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One feature of modern AI systems is that the model does not actually reason. Unlike the older “symbolic” approach, in which humans hard-program a machine to run through a series of options, the current Large Language Models simply synthesize lots of information and predict based on likelihoods. So the model (by definition) cannot conjure up…
There was a time when Hollywood Boulevard was a truly glamorous destination. During the 1920s, the film industry was booming and the municipality of Hollywood was freshly incorporated into the city of Los Angeles. Prospect Avenue was renamed Hollywood Boulevard, and a flurry of tony hotels, palatial theaters and glitzy boutiques opened along the stretch…
Betty Harford, who played Mrs. Nottingham, John Houseman’s secretary, on The Paper Chase and Mrs. Gunnerson, the Carrington family cook, on Dynasty, has died. She was 98. Harford died Nov. 2 in Santa Barbara, her friend Wendy Mitchell told The Hollywood Reporter. On the big screen, Harford cared for Sandra Dee’s Rosalie Stocker in The…
After officially kicking off the fifth and final season of Stranger Things with Thursday’s Los Angeles premiere, the team behind the sci-fi smash dropped some more hints about what’s to come at a For Your Consideration event on Saturday. Millie Bobby Brown, Noah Schnapp, Finn Wolfhard, Caleb McLaughlin, Gaten Matarazzo and Jamie Campbell Bower joined…
Stephen Colbert revealed why he tends to play “poorly informed” characters, including his Strangers With Candy character Charles “Chuck” Noblet, while celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Comedy Central series’ cancellation during the New York Comedy Festival on Saturday. During a Q&A at the event, the cast was asked what their characters say about their…
Whew. Dan Trachtenberg is the hero of the hour as his new movie, Predator: Badlands, has ended the drought at the domestic box office and kicked off November in high style. The movie opened well ahead of expectations to top the domestic box office chart with a franchise-best $40 million (prerelease tracking had it opening…
Writer and director Igor Bezinović (A Brief Excursion) grew up in Rijeka, Croatia. Formerly known as Fiume, which is still its Italian name, the city was the site of an experiment at a time of nascent fascism that many non-locals may not be aware of. But amid the rise of right-wing politicians around the globe…
It’s a big day for the women of Huntrix. EJAE, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami, the singing voices behind the heroes of KPop Demon Hunters, have earned several 2026 Grammy nominations, just the latest affirmation of the film and its music‘s global takeover. “There have [been] a lot of different emotions. Obviously, there is pure…
Matt & Abby, popular social media influencers and podcast hosts, have signed with Currents Management for representation. The couple, Matt and Abby Howard, are looking to expand their brand partnerships, launch new business ventures and grow as voices in the relationships and parenthood media content spaces. The Howards, high school sweethearts turned Arizona-based social media…
Ted Lasso and Shrinking writer and actor Brett Goldstein is getting into a new line of work — the world’s oldest profession — in his next series. Goldstein will star in, write and serve as co-showrunner on Escorted, a comedy that has landed a straight-to-series order at Prime Video. Brian Gallivan, who works with Goldstein…
