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Geek Girl Authority
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Geek Girl Authority
All Eyes Up Here for the Official SUPERMAN Trailer
Highlights DC Studios has unveiled the official trailer for James Gunn's Superman , which you can watch below. Superman In said trailer, we see Lois Lane interview Clark Kent/Superman. The conversation gets heated as Lois debates the merits of having an all-powerful alien acting on behalf of Earth. Expect the tentpole flick to fly into theaters this summer. Superman Gets Super, Man Our choices make all the difference. In the case of life and death, they mean everything. Jonathan 'Pa' Kent (Pruitt Taylor Vince) dispenses this wisdom to Clark Kent/Superman (David Corenswet) in the Superman official trailer. Hailing from filmmaker and DC Studios' Co-Chairman/CEO James Gunn, the superhero film aims to return to the iconic character's hopeful roots. RELATED: Prepare to 'Look Up' in Behind-the-Scenes Teaser for Superman About the Movie Here's a synopsis per Warner Bros. Discovery: ' Superman , DC Studios' first feature film to hit the big screen, is set to soar into theaters worldwide this summer from Warner Bros. Pictures. In his signature style, James Gunn takes on the original superhero in the newly imagined DC universe with a singular blend of epic action, humor and heart, delivering a Superman who's driven by compassion and an inherent belief in the goodness of humankind.' In addition to Corenswet as the titular hero and Vince as Pa Kent, the flick also stars Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane, Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor, Edi Gathegi as Michael Holt/Mister Terrific, Isabela Merced as Kendra Saunders/Hawkgirl, Nathan Fillion as Guy Gardner/Green Lantern, Skyler Gisondo as Jimmy Olsen, Anthony Carrigan as Rex Mason/Metamorpho, Sara Sampaio as Eve Teschmacher, María Gabriela de Faría as Angelica Spica/The Engineer, Wendell Pierce as Perry White and Alan Tudyk. RELATED: DC Studios' Sgt. Rock , Starring Colin Farrell, Halts Pre-Production Gunn directs from his screenplay, based on characters from the DC universe, and produces alongside fellow DC Studios head Peter Safran. Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster created Superman, with the character taking flight on April 18, 1938, for his comic book debut. Superman soars into theaters on July 11, 2025. Before you go, check out the official trailer below. SUPERGIRL: WOMAN OF TOMORROW Enlists Jason Momoa as Lobo Contact: [email protected] What I do: I'm GGA's Managing Editor, a Senior Contributor, and Press Coordinator. I manage, contribute, and coordinate. Sometimes all at once. Joking aside, I oversee day-to-day operations for GGA, write, edit, and assess interview opportunities/press events. Who I am: Before moving to Los Angeles after studying theater in college, I was born and raised in Amish country, Ohio. No, I am not Amish, even if I sometimes sport a modest bonnet. Bylines in: Tell-Tale TV, Culturess, Sideshow Collectibles, and inkMend on Medium. Critic: Rotten Tomatoes, CherryPicks, and the Hollywood Creative Alliance.
