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What to stream this week: Shakira, Paul Simon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Kristen Wiig and Princess Peach

March 18, 2024, 6:02am Entertainment

Chef and restaurateur Jose Andrés invites actors Jamie Lee Curtis, Bryan Cranston and O’Shea Jackson Jr. over for dinner in a new TV special and Jake Gyllenhaal starring in an… Read story

Riders can climb ‘halfway to the stars’ on San Francisco cable car dedicated to late Tony Bennett

March 17, 2024, 6:00am Entertainment

A cable car recently dedicated to the late Tony Bennett rolls past the landmark Fairmont hotel where the singer in 1961 first performed the song that would forever tie him… Read story

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Justice Smith, left, and David Alan Grier in &ldquo;The American Society of Magical Negroes.&rdquo; (Focus Features/Zuma Press/TNS)

‘The American Society of Magical Negroes’ review: Big swing, big miss

Justice Smith, left, and David Alan Grier in &ldquo;The American Society of Magical Negroes.&rdquo; (Focus Features/Zuma Press/TNS)

March 17, 2024, 6:00am Entertainment

A toothless satire blends with a half-baked rom-com in “The American Society of Magical Negroes,” a flat comedy which barely seems invested in its provocative, high-wire premise, nor does it know what to do with it. Read story

Yembo&rsquo;s co-founder wrote and self-published a book about AI, and an actor recorded the English audiobook last year and got paid for that recording time. Now her AI-cloned voice is being used to narrate 15 translations of that audiobook.

AI-narrated books are here. Are humans out of a job? This startup has a solution

Yembo&rsquo;s co-founder wrote and self-published a book about AI, and an actor recorded the English audiobook last year and got paid for that recording time. Now her AI-cloned voice is being used to narrate 15 translations of that audiobook.

March 17, 2024, 5:26am Business

If you’ve listened to an audiobook or a narrated news article in the past year or so, there’s a chance it was created not by a human, but by AI software that mimics the sound of a human voice. Read story

Once all-male ensemble Vienna Philharmonic now has 24 female musicians

March 16, 2024, 6:05am Entertainment

Andrea Götsch was surprised when she won her audition in 2019 that led to membership in the Vienna Philharmonic. Read story

Walker Scobell as Percy in Disney&rsquo;s &ldquo;Percy Jackson and the Olympians.&rdquo; (David Bukach/Disney)

Coming-of-age tales like ‘Percy Jackson’ getting live-action TV moment

Walker Scobell as Percy in Disney&rsquo;s &ldquo;Percy Jackson and the Olympians.&rdquo; (David Bukach/Disney)

March 16, 2024, 6:05am Entertainment

While co-creating the live-action TV adaptation of the magical children’s book series “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” for Disney+, Jon Steinberg looked to several classic films starring plucky young heroes for inspiration. Read story

Alan Tudyk plays an alien who takes over the body of a doctor in the Colorado-set sci-fi series &ldquo;Resident Alien.&rdquo; (Syfy)

‘Resident Alien’ makes itself at home on Netflix

Alan Tudyk plays an alien who takes over the body of a doctor in the Colorado-set sci-fi series &ldquo;Resident Alien.&rdquo; (Syfy)

March 16, 2024, 6:04am Entertainment

When the first two seasons of “Resident Alien” premiered on Netflix last month, star Alan Tudyk could only guess at how audiences would react. Read story

Stormy Daniels releases documentary on Peacock

March 16, 2024, 6:03am Entertainment

Stormy Daniels goes into new detail in a documentary about her alleged 2006 sexual encounter with former President Donald Trump, saying she was cornered by him in his hotel room the night they met and that she blames herself for not stopping him. Read story

Bill Burr speaks onstage April 20, 2019, at the Netflix Adult Animation Q&amp;A and Reception on in Hollywood, Calif.

Comedian Bill Burr hits big time

Bill Burr speaks onstage April 20, 2019, at the Netflix Adult Animation Q&amp;A and Reception on in Hollywood, Calif.

March 16, 2024, 6:02am Entertainment

Comedian and actor Bill Burr is set to play his biggest show in Metro Detroit to date this month at Little Caesars Arena, which is part of his 2024 tour of large venues and theaters. Read story

Libraries struggle to afford the demand for e-books, seek new state laws in fight with publishers

March 16, 2024, 6:02am Entertainment

Whenever bestselling author Robin Cook releases a new medical thriller, the head of the public library in West Haven, Connecticut knows demand for digital copies will be high. So will the price. Read story