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02Jun/23

Fast X review: proof that there’s method in the madness of the Fast & Furious franchise

June 2, 2023FilmsAimes, Alan Ritchson, American films, Creative Commons, Creative works, Deckard Shaw, Dom Vin Diesel, English-language films, Fast & Furious, Films, Fraser Elliott, Furious, Furious 7, Gibson, Han Sung Kang, IMAX films, Jason Statham, Joshua Gulam, Los Angeles, Sarah Feinstein, Sung Kang, The Fast and the Furious, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, Tokyo, Vin Dieseladmin

Joshua Gulam, Liverpool Hope University; Dr Sarah Feinstein, University of Leeds, and Fraser Elliott, The University of Edinburgh

There’s a scene in the latest Fast & Furious film, Fast X, where Aimes (Alan Ritchson) – the government agent tasked with apprehending Dom (Vin Diesel) and his crew – gives a rundown of the heroes’ backstory:

Let’s start back at the beginning … Los Angeles, 2001 … Humble roots, local kids … Street racers who became hijackers … Graduated to high-speed smuggling, mobile jailbreaks, train robberies … If it could be done in a car, they did it … If it violates the laws of God and gravity, they did it twice.

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30May/23

N FILMS Secures $100M Deal to Transform Hollywood with Real Diversity, Inclusion, and Care About Emerging Actors and Authors

May 30, 2023FilmsLos Angeles, N FILMSadmin

Los Angeles-based international film company N FILMS has sealed a momentous $100 million deal with an undisclosed Middle East investment fund. This collaboration will provide meaningful funding, covering up to 75% of the budget, for the production of four upcoming feature films. Continue reading

08May/23

Six pack like LL Cool J

May 8, 2023MusicAlbums, Cool, DJ Bobcat, Hip hop, Hip hop music, I Need Love, Ll, LL Cool J, Los Angeles, Mama Said Knock You Out, Musicians, Sam Hanna, Songs, Usheradmin

LL Cool J, an American rapper, actor, and television personality. He is best known for his hip hop music, which has sold over 30 million records worldwide. His biggest hit single is “I Need Love,” which reached number one on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart in 1988. He has also had success in acting, appearing in films such as “Independence Day,” “Scream 2,” and “The Last Dragon.” In 2002, he starred in the television series “NCIS: Los Angeles” as Special Agent Sam Hanna.

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05May/23

Nicole Scherzinger

May 5, 2023MusicBig Fat Lie, Honolulu, London, Los Angeles, Louisville, Musicians, Nicole Scherzinger, Scherzinger, Songs, The Pussycat Dolls, Thom Evans, Twickenham, United Kingdomadmin

London, May 5, 2023 /Lifestyle/ — Nicole Scherzinger currently lives in Los Angeles, California. She has been dating Thom Evans since 2020. They have been spotted together in Twickenham, London, but it is not clear if they have a home there. Continue reading →

24Apr/23

FRANK ZAPPA’S INCREDIBLY RARE RECORDINGS, BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN PLANNED FOR A POTENTIAL SEQUEL TO HIS ICONIC “HOT RATS” ALBUM, HAVE BEEN UNEARTHED FROM THE VAULT AND COMPILED AS NEW COLLECTION, “FUNKY NOTHINGNESS”

April 24, 2023MusicAynsley Dunbar, Beefheart, Belgium, Captain Beefheart, Entertainers, Frank Zappa, Freak scene, Hot Rats, Los Angeles, Musicians, Peaches en Regalia, The Mothers of Invention, Trout Mask Replica, Willie, Willie the Pimpadmin

In 1969, after The Mothers of Invention disbanded, Frank Zappa released his groundbreaking solo debut, Hot Rats. Fusing jazz and rock, the innovative album became one of the artist’s bestselling releases, thanks to classic tracks like “Peaches En Regalia” and “Willie the Pimp.” Over the following year, in between various projects (including producing Captain Beefheart’s debut, Trout Mask Replica, and emceeing Belgium’s Festival Actuel, where Zappa met British drummer Aynsley Dunbar), he assembled a core group to lay down tracks at Los Angeles’ recently opened Record Plant. Continue reading

