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This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here.Dave Bautista Opens Up About His Relationship With Denis VilleneuveAriana Tibon was in college at the University of Hawaiʻi in 2017 when she saw the photo online: a black-and-white picture of a man holding a baby. The caption said: “Nelson Anjain getting his baby monitored on March 2, 1954, by an AEC RadSafe team member on Rongelap two days after ʻBravo.ʻ”Tibon had never seen the man before. But she recognized the name as her…

Google’s AI chatbot Gemini has been under fire for the past day or so, thanks to its tendency to generate images that are politically correct as opposed to historically accurate. In response to user prompts, for example, not only has Gemini been producing everything from gender-swapped renditions of iconic paintings to female popes, it’s also flat-out refused to depict white people in response to certain prompts. Gemini, instead, has offered up images that include a black man appearing to represent George…

Fuel queues returned to filling stations in Abuja on Monday, as the Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) directed its members to withdraw services. A PREMIUM TIMES correspondent who visited petrol stations Monday morning found that some of the stations were shut while others were besieged by motorcyclists, tricycle owners, as well as private and commercial drivers. Many filling stations in Jabi, Wuse, Gwagwalada, Apo, Kubwa and Lugbe areas of the city sold the product at prices ranging from N660…

Anthony Bourdain didn’t mince words when it came to Henry Kissinger. “Henry Kissinger walks into a bar. Would it displease you if I walked over and punched Henry Kissinger in the face?” Bourdain once asked guests appearing on an episode of his “Parts Unknown” TV program. The late chef’s scathing remarks about the foreign policy figure have resurfaced in the wake of Kissinger’s death, and they’re being shared far and wide across the internet. Kissinger died Wednesday; he was 100.Bourdain traveled to more than 80 countries…

Aubrey O’Day, the former lead singer of girl group Danity Kane, is showing her support for R&B singer Cassie, who filed a sexual abuse lawsuit against Sean Combs on Thursday. “Been trynna tell y’all for years. Prayers up for this queen 🙌🏼 @cassie,” she wrote on Instagram stories. In a repost of a story on the lawsuit, she captioned, “Only day ya’ll are gonna put some respect on my name when I tell you things.” In a separate comment, she told Page Six and referred to Cassie: “I’m in complete support of her.”…

On July 22, 2023, KISS OF LIFE member Julie issued a public apology on Twitter for using the N-word while singing during her trainee days. The incident had occurred five years ago, and a video clip resurfaced online, prompting her response. The footage was from Julie's time as a YG Entertainment trainee at the DEF Music Academy, where trainees were preparing for auditions. KISS OF LIFE's JULIE (Courtesy: S2 Entertainment) At the age of 17, she sang B.o.B's "Strange Clouds" (feat. Lil Wayne) and used the N-word…

Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine costume in the upcoming Deadpool 3 film has been revealed and it is everything! Pictures from the set show the character in his comic book accurate yellow suit and this has allowed one joke from the first X-Men film to have a double payoff. Images of the character hit the internet yesterday and fans were going wild. Seeing our favorite superheroes come to life is one thing, but seeing them looking as close to the comic book version of them as possible just adds that extra bit of joy. Jackman was…

The Internet is such a thing that anything can go viral at any time. And now the throwback trend is to be observed, and its results can also be bad. Recently, the Beef actor David Choe’s old statement about his ‘rapey’ behaviour went viral on the internet, and now the result is this: netizens are demanding that Netflix boycott the series. Choe, who played Isaac in the show, made the comment in 2014 in his podcast.  During the podcast, David Choe recounted an incident and said that he got a message from a woman named…

Image via Marvel Studios In another Earth out there in the multiverse, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania actually turned out to be the dark and dramatic Phase Five opener we were anticipating, but here in the universe we’re stuck in, we’re lumbered with the one that Marvel tampered with just weeks before its release date. Meanwhile, Robert Downey Jr.’s chances of an Iron Man return are revealed as a Thunderbolts star gets real about how much they’re looking forward to reprising their role. Or, more accurately,…

This experimental lo-fi horror debut became a mini viral sensation last year after accidentally being leaked online. Terrorised TikTok users called it “the scariest film ever made”; critics reached for comparisons with The Blair Witch Project and David Lynch’s Eraserhead. I have to admit to being underwowed, finding Skinamarink a little undeserving of its newly acquired cult status.That said, there is without a doubt something uncanny, almost seance-like, in the way Canadian film-maker Kyle Edward Ball evokes childhood…