Jamie Lee Curtis just wanted an AI ad removed, not to become the ‘poster child of internet fakery’

Jamie Lee Curtis didn’t expect to be at the forefront of the artificial intelligence debate in Hollywood. But she didn’t have a choice. The Oscar-winning actor recently called out Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg on social media, saying the company ignored her requests to take down a fake AI-generated advertisement on Instagram that had been … Read more

In ‘On Swift Horses,’ a handsome trio stumbles into romance and messier feelings

What looks at first glance to be your standard postwar love triangle — made up of oil-and-water brothers and a cagey housewife — reveals itself to be more like a multi-faceted crystal of lust and longing in the handsomely realized romantic melodrama “On Swift Horses.” Unpacking the apprehensions and opportunities of boom-time America as laid … Read more

A second serving of ‘The Wedding Banquet’ leaves audiences feeling overstuffed

Gay marriage was illegal when Ang Lee released 1993’s “The Wedding Banquet,” a New York-set romantic dramedy about a queer Taiwanese man, his white male partner and the female Chinese immigrant he marries to placate his conservative parents. But Lee, wise to how the heart stutters, didn’t pander to audiences with bromides like love is … Read more

Bafta-winning actor Lee Montague dies aged 97

Bafta-winning actor Lee Montague, a star of both stage and screen, has died aged 97. Montague was perhaps best known for appearing in Bergerac as Henri Dupont in several episodes and also featured in shows including The Sweeney and Seconds Out. Montague’s death was announced earlier this week by the Keats Community Library, where he … Read more

Arsenal star Ethan Nwaneri hailed by Lee Carsley after ‘incredible’ England Under-21 impact

“It’s definitely a finish he’s got,” said Carsley. “Noni’s [Madueke’s] got the same finish where everyone knows exactly what’s going to happen, but you just cannot stop it. So you know he’s going to go, touch, finish and he took his goal so well. Source link

Black Panther artist’s painting of jazz legend catches eye of Spike Lee

Sitting in the window of the Artfunk gallery on Jackson Street in San Francisco is a painting of jazz legend John Coltrane. While most people walking by will see the image of a great musician, Archbishop Franzo King sees something more divine. “When I see this painting, I see God,” said King. John Coltrane painting … Read more