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☆ Ant-Man Gets Squashed as Hong Kong’s Movie Revival Follows Covid, Protests
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Wenxin Fan | Elaine Yu | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ New Hong Kong Movies Kick Kung Fu to the Curb in Favor of Introspective Dramas
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Wenxin Fan | Elaine Yu | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Disney delays Avatar, Marvel and Star Wars movies as it shuffles releases
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Yuheng Zhan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Disney on Tuesday revealed a shake-up of its movie release calendar, delaying several entries in the Avatar, Marvel and Star Wars franchises. "Avatar," released in 2009, and "Avatar: The Way of Water," released late last year, are two of the three highest-grossing films worldwide. Disney also delayed a planned "Star Wars" movie from December 2025 to May 2026. It added another Star Wars movie to the schedule too — it's set for December 2026. Disney has not released a Star Wars film since "The Rise of Skywalker" in 2019.

Persons: hasn't, James Cameron's, Jonathan Majors, Kang, Marvel, Bob Iger, Disney Organizations: Disney, Marvel, Star Wars, Netflix, Paramount, CNBC

☆ Bidens offer 'joy' at White House Pride event as LGBTQ attacks mount
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-10 | by ( Andrea Shalal | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/6] A child wears sunglasses depicting the colors of the bisexual pride flag during a Pride Celebration hosted by U.S. President Joe Biden on the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington, U.S., June 10, 2023. REUTERS/Anna Rose LaydenWASHINGTON, June 10 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday hosted the largest Pride celebration in White House history on Saturday, calling for new measures to protect the rights and safety of LGBTQ+ people amid a spate of what he called "terrifying" attacks and legislation. Biden, a Democrat, urged Congress to pass the "Equality Act" which would amend the 1964 Civil Rights Act to include sexual orientation and gender identity for protection alongside race, religion, sex and national origin, and ban assault weapons. "Today, we say loud and clear - that you belong, that you are beautiful, that you are loved," she said. Reporting by Andrea Shalal; additional reporting by Jeff Mason, editing by Deepa BabingtonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Joe Biden, Anna Rose Layden WASHINGTON, Biden, picnicked, Pete Buttigieg, Rachel Levine, Jill Biden, Ron DeSantis, Andrea Shalal, Jeff Mason, Deepa Babington Organizations: U.S, White, REUTERS, Saturday, Transportation, Health, Human, Senate, Q, Republican, Biden, Gallup, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, Colorado Springs, Orlando , Florida, Florida, statehouses

☆ Two cargo vessels collide off Greek island, near Turkey
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/4] A Hellenic Coast Guard helicopter flies over Vanuatu-flagged ship ANT during a rescue operation after two cargo vessels collided off the Greek island of Chios, Greece, June 2, 2023. Hellenic Coast Guard/Handout via REUTERSATHENS, June 2 (Reuters) - Two cargo vessels collided off the Greek island of Chios near the Turkish cost on Friday, authorities said, adding that there were no injuriesThe Singapore-flagged cargo vessel Potentia with 19 crew members and the Vanuatu-flagged ship ANT with 13 crew collided in the eastern Aegean Sea nine miles north of Chios. "There are no injuries, there is no risk of pollution", a coast guard official told Reuters on condition of anonymity, adding that the ships were not loaded with cargo. Greek authorities have deployed seven vessels and a search and rescue helicopter to the site. Reporting by Lefteris Papadimas; Editing by Kirsten DonovanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Lefteris Papadimas, Kirsten Donovan Organizations: Hellenic Coast Guard, REUTERS, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Vanuatu, Chios, Greece, REUTERS ATHENS, Turkish, Singapore

☆ China's tech sector may see fewer regulatory surprises — not zero, says S&P Global Ratings
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-24 | by ( Sheila Chiang | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

SHANGHAI, CHINA - MAY 10: A visitor takes photos of Ehang 216 electrical vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) autonomous aerial vehicle (AAV) during the Exposition on China Brand 2023 at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Center on May 10, 2023 in Shanghai, China. But the scope for surprises should be significantly diminished and they shouldn't result in significant operational challenges, as occurred in 2021," said S&P Global Ratings, in a report. "China's internet sector has emerged from its regulatory shakeup. Policymakers are signaling support and seem done with big legal changes or sweeping actions," said the report entitled "China's internet regulations: Fewer surprises, not zero surprises." China's crackdown on its large tech companies started in 2020, which saw the government imposing new regulations on tech.

☆ These are the top 10 stocks held by 'Big Short' investor Michael Burry
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-19 | by ( Matthew Fox | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Michael Burry invested a lot of money into the stock market last quarter, according to 13F filings. The "Big Short" investor who has held a bearish tilt towards stocks initiated 17 new positions last quarter. These are the top 10 stocks held by Burry's Scion Asset Management as of March 31. Burry posted on Twitter on multiple occasions over the last few months that he had a bearish view on stocks. These are the top 10 stocks held by Burry's Scion Asset Management as of March 31.

