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Disney CEO Admits ‘Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu’ and ‘Moana’ Underperformed at Box Office but ‘Fueled Other Parts of Our Company’
Disney CEO Josh D’Amaro has acknowledged that “Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu” and the live-action remake of “Moana” both underperformed at the box office this summer, but argued the films still benefited the wider company through merchandise, theme park attractions and streaming. Speaking on Disney’s latest earnings call, D’Amaro said franchise investments continue to…
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Cloud startup Volta claims $10B AI lab deal for Norway bit barn
Norwegian AI infrastructure startup Volta has emerged from stealth with plans to build “AI factories” in Norway and elsewhere, targeting multiple gigawatts of capacity by 2030. The company, backed by Nvidia and Michael Dell’s family office, positions itself as a “vertically integrated” rent-a-GPU operator similar to rivals such as Nscale and CoreWeave, and says it…
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Cooper Hoffman Is Courting Controversy — Onscreen, Anyway
Cooper Hoffman, son of the late Philip Seymour Hoffman, is stepping out from under the protective wing of his father’s old collaborators and taking on deliberately provocative roles, notably in Gregg Araki’s boundary-pushing film I Want Your Sex. The Hollywood Reporter profile traces his journey from unexpected overnight stardom in Licorice Pizza to a more…
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Kingdom Hearts Is Coming to Fortnite, So I May Finally Spend My V-Bucks
Push Square’s editor speculates that Kingdom Hearts characters could soon appear in Fortnite, following reports that the next Battle Royale season may carry a wider gaming-icon theme, with Pac-Man and Sonic the Hedgehog also rumoured to join. The prospect is notable because Kingdom Hearts blends Disney and Square Enix properties, and Disney already has close…
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Retired accountant could be forced to demolish his luxury £4million Sandbanks home after his Ryvita boss neighbour complained it overlooked celebrity interior designer’s balcony
A retired accountant is fighting to save his £4million home in the exclusive Sandbanks area of Poole after a neighbour, said to be the boss of biscuit maker Ryvita, complained that the property was illegally built and overlooks a celebrity interior designer’s balcony. The homeowner has launched a last-ditch appeal to avoid being forced to…
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Care worker fed elderly woman microwaved dog food on home visit before she died a month later
A care worker has been accused of feeding an elderly woman microwaved dog food during a home visit, weeks before she died. The case has raised serious concerns about the standard of care provided to vulnerable elderly people in domiciliary settings, and has prompted scrutiny of how such incidents are investigated and reported. The woman…
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Zack Polanski demands fossil fuel giants pay for firefighting helicopters
Green Party leader Zack Polanski has called for fossil fuel companies to be taxed to fund firefighting helicopters, warning that the UK faces “the biggest threat to this country since the Second World War” amid a spate of wildfires. Speaking at a press conference in central London, he urged Prime Minister Andy Burnham to halt…
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David Hockney and the simple art of Together, Together
“Genuinely unique”. The post David Hockney and the simple art of Together, Together first appeared on Far Out Magazine.
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Barnsley’s reinvention from coal to code
A generation ago, Barnsley was searching for a future beyond coal. Today, it is betting its future lies in Artificial Intelligence.