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Geek Tyrant
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Geek Tyrant
New Trailer For The Imagination-Fueled Fantasy Film SKETCH - "Unleash Your Inner Monsters" — GeekTyrant
Angel Studios has released a great new trailer for its imagination-fueled dark fantsy family film Sketch . The movie has been getting a lot of great and positive reviews, and it's on that I've very mush looking forward to watching. I enjoy watch these kinds of adventure films that lean into the imagination of kids and monsters. As I'm watching the trailer, I'm reminded of the films that I loved as a kid, and this movie looks like it captures the spirit and energy of those movies. In the film, 'When 10-year-old Amber's (Bianca Belle) comically dark drawings start coming to life, her small town descends into chaos. Now, her family must face Amber's living nightmares head-on before her creations end up destroying everything.' The movie is described as 'Dazzlingly inventive.. take[s] the wide-eyed wonder of a Steven Spielberg, the impish mischief of a Joe Dante, plus the vibrant visuals of prime Pixar and somehow blitz[s] them together in a Magic Bullet blender' The movie comes from filmmaker Seth Worley making his feature directorial debut, and it stars Tony Hale, D'Arcy Carden, Kue Lawrence, Kalon Cox, Jaxen Kenner, Genesis Rose Brown, and introducing Bianca Belle as Amber. Angel Studios will release Sketch in theaters starting on August 6th, 2025.
New York Times
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- New York Times
Two New Picture Books About the Transformative Power of Language
'On a mild autumn morning, Oscar was doing his daily digging when he discovered a magnificent wooden chest.' Does this opening sentence raise questions in the mind of an adult reader? It certainly does. But even if you pause briefly to ask why Oscar digs every day — and whether child protective services should be alerted — the attractive picture book A CHEST FULL OF WORDS (NorthSouth, 48 pp., $19.95, ages 4 to 8), by the frequent collaborators Rebecca Gugger and Simon Röthlisberger, soon sweeps you along. Because what Oscar finds in this long-buried chest is a tangled treasure of words — and they are, intriguingly, quite fancy words at that, such as bulbous, docile and featherlight. Wow. As Oscar begins to apply these adjectives to objects in his vicinity, the reader stops asking pitiful irrelevant questions and falls into the habit of pointing at an illustration and matching it to a single delightfully descriptive word. 'That lighthouse is fuchsia,' you say proudly. 'And that bear is winged.' If I were to apply adjectives to Oscar, I would describe him as practical and perhaps worryingly-adept-with-tools, but also, crucially, teachable. When he opens the chest, he is at first disappointed, as he had hoped for something cool, like a slice of pink cake or a diamond. Attempting to make the best of the situation, he extracts the word fluorescent and tries playing with it, but it's no fun at all, so he airily tosses it into a shrub and walks off. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
The National
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The National
New Lilo & Stitch used a ‘chaotic' French bulldog to play Stitch on set
Maia Kealoha tells The National it was 'easy' to use her imagination opposite Dale the dog, puppets, and more
Forbes
21-05-2025
- Business
- Forbes
Your Career Success Now Depends On Imagination And Skills, Not Degrees
The debate about whether AI eliminates or creates jobs misses a more profound transformation. AI is redefining what ambition means in the career dreamland. The new divide is not between the employed and unemployed. It is between those who harness AI to amplify their imagination and those who cannot or will not. We have entered an era where one person with the right AI tools can accomplish what previously required entire teams. This shift is changing our work and what we can envision doing in the first place. The most successful professionals in this landscape do not necessarily have the most impressive resumes. They approach AI not as a threat, but as a collaborator that extends their creative reach beyond traditional limitations. They are reimagining what is possible in their careers rather than simply adapting to technological change. This new reality creates winners and losers based on one critical factor: the capacity for imaginative thinking paired with technological fluency. This combination allows for unprecedented career opportunities while rendering traditional paths obsolete, with cashiers, factory workers, journalists, and even software coders believed to be at risk. The Rise of Career Superagency AI has become the ultimate amplifier of human potential, creating what LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman calls "superagency," the ability of individuals to achieve exponentially more. Consider the emergence of the one-person powerhouse. Tasks that once required entire departments can now be executed by a single ambitious individual with the right AI tools. Marketing campaigns (using Jasper or software development (GitHub Copilot or Replit's GhostWriter), customer insights (Obviously AI or Akkio), and financial analysis (via Finmatic or Quartr) are all within reach of a solo operator with imagination. The one-person billion-dollar startup is no longer a fantasy. Bloomberg Beta's Roy Bahat has been prophesying it for a decade. Call him an ultra-optimist if you wish. But his prediction seems increasingly plausible as technology continues to multiply individual capability. Billion-dollar or not, AI-powered solopreneurs are undeniably on the rise and radically shifting what has long been the norm in business and entrepreneurship. Their emergence represents just one facet of a fundamentally changing career landscape. In this new landscape, what is truly scarce is not technical skill but imaginative thinking. AI can write code, generate content, and analyze data. But it cannot dream up the next breakthrough concept unless you count hallucinating. The most valuable professionals are not necessarily those with prestigious degrees or decades of experience. They are the AI-imaginative professionals who leverage the technology to manifest possibilities others can't even see, rather than those who merely apply AI to predefined tasks. This explains why we are witnessing the rise of generalists and vibe coders, a new breed of developers who interact with AI coding tools like GitHub Copilot, Cursor, or Replit using conversational prompts and intuitive direction rather than deep