While Hollywood still attempts to figure out its own fraught relationship with artificial intelligence and new technologies, a new competition is asking filmmakers to have a positive outlook on the future. Google and Range Media Partners are partnering with XPrize, the non-profit that hosts competitions for technology-focused projects, for a $3.5 million global competition about…
Sylvester Stallone has signed on to executive produce John Rambo, the origin story feature about the character the Hollywood action star initially played in 1982’s First Blood, Lionsgate said Monday. “Sylvester Stallone knows the character of John Rambo better than anyone, and Lionsgate has had the good fortune of partnering with Sly for more than…
Arnold Schwarzenegger and Christopher McQuarrie are ready to take a swing at relaunching the Conan the Barbarian franchise. McQuarrie, who has helmed the four most recent Mission: Impossible films, is attached to write and direct King Conan for 20th Century Studios, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Schwarzenegger would reprise his role as sword-wielding Conan the…
Iran might have little incentive to concede to US demands until after the March 31 summit between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping. Then, it could evaluate the outcomes and seek China’s support. It’s a risky gamble, but it might be a better option than the alternative.After the summit, will China believe America is stronger…
North Korea’s list of close partners keeps shrinking. After the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria in December 2024, Iran became North Korea’s sole ally in the Middle East. Now, after the US-Israel strikes on Iran and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s death, it appears that even that once close-knit relationship is on the fritz. The…
Jeff Shell has been sued by a former public relations advisor who says the Paramount Skydance president reneged on a deal involving a TV show. R.J. Cipriani, in a lawsuit filed on Monday in California state court, alleges Shell promised to pick up an English-language format of a Roku reality show he co-created and exec…
The first night after chef Marcus Jernmark arrived in Los Angeles, he went to dinner at Walter and Margarita Manzke’s Bicyclette on Pico Boulevard. Now, four years later, nearly to the day, Jernmark has opened Lielle — California ingredients prepared with Nordic cooking techniques — in the former Bicyclette space. “It’s a nice full-circle moment,”…
China should not follow SpaceX in launching artificial intelligence data centres into orbit, but instead focus on more practical near-term space-based computing, a senior researcher has said. Gao Wen, a computer scientist at Peking University and a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, said on Thursday that electricity demand was not a major bottleneck…
Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart has moved its headquarters back to India from Singapore as it prepares for a potential IPO in the coming months. The relocation comes more than a decade after Flipkart moved its headquarters overseas. The company is targeting a stock market debut in India in the financial year ending March 2027, people…
Anthropic has filed a lawsuit to prevent the Pentagon from adding the company it a national security blocklist. This comes days after the Department of Defense sent a letter to Anthropic confirming the company was labeled a supply chain risk; at the time CEO Dario Amodei had all but guaranteed Anthropic would fight back with…
