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Newsweek
3 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Newsweek
7-Year-Old Lady Gaga Fan Has Dream Come True, 'Can't Believe' What He Sees
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. A child's stunned reaction to seeing Lady Gaga live in concert has melted hearts across the internet, as fans praise his wide-eyed wonder and genuine love for the pop icon. Gina Antoniadis (@yo_its_gina), 42, from Henderson, Nevada, shared touching footage of her 7-year-old son, Sebastian, reacting in disbelief at finally seeing Gaga in the flesh at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on July 19. Gina told Newsweek: "We arrived early, and, while we were waiting outside, Sebastian kept spotting people dressed up like Gaga and thought each one was her! It was the sweetest thing; he was so excited and genuinely thought she might be right there among us. "When the show began, she appeared with dark hair as part of her good versus evil theme. Sebastian has always known her to be a blonde, so, for a moment, he wasn't quite sure if it was really her," Gina said. From left: Sebastian has a surprised and excited reaction to seeing Lady Gaga live. From left: Sebastian has a surprised and excited reaction to seeing Lady Gaga live. @yo_its_gina/@yo_its_gina In the now-viral clip, Gina films herself and Sebastian using the front-facing camera, as he stares in awe at the stage and asks, "Is it really her?" while Lady Gaga performs "Poker Face." He follows up with another earnest question: why is her hair black? Gina explains that the pop star wears wigs. Sebastian's love for Lady Gaga isn't new. His dad, Athan Antoniadis, 40, has worked on Gaga's lighting crew for a decade, making the singer a familiar presence in the family's life. But it wasn't until three years ago, when his cousin Alex moved in, that Sebastian cemented himself as a "Little Monster." The two regularly host dance parties, perform the "Bad Romance" choreography, and even duet to "Shallow." Gina said: "It was honestly one of the most-joyful experiences of my life. For the first time, I wasn't just in 'parent mode.' I felt like I was experiencing the show with my best friend. "His innocent observations and questions always keep me laughing. His shared excitement was so genuine and real. He got to have fun, let loose and be apart of something big and beautiful. "This was our first concert together, and I can't wait to share this experience with my little dance partner again," said Gina. File photo: Lady Gaga performs during the kick off The MAYHEM Ball at T-Mobile Arena on July 16, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. File photo: Lady Gaga performs during the kick off The MAYHEM Ball at T-Mobile Arena on July 16, 2025 in Las Vegas, Gaga kick-started her worldwide sellout Mayhem Ball tour in Las Vegas on July 16, treating fans to a theatrical spectacle with a cinematic storyline about good versus evil. The TikTok video has since gone viral, resonating with fans of all ages. "A whole new generation of Gaga lovers. You're raising him right momma," posted Conner. "He wanted to make sure he wasn't being bamboozled," added Sam. "I sometimes forget there's a part of Gaga's fan base who are kids omg [oh my God]. So cute he's going to remember that moment forever," wrote another user. "He must be protected at all costs," commented one viewer. "Why's her hair black? me when she wore the black long wig and not the blonde," said another fan who related to Sebastian's confusion. "I love this so much. This is how I felt. I couldn't believe I was actually seeing her!!" said another TikTok user. Gina summed up the emotional evening by saying: "I'm so grateful for the opportunity to be able to bring him to this show. His joy, his spirit, his love for music … I feel so lucky to have witnessed that magic with him. Moments like that remind you how special it is to be a parent." Do you have any viral videos or pictures that you want to share? We want to see the best ones! Send them in to life@ and they could appear on our site.
