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Nominees for the 75th annual Emmy Awards have been announced, and HBO’s The Last of Us is one of the pack leaders with the most nominations, second only to HBO’s satirical comedy-drama Succession. If our count is correct, the video game-adaption is up for 25 awards. These range from Outstanding Production Design to Outstading Guest Actor/Actress in a Drama Series …

 Craft #João Charrua #masks #origami #paper #portraits July 13, 2023 Kate Mothes All images © João Charrua, shared with permission “There is something mysterious and magical about masks,” says João Charrua. “A mask intrinsically carries an energy with which we identify in some way. They are like portals to our imagination.” Through carefully planned and meticulous folds, the Portugal-based …

[Editor’s note: The following interview contains light spoilers for “Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One.”] Before newly minted “Mission: Impossible” star Pom Klementieff can get started chatting about her role as the franchise’s “insane” new baddie, she’s got just one teensy bit of housekeeping to attend to: she’s got to text back her co-star Simon Pegg. The long-time series star …

Bloomberg: The SEC sues ex-Celsius Network CEO Alex Mashinsky and the company over selling unregistered crypto securities; a source says Mashinsky was arrested on Thursday  —  The former chief executive officer of bankrupt crypto lender Celsius Network Ltd. was arrested following a probe into the company’s collapse …

The owner of Twitter and the founder of Tesla and SpaceX said on Wednesday that he has set up an artificial intelligence venture, xAI, which aims to figure out the world itself. “Announcing formation of xAI to understand reality,” Musk tweeted, with a link to the company’s freshly created profile on his social network. xAI is technically a separate company …

I have been in the market for a dress that 1) doesn’t require an awkward strapless or backless bra to look sleek and 2) I could just throw on and feel fabulous in. This dress checks off both. Irrational as it may be but I’m a little self-conscious about my arms (something I’m working on but, as they say, Rome …

Warner Bros. and FunPlus have announced a new DC video game. DC: Dark Legion is a strategy game releasing in 2024 for iOS and Android. The multiplayer game has players recruiting DC super heroes and villains to join their roster as they “fight for survival, justice, and freedom.” You can see the announcement video and key art below. You need …

Disney CEO Bob Iger called the prospect of both a writers strike and actors strike “very disturbing” during an interview on CNBC’s Squawk Box. “We’ve talked about disruptive forces on this business and all the challenges we’re facing in the recovery from COVID, which is ongoing. It’s not completely back. This is the worst time in the world to add …

Another week, another catastrophic failure of policy at Twitter that’s being eagerly exploited by its myriad competitors—and they truly are myriad. Mastodon, Bluesky, Hive, Cohost, Post, the late Parler, Gab, Truth Social, GETTR, Substack Notes, Spoutible, and now, of course, Threads. And yet, in spite of the momentary success of some of these platforms—Threads has gotten over 70 million signups …

In a news release issued by the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR), the experts said it was “deeply shocking and heartbreaking” to see an elderly Palestinian couple, Nora Ghaith and Mustafa Sub Laban, evicted from their family home where they lived all their lives and raised their children. ‘Apartheid machinery at work’ “As we have repeatedly said, forced evictions of …