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Courier-Mail
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Courier-Mail
Logie Awards red carpet: All the best looks
Don't miss out on the headlines from Logies. Followed categories will be added to My News. Celebs are arriving at The Star in Sydney for today's TV Week Logie Awards, hosted by Sam Pang. Earlier this week, Pang dropped some hints about who might be in the firing line during tonight's show in a chat with From The Newsroom podcast host Andrew Bucklow. The axing of The Project is likely to be referenced, but 'with love!' Pang assured listeners, as well as the (second) cancellation of long-running soap Neighbours. We'll live blog the ceremony as it unfolds - but before that, the red carpet. We'll update this story with all the best looks as they arrive … Love Island host Sophie Monk in a figure-hugging gown. Picture: MATRIXPICTURES Inside Outside indeed. Picture: MATRIXPICTURES Carrie Bickmore, positively shimmering in gold. Picture: MATRIX Home and Away star Emily Weir's stylist clearly told her 'now make sure you show off the thigh-high split' Picture: MATRIX Home And Away star Hailey Pinto. Picture: Brendon Thorne/Getty Dressed for the win! Gold Logie nominee Lynne McGrainger. Picture: MATRIX Hot couple alert! Home and Away co-stars and real-life sweethearts Ada Nicodemou and James Stewart. Picture: Hanna Lassen/Getty Hot couple mark 2: Hamish Blake and Zoe Foster Blake. Picture: Brendon Thorne/Getty ABC presenter Leigh Sales. Picture: Brendon Thorne/Getty Red on a red carpet? Bold move, Kate Miller-Heidke. Picture: Matrix. Another lady in red - Kerri-Anne Kennerley. Picture: Hanna Lassen/Getty And another one! Home and Away star Stephanie Panozzo. Picture: Brendon Thorne/Getty Gold Logie nominee Lisa Millar can have a late one now she's not hosting ABC News Breakfast anymore. Picture: Hanna Lassen/Getty Sunrise presenter Edwina Bartholomew. Picture: MATRIX Aussie entertainment mainstay Angela Bishop. Picture: MATRIXPICTURES The Newsreader star Michelle Lim Davidson, in a custom made Mary Ioannidis gown made from Italian Ivory tulle. Picture: MATRIX Real Housewives of Sydney star Dr Kate Adams. Picture: Hanna Lassen/Getty Home and Away star Jessica Redmayne looks positively shocked to be out of Summer Bay - she's in a custom Diane Lewis gown. Picture: MATRIXPICTURES Leila McKinnon came specially giftwrapped. Picture: MATRIX Gold Logie nominees Poh Ling Yeow and Julia Morris. Picture: MATRIXPICTURES Former Bach star Bella Varelis. Picture: MATRIXPICTURES Heartbreak High star Chloe Hayden. Picture: Brendon Thorne/Getty SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 03: Sophea Pennington attends the 65th TV WEEK Logie Awards at The Star on August 03, 2025 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by) The awards will culminate with the announcement of this year's Gold Logie winner (scheduled to happen by 11:15pm, but based on previous years, we can expect a winner announcement just after midnight). This year's Gold Logie nominees are an all-female field – except for one man, Hamish Blake, who has sheepishly admitted he feels like it's a bit of a 'stitch up' to be given the possibility of beating six women to the night's top prize. Blake's also won Gold before, as has fellow nominee Sonia Kruger, while Ally Langdon, Julia Morris, Lisa Millar, Lynne McGranger and Poh Ling Yeow would all be taking out Gold for the first time should any of them win. More to come … Originally published as Logie awards 2025 red carpet: All the best celeb looks as they arrive
News18
15-07-2025
- Entertainment
- News18
Filmmaker Takes A Dig At Ranbir Kapoor's Ramayana For Rs 4000 Crore Budget? Find Out
Last Updated: Even though the filmmaker did not mention Ranbir Kapoor or Ramayana in his post, the timing of his note left everyone wondering if he was slamming the much-awaited movie. Amid reports that Ranbir Kapoor's Ramayana has a budget of Rs 4000 crore, it looks like filmmaker Sanjay Gupta has taken a dig at the makers. Recently, Gupta took to his X handle and mentioned that even though big Hollywood films like Avatar and Dune also had massive budgets, they never spoke about it and let their work do the talking. 'MATRIX, LORD OF THE RINGS, AVATAAR, DUNE, STARWARS, etc. All films with groundbreaking never seen before VFX. None spoke about it before the release. They let the work speak for itself," he wrote. Even though Gupta did not mention Ranbir Kapoor or Ramayana in his post, the timing of his note left everyone wondering if he was slamming the much-awaited movie on the Hindu mythological epic. Ramayana Has A Budget Of Rs 4000 Crore? With a massive all-star lineup featuring Ranbir Kapoor, Yash, Amitabh Bachchan, Sai Pallavi, Sunny Deol, and more, Nitesh Tiwari directorial has officially claimed the title of the most expensive Indian film ever, with a combined budget of around Rs 4,000 crore (about $500 million). Recently, the producer of the movie, Namit Malhotra, opened up about funding the project when he told Prakhar Gupta on his podcast, 'We're funding it ourselves. We're not taking anybody's money." He admitted that when the idea took shape six or seven years ago, shortly after the pandemic, many thought it was pure madness. 'To put it simply, it'll be about $500 million by the time we're done on both films put together, part one and part two, which is over Rs 4,000 crore." Directed by Nitesh Tiwari and produced by Namit Malhotra's Prime Focus Studios along with the 8-time Oscar-winning VFX studio DNEG, in association with Yash's Monster Mind Creations, Ramayana is being filmed for IMAX and will be released worldwide in two parts: Part 1 in Diwali 2026 and Part 2 in Diwali 2027. First Published: July 15, 2025, 14:23 IST Disclaimer: Comments reflect users' views, not News18's. Please keep discussions respectful and constructive. Abusive, defamatory, or illegal comments will be removed. News18 may disable any comment at its discretion. By posting, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
