The Illinois Senate has passed HB 2789, a bill whose terms dictate that state funding from public or school libraries that remove books from circulation will be withheld. As per the bill, the $62 million of funding that goes to the state’s libraries will only be eligible for said funding if they “adopt the American Library
Ed Sheeran, May 2023 (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) News Ed Sheeran Wins “Thinking Out Loud” Copyright Trial The heirs of Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On” co-writer brought the highly contentious and consequential case. The songs are not similar enough to uphold their claim, a jury found. By Jazz Monroe May 4, 2023 Facebook Twitter
Upcoming SCREAMBOX slasher We Might Hurt Each Other is among the densely packed first full wave of programming for the upcoming Chattanooga Film Festival! The Chattanooga Film Festival 2023 returns in person and virtually for its tenth year, taking place June 23 through 29! The beloved festival will return to an in person event for the first time since
The resolution of light microscopes has been given a huge boost thanks to the clever use of a common phenomenon in quantum physics. By sending entangled light down different paths and recombining their waves, it’s possible to peer at delicate objects more closely than ever before, effectively doubling their resolution without the usual complication of
Moto Rush GT may sound like it’s a racing sim, but it’s less about racing and more about not crashing. Whether you get somewhere fast or not is by-the-by: it’s more important that you reach your destination without becoming a smear on the tarmac. Someone should tell the one and only racer in Moto Rush
Kevin Costner has become the target of nasty rumors since his wife filed for divorce, including one accusing the actor of getting a woman working on the set of “Yellowstone” pregnant … a tale we’re told could not be further from the truth. Sources close to Costner say the latest bit of gossip surrounding the
Play video content TMZ.com Dr. Dre‘s OG secret rap weapon, The D.O.C., has been trying to get his life story out into the world, and thinks he’s nearing the finish line after a bit of friction. TMZ Hip Hop spoke to the “No One Can Do It Better” rapper in the wake of his outburst
Writer/Director Lee Cronin’s Evil Dead Rise presented several buzzworthy Evil Dead moments and set pieces, including the title card that arrives just as a Deadite rises from the lake. All of it, of course, by meticulous design as evidenced by the film’s stunning concept art. Cronin took to Twitter today to share some of the concept art
A pendant made from a deer’s tooth has turned out to be a veritable locket of genetic information left by an ancient woman who lived in Siberia some 20,000 years ago. Evolutionary anthropologists at the Max Planck Institute in Germany found a way to safely probe ancient artifacts for environmental DNA without destroying them, and
Well that was fast. The UK’s competition watchdog has announced an initial review of “AI foundational models”, such as the large language models (LLMs) which underpin OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Microsoft’s New Bing. Generative AI models which power AI art platforms such as OpenAI’s DALL-E or Midjourney will also likely fall in scope. The Competition and
The Xbox app for Windows PC lets you discover and download new games with Game Pass, play console games on your Windows PC with cloud gaming, and chat with friends across PC, mobile, and Xbox console. Below you’ll find the latest updates and patch notes for the Xbox App on PC for April 2023 –
Sony is determined to bring moviegoers back to comedies in theaters and they just dated their Will Gluck directed Anyone But You for Dec. 15. The trailer dropped last week during the studio’s presentation at CinemaCon. The screwball comedy, which stars Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell, follows two people who loathe each other so much —
Betty’s dating life just got a whole lot steamier. The #Barchie fans got their long-awaited build-up on Riverdale Season 7 Episode 6. Their romantic tension bubbled to the surface and overflowed big time. Riverdale has been pushing its boundaries and steaming our screens lately. A pinch of spice? We got a whole batch of it.
