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Christopher Nolan says people ‘disdain’ artificial intelligence and the idea that it will replace humans is ‘nonsense’ | Christopher Nolan

Christopher Nolan says people ‘disdain’ artificial intelligence and the idea that it will replace humans is ‘nonsense’ | Christopher Nolan

๐Ÿ”ฅ Explore this must-read post from Culture | The Guardian ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ **Category**: Christopher Nolan,The Odyssey,AI (artificial intelligence),Film,Technology,Culture ๐Ÿ“Œ **What Youโ€™ll Learn**: Oscar-winning director Christopher Nolan believes the kind of films he makes โ€” big-budget action films mostly shot on location โ€” will survive the spread of artificial intelligence, a technology he says many people โ€œdisdain.โ€The Oppenheimer and The Dark Knight director is promoting his latest film, an adaptation of the Greek epic The Odyssey, which hits theaters this week."The interesting thing about artificial intelligence is that I have never seen a technology that was so successfully embraced by Wall…
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TV Tonight: Regrets and flashbacks in the sizzling Swedish drama | television

TV Tonight: Regrets and flashbacks in the sizzling Swedish drama | television

โœจ Discover this insightful post from Culture | The Guardian ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ **Category**: Television,Television & radio,Culture ๐Ÿ’ก **What Youโ€™ll Learn**: kafir9pm, Sky AtlanticThe Swedish drama about film director David and actress Marianne continues their decades-long relationship. In the present, the duo reconnects over regret, and flashbacks to 1978 show a strong bond as they film a thriller together. But Marianne's young daughter admires David, while her husband perhaps finds the performance a little convincing. Holly RichardsonBake: The Professionals8pm on Channel 4The Confectioners' World Cup reaches the quarter-finals, and the five remaining duos must transform traditional teatime sweets into sophisticated desserts.…
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‘Make wine and share it. What more could you want?’: Sam Neill is remembered by his co-stars | Sam Neill

‘Make wine and share it. What more could you want?’: Sam Neill is remembered by his co-stars | Sam Neill

๐Ÿš€ Read this insightful post from Culture | The Guardian ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ **Category**: Sam Neill,Film,Culture,Lindsay Duncan,Drama films,Television,Television & radio,World news ๐Ÿ’ก **What Youโ€™ll Learn**: "A wonderful man and a wonderful actor"Lindsay Duncan, co-starring in Reilly, Ace of Spies (1983) and Blackbird (2019)I worked with Sam on Reilly when I was young and shy, and even though he pinned me to a desk in one scene, I didn't get the most out of the experience. Then a few years ago we shot a movie called Blackbird, directed by Roger Michell, with an amazing group of actors and we all became close…
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Eat, sleep, rave…make peace! DJ Yousuke Yukimatsu’s mission to change the world through topless rave | Dance music

Eat, sleep, rave…make peace! DJ Yousuke Yukimatsu’s mission to change the world through topless rave | Dance music

โœจ Check out this must-read post from Culture | The Guardian ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ **Category**: Dance music,Electronic music,Music,Japan,Culture โœ… **What Youโ€™ll Learn**: TSeveral years ago this month, Japanese DJ Yusuke Yukimatsu suffered an epileptic seizure. When he didn't show up to book the festival, organizers called his friends in Osaka, who found him exhausted at home. He was taken to hospital where doctors diagnosed him with a brain tumor. โ€œIf no one had contacted me, I probably would have died,โ€ he posted on a crowdfunding platform several months later.In the black-and-white photo accompanying a crowdfunding in support of his work, Yukimatsu…
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Mastermind of โ‚ฌ88m Louvre heist believes ‘they could have taken more’ | Paris

Mastermind of โ‚ฌ88m Louvre heist believes ‘they could have taken more’ | Paris

๐Ÿ”ฅ Check out this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ **Category**: Paris,France,Europe,Museums,World news,Culture โœ… **What Youโ€™ll Learn**: Two men suspected of stealing the Crown Jewels worth โ‚ฌ88m (ยฃ75m) from the Louvre Museum in Paris last October have told investigators that the alleged mastermind behind the heist was disappointed by the stolen items and thought they "could have taken more".The French newspaper Le Monde cited transcripts of the interrogation of the alleged thieves last month by the two investigating judges responsible for the investigation, providing detailed insights into the robbery that made international headlines and led to the…
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TV Tonight: Chris Packham’s brilliant series on evolution | television

