Nicole Kidman Says Olivia Rodrigo’s Spoof of Her AMC Commercial Won Her Some ‘Major Points’ With Her Daughters

Nicole Kidman is loving Olivia Rodrigo’s endearing spoof of her AMC commercials as much as everyone else. On Tuesday, the 21-year-old “Vampire” singer took to TikTok to share a video of herself at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada, while preparations for her upcoming concert were underway. In the video, Rodrigo uses the audio from … Read more

Lottery player won $1.765 billion Powerball jackpot in CA. Now officials identify them

A lucky Powerball player in California scored the $1.765 billion jackpot during the Oct. 11, drawing. Their identity is no longer a mystery. Theodorus Struyck has been identified as the person to represent “the group of winners who bought that ticket” at a Midway Market in Frazier Park, the California Lottery said in a March … Read more

Only 7 Actors Have Won 3 or More Oscars in Acting Categories (But 2 Stars Could Join the Club in 2024!) | 2024 Oscars, Academy Awards, EG, evergreen, Extended, Movies, Oscars, Slideshow | Just Jared: Celebrity News and Gossip

The Oscars are arguably the most prestigious awards show that an actor can be recognized at. Even getting nominated in the acting categories – Best Actor and Actress and Best Supporting Actor and Actress – is an impressive feat that might take years to achieve. Take Leonardo DiCaprio for example; he won his first in … Read more

The Most Nominated Woman in Oscars History Won Eight Awards

The Big Picture Edith Head, the most award-winning woman in Oscar history, dressed iconic Hollywood stars and broke barriers for women behind the camera. Head’s versatile and striking designs were essential in conveying the power, elegance, and sensuality of the characters she dressed. Actresses specifically requested Head both for her designs and for her no-nonsense, … Read more

I asked Gemini and GPT-4 to explain deep learning AI, and Gemini won hands down

Tiernan Ray/ZDNET Sometimes, the best way to examine something is in the context of stuff you already know a little bit about. Or, at least, think you do. In that spirit, I recently tested Google’s Gemini chat bot, formerly Bard, against OpenAI’s ChatGPT-4. This test was part of a discussion of a key element in … Read more

Iranian singer who won Grammy for Mahsa Amini protest anthem is sentenced to prison in Iran

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — An Iranian singer who won a Grammy presented by U.S. first lady Jill Biden has been sentenced to more than three years in prison over his anthem supporting the 2022 protests over the death of Mahsa Amini. Shervin Hajipour posted on Instagram on Friday, the same day that Iran held … Read more

Powerball Told a Man He Won $340 Million. He’s Suing After Getting Nothing

A D.C. resident is suing the Powerball lottery system and the D.C. Office of Lottery and Gaming after a technical error left him without a prize of $340 million, accusing the lottery operators of conspiracy, negligence, and fraud. What Drew Noomi Rapace to Constellation? In the lawsuit, plaintiff John Cheeks states that on Jan. 6, … Read more

Stanley Kubrick Only Won One Oscar — And Not in a Category You’d Expect

The Big Picture Despite a career spanning five decades and numerous iconic movies, Stanley Kubrick only received a single Oscar, which came in the category of Best Visual Special Effects for 2001: A Space Odyssey . 2001: A Space Odyssey changed ideas of what science fiction and cinema can accomplish, exploring high-concept topics like evolution, … Read more

Usher Says He Won ‘Bidding War’ with Justin Timberlake for Justin Bieber

Usher and Justin Timberlake draw a lot of comparisons … but Usher says he’s got a leg up on his counterpart — ’cause he beat him in a Justin Bieber bidding war. The singer-songwriter revealed in an interview with People that, way back in 2008, he met Bieber and Scooter Braun and offered to bring … Read more