30Jan/23

Deep Fake Neighbour Wars: ITV’s comedy shows how AI can transform popular culture

January 30, 2023TelevisionAdrienne De Ruiter, Applications of computer vision, Ariana Grande, Artificial intelligence applications, Chris Ume, Computer graphics, Conor McGregor, Corridor Digital, Creative Commons, Daniel Emmet, Deep learning, Deepfake, deepfakes, Dominic Lees, Donald Trump, Elizabeth, Elizabeth II, framestore, Fred Sassy, Greta Thunberg, Human behavior, Humans, Idris Elba, Julie Andrews, Kanye West, Keanu Reeves, Kendrick Lamar, Kim Kardashian, Kobe Bryant, Lisa Bode, London, Los Angeles, Mark Zuckerberg, Mashup, matt stone, Nico Pueringer, Nipsey Hussle, OJ Simpson, Pornography, Sam Gorski, Simon Cowell, Sweden, The Technology S, Tom Cruise, Tom Graham, Trey Parker, United Kingdom, Viral videoadmin

Dominic Lees, University of Reading

ITVX’s Deep Fake Neighbour Wars is the breakthrough in television’s use of artificial intelligence that experts in the cultural use of deepfakes like myself have been waiting for.

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01Nov/22

From QAnon to The Sandman: how demons found a place in popular culture

November 1, 2022SocialAdam, Angels, Bangladesh, Belfast, Creative Commons, Demon, Devil, Everett Collection Inc, Fallen angels, Hell, Iblis, Jinn, John Milton, Jonathon, Kevin Spacey, Legends, Los Angeles, Lucifer, Neil Gaiman, Pakistan, queen's university belfast, Religion, Robert Paterson, S. Jonathon O'Donnell, Satan, Spiritual warfare, United Kingdom, United States, Zohar Hadromi Alloucheadmin

Zohar Hadromi Allouche, Trinity College Dublin and S. Jonathon O’Donnell, Queen’s University Belfast

In western culture today, demons exist as something of a paradox. Religious belief in them is often presented as marginal. Many mainstream Christian denominations are silent or give them little prominence.

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16Sep/22

As ether adopts energy-saving ‘merge’, will bitcoin follow?

September 16, 2022FinanceArticles, Avi Asher-Schapiro, Bitcoin, Bitcoin Attackers, Bitcoin Cash, Blockchain, Carmine Russo, Computing, Cryptocurrencies, Economy, Ethereum, Los Angeles, Malaysia, Margot Paez, Mike Brune, Proof of stake, Sweden, U.S. Senators, United States, Vitalik Buterinadmin

No. 2 cryptocurrency to adopt energy-saving protocol
‘The merge’ could cut ethereum’s power use by 99%
Move seen piling climate pressure on bitcoin

By Avi Asher-Schapiro

LOS ANGELES, Sept 12 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Ethereum, the blockchain underpinning the world’s second-largest crypto token ether, is poised for a software upgrade that will slash the amount of energy it uses – a step that could pile pressure on bitcoin to take similar climate-friendly action. Continue reading →

03Aug/22

The story behind ‘Star Trek’ actress Nichelle Nichols’ iconic interracial kiss

August 3, 2022Televisionblack press, Creative Commons, Creative works, Dartmouth College, Einstein, Gene Roddenberry, Gene Rodenberry, Guion Bluford, Kirk, Kirk and Uhura's kiss, Kissing, Los Angeles, Mae Jemison, Martin Luther King Jr, Matthew Delmont, New York, Nichelle Nichols, Nyota Uhura, Sally Ride, Soft science fiction, Southern television, Star Trek, Star Trek: The Original Series, Television, The Lorelei Signal, Turner, Uhura, United States, William Shatneradmin

Matthew Delmont, Dartmouth College

On a 1968 episode of “Star Trek,” Nichelle Nichols, playing Lt. Uhura, locked lips with William Shatner’s Capt. Kirk in what’s widely thought to be first kiss between a Black woman and white man on American television.

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