☆ 'Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 3' had best second weekend box office hold for MCU in 5 years
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-15 | by ( Sarah Whitten | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

In its second week in theaters, the director's "Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. Most blockbuster films' ticket sales drop between 50% and 70% from the opening weekend to the second week. It is the third-best second week fall of any MCU film since 2008, just behind "Thor," which slipped 47.2% during its second week in 2011. For comparison, the first "Guardians of the Galaxy" film tallied $773.3 million globally during its run in 2014 and "Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. The strong box office for "Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol.

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☆ Marvel's 'Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 3' kicks off summer movie season with $114 million opening
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-07 | by ( Sarah Whitten | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Disney and Marvel Studio's "Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. "Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. It also fell short of the $146.5 million "Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol 2" collected in 2017. "'Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. The release of "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.

☆ What does 'No Animals Were Harmed' mean? The disclaimer is not a guarantee of animal safety
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-07 | by ( Crystal Raypole | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

The American Human Association monitors roughly 70% of animal action in Hollywood productions. Since they've trademarked the "No Animals Were Harmed" disclaimer, only they can issue and define it. And despite past accounts of cover-ups, AHA guidelines aim to provide productions and animal trainers with a better understanding of animal safety limitations. Video footage released in 2016 showed Michael Hackenberger, Hollywood animal trainer and owner of the Bowmanville Zoo, whipping a tiger named Uno multiple times. Even so, many people believe the only movies that can truly state "No Animals Were Harmed" are movies that replace animal actors with computer-generated imagery.

☆ Ant’s Financial License Is in Limbo as China Shakes Up Regulatory System
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( Jing Yang | Raffaele Huang | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’ Review: A Space Raccoon Story
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( Kyle Smith | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Rocket (voiced by Bradley Cooper) Photo: MarvelIt’s been a superhero’s journey for writer-director James Gunn : He rose to great heights, was ruined, then re-emerged more powerful than ever. Five years ago Marvel Studios’ corporate parent, Disney, publicly fired Mr. Gunn as he started work on his third “Guardians of the Galaxy” movie over some inappropriate jokes he’d made years earlier on Twitter. A year later Mr. Gunn got himself uncanceled. He is now not only the sole writer and director of “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. Mass production of comic-book movies has stretched thin the talents of Mr. Gunn and most of his fellow toilers on the superhero assembly line.

☆ Ant Group weighs stake sale of Hong Kong virtual banking unit - Bloomberg News
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

May 5 (Reuters) - Ant Group Co (688688.SS) is considering selling its stake in its virtual banking unit in Hong Kong, Bloomberg News reported on Friday citing people familiar with the matter. Reporting by Rishabh Jaiswal in Bengaluru; Editing by Savio D'SouzaOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ AMC earnings a hit on Wall Street as 'Ant-Man' attracts more moviegoers
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

May 5 (Reuters) - AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc (AMC.N) beat Wall Street estimates for first-quarter revenue on Friday, as a string of hit films including the latest installment of Marvel's "Ant-Man" drove more moviegoers to theaters. Shares of the Leawood, Kansas-based company, which operates over 900 theaters globally, rose nearly 4% in trading before the bell. AMC has been trying different combinations to attract audiences to its theaters, including options where moviegoers can choose different seating options to meet their viewing preferences. Revenue for the quarter was $954.4 million, compared with analysts' expectation of $948.5 million, according to Refinitiv IBES data. Reporting by Tiyashi Datta and Yamini Kalia in Bengaluru; Editing by Anil D'SilvaOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ DC Studios' future begins with Marvel's 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3'
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( Sarah Whitten | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +15 min

And, for once, the success of a Marvel film could bode well for the future of its longtime adversary. On the theatrical side, DC Studios has announced five new projects that will roll out starting in 2025 with Gunn's own "Superman: Legacy." "And I think Marvel Studios, sooner rather than later, needs to tell us what's going on with Spider-Man." He sees this as the result of predictable plotlines within the genre that are repeated across both studios' films. Marvel Studios

☆ Jack Ma takes up visiting professorship in Japan
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-02 | by ( Michelle Toh | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Hong Kong CNN —Jack Ma has a new job: visiting professor in Japan. The Chinese billionaire has joined Tokyo College, under the University of Tokyo, according to a Monday statement on its website. In his role, Ma will work with researchers, serve as an adviser to the college and participate in seminars. In March, he visited a school funded by the Chinese tech giant in his hometown of Hangzhou, where he was seen meeting with students and teachers. Ma relinquished control of Ant Group in January as part of a shakeup of its shareholding structure.

☆ The first movie to cross $1 billion so far this year wasn't a superhero movie — it's 'The Super Mario Bros.'
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-01 | by ( Will Gendron | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

'The Super Mario Bros. Movie' continues to dominate the global box office. It has become the first movie of 2023 and the first video game movie ever to reach this benchmark. Over the weekend, "The Super Mario Bros. Movie" officially surpassed the $1 billion mark at the global box office. It grossed more than double the box office of the second highest-grossing movie of the year, Marvel's "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania," per Box Office Mojo. Meanwhile, "The Super Mario Bros." has a tight run time of just 92 minutes.

