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Warner Bros Locking Down Film Rights To Allen Levi Bestseller ‘Theo Of Golden’ With Tom Hanks To Star
Warner Bros is finalising a deal for the film rights to *Theo of Golden*, the breakout debut novel by first-time author Allen Levi, with Tom Hanks in talks to play the title role. The project marks a striking rise for the book, which began as a self-published effort by Levi, a former lawyer turned musician,…
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‘Widow’s Bay’ and Other Contenders Continue to Complicate Emmy’s Comedy Conundrum
A Variety awards column examines why Apple TV’s new horror-comedy “Widow’s Bay” has drawn 19 Emmy nominations while sparking renewed debate over what actually counts as a “comedy” for awards purposes. The piece argues this is not a new problem, noting that FX’s “The Bear” previously reignited the same argument, and that the definitional confusion…
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Meet the startup helping Wall Street put a price on AI compute
Silicon Data, a startup aiming to create a reference price for AI compute, has closed a $30 million Series A funding round. The company wants to establish an index for GPU rental costs that could serve as the settlement benchmark for a Wall Street futures contract, addressing a gap in the booming AI industry where,…
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Harrowing new details of how girl, three, was killed by a play kitchen at her babysitter’s house
A three-year-old girl named Briella Holmes died after becoming trapped in a play kitchen toy at her babysitter’s home in Florida, according to the article’s headline, with new details emerging about how the fatal incident happened. The case highlights the potential dangers of household items and children’s toys that are not always regarded as safety…
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R.I.P Columbia House, the Music Club That Sold Pop Dreams for a Penny
Columbia House, the once-ubiquitous mail-order music club famous for offering a dozen albums for a single penny, is closing down for good. The company announced on its website that it will stop accepting new orders after 15 September 2026, marking the end of a brand that shaped how generations of fans discovered and bought music…
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David Harbour Talks Learning ASL for ‘DTF St. Louis,’ Shares a Line From ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ and Wants a Christopher Nolan-Directed ‘Warcraft’ Movie
David Harbour has discussed his Emmy-nominated turn as Floyd in “DTF St. Louis,” a role built around four months of daily American Sign Language practice. It marks his first Emmy acting nomination since 2017 and his first in the limited series category, this time as an executive producer through his own production company, Bravo Axolotl.…
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Kane plays down returning to Premier League in future
Harry Kane has played down suggestions he could one day return to the Premier League to chase Alan Shearer’s all-time scoring record, saying he no longer feels the “itch” to come back to England. The England captain left Tottenham for Bayern Munich in 2023 while 47 goals short of Shearer’s record of 260, but has…
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Meta AI now has a dedicated desktop app for Mac
Meta has launched a standalone desktop app for Meta AI on Mac, part of a broader effort to make its AI tools more useful for business owners and creators who rely on Facebook and Instagram. The app adds capabilities not found in the existing website or mobile version, including screen-sharing so the assistant can view…
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South Yorkshire man plied 12-year-old girl with drugs and alcohol before raping her
Following a report that the victim was missing, she was later found in the company of the then 28-year-old Batley.
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OpenAI hit the brakes. Now what?
OpenAI has paused parts of its AI development, including a two-week halt to reinforcement learning training on models nearing deployment and an ongoing delay to its largest planned frontier training run, while it strengthens security and safety monitoring. The move tests a long-standing idea from AI safety advocates that companies should be willing to slow…