Yahoo
03-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
'We need to speak up': Authors protest against Meta training AI on their work
Landing a publishing deal was a dream come true for Jack Strange. "It was incredible. I'd had so many rejections along the way," he says. "So when someone said yes, I cried because it's everything I ever wanted." Before Jack published debut novel Look Up, Handsome, he'd written other, self-published titles. But he felt an entirely different emotion when he found out that those works had appeared on LibGen - a so-called "shadow library" containing millions of books and academic papers taken without permission. An investigation by The Atlantic magazine revealed Meta may have accessed millions of pirated books and research papers through LibGen - Library Genesis - to train its generative AI (Gen-AI) system, Llama. Now author groups across the UK and around the world are organising campaigns to encourage governments to intervene. Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, is currently defending a court case brought by multiple authors over the use of their work. Llama is a large language model, or LLM, similar to Open AI's ChatGPT and Google's Gemini. The systems are fed huge amounts of data and trained to spot patterns within it. They use this data to create passages of text by predicting the next word in a sequence. Despite the systems being labelled intelligent, critics argue LLMs do not "think", have no understanding of what they produce and can confidently present errors as fact. Tech companies argue that they need more data to make the systems more reliable, but authors, artists and other creatives say they should pay for the privilege. A Meta spokesperson told BBC Newsbeat it had "developed transformational GenAI powering incredible innovation, productivity and creativity for individuals and companies". They added that "fair use of copyrighted materials is vital to this", and that the company wants to develop AI that benefits everyone. As well as concerns over copyright and accuracy, AI systems are also power-hungry, prompting environmental fears, and worries they could threaten jobs. While Jack's debut novel wasn't part of the LibGen dataset, he did find some of his self-published books had been taken. He says he wasn't surprised because he'd seen so many fellow authors affected, but that it did spur him on to want to do something about it. "There's always something you can do. You can't just say 'oh well'. You've got to speak up and fight back," he tells BBC Newsbeat. Meta says open source AI like Llama will "increase human productivity, creativity, and quality of life". But Jack says it poses a real risk to creatives like him. "It's annoying that the first thing AI comes for are creative jobs that bring you joy. "We're so undervalued already, and we're even more undervalued now with AI coming in." Jack says going up against a company like Meta, which is worth more than a trillion dollars, doesn't feel like a fight he can take on alone. "How much control can you take back when your work has already been taken? "How do we live with that and how do we get protected from that?" He's one of a growing number of writers calling on the government to intervene, with a demonstration planned on Thursday near Meta's London office, as well as action online. Abie Longstaff works at the Society of Authors, a union representing writers, illustrators and translators, and tells Newsbeat they have been raising concerns about the risks of AI for years. "We all feel that level of helplessness," she says. "But we're all fighting so hard." She says her work has also been stolen and used to train AI, something she believes has an impact on future publishing opportunities. "Large language models work by prediction, they work by looking at patterns. They want our voice, they want our expression, they want our style. "So you can as a normal person go onto one of these sites and say 'please can you write me a book in the style of Abie Longstaff' and they'll write it in my style, in my voice." Because their works have been scraped though, writers won't get any compensation or recognition if it's used this way. "We want to see compensation, we want to see that it's more transparent," Abie says. "The company has taken our books and used it to make money. It has money, but instead of paying us for our intellectual property instead of licensing a word, it's taking it all for free." Artists release silent album in protest against AI using their work Glue pizza and eat rocks: Google AI search errors go viral Apple suspends error-strewn AI generated news alerts The Society of Authors as well as other unions like the Writers' Guild are encouraging writers to get in touch with their MPs to raise their concerns in government. In December, the government shared a consultation in a bid to navigate the issue between copyright holders being in control and paid for their work and AI companies having "wide and lawful access to high-quality data". One proposal was giving tech companies automatic access to works such as books, films and TV shows to train AI models unless creators opted out. But Abie thinks that's the wrong way round. "It's like saying you've got to put a note on your wallet saying no-one steal it," she says. "It should be the AI companies asking us if they can use our work." Writing is something Jack had always dreamed of doing - and still does, despite the challenges he's currently facing. "It's still my dream to be an author and hopefully write full time. It's incredibly difficult now, it's going to be more difficult with AI coming in." Listen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.
