TOKYO – Studio Ghibli, the famed Japanese animation studio of Hayao Miyazaki, will become a subsidiary of Nippon Television Network Corp., both sides said Thursday. Succession worries had been a priority at Ghibli, as Miyazaki has turned 82, and producer Toshio Suzuki is 75, the companies said in a joint statement. The boards of both … Read more
NEW YORK – Huddled together on a snakeskin couch in a New York hotel, their euphoria was infectious. Måneskin just played a pop-up lunchtime show in Times Square, and now they learned their Madison Square Garden show scheduled for later in the week was a sellout. Pleasantly surprised, frontman Damiano David called the news “very … Read more
LOS ANGELES – The trauma Migos rapper Quavo suffered after witnessing his nephew Takeoff being gunned down last year is a disturbing sight he doesn’t want anyone else to experience. Through his pain, Quavo found his purpose as a vocal advocate against gun violence. He met privately with some powerful political figures including Vice President … Read more
The event gives nonprofits and organizations the chance to raise unrestricted funds. SAN ANTONIO — The Big Give returns for it’s tenth anniversary on Wednesday at 6 p.m. through Thursday. The Big Give is a twenty-four hour online giving day that helps connect South Central Texas nonprofits with new and existing donors. This year the … Read more
NEW YORK – John Grisham, Jodi Picoult and George R.R. Martin are among 17 authors suing OpenAI for “systematic theft on a mass scale,” the latest in a wave of legal action by writers concerned that artificial intelligence programs are using their copyrighted works without permission. In papers filed Tuesday in federal court in New … Read more
The event gives nonprofits and organizations the chance to raise unrestricted funds. SAN ANTONIO — The Big Give returns for it’s tenth anniversary on Wednesday at 6 p.m. through Thursday. The Big Give is a twenty-four hour online giving day that helps connect South Central Texas nonprofits with new and existing donors. This year the … Read more
TORONTO, ONT – You may find yourself in a movie theater with “Stop Making Sense” playing and the members of the Talking Heads in the audience. That was the once-in-a-lifetime scenario when the new 4K restoration of “Stop Making Sense” premiered recently at the Toronto International Film Festival. On screen was a young, elastic David … Read more