☆ Jack Ma, the billionaire co-founder of Alibaba who disappeared from public life in 2020, has taken up a teaching role in Japan
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-01 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma has joined Tokyo College, which is run by the University of Tokyo. Ma will be conducting research and teaching about sustainable agriculture and food production. Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma has taken up a teaching position in Japan, one of the first public roles he has assumed since disappearing from the spotlight in 2020. In his new role, Ma is expected to conduct research on sustainable agriculture and food production, Tokyo College said in an announcement on Monday. Ma said in May 2019 that he would go back to teaching after retiring from Alibaba in September of the same year.

☆ Jack Ma, who disappeared from public view in 2020, just accepted a teaching position in Japan. Here's how the Alibaba and Ant Group founder got started and amassed a huge fortune.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-01 | by ( Madeline Stone | Avery Hartmans | Sam Tabahriti | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Jack Ma, the billionaire founder of Alibaba and Ant Group, accepted a teaching role in Japan. Ant Group said Ma would give up control of the fintech company amid closer scrutiny from Beijing. Alibaba and Ant Group founder Jack Ma, who disappeared from public view in 2020 and resurfaced in Thailand in January, has accepted a teaching role in Japan. Ma is expected to conduct research on sustainable agriculture and food production, Tokyo College said in an announcement on May 1. Jay Fai restaurant in Bangkok, Thailand, posted a photo of Ma when he resurfaced.

☆ ‘Super Mario Bros. Movie’ set to become 10th animated film to cross $1 billion at the global box office
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-30 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Nearly one month after “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” premiered with an impressive opening weekend at the box office, the animated film is expected to hit another major milestone. The movie is set to cross $1 billion at the global box office on Sunday, according to a news release from Universal, continuing to break box office records as it remains in the No. “Super Mario Bros.” will become the 10th animated film in history to cross $1 billion, making it the 10th biggest animated movie of all time globally, beating out the $942.5 million that “Minions: The Rise of the Gru” grossed in 2019. “Super Mario Bros.” surpassed Marvel’s “Ant Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” at the time, which brought in $225.3 million globally during its February opening. “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” follows Brooklyn plumbers Mario and Luigi as they’re transported down a mysterious pipe while working underground to fix a water main.

☆ Wrexham: An intoxicating tale of Hollywood glamour and sporting romance
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-28 | by ( Aimee Lewis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +22 min

In an often brutal and bleak world, the recent resurgence of Wrexham, the city as well as the soccer club, lifts the soul. The Turf pub is a must-see for Wrexham fans. But now, there’s Wrexham with a story that, in hindsight, feels as if it was just waiting for Hollywood. One of Wrexham city center's shopping areas, pictured on April 22. Wrexham fans celebrate on the pitch after their team beat Boreham Wood at the Racecourse Ground.

☆ Watch an A.I. Learn to Write by Reading Nothing but Jane Austen
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Aatish Bhatia | Aatish Bhatia Spent Weeks Reading Dozens Of A.I. Research Articles | Training Tiny Language Models On His Computer. Before Coming To The Times | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +12 min

This is how language models usually start off: They guess randomly and produce gibberish. Over many, many rounds of training, language models can learn to write. As language models grow larger, the patterns that they learn can become increasingly complex. More is differentOther than the additional fine-tuning stages, the primary difference between nanoGPT and the language model underlying chatGPT is size. Large language models can become highly unpredictable, as evidenced by Microsoft Bing A.I.’s early interactions with my colleague Kevin Roose.

☆ China makes major push in its ambitious digital yuan project
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-24 | by ( Laura He | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Like cryptocurrency, the digital yuan incorporates some elements of blockchain technology: Every transaction is recorded and traceable in a digital ledger. Since last October, Changshu has been paying the transit subsidies for some government employees in digital yuan. It has also asked privately-owned apps to actively promote the digital yuan. Alipay began trialing digital yuan payments in 2021, and Tencent (TCEHY) announced last year that it would also start supporting the digital yuan in its WeChat Pay wallet. After all, industry leaders Alipay and WeChat Pay already have hundreds of millions of users who are familiar with their services.

☆ Wrexham: Paul Rudd films emotional moment between Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney after promotion
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-24 | by ( Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

It was an emotional moment captured by fellow Hollywood stalwart Paul Rudd, who filmed the pair in the immediate aftermath of Saturday’s 3-1 win over Boreham Wood. After a moment to themselves, Reynolds and McElhenney then shared a long hug before the latter appeared to wipe away tears from his eyes. Footage and photographs on social media showed Rudd drinking in the local pub and meeting excited Wrexham fans ahead of Saturday’s match. Martin Rickett/PA Images/Getty ImagesMany other celebrities took to social media to congratulate Wrexham after its promotion into the Football League. Rudd appears in photographs alongside Wrexham fans in The Turf Pub ahead of Saturday's match.

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