Daily Mirror
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Lady Gaga latest pop star to suffer on-stage blunder as she takes a tumble in Las Vegas
Lady Gaga took a tumble during her performance in Las Vegas as part of The Mayhem Ball tour but she quickly styled it out and carried on singing to the delight of the crowd Lady Gaga has become the latest pop girly to suffer an on-stage mishap, with fans captioning the moment she styled out a stumble on camera. The Poker Face hitmaker, who is currently on a world tour with The Mayhem Ball, was performing in Las Vegas when the incident happened. The singer, 39, was belting out Vanish Into You from her latest album Mayhem when she looked like she was about to take a tumble and fell to the floor. In the footage taken by a fan in the crowd, one of Lady Gaga 's camera crew also appeared to stumble. However, the pop icon managed to quickly get back on her feet and continue her jaw-dropping performance. Many fans online noticed the fitting lyrics she was singing as she tripped, with one quipping: "'into the night we... fall' and she did." "They better make sure the floors are not slippery the next venue she goes to," another mused, with a third adding: "Katy almost falling from cloud nine with her butterfly, Beyoncé so fat she almost broke the strings and Lady Gaga falling while performing? What is going on." It seems that there is something in the air when it comes to pop stars and their tours at the moment. Earlier this month, Katy Perry's fans were left gobsmacked by her professionalism when a butterfly prop she was perched on plummeted mid-air during a recent gig. The Roar songstress was belting out 'Roar' at the Chase Centre when the prop took a sudden dive, causing the audience to gasp in worry for the star. The singer briefly halted the song to regain her balance before carrying on with the performance. She even made light of the hair-raising incident after the show, sharing a close-up snap of her startled expression as the prop descended. Katy captioned the post: "Goodnight San Fran." Fans were stunned by the incident and flocked to social media to commend her composed response. One admirer posted on X/ Twitter: "The professionalism here is beyond insane, like that could've easily cost your life, but Katy didn't panic and she kept the show going.... "The way she kept calm and kept singing- others would have freaked and said 'no no please stop' so glad Katy is safe but the safety team needs to step up," another fan wrote. One worried user remarked: "Yeah, it's time for these artists to get out the air..." Another queried: "Why do all of these stars need these floating stages for their shows. "Her astronaut training kicked in and was able to keep her calm and able to continue with the show. Mission accomplished," another quipped.
Spectator
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Spectator
Will AI kill off Captchas?
It was a line on Poker Face (the excellent US detective drama currently streaming on Now TV) that piqued my interest. Hunched over a laptop, Natasha Lyonne's heroine, Charlie Cale, claimed to be working as a 'Captcha technician' – someone who solves those fiddly, occasionally infuriating internet puzzles for money. You know – the ones that ask you to 'Select all the squares with traffic lights', 'Select all the squares with bridges' or simply tick a box to say you're human before you can log into a website. Given the series has satirised everything from New York City rent controls to multi-level marketing schemes, I originally assumed it must be a joke. But not for the first time the writers had wrong-footed me: it's actually perfectly possible to earn money (around $1 per 1,000) by solving batches of Captchas from the comfort of your own home. Who pays for these services in the first place? Like many things involving the underlying plumbing of the internet, the answer isn't particularly pleasant. It turns out that the legions of hackers, bot networks and web-scrapers who make money from our data, sometimes with malicious intent, are often willing to pay remote workers in order to help them force entry to websites. So there you have it. But just one more thing, as Cale's predecessor Columbo used to say: why are Captchas still such a big deal in 2025 anyway, given that artificial intelligence is surely capable of differentiating between photos of motorbikes and fire hydrants? As much as we might find them annoying, Captchas, which were developed in the early 2000s, still play a vital role in keeping the internet safe, says Matt Bliss, technical director at agency This is Embrace. Though they have got less annoying over the years (apparently), with much of the work happening behind the scenes. 'We think that Captchas are about solving puzzles, but most of the time it's just computers talking to computers,' he tells me over Zoom. When you try to enter a website, things like your IP address, your browser version, your time zone and even your internet history can help verify that you're a genuine user. Even crossing that ubiquitous tick-box to say you're not a robot isn't without purpose, given that the Captcha can track the way that you moved the mouse. For example, if your clicker travelled in perfectly straight lines at a constant pace, it's more likely you're a bot. By the time you're asked to complete a puzzle, you've already been flagged as a risky prospect, at which point the system flips the burden of proof on to you to prove your innocence. In theory, the tests it gives you are meant to separate robots from humans (hence the full name for Captchas: 'Completely Automated Public Turing Tests to Tell Computers and Humans Apart'), but is that really the case? Not quite. Last year, a Zurich-based PhD researcher, Andreas Plesner, developed an AI model to solve the ubiquitous Google Captchas (the ones that use images from Google Maps) with 100 per cent accuracy. 