TV Tonight: Chris Packham’s brilliant series on evolution | television

โœจ Explore this insightful post from Culture | The Guardian ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ **Category**: Television,Television & radio,Culture ๐Ÿ“Œ **What Youโ€™ll Learn**: development9pm on BBC TwoChris Packham begins his fascinating five-part series next to a Kenyan waterhole, laughing in amused amazement at the magnificent creature that is the African elephant. No one would ever design an animal like this, so how did it evolve? The answer is a four-billion-year-old epic story of hunger, conflict, and earth-shaking natural disasters, all of which made the survivors stronger. Jack SealeAnimal control6pm, Sky OneFour seasons have already aired in the US, and now this sitcom about…
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A Year in London Review – Fashion student clashes with her professor in a frothy gay romantic comedy | film

A Year in London Review – Fashion student clashes with her professor in a frothy gay romantic comedy | film

๐Ÿš€ Read this trending post from Culture | The Guardian ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ **Category**: Film,Romance films,LGBTQ+ rights,Culture โœ… **What Youโ€™ll Learn**: A The story of the year is about how long this film feels so strange, although there are moments when the TV series silliness, love longing for images and wooden line readings in Google Translate are mildly amusing.Olivia (Nina Pons) is a young fashion student from southern Italy who gets the opportunity of a lifetime to spend a year in our glamorous capital at the London Academy of Haute Couture in South Kensington. It seems like saucer-eyed Olivia can't get…
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The impact of Brexit, 2016-2026, edited by Anthony Seldon Review โ€“ Life Without the EU | History books

The impact of Brexit, 2016-2026, edited by Anthony Seldon Review โ€“ Life Without the EU | History books

โœจ Check out this must-read post from Culture | The Guardian ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ **Category**: History books,Politics books,Books,Culture,Essays,Brexit โœ… **What Youโ€™ll Learn**: THis huge collection of essays by 43 different authors, including seven princes, four barons, one lady and three knights of the realm, is perhaps the closest we will ever come to quasi-formal thinking about the causes and consequences of Brexit. Its editor, Sir Anthony Seldon, is an honorary historian at 10 Downing Street and has written definitive works on successive British administrations in the twenty-first century.However, the phrase โ€œEnglish nationalismโ€ appears precisely once in its six hundred pages โ€“…
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Review by Ana Mendieta – If She Were Alive, She Would Be at the forefront of Art This Century | Art and design

Review by Ana Mendieta – If She Were Alive, She Would Be at the forefront of Art This Century | Art and design

๐Ÿ”ฅ Read this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ **Category**: Art and design,Art,Culture,Sculpture,Exhibitions,Tate Modern,Cuba โœ… **What Youโ€™ll Learn**: A A huge color photograph of an ancient ruined site greets you outside the dramatic Ana Mendieta exhibition, and immediately tells you that this is going to be different. This sort of thing looks more like it belongs in a British Museum exhibition about a lost pre-Columbian civilization than the concrete fortress of the Blavatnik Wing at Tate Modern. But in her imagination, this is where Mendieta belongs, too. Born in Havana, Cuba in 1948, she was sent to…
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I interviewed Sam Neill in 2024. He was more charming than I expected | Sam Neill

I interviewed Sam Neill in 2024. He was more charming than I expected | Sam Neill

๐Ÿ”ฅ Check out this insightful post from Culture | The Guardian ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ **Category**: Sam Neill,Film,Culture โœ… **What Youโ€™ll Learn**: I He interviewed Sam Neill in 2024, remotely: He was in Vancouver filming the Netflix series Untamed, but we were there to talk about a twisty Australian courtroom drama, The Twelve. He was immediately honest. He said his second season was "much stronger" than the first, which was absolutely true, as the first was a bit corny, and the second showed more confidence in its audience and our tolerance for nuance.But actors, in general, will never say anything remotely critical…
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