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Sony’s Indian Version of ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?’ Hosted by Amitabh Bachchan, Adds Google Gemini as AI Guide (EXCLUSIVE)
Google India and Sony Pictures Networks India are teaming up to bring Google Gemini into the new season of “Kaun Banega Crorepati?” turning the AI chatbot into an interactive knowledge companion for the long-running quiz show. The collaboration integrates Gemini across Sony Entertainment Television and Sony LIV, weaving the AI tool into the “KBC” experience…
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Sony Classics Closes Deal For Javier Bardem & Penélope Cruz Thriller ‘Bunker’
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired the drama-thriller Bunker, written and directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Florian Zeller (The Father). The deal covers North American, Southeast Asian and worldwide airline rights, excluding France, and marks a continuation of Sony Classics’ ongoing relationship with Zeller. The film pairs real-life couple Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz, giving the acquisition…
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Outrage after woke NYC mayor publishes map of ethnic neighborhoods that ERASES iconic Little Italy and much-loved ‘Little Ireland’
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has faced a backlash after his office released a map of the city’s immigrant enclaves that omitted Little Italy and Little Ireland. The map, produced to promote the city’s cultural communities, has drawn criticism from those who feel the exclusion overlooks the historic contribution of Italian and Irish immigrants…
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Pakistan-educated consultant doctor hid convictions for stalking and threatening to kill so he could get NHS post in UK
A consultant doctor educated in Pakistan has been struck off the UK medical register after a Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service panel found he had concealed 14 previous criminal convictions — including for stalking and threatening to kill — in order to obtain an NHS post. Dr Salah-ud-Din Taj was found to have “intentionally misled” the…
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‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ Trailer: Soldiers Drop Nuclear Bomb on Godzilla as the Monster Rampages Again
Variety has published details of the newly released trailer for “Godzilla Minus Zero”, the latest film in Toho’s long-running kaiju franchise and a direct sequel to the internationally successful 2023 film “Godzilla Minus One”. The trailer shows soldiers dropping a nuclear bomb on Godzilla as the monster embarks on a fresh rampage, this time targeting…
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At least 28 killed in fire at shoe factory in China, state media reports
A fire has torn through the Huiteng Footwear factory in Jinjiang, a city in China’s south-eastern Fujian province, killing at least 28 people according to state news agency Xinhua. The scale of the disaster prompted President Xi Jinping to warn that the blaze had caused “significant casualties”, underlining its severity in one of the country’s…
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Na Hong-jin’s Korean Monster Movie ‘Hope’ Goes Full Sci-Fi Freakout in Wild New Trailer
A new trailer has been released for “Hope”, the latest film from cult South Korean director Na Hong-jin, revealing the project to be a rare, big-budget Korean science-fiction spectacle rather than the straightforward monster thriller many expected. The roughly two-minute spot shows the film’s characters hunting and fleeing a vicious galloping creature through a battered…
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Japanese Charts: Holy Moly, Look At Those Rhythm Heaven Groove Sales
Wiping the floor.Ahoy folks, we’re back with another look at the latest Japanese boxed charts (goodness, will these even exist in a few years time..?), courtesy of Famitsu.It’s time for Rhythm Heaven Groove to shine, and wowie-zowie, what a great start. What many are deeming to be the Switch’s swan song has absolutely smashed it…
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Australia fires new defence system designed to intercept rockets as outrage grows over China’s missile test in the South Pacific
The Australian Defence Force has released footage of a live-fire test of a new ground-based air defence system designed to intercept incoming missiles, in a move that comes just days after China tested an intercontinental ballistic missile in the South Pacific. The timing has heightened tensions and put a spotlight on Australia’s efforts to build…