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1 week ago | 
observer.com | Laura Babiak
Studio Ghibli has experienced a wave of new attention thanks to last month’s new ChatGPT feature. Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesOn March 25, OpenAI announced a new ChatGPT feature that allows users to turn text prompts into images in a number of familiar cartoon styles. Options included The Simpsons, Rick and Morty and Pixar, among others.
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1 week ago | 
flipboard.com | Laura Babiak
9 hours agoNvidia said on Monday that it has commissioned more than a million square feet of manufacturing space to build and test AI chips in Arizona and Texas as part of an effort to move a portion of its production to the U.S. The chipmaker said the production of its Blackwell chips has started at TSMC’s …
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2 weeks ago | 
observer.com | Laura Babiak
From left: Billy Magnussen, Osy Ikhile, Paul G. Raymond, Cristin Milioti and Milanka Brooks in “USS Callister: Into Infinity” in Black Mirror Season 7. Nick Wall/NetflixCharlie Brooker’s beloved Black Mirror returns this week, boasting six new episodes packed with fantastical technological advances (and their inevitable drawbacks). Compared to Season 6, this round of episodes hews more closely to the show’s sci-fi roots, even offering the series’ first-ever direct sequel.
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4 weeks ago | 
observer.com | Laura Babiak
From left: Nathan Lane, Matt Bomer and Nathan Lee Graham in Mid-Century Modern. Disney/Christopher WillardThey don’t make ‘em like this anymore, but at the same time, the powers that be when it comes to TV have never made something like this. A multi-cam sitcom shot in front of a live audience with every episode clocking in at under 30 minutes, Mid-Century Modern is eager to scratch that nostalgic itch in your brain. Luckily, though, it’s not all stuck in the past.
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4 weeks ago | 
observer.com | Laura Babiak
Jenny Slate and Michelle Williams in Dying for Sex. Sarah Shatz/FXDeath is not a particularly sexy or beautiful ordeal, especially when brought on by a terminal illness. Sterile hospital rooms, shapeless gowns and reams of paperwork tend to put a damper on things, not to mention bodily pain. But of course, even in a time that seems defined by doom and gloom, pain is not all there is.
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1 month ago | 
observer.com | Laura Babiak
(L-R) Jessica Hynes, Téa Leoni, Will Poulter, Paul Rudd, Jenna Ortega, and Anthony Carrigan in Death of a Unicorn. Courtesy of A24 PressIn a world of endless sequels, remakes, and bottom-of-the-barrel IP, an original idea can go a long way. With a starry cast, a snappy trailer, and a genuinely neat conceit, Death of a Unicorn seemed like a movie that could break through to audiences looking beyond cinema’s biggest brands.
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1 month ago | 
observer.com | Laura Babiak
Ike Barinholtz, Kathryn Hahn, Chase Sui Wonders and Seth Rogen in The Studio. Courtesy of Apple TV+“Here at Continental, we don’t make films, we make movies,” declares CEO Griffin Mills (Bryan Cranston) as he promotes long-suffering suit Matt Remick (Seth Rogen) to head of the century-old Continental Studios. And though there isn’t a term to make the same kind of highbrow vs. lowbrow, pretentious vs.
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1 month ago | 
observer.com | Laura Babiak
Brian Tyree Henry and Wagner Moura star in Dope Thief. Courtesy of Apple TV+ PressAfter they bust a small-time drug house, stealing the cash and stash of wannabe dealers, Ray (Brian Tyree Henry) tells his partner in crime Manny (Wagner Moura) that it’s all about “authority bias.” See, the two of them pose as DEA agents, scaring the living shit out of easy targets and, essentially, taking some very illicit candy from babies.
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1 month ago | 
observer.com | Laura Babiak
An Oscar statue is pictured at the red carpet of the 97th Annual Academy Awards. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)After a rollercoaster awards season, the best and brightest of Hollywood and beyond came together last night to celebrate 2024’s most impactful films. While some predicted winners like Kieran Culkin, Zoe Saldaña, and Adrien Brody came out on top in their respective categories, there were still plenty of surprises across the board in other categories.
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1 month ago | 
observer.com | Laura Babiak
Films like Anora, The Brutalist, Emilia Pérez and Conclave (clockwise from top left) will duke it out at the 97th Academy Awards. Film stills courtesy of NEON, A24 Press, Philippe Antonello/Focus Features, Page 114 WHY NOT Productions/Pathe Films/France 2 Cinema. Academy Award image by Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times via Getty ImagesWith the 97th Academy Awards just days away, pundits can confidently say that this has been one of the wildest awards seasons in recent memory.
