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Make your own Mickey Mouse clip - Disney embraces AI
AFP, Published on 12/12/2025
» SAN FRANCISCO (UNITED STATES) - Walt Disney and OpenAI announced a three-year licensing deal Thursday that will allow users to create short videos featuring beloved Disney characters through artificial intelligence.
Oscar-winning UK playwright Tom Stoppard dies aged 88
AFP, Published on 30/11/2025
» LONDON - British playwright Tom Stoppard, who won an Oscar for the screenplay of the 1998 film "Shakespeare In Love", has died at the age of 88, United Agents announced on Saturday.
'Severely restricted': Russia's Saint Petersburg faces cultural crackdown
AFP, Published on 18/11/2025
» SAINT PETERSBURG - Russian bookseller Lyubov Belyatskaya sighed as she lamented the "climate of widespread anxiety" that has taken hold in her native Saint Petersburg amid the war in Ukraine.
Creator says AI actress is 'piece of art' after backlash
AFP, Published on 30/09/2025
» LOS ANGELES - The creator of an AI actress who exploded across the internet over the weekend has insisted she is an artwork, after a fierce backlash from the creative community.
Low-paid women still waiting for their #MeToo moment
AFP, Published on 25/09/2025
» BORDEAUX, France - “You need the work,” one woman said, “so you shut your mouth.” #MeToo may have helped change the landscape for women in Hollywood and in the boardroom, but cleaners, secretaries and supermarket workers who have suffered sexual violence at work say it has yet to do much for them.
OpenAI backs AI-animated film for Cannes debut
AFP, Published on 09/09/2025
» NEW YORK - ChatGPT-maker OpenAI is backing the production of a feature-length animated film created largely with artificial intelligence tools, aiming to prove the technology can revolutionize Hollywood filmmaking with faster timelines and lower costs.
Bollywood reels as AI reshapes Indian films
AFP, Published on 01/09/2025
» MUMBAI - Bollywood, famed for its lavish song-and-dance numbers and vast production crews, now finds itself confronting a new kind of spectacle: artificial intelligence.
Moscow not expecting ‘breakthroughs’ from Ukraine talks
AFP, Published on 22/07/2025
» MOSCOW - Russia on Tuesday once again downplayed expectations for a third round of peace talks with Ukraine and did not confirm the date for a meeting in Istanbul set for Wednesday by Ukraine.
'The Day of The Jackal' author Frederick Forsyth dies aged 86
AFP, Published on 10/06/2025
» LONDON - Prolific British thriller writer Frederick Forsyth, who instantly became a global bestselling author when his book "The Day of the Jackal" was published in 1971, died on Monday aged 86, his literary agents Curtis Brown said.
Dua Lipa, public figures urge UK to end Israel arms sales
AFP, Published on 29/05/2025
» LONDON - Pop star Dua Lipa joined some 300 UK celebrities in signing an open letter Thursday urging Britain to halt arms sales to Israel, after similar pleas from lawyers and writers.