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As Hollywood leans into AI, the real battle is over likeness and who gets paid
When Brian Grazer has an idea for a movie, he now starts with a chatbot. The co-founder of Imagine Entertainment — the company behind “A Beautiful Mind,” “Apollo 13” and “Liar Liar” — said he sits down with Anthropic’s AI assistant, Claude, to rough out a story before handing it to a writer. “You can…
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Pete Hegseth’s private groveling for cash exposed by GOP senator spurned by Trump
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sounded the alarm recently when meeting with Senate Republicans over the Pentagon’s dwindling supply of funding for weapons — and the details were shared Friday by a GOP senator spurned by President Donald Trump. “[The Pentagon is] running short on funding they need in order to acquire the weapons and missiles…
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‘La Cage aux Folles’ Off Broadway Review: Billy Porter and Wayne Brady Play It for Real
The truly surprising thing about the new revival of “La Cage aux Folles” with Encores! is that it’s directed by Robert O’Hara, best known for bringing such cutting-edge works as “Slave Play,” “Bootycandy” and “Barbecue” to the stage. Maybe O’Hara needed a vacation. His “La Cage,” which opened Wednesday at the New York City Center,…
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What a Juneteenth Boxing Match Revealed About America
This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here. It was one of those days when everything happens. On the morning of Friday, June 19, 1936, more than…
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‘I love America!’: With the World Cup, Inglewood becomes an international hub
Daiki Kaneko had only 24 hours before his World Cup journey took him to Dallas, where his home country’s squad will take on Sweden. The Japanese soccer fan was making the most of it on Tuesday in Inglewood, snapping pictures of SoFi Stadium before taking in a different kind of monument: a space-age, two-story branch…
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‘How stupid’: Trump hits back as he’s shamed over Iran peace deal
President Donald Trump fired off a social media attack Friday morning as he was buried under an onslaught of criticism hurled his direction regarding the tentative peace deal he reached with Iran. According to the 14-point memorandum of understanding reached between Washington and Tehran, the United States would help Iran gain access to a $300…
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Seth Meyers Asks Fox News How Trump Is Handling Iran War if ‘Netanyahu Tricked Him Into’ It and ‘JD Vance Tricked Him Out’
Trump allies, including Fox News host Brian Kilmeade and more, insisted this week that Trump should not be blamed for the terms of the deal to end the war in Iran if they’re as bad as reported, because Vice President JD Vance negotiated it. And at this point, Seth Meyers just wants to know why…
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Wild video shows massive brawl on river sandbar: ‘The water and drinking don’t mix’
They got carried away at the (sand) bar. Wild video shows dozens of people — mostly shirtless men — trading blows in an alcohol-fueled brawl on a river sandbar. Five men and one woman have been arrested over the out-of-control fight in the middle of the Congaree River in Calhoun County, South Carolina, which left…
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Oliver Tree’s mom breaks silence after late singer vowed not to share wealth with family
Oliver Tree’s mom, Christine Begin Nickell, is mourning the loss of her son after he died in a helicopter crash on June 14. “Our dear son Oliver, you made this world a better place. We are so proud of you. RIP,” she wrote on her Facebook page, along with three broken heart emojis, on Thursday.…
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The Thinkers Who Explain This Baffling Era
This is an edition of the Books Briefing, our editors’ weekly guide to the best in books. Sign up for it here. My favorite essays feel like surprising chemical reactions: Their materials combine into something novel and combustible. The French philosopher Roland Barthes’s 1957 essay “The World of Wrestling,” which examines the “amplification of the…