BBC News
03-04-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Meta AI book scraping: 'We need to speak up', say authors
Landing a publishing deal was a dream come true for Jack Strange."It was incredible. I'd had so many rejections along the way," he says."So when someone said yes, I cried because it's everything I ever wanted."Before Jack published debut novel Look Up, Handsome, he'd written other, self-published he felt an entirely different emotion when he found out that those works had appeared on LibGen - a so-called "shadow library" containing millions of books and academic papers taken without investigation by The Atlantic magazine revealed Meta may have accessed millions of pirated books and research papers through LibGen - Library Genesis - to train its generative AI (Gen-AI) system, author groups across the UK and around the world are organising campaigns to encourage governments to which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, is currently defending a court case brought by multiple authors over the use of their work. 'More difficult with AI coming in' Llama is a large language model, or LLM, similar to Open AI's ChatGPT and Google's systems are fed huge amounts of data and trained to spot patterns within it. They use this data to create passages of text by predicting the next word in a the systems being labelled intelligent, critics argue LLMs do not "think", have no understanding of what they produce and can confidently present errors as companies argue that they need more data to make the systems more reliable, but authors, artists and other creatives say they should pay for the privilege.A Meta spokesperson told BBC Newsbeat it had "developed transformational GenAI powering incredible innovation, productivity and creativity for individuals and companies".They added that "fair use of copyrighted materials is vital to this", and that the company wants to develop AI that benefits well as concerns over copyright and accuracy, AI systems are also power-hungry, prompting environmental fears, and worries they could threaten jobs. Facing down a trillion dollar company While Jack's debut novel wasn't part of the LibGen dataset, he did find some of his self-published books had been says he wasn't surprised because he'd seen so many fellow authors affected, but that it did spur him on to want to do something about it."There's always something you can do. You can't just say 'oh well'. You've got to speak up and fight back," he tells BBC says open source AI like Llama will "increase human productivity, creativity, and quality of life". But Jack says it poses a real risk to creatives like him."It's annoying that the first thing AI comes for are creative jobs that bring you joy. "We're so undervalued already, and we're even more undervalued now with AI coming in."Jack says going up against a company like Meta, which is worth more than a trillion dollars, doesn't feel like a fight he can take on alone."How much control can you take back when your work has already been taken?"How do we live with that and how do we get protected from that?" He's one of a growing number of writers calling on the government to intervene, with a demonstration planned on Thursday near Meta's London office, as well as action Longstaff works at the Society of Authors, a union representing writers, illustrators and translators, and tells Newsbeat they have been raising concerns about the risks of AI for years."We all feel that level of helplessness," she says. "But we're all fighting so hard."She says her work has also been stolen and used to train AI, something she believes has an impact on future publishing opportunities."Large language models work by prediction, they work by looking at patterns. They want our voice, they want our expression, they want our style. "So you can as a normal person go onto one of these sites and say 'please can you write me a book in the style of Abie Longstaff' and they'll write it in my style, in my voice."Because their works have been scraped though, writers won't get any compensation or recognition if it's used this way."We want to see compensation, we want to see that it's more transparent," Abie says."The company has taken our books and used it to make money. It has money, but instead of paying us for our intellectual property instead of licensing a word, it's taking it all for free." The Society of Authors as well as other unions like the Writers' Guild are encouraging writers to get in touch with their MPs to raise their concerns in December, the government shared a consultation in a bid to navigate the issue between copyright holders being in control and paid for their work and AI companies having "wide and lawful access to high-quality data".One proposal was giving tech companies automatic access to works such as books, films and TV shows to train AI models unless creators opted Abie thinks that's the wrong way round."It's like saying you've got to put a note on your wallet saying no-one steal it," she says. "It should be the AI companies asking us if they can use our work." Writing is something Jack had always dreamed of doing - and still does, despite the challenges he's currently facing."It's still my dream to be an author and hopefully write full time. It's incredibly difficult now, it's going to be more difficult with AI coming in." Listen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.