'It was actually just a side project,' he tells me over Zoom from California, estimating that the entire endeavour took him and his colleague around ten hours a week over a single semester. So will AI mean the end of Captchas? Not necessarily, say cyber security experts. Ironically, some have even suggested that the age of AI could actually make it easier for websites to detect bots on the basis that they will be the ones who solve Captchas the quickest. By contrast, those users who pause or even make small mistakes are much more likely to be genuine (as Alexander Pope put it, 'to err is human'). If Captchas are here to stay, can they at least be improved, so we no longer end up in a loop of repetitive traffic light-based tasks? There are plenty of bright sparks working on that exact question. Researchers at the University of Genoa have devised an alternative test for smartphone users involving simple physical challenges (such as tilting your phone in a certain direction) which bots will find impossible. Meanwhile, programmers at the University of Alberta have suggested 'contextual Captchas' which ask intuitive questions (i.e. 'What do you think happened next?') based on Dilbert-style comic strips. In theory, sussing these kinds of human narratives will be harder for AI-driven bots to crack – at least for now. In the meantime, it isn't just the writers of Poker Face who are having fun with Captchas. On Reddit, a small community of devotees post screenshots of particularly surreal examples of Captcha. Meanwhile the website World's Hardest Captcha has turned some of the most recognisable formats into a nightmare vortex of endless puzzles, each more difficult than the last. As for Charlie Cale's side-hustle solving Captchas for beer money, it looks like it's safe for now. So perhaps those poor souls in less prosperous countries making their living toiling away on platforms like 2Captcha and CapSolver can also provide some welcome perspective to the rest of us. After all, if you think having to identify images of tractors when you use a new wifi network is a pain in the neck, then imagine having to do it all day for a job. Forget 'I am not a robot': after eight hours of Captchas, you may feel like you might as well be.
UPI
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- UPI
Callum Vinson to play Jason Voorhees in 'Crystal Lake'
1 of 2 | Callum Vinson -- pictured here with Harriet Sansom Harris (L) and Amanda Seyfried in a scene from "Long Bright River" -- is set to star in the "Friday the 13th" prequel "Crystal Lake." Photo courtesy of Peacock July 19 (UPI) -- Callum Vinson has signed on to play Jason Voorhees in the Friday the 13th prequel, Crystal Lake. The Hollywood Reporter announced the casting of 10-year-old Callum in the pivotal role for the Peacock series on Friday. The child actor is known for his roles in Poker Face, Coup! Long Bright River and Night Agent. Other additions to the Crystal Lake cast, which will be led by the previously announced Linda Cardellini, include Nick Cordileone, Joy Suprano, Danielle Kotch and Phoenix Parnevik. "Jason. Ralph. Rita. Claudette. Barry. This team slays," show-runner Brad Kane wrote alongside a screenshot of the news report. Friday the 13th, which was about a killer terrorizing camp counselors, opened in 1980 and spawned numerous sequels, remakes, comic books and video games.
CNN
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- CNN
Natasha Lyonne assures us she has more teeth than her ‘Smurfs' movie character
Natasha Lyonne is recounting her journey to being cast as a rather unique character in the new 'Smurfs' movie. The 'Poker Face' star stopped by 'The Tonight Show' on Thursday and told Jimmy Fallon how she initially received the request to be in the new kids' movie via email and jokingly responded that she sent a 'reply all (saying) sure, who doesn't (want to be in a 'Smurfs' movie)?' Lyonne went on to explain that the filmmakers later informed her that Rihanna plays the 'adorable Smurfette, a hot little blonde number,' who is also rather famously the only female Smurf in the village of little blue creatures originally based on the Belgian comic from 1958. Fallon replied, 'Oh, Rihanna is Smurfette?' by way of confirmation, to which Lyonne responded, 'Turns out, I'm not.' 'I'm a character called Mama Poot,' she continued, adding that the character they showed her was 'a hairball with one bottom snaggle tooth, not even a top (tooth).' 'They're looking at me like, 'Isn't this charming that you guys seem so similar,'' Lyonne said of the filmmaking team. 'I said, 'Yeah, no, it's definitely going to help me get dates, I'm sure,'' she joked. Fallon then showed a picture of Mama Poot, attesting to the character's cuteness, as the audience produced a mixture of 'awws' and befuddled laughter. 'And guys, it's not about this, but I just want to remind everyone that I have a full set of real teeth. And I'm really proud of that,' Lyonne quipped. 'Not Mama Poot, though!' As for Smurfette Rihanna, there are no hard feelings, since Lyonne mentioned earlier in the chat that she 'is a huge fan' of the singer/actor/fashion mogul. 'Do you have her phone number by the way, because we don't seem to be in touch even though the movie is now complete,' Lyonne asked Fallon as an aside. 'We'll talk about that later.' 'Smurfs' is now playing in theaters.
