeared in a highly holiday-decorated room in front of a fireplace and announced the news. “Will and I are so excited for you to…

US offer to help India in chip manufacturing just lip service, says China

As the US and India join hands to address semiconductors supply chain challenges, the Joe Biden government's offer to provide assistance to India to build up its semiconductor manufacturing capacity appears to be just lip service, Chinese state-run publication Global Times has said.US deputy assistant secretary, South and Central Asia, Afreen Akhter, during her visit to India this week, said they will help India boost its semiconductor manufacturing capacity.Akhter led a semiconductors trade mission to India and met top…

Kanye West Spotted With ‘Bloodied Lip & Bruising’

Kanye West recently appeared at Paris Fashion Week over the weekend. The rapper made his runway debut at the semi-annual fashion conference in France on October 2 for the Balenciaga show. Ye opened the show, wearing an oversized black hoody with a military-style cargo jacket over the top and a pair of baggy pants and boots. However, his cool look was not something that attracted fan’s attention. The Grammy Award winner sparked concern over a bloodied lip and bruising on the side of his face. The rapper appeared to be…

AI is already better at lip reading that we are

They Shall Not Grow Old, a 2018 documentary about the lives and aspirations of British and New Zealand soldiers living through World War I from acclaimed Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson, had its hundred-plus-year-old silent footage modernized through both colorization and the recording of new audio for previously non-existent dialog. To get an idea of what the folks featured in the archival footage were saying, Jackson hired a team of forensic lip readers to guesstimate their recorded utterances. Reportedly, “the…

How Apex Legends Does More Than Just Pay Lip Service To Its Diverse Roster

Respawn Entertainment's free-to-play battle royale, Apex Legends, has always stood out from the crowd. Compared to other hero shooters and battle royales, Apex Legends' fluid movement mechanics and powerful hero abilities make for a game which appeals to a large audience. But what truly makes Apex Legends stand out in an ever-growing sea of battle royale games is the level of care the narrative team puts into writing and creating the game's characters. While plenty of games have characters with…

At TV’s Upfront Pitch, Traditional TV Takes a Back Seat While Netflix Is on Every Lip

At the upfronts, as the television industry’s annual pitch event for advertisers is known, the traditional TV aspect of the spiel this year may have never been less important.Amid the hurtle toward streaming video, this week’s presentations were less focused on networks’ traditional hour-by-hour scheduling strategies and more about the actual content—now largely available to consumers wherever and whenever they want to watch. In some superficial ways, at least, the upfronts were a return to the norm. After two…