Photo courtesy of Jim O’Rourke News Jim O’Rourke Details Hands That Bind Soundtrack Album, Shares New Song: Watch the Video An edit of “A Man’s Mind Will Play Tricks on Him” is the first taste of the Drag City musician’s new full-length By Matthew Ismael Ruiz May 3, 2023 Facebook Twitter Facebook Twitter Jim O’Rourke
Writer/Director Lee Cronin’s Evil Dead Rise presented several buzzworthy Evil Dead moments and set pieces, including the title card that arrives just as a Deadite rises from the lake. All of it, of course, by meticulous design as evidenced by the film’s stunning concept art. Cronin took to Twitter today to share some of the concept art
The International Space Station (ISS) is nearing the end of its service. While NASA and its partners have committed to keeping it in operation until 2030, plans are already in place for successor space stations that will carry on the ISS’ legacy. China plans to assume a leading role with Tiangong, while the India Space
Worldwide, about one in six people live with a disability. Whether through injury or illness, disability can manifest itself as an impediment to mobility. There have been fantastic advancements in communication and operational technologies, but there’s always room for improvement, and Augmental, an MIT Media Lab spinoff, thinks that it might be on to something
Returnal was the biggest game that developer Housemarque had ever made. And the team is staffing up even more for its next title. According to a list of speakers for the Reboot conference in Croatia, Studio Head Ilari Kuittinen noted in his bio that the studio has grown to 110 people. This is up from
Exercise—the simple act of moving our bodies and giving our cardiovascular systems a bit of a challenge—is fraught territory in American life. This is largely because we have a fitness industry, as we have industries for everything, and industry tends to cause as many problems as it solves. “The fitness industry is filled with life-hacks
Jamie Foxx has left a big absence in his hosting duties on “Beat Shazam” … a hole Nick Cannon hopes to fill while Jamie remains hospitalized with a serious mystery condition. TMZ has confirmed Nick will take over the hosting duties of the popular FOX game show where contestants attempt to guess songs with lyrics
Long live the fighters. The hotly anticipated sequel Dune: Part Two will arrive in theaters on November 3, 2023, and the official trailer has arrived this afternoon. Ride a sandworm and taste the spice by watching the Dune: Part Two trailer below. Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya and Josh Brolin will return for Dune: Part Two, which is once again directed by Denis Villeneuve (Dune).
Since the 18th century, humans have been taking fossil fuels out of their safe storage deep underground and burning them to generate electricity or power machinery. We’ve now converted coal, oil, and gas into more than two trillion metric tons of heat-trapping carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases and added them to the atmosphere. The
A coalition of more than 50 European consumer and digitals rights groups, smaller ISPs and broadcasters have inked their name to a joint statement urging EU policymakers and Member States to reject a controversial network fee proposal being lobbied for by major telcos in the region. They suggest any move to legislative for a mechanism
My name is Eric Angelillo, I’m the Creative Director and Co-Art Director for Convergence: A League of Legends Story. I also co-founded Double Stallion games 10 years ago with a mission to create vibrant & transcendent experiences with players all around the world. I love making bold action games with vibrant stylized visuals inspired by
After 38 days in theaters, Amazon Studios, Skydance Sports, Mandalay Pictures, and Artists Equity’s Air will stream on Prime Video on May 12 in more than 240 countries. The Ben Affleck directed, and starring movie about Nike courting a young Michael Jordan to make the signature Air Jordan show repped Amazon’s return to theatrical releases
Jamie Foxx remains hospitalized more than 3 weeks after suffering a medical emergency, and those closest to him say he needs all the prayers and well-wishes his fans can muster. While his exact condition remains secret — tightly guarded by his family — we’ve spoken with sources close to Jamie who echo the same plea
A first-look teaser at “The Boys” spinoff series “Gen V” promised a bloody good time late last year but with no word on when to expect it. Now, thanks to producer Eric Kripke, we can expect school to begin this Fall. Kripke amusingly tweeted, “AND SO IT BEGINS. #GenV coming Fall 2023. Website link below. (Trailer, premiere date, all of it being
A computer scientist often dubbed “the godfather of artificial intelligence” has quit his job at Google to speak out about the dangers of the technology, US media reported Monday. Geoffrey Hinton, who created a foundation technology for AI systems, told The New York Times that advancements made in the field posed “profound risks to society
Our global search continues, and today, we’re urging early-stage startups across Africa to apply for the Startup Battlefield 200 at Disrupt 2023. The application window closes on May 15 at 11:59 p.m. PDT. Africa: The Startup Battlefield 200 wants your startups SB 200 is the startup world’s preeminent competition, and it has a global reach.
Pete Davidson/Lil Uzi Vert (Getty Images) News Pete Davidson’s Saturday Night Live Episode with Lil Uzi Vert Canceled SNL joins other late-night shows in pausing as a result of the Writers Guild of America Strike By Allison Hussey May 2, 2023 Facebook Twitter Facebook Twitter Pete Davidson’s debut hosting Saturday Night Live this week (May