Why ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Blew Its Budget With Costs Of $410 Million
Disney has revealed that the total cost of its 2017 blockbuster Star Wars: The Last Jedi "exceeded the budgeted expenditure" due to a surge in spending in post production.
Disney has revealed that the total cost of its 2017 blockbuster Star Wars: The Last Jedi "exceeded the budgeted expenditure" due to a surge in spending in post production.
Large language models can achieve incredible performance on some tasks without having internalized a coherent model of the world or the rules that govern it, researchers find. This means these models are likely to fail unexpectedly if they are deployed in situations where the environment or task slightly changes.
A new study has assessed TB infection and active TB disease during children's first decade of life in high-burden settings. The new results found that there was a consistently high rate of annual TB infection among children in the study group -- between 4-9 percent -- and that more than 10 percent of children developed TB disease by the time they were 10 years old. The study builds upon a previous analysis by some of the researchers which also found high rates of TB infection and disease in children up to five years old.
This year’s Album of the Year lineup at the Grammys is sure to be a memorable one. The lineup could be entirely female, which would be a first for the Grammys since the expansion of the big four categories to eight nominees. And it would be a leap forward from the days when the Recording […]
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UPDATE 1: Vermont called for Harris, Indiana and Kentucky for Trump. In other news, turnout is off the charts in Philadelphia and Detroit, causing Trump's team to have a meltdown or two. I love this for them.
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Steve Kornacki is considered to be the internet’s boyfriend thanks to his lovable appearances on MSNBC, but does he have an actual boyfriend of his own? The 45-year-old journalist will be live on MSNBC all day during Election Night (November 5) to track the results as they come in throughout the evening. Steve came out [...]
Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz urged supporters to ‘get out and get this vote done’.
The Canadian province has 30 of 34 minerals identified as critical for promoting green energy.
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The Issue: Gov. Kathy Hochul’s comments stating that the NY GOP is “anti-American” and “anti-women.”
As we move into the final weeks of 2024, the major streaming platforms will be rounding out the year with some of their biggest and …
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The Democratic candidate gets three electoral votes.
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Beeny has said some simple tasks may help homeowners avoid more costly issues further down the line.
A presidential campaign marked by upheaval and rancor approached its finale Tuesday as voters weighed a stark choice for the nation’s future in deciding whether to send Republican Donald Trump back to the White House or elevate Vice President Kamala Harris to the Oval Office. Results in three states have come through: Harris takes Vermont, Trump takes Indiana and Kentucky.
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Jeff Bezos recently released an op-ed on why the Washington Post will be refraining from endorsing political candidates and why he believes faith needs to be restored in journalism. At the start of the article, he gives an analogy to illustrate the media’s present problem:
Voting machines must meet two requirements. They must count the vote accurately, and people must believe they count the vote accurately. The second requirement is distinct from and just as important as the first. Читать дальше...
London Stansted Airport, 35 miles northeast of the UK capital, is its third busiest airport and will exceed 30 million passengers in 2024. It is regarded in some quarters as a downmarket sort of facility overrun with students and backpackers, mainly on account of the overwhelming presence of low cost airlines, led by Ryanair.
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First meeting of the season with this divisional rival
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