Newsweek
18-06-2025
- Health
- Newsweek
AI Impact Awards 2025: Every Cure Aims to 'Teach Old Drugs New Tricks'
Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Every Cure, a nonprofit working to reveal the untapped potential of existing medications, has emerged as the overall winner of Newsweek's inaugural AI Impact Awards. The AI Impact Awards evaluated AI solutions across several business sectors, including health care, mobility, workplace and education. Winners were celebrated for pursuing big ideas that generated significant impacts when put into practical use. A cross-industry panel of expert judges—including AI leaders from UMass Memorial Health, Bayer, Bezos Earth Fund and the U.S. Department of Defense—evaluated applicants, and voted Every Cure as the overwhelming favorite. The organization also took home the gold in the Best Outcomes, Materials Science and Chemistry category, earning accolades for its AI-powered approach to drug repurposing. AI Impact Winner: Every Cure AI Impact Winner: Every Cure Newsweek Illustration Every Cure was founded by Dr. David Fajgenbaum and Dr. Grant Mitchell in 2010, in response to a personal crisis. As a third-year medical student, Fajgenbaum was diagnosed with Castleman disease, a rare and deadly illness with no approved treatments. "We didn't have 10 years and a couple billion dollars to develop a new drug," Mitchell told Newsweek. The roommates' only hope was that they could "repurpose an existing drug, and that it might work for him," Mitchell added. Fortunately, the pair's research revealed that a decades-old kidney transplant drug, sirolimus, could treat Fajgenbaum's condition. That success sparked a realization. Thousands of lifesaving therapies may already exist, hidden in plain sight on pharmacy shelves. Today, Every Cure is working to systematically uncover and validate those hidden opportunities using artificial intelligence. Its proprietary platform, MATRIX (Therapeutic Repurposing in eXtended uses), was designed to assess and rank roughly 75 million drug-disease combinations, prioritizing high-potential therapies with speed and scale that would be unimaginable without AI. The AI model recommends the drug-disease combinations that are most likely to work biologically and reduce suffering for a significant number of people. Then, Every Cure can pursue that combination with a low-cost trial or study. "We let the data guide us towards the highest-impact opportunities," Mitchell said. In 2024, Every Cure began advancing more than eight promising repurposing projects. Among the most striking examples was its AI model's identification of adalimumab, a drug commonly used for autoimmune conditions, as another potential treatment for Castleman disease (the condition that inspired the company's founders). That prediction put a terminally ill patient into remission and was published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Another success involved leucovorin (a derivative of folate), which helped restore speech in children with a subtype of autism by bypassing a biochemical blockade. "We had parents send in videos and tell stories of their kids who have never spoken or expressed their feelings before, [now] saying, 'Daddy, I love you,'" Mitchell said. "It's just been really awesome to see that kind of impact." Every Cure's platform doesn't stop at prediction. It also uses AI to evaluate and rank evidence from scientific literature and electronic health records—the systems that hospitals use to manage patient records—to support clinical trial planning. The company's team of more than 40 data scientists, engineers and MD/PhD medical experts also collaborates closely with patient advocacy groups, contract research organizations and tech partners like Google Cloud and Komodo Health. This cross-disciplinary model ensures that discoveries are not only scientifically sound, but aligned with patient needs and ready for real-world adoption. One of the nonprofit's most surprising findings? Many effective therapies are already backed by sufficient evidence. They simply lack visibility. In these cases, Mitchell said, no new clinical trial is necessary. Researchers just need to repackage the existing evidence and update clinical guidelines so that patients and physicians know the treatment is available. "We refer to low-hanging fruit all the time—this fruit is just sitting on the forest floor," Mitchell said. To guarantee safe and responsible dissemination, Every Cure developed tiered disclosure systems for researchers and the public. A public-facing web tool is slated for release in 2026, and will allow clinicians and advocates to explore the database of predictions. Every Cure's momentum is accelerating. The company is supported by a $48.3 million contract from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health and $60 million from the TED-backed Audacious Project. Its goals are also ambitious: to launch 15 to 25 validated repurposing projects by 2030, shift clinical guidelines, and offer new hope to patients who have long been overlooked by the pharmaceutical industry. With AI as its engine, Every Cure suggests that the future of medicine may lie in rediscovering what we already know—and using it far more wisely. "How many times did we walk past a local CVS and that pill was just sitting there while David [Fajgenbaum] was suffering and thousands of people were dying?" Mitchell said. "We became obsessed with this idea that the drugs that we have—that humanity has put so much effort into bringing to to market and helping patients with—are not fully utilized to treat every disease that they possibly can." To see the full list of winners and awards, visit the official page for Newsweek's AI Impact Awards. Newsweek will continue the conversation on meaningful AI innovations at our AI Impact Summit from June 23 to 25 in Sonoma, California. Click here for more information and to register for the event.
