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A new video circulating on social media shows then Apple-CEO Steve Jobs, who died in 2011, predicting the advent of a ChatGPT tool more than three decades before the first generative tool was introduced in November 2022. Jobs is seen in a video which is said to be from 1985. In it, he can be heard…

Heal the Bay’s annual Beach Report Card, which assigns A through F grades based on bacterial pollution levels, has named the landmark Santa Monica Pier beach and Mother’s Beach in its top ten of most polluted beach waters. Santa Monica Pier is plagued by roosting bird droppings and urban runoff…

Bernice Johnson Reagon, the founder of the women's a cappella group Sweet Honey in the Rock, died on Tuesday in Washington. She was 81 and died in a hospital, according to her daughter, Toshi Reagon, who did not give a cause. Bernice Reagon was an original member of the Freedom Singers, a vocal…

TBS is celebrating the life of comedian and actor Bob Newhart with a Big Bang Theory marathon featuring his “Professor Proton” episodes. Beginning Sunday, at 8 p.m. July 21 on TBS, the marathon includes six classic episodes from various seasons, including “The Proton Resurgence,” “The Proton…

The third and final Deadpool and Wolverine trailer has arrived, hinting at Dafne Keen's return. A full shot of a masked Lady Deadpool also appears in the clip's final montage. The blonde hair shown in the recent teaser is pulled up into a high ponytail. "I've waited a long time for this…

After the COVID-19 pandemic, two strikes in Hollywood and with the impact of streaming and the advent of A.I, the media landscape has continued to shift and consolidate, as Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav predicted as recently as the 2024 Allen & Co. Sun Valley Retreat. Zazlav knows whereof…

Bucket Listers, creators of The Golden Girls Kitchen and The Malibu Barbie Cafe, have teamed with the Bravo entertainment brand for an upcoming immersive fan experience. The Diamonds and Rosé Experience by Bravo opens in New York August 2 and Los Angeles August 9. Ticketed guests will view a gallery…

The novelty popcorn bucket brigades have a new contender. Joining buckets from Dune and Deadpool & Wolverine is a new design from the forthcoming Alien: Romulus.  Cinemark have unveiled the popcorn bucket, which is a Xenomorph head, including the long protruding back of the head. The popcorn is…

UPDATE: Britney Spears has struck back. "I'm gonna do a photoshoot with Kate [Beckinsale] and tell the Osbourne family who is the most boring family known to mankind to kindly f–k off !!!" the singer hitmaker wrote in a lengthy Instagram note that also defended the British actress and model from…

In a recent interview with Jimmy Kimmel Live guest host Anthony Anderson,  former Friends star Lisa Kudrow recalled a moment when Sandra Bullock called her by her character’s name. “I just love this. I was at a big party and I was talking to Sandra Bullock — name-dropping, I have to, but it’s true,&#8221…

Only 90 minutes from LA., this Santa Barbara bedroom community offers status, privacy and unfussy summer luxury. Here are some of the Montecito haunts favored by locals such as Gwyneth Paltrow, Kevin Costner and Dick Wolf. Related Stories …

The Record Plant, the iconic Los Angeles recording studio that boasted that it spawned more hits and Grammy Award-winning music than at any other studio in the world, is closing its doors after 55 years. Record Plant Recording Studios in Hollywood opened in 1969, following the opening of a New York…