Boston Globe
01-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
Boston rock group the Remains, ‘America's Lost Band,' subject of new short film
Their son, Daniel Tashian, is a respected songwriter and producer in his own right. He recently served as a co-producer on Ringo Starr's latest album, a country record called 'Look Up.' According to Holly, when Daniel asked Ringo if he remembered the three weeks the Remains opened for the Beatles, the droll drummer replied, 'Nope. I don't remember anything.' Advertisement 'And that was that,' Holly said with a laugh in a recent phone interview with the Globe. Almost 60 years since their brush with mega-stardom, the Remains are back in the spotlight. 'America's Lost Band,' a tidy half-hour documentary based on one of the band's periodic reunions (this one around 2006), begins streaming April 8 through The short film is a reworked version of a feature documentary of the same name, which debuted at the Boston Film Festival in 2008. Licensing issues around the use of Beatles material and a guest spot by the Remains on 'The Ed Sullivan Show' prevented the film from distribution beyond its handful of festival appearances. Advertisement Producer Fred Cantor grew up in Connecticut enamored with the Remains. In 1998, a friend invited him to catch the group during one of its reunion tours. 'That was mind-blowing,' Cantor recalled recently by phone. 'I was immediately transported back to the age of 13, sitting in my bedroom listening to my portable record player.' Cantor quickly resolved to try to ensure that the band's legacy would last. First he wrote a stage musical about the group. Then he enlisted his friend Michael Stich, longtime director of the daytime soap opera 'The Bold and The Beautiful,' to make the documentary. Barry Tashian and Vern Miller of the Remains head out to the stage at Dodger Stadium. Ed Freeman Now, years later, Cantor and Stich have repurposed the reunion footage from their original film to make the new version. The band members — Tashian, keyboardist Bill Briggs, bassist Vern Miller, and drummer Chip Damiani — came together at Boston University in 1963. They honed their considerable chops playing the school's fraternity parties and at the Rat in Kenmore Square. In the documentary, one fan enthuses about how good the band still sounded: 'If you close your eyes and throw some beer on the floor, you're at the Rathskeller.' The Remains broke up after Damiani quit the band over the frustrations of touring. By then, Tashian was eager to explore other kinds of music. Miller went on to form other Boston bands (including Advertisement Jon Landau, the rock critic who went on to become Bruce Springsteen's longtime manager, helped immortalize the Remains when he 'People think there's some mystery around why the band broke up,' said Holly Tashian, who now lives in Nashville. Her husband was disappointed that Damiani chose to leave the group: 'Without him, it just wasn't the same. Barry also saw what it was like to be so famous, like the Beatles, and he just said, 'This is not a way to live.' It's totally understandable.' A few years ago, Holly noticed that Barry's memory was slipping. Tashian, who is 79, has since been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Holly recently made the difficult decision to put him in a memory care facility near their home in Nashville. 'It progressed to the point where I could not handle it at home anymore safely,' she said. 'He seems to be happy. I think we look at Alzheimer's and we're kind of afraid of it. Yet I also see that people all have their own paths. And this is part of Barry's path. 'And it's part of my path to go on without him and see what that's about.' They met while attending high school together in Westport, Conn. Tashian was actually dating Holly's best friend at the time. Several years later, after the Remains broke up, they bumped into each other on a Connecticut beach. 'I loved his music, always had,' she said. 'I decided I would learn guitar and play with him, and he was patient enough to let me do that.' Advertisement Other than Tashian, Miller is the only surviving member of the Remains. Damiani, who ran a home improvement company, Rewatching the footage of the new Remains documentary has been 'delightful,' said Holly Tashian. 'It's really evident what a great friendship they had together,' she said. 'That to me is part of the magic of that group.' James Sullivan can be reached at .
Yahoo
19-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Ringo Starr's children are 'fed up' of him threatening to retire
Ringo Starr's children are "fed up" with him threatening to retire. The 84-year-old musician - who has Zak, 59, and Jason, 57, and daughter Lee, 54, with late ex-wife Maureen - admitted that every time he comes off a tour, he tells his kids that he is going to throw in the towel but then something else always comes up to entice him back to the stage. He told this week's edition of People magazine: "Sometimes when I finish a tour, I'm like, 'That's the end for me.' And all my children say, 'Oh, Dad, you've told us that for the last 10 years.' And they get fed up with me. "I do feel, 'Oh, that's got to be enough,' and then I get a phone call: 'We've got a few gigs if you're interested.' Okay, we're off again!" The Beatles legend - who shot to fame alongside Sir Paul McCartney, as well as the late John Lennon and George Harrison in the 1960s as part of the 'Hey Jude' hitmakers - has now been playing with the All Starr Band for over 30 years, and ahead of their tour later this year, fondly recalled that their first performance was in a field. He said: "In those days, I had a phone book, so I found guys who were musicians and I'd call them. "We opened in Texas in a field and it was great. And we've been doing it ever since because I love to play live. I love the audience, I know they love me and we have a great time." Ringo also released his chart-topping album 'Look Up' earlier this year and it was an exploration of the country genre. He said: "It sort of took its own way. We can make the right turns sometimes. "It's working out really well. I've been surprised a lot lately."