CairoScene
18-04-2025
- Entertainment
- CairoScene
Nordo Drops Audiovisual EP ‘Contiga' in One Bold Release
With Contiga, Nordo skips the slow rollout for one bold release: 6 songs, 6 visuals, no algorithm, just music. Apr 18, 2025 Tunisian rapper and singer Nordo has released his latest project Contiga—a 6-track EP paired with 6 music videos, all dropped in a single day. No teasers, no build-up. Just one moment, one release, across all platforms. It's a clear rejection of algorithm-driven rollouts and a reminder of what music can feel like when artists trust the work to speak for itself. Created during a month of isolation, Contiga was shaped by instinct and focus. The result is a sonically diverse, emotionally rich project that shifts between acoustic guitar riffs, lofi textures, and tight rap flows. Every track has its own visual, released not as marketing, but as part of the creative project. The EP opens with MATRIX, a slow intro that builds into sharp bars. KLEM (ft. KTYB) follows with laid-back summer vibes. WILLI and AMORE MIO lean into Mediterranean and Spanish influences, both grounded in guitar-led melodies — Amore Mio in particular recalls the romantic, string-driven style of Tul8te. TRABIT offers a fun, upbeat switch with pop energy, while METCHEF closes the project on a softer, more emotional note. The title Contiga is named after a bird known for flying behind its flock to protect them, an image that reflects Nordo's role as both artist and observer. It's a subtle symbol of care and intention. With this release, Nordo pushes back against the pressure to game the system. Contiga is raw, and immediate—a reminder that sometimes, the best way to share music is all at once.
Yahoo
18-03-2025
- Yahoo
Europol warns of AI-driven crime threats
(Reuters) - Organised crime gangs are turning to AI-powered scams and payment systems to target victims, allowing them to rapidly and more cheaply scale up operations globally and making them harder to detect, Europol warned on Tuesday. The technology means they can craft messages in multiple languages and create highly realistic dupes to impersonate individuals and blackmail targets in global cyberfraud operations, the law enforcement agency of the EU said in its European Serious Organised Crime Threat Assessment report. Criminals are also using generative artificial intelligence to produce child sexual abuse material, it said. "The very DNA of organised crime is changing. Criminal networks have evolved into global, technology-driven criminal enterprises, exploiting digital platforms, illicit financial flows, and geopolitical instability to expand their influence," Catherine De Bolle, Europol's executive director, said. The agency said elements of every criminal process were increasingly moving online, including recruitment, communication and payment systems. "The same qualities that make AI revolutionary - accessibility, adaptability, and sophistication - also make it a powerful tool for criminal networks," Europol said. "These technologies are automating and expanding criminal operations, making them more scalable and harder to detect." The report warned that the emergence of fully autonomous AI, in which systems plan and execute tasks without human guidance, "could pave the way for entirely AI-controlled criminal networks, marking a new era in organised crime". In late February, Europol announced the arrest of two dozen people for distributing AI-generated child abuse images. The operation was one of the first involving AI-generated child abuse material, Europol said at the time, adding there was a lack of national legislation surrounding the use of AI tools for this purpose. In early December, it said it had taken down an encrypted messaging service MATRIX that was used for international drug and arms trafficking. Europol on Tuesday listed cyber attacks, migrant smuggling, drug and firearms trafficking and wrongdoing in waste management among the fastest growing criminal threats on the continent.
