Following is a abstract of present leisure information briefs.
Choose reserves choice on bail for Canadian style mogul Nygard
A decide reserved her choice on Thursday on whether or not to grant bail to Canadian style mogul Peter Nygard forward of a attainable listening to on extradition to the US on intercourse trafficking and racketeering expenses. Canadian police arrested Nygard in Winnipeg on Dec. 14 on the U.S. authorities’s request below the international locations’ extradition treaty.
A Minute With Gary Oldman on ‘Mank’, streaming and revisiting Smiley
Oscar-winner Gary Oldman goes again to Nineteen Thirties Hollywood in Netflix movie “Mank”, enjoying screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he pens “Citizen Kane”. David Fincher, whose late father Jack wrote the script, directed the black-and-white film, which is garnering awards buzz.
South Korean AI know-how brings again folks singer’s voice
Although South Korean folk-rock singer Kim Kwang-Seok has been lifeless for practically 25 years, his followers will be capable of hear him carry out a brand new tune cowl on Friday due to synthetic intelligence (AI) know-how used to recreate his voice. The voice AI system – Singing Voice Synthesis (SVS) – discovered 20 songs of Kim based mostly on a coaching software with over 700 Korean songs to enhance accuracy, in order that the system can mimic a brand new tune in Kim’s personal fashion, in line with the AI firm Supertone which recreated the lead singer’s voice.
On-line premieres and digital Q&As as Sundance goes digital
Purple carpets for the celebrities may not be rolled out in Park Metropolis, Utah, this yr, however the 2021 Sundance Movie Competition is opening its doorways to audiences globally with on-line premieres and digital panels. Like many different festivals, the primary U.S. showcase for unbiased movie, based by actor and director Robert Redford, has canceled its in-person version on the ski resort city because of the COVID-19 pandemic, presenting a digital model as a substitute.
California’s Coachella music competition canceled for the third time
The Coachella music competition as a result of be held in southern California in April 2021 was canceled on Friday by native well being officers due to the continuing coronavirus pandemic. It was the third time the out of doors occasion, one of many largest music festivals on the planet, had been canceled or postponed due to the pandemic.
The Documentary ‘Assassins’ tells the unusual story of the homicide of Kim Jong Un’s half-brother
Almost 4 years after the assassination of North Korean chief Kim Jong Un’s estranged half-brother, Kim Jong Nam, a brand new documentary seeks to make clear the brazen airport homicide and the involvement of the 2 younger ladies accused of carrying it out. Kim Jong Nam’s killing https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-malaysia-kim-murder/murder-at-the-airport-the-brazen-attack-on-kim-jong-nam-idUSKCN1RD185 at Malaysia’s Kuala Lumpur Worldwide Airport in February 2017 was caught on grainy CCTV footage broadcast worldwide, but many particulars nonetheless stay a thriller. (https://reut.rs/2KWDB8f)
Nation star Kris Kristofferson quietly bows out
Nation singer-songwriter Kris Kristofferson has quietly retired from touring after greater than 50 years within the music enterprise. The information, buried in a information launch earlier this week, comes a yr after the “Me and Bobby McGee” singer performed his final gig on the Outlaw Nation Cruise within the Caribbean in January 2020. U.S. comedy legend Cloris Leachman dies at 94
American actress Cloris Leachman, who received eight Emmys for her work on “The Mary Tyler Moore Present” and different tv applications in addition to an Academy Award for “The Final Image Present,” died on Wednesday on the age of 94, her representatives mentioned. Leachman’s publicist mentioned in an announcement that the actress died of pure causes at her house in Encinitas, California. Norman Lear to obtain comedy honor at Golden Globes ceremony
Tv pioneer Norman Lear, creator of ground-breaking comedy reveals comparable to “All within the Household,” “Maude” and “One Day at a Time,” will obtain a lifetime achievement award at this yr’s Golden Globe ceremony, organizers mentioned on Thursday. Lear, 98, would be the recipient of the Carol Burnett Award, an accolade established in 2018 by the Hollywood Overseas Press Affiliation, the group that fingers out the Golden Globes. Actress Cicely Tyson, groundbreaking Emmy and Tony winner, dies at age 96
Actress Cicely Tyson, who specialised in portraying robust Black ladies caught up in life’s struggles throughout a 60-year profession that earned her three Emmys and a Tony Award, died on Thursday at age 96, her supervisor mentioned in an announcement. No reason for demise was given. Tyson had lately accomplished a memoir, “Simply As I Am,” which was launched simply this week.
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