technical expertise. They succeed not because they have mastered every technical detail, but because they have mastered imagining what could be. Ultimately, AI is democratizing opportunity while creating a new elite. The barriers to entry for entrepreneurship, creative work, and knowledge production are falling dramatically. Anyone with a laptop and internet can access tools that rival those available to large corporations just years ago. Yet this democratization comes with a paradox. As opportunities expand, the divide between the AI-augmented and the AI-resistant grows wider. Those clinging to traditional definitions of expertise risk being left behind, regardless of their credentials. From Career Ladders to Launchpads This widening divide is not just changing who succeeds, but how careers themselves unfold. Traditional career paths assumed a linear progression: junior associate to senior manager to executive. AI is replacing these ladders with launchpads, where ambitious professionals leap instead of climb. In healthcare, AI is creating entirely new roles for those who can reimagine patient care. New healthcare roles are emerging, such as AI-assisted surgeons, diagnostic specialists using machine learning, patient care coordinators, and healthcare data analysts leveraging predictive models. These positions, along with medical ethicists specializing in technology governance, focus on improving patient outcomes, streamlining operations, and ensuring the responsible use of these tools in clinical settings. Wall Street Prep founder Matan Feldman demonstrated that ChatGPT can match human analysts in core investment banking tasks—building LBO models and creating data-driven presentations—while instantly implementing corrections when prompted. In creative fields, AI-augmented artists are hyper-productive and exploring new aesthetic territories. The most successful professionals do not see AI as just making their jobs easier. They see it as enabling them to redefine what their job could be. A smart AI user is the coach who knows how to get the best out of his quarterbacks. A new class of professionals is increasingly wielding AI as a cognitive exoskeleton. These individuals are fundamentally more capable of bringing ideas to life. Consider Netflix's Tanner Christensen, who uses Notion AI to supercharge his work journal, leveraging AI to summarize experiences, identify trends, and generate case study outlines. One-person startups using AI, such as CliniScribe, can now compete with teams ten times their size by automating everything from customer support to product development. If you view these as productivity stories, think again. These are ambition stories. AI doesn't just help these professionals do more. It helps them imagine more. How do you thrive in this new landscape? I suggest four ways: We are entering an era where the best career move is not climbing a corporate ladder but taking ownership of a career. The true winners will go beyond adapting to AI and use it to express previously unimaginable ambitions. As traditional career paths erode and new opportunities emerge, one thing becomes clear: the AI revolution is changing the job market and the meaning of a career. Imagination, not automation, is driving this transformation. The question is whether you will use AI to reimagine what your job could be and what you might accomplish with newfound superagency.
Wall Street Journal
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Wall Street Journal
Children's Books: ‘Do You See the Tiger?'
Children, as is well known, can see things that are invisible to adults. Where our jaded eyes perceive a table, a child beholds a secret hideaway. Where you or I might notice clouds of water vapor, someone much younger will observe cotton candy or an incipient genie. Philip Ardagh's lightly rhyming picture book 'Do You See the Tiger?' takes such imaginative divergence to charming lengths. In this story for readers ages 4-7, a little girl and her father go down into the London Underground to catch a train. The girl, Penny, notices that among the straphangers there's a passenger with distinctive feline attributes and a mischievous twinkle in his eye. Does she see a tiger? According to David Melling's exuberant illustrations, she does: The great cat is right there, its massive paws and black-and-orange fur hidden beneath a commuter's bland attire of hat and coat. Penny's father sees . . . nothing. He is, after all, an adult taking mass transportation, and if there's any place that people his age zone out, it's the subway. When a small boy drops his stuffed animal while getting off the train, Penny and the tiger establish a glorious rapport. When it's Penny's turn to leave, the tiger bids her farewell with a terrific roar. Says Penny's oblivious father on the platform: 'Can't complain, / but that really was a noisy train!' As for his daughter: 'This was Penny's best day ever. / She would remember it / FOREVER.' Sean E. Avery relates an amusing, low-key tale of invention and perseverance in the picture book 'Frank's Red Hat.' In collage illustrations that evoke the monochromatic iciness of Antarctica, we meet a penguin named Frank, an ideas guy who comes up with a newfangled doohickey for keeping the head warm. His fellow penguins are dubious: They've never seen a hat before, let alone a red hat, and they don't like it. We see Frank holding the worrisome item out to a friend to try. 'I promise you will be fine,' Frank says. 'But Neville was not fine,' we read, for a passing orca chooses that moment to leap from the sea and eat Neville 'in one big bite.' Now the penguins are leerier than ever about Frank and his 'evil' invention. Perhaps in a different color? Frank rapidly knits hats in other hues (all nicely labeled) of azure, magenta, apricot, coral and lime. Alas, there's still no market for his product—or so he thinks, until he finds a receptive new consumer base in this optimistic fable for readers ages 5-8. Tiffany Stone's humorous seek-and-find counting book 'Six Little Sticks,' illustrated by Ruth Hengeveld, features an insect known for its skill at camouflage. The conceit of the story is that a mother stick bug plans to teach her six babies how to stay safe by concealing themselves, but before she has a chance to start her lesson, the babies hide themselves, one by one. 'No little sticks. / Six sticks are gone. / Is Mama worried? Is Mama mad? / No. Look, Mama is really . . . glad!' Sharp-eyed young readers will enjoy searching the pictures for tiny, comic clues as to the whereabouts of the babies as they practice counting down from six to one and back up again to six and beyond.
