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Seth Rogen standing on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival. He is dressed in a designer tuxedo under cinematic spotlights. Vivid high-saturation colors and dramatic rim lighting. 85mm lens with shallow depth of field and gold bokeh. 4K HDR professional photography.
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SETH ROGEN SLAMS STUPID DOG SHIT AI FILMS #

Seth Rogen stood on the Croisette in Cannes this Friday as the audience inside the Palais gave a seven-minute standing ovation. The applause was for his new animated film, Tangles: A Story About Alzheimer’s, My Mother and Me. But while the crowd cheered, Rogen was sharpening his knife for the machines. He looked every bit the Hollywood holdout against the synthetic tide rising on the French Riviera. "Stupid dog shit," Rogen told reporters at Cannes when asked about the supposed…

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NBA STAR BACKS BILLION DOLLAR AI STUDIO #

Cecilia Shen is 25 years old and already running a billion-dollar movie studio that has yet to release a single film. She sat in a high-rise office for a Forbes profile recently, looking like the ultimate New Hollywood mogul. Shen is the co-founder of Utopai, a startup that claims to…

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TRUMP FACES THE THIRTY DOLLAR HAMBURGER CRISIS #

Handy Market in Burbank, California, displayed ground beef under glass on May 14. The price tags were enough to make a casual shopper faint. President Donald Trump has returned from China to a domestic disaster that even he cannot charm away. The American burger, the last bastion of the common…

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ARYNA SABALENKA ROCKS GUCCI ON VOGUE COVER #

Aryna Sabalenka stood on a sun-drenched balcony in Miami Beach for the May 2026 digital cover of Vogue. The ocean behind her was a shimmering turquoise, but the real view…

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WORM EATS OPENAI AS WATERMARKS GO LIVE #

OpenAI announced on May 19 that it is finally becoming C2PA-conformant. They are adding an "invisible watermark" called SynthID to every image generated by their AI. The company even previewed…

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In Brief #

PLAYERS SUE SONY OVER PS5 WINDFALL

Gaming giants are in the crosshairs as Sony faces a class-action lawsuit for allegedly pocketing federal tariff refunds. Plaintiffs argue that Sony raised PS5 prices to cover Trump-era taxes and should now pass the multi-million dollar 'windfall' back to the consumers.

MEXICO CITY AIRPORT RACES AGAINST CLOCK

Benito Juárez International Airport is a chaotic construction site as 3,000 workers pull 20-hour shifts to finish a $500 million renovation before the World Cup. Airport director Juan José Padilla admits complications have been 'more than we expected' with the tournament less than a month away.

JUNK FOOD REWIRES CHILD BRAINS PERMANENTLY

A new study from University College Cork warns that a childhood diet of junk food can permanently rewire the brain's appetite controls. Researchers found that high-fat, high-sugar diets create lasting changes that persist even after a switch to healthy eating in adulthood.

SALLY FIELD SNAGS TOP EMMY PREDICTIONS

Hollywood legend Sally Field is the runaway favorite for the 2026 Emmy for Best TV Movie for her role in Remarkably Bright Creatures. The film, which features Alfred Molina as the voice of an octopus, is being called an 'absolute shoo-in' by Los Angeles Times critics.