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  • Friday, Mar. 22, 2024
Joana Vicente attends the 2024 Sundance Film Festival's Opening Night Gala on Jan. 18, 2024, in Kamas, Utah. Vicente is stepping down as the CEO of the Sundance Institute, the nonprofit behind the annual Sundance Film Festival, after two and a half years. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

Joana Vicente is stepping down as the CEO of the Sundance Institute, the nonprofit behind the annual Sundance Film Festival, after two and a half years.

"She has been a true advocate for independent storytellers, and I know she will continue to positively impact this community," said Sundance Institute Board Chair Ebs Burnough in a statement released Friday.

Vicente oversaw some of the Sundance Institute's most challenging years during the pandemic, when the festival went virtual and later came back as a hybrid version.

Amanda Kelso, a member of the board, has been appointed acting CEO, the organization said.

Kelso will transition into the role in April and Vicente will continue to advise through June. She comes to the position with 25 years of experience in communications and technology, including serving as the managing director of Google Creative Lab.

"I believe in the power of Sundance and its ongoing impact in More

  • Friday, Mar. 22, 2024
Jake Paul speaks during a news conference Monday, Sept. 12, 2022, in Los Angeles. Social media star-turned-boxer Jake Paul will fight former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson on July 20 at AT&T Stadium, Netflix announced Thursday, March 7, 2024.(AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)

After being on the sidelines, Netflix has started dipping into live sports.

Over the past few months, the streaming giant has aired exhibition events in golf and tennis. It is also slated to air the July 20 bout between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul. Beginning next year, Netflix will start carrying World Wrestling Entertainment's flagship show, "Raw."

So there's been speculation about whether Netflix's recent forays into live sports are a precursor to becoming a major player for live sports rights. While having another competitor for rights would certainly be welcomed, it is unlikely to happen soon.

"The discipline that they have shown about what they're either creating or acquiring and not deviating from that has been fascinating to watch so far," said Tag Garson, president of Excelsior Sports and Entertainment, a consulting and marketing company.

Last November's Netflix Cup, where Formula 1 drivers were paired with PGA golfers More

  • Thursday, Mar. 21, 2024
This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Chris Hemsworth in a scene from "Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga." (Warner Bros. Pictures via AP)

"Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga," George Miller's eagerly awaited follow-up to "Mad Max: Fury Road, " will make its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in May.

"Furiosa," a prequel to "Fury Road" starring Anya Taylor-Joy, will roar down the Croisette nine years after Miller's previous "Mad Max" film did. After its 2015 bow at Cannes, "Fury Road" went on to gross $380 million worldwide and win six Oscars.

"Furiosa," screening out of competition at Cannes, will premiere May 15. The film, co-starring Chris Hemsworth and Tom Burke, features Taylor-Joy in the role played by Charlize Theron in "Fury Road."

"The idea of this prequel has been with me for over a decade," Miller said in a statement. "I couldn't be more thrilled to return to the Festival de Cannes — along with Anya, Chris and Tom — to share 'Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.' There is no better place than La Croisette to experience this film with audiences on the world stage."

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  • Thursday, Mar. 21, 2024
Crowds fill Main Street USA in front of Cinderella Castle at the Magic Kingdom on the 50th anniversary of Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., on Oct. 1, 2021. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP, File)/Orlando Sentinel via AP)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- 

Attorneys for the Walt Disney World governing district taken over last year by Gov. Ron DeSantis' allies don't want the governor's appointees answering questions under oath as part of its state lawsuit against Disney.

District attorneys on Monday filed a motion for a protective order that would stop the DeSantis-appointed board members of the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District from having to give videotaped depositions to Disney attorneys.

Disney and the DeSantis appointees are fighting in state court over who controls the governing district for Disney World. The district had been controlled by Disney supporters before last year's takeover — which was sparked by the company's opposition to Florida's so-called "Don't Say Gay" law. It provides municipal services such as firefighting, planning and mosquito control, among other things, and was controlled by Disney supporters for most of its five decades.

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  • Thursday, Mar. 21, 2024
Mark Gatiss poses for a photo during an interview with The Associated Press at a theater, in London, Thursday, March 14, 2024. The turbulent union of actors Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor that set gossip columns aflame are the subjects of “The Motive and the Cue,” a play that is being broadcast in cinemas in Britain and internationally starting Thursday as part of the National Theatre Live series. The play looks at a famous 1964 production of “Hamlet” that starred Burton and was directed by John Gielgud. Mark Gatiss plays Gielgud in the witty and moving look at fame’s fickleness and cost. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
LONDON (AP) -- 

The world has always loved a golden couple, especially when there are hints of trouble in paradise.

Decades before millions tracked every move of Harry and Meghan, William and Kate or Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, it was the turbulent union of actors Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor that set gossip columns aflame.

"In a time when the world was much less connected, they were like gods," said Mark Gatiss, who stars in "The Motive and the Cue," a hit play about Taylor and Burton in their 1960s heyday. "They really were. People hung off their every divorce."

"The Motive and the Cue" has had two sellout runs in London and will be broadcast in cinemas in Britain and internationally starting Thursday as part of the National Theatre Live series.

The play charts the rocky creation of a now-legendary piece of theater, a 1964 Broadway production of "Hamlet" in which Burton played William Shakespeare's tormented prince. The More

  • Wednesday, Mar. 20, 2024
M. Emmet Walsh arrives at the 2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards, March 1, 2014, in Santa Monica, Calif. Walsh, the character actor who brought his unmistakable face and unsettling presence to films including “Blood Simple” and “Blade Runner,” died Tuesday, March 19, 2024, at age 88, his manager said Wednesday. (Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP, File)
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- 

M. Emmet Walsh, the character actor who brought his unmistakable face and unsettling presence to films including "Blood Simple" and "Blade Runner," has died at age 88, his manager said Wednesday.

Walsh died from cardiac arrest on Tuesday at a hospital in St. Albans, Vermont, his longtime manager Sandy Joseph said.

The ham-faced, heavyset Walsh often played good old boys with bad intentions, as he did in one of his rare leading roles as a crooked Texas private detective in the Coen brothers' first film, the 1984 neo-noir "Blood Simple."

Joel and Ethan Coen said they wrote the part for Walsh, who would win the first Film Independent Spirit Award for best male lead for the role.

Critics and film geeks relished the moments when he showed up on screen.

Roger Ebert once observed that "no movie featuring either Harry Dean Stanton or M. Emmet Walsh in a supporting role can be altogether bad."

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  • Wednesday, Mar. 20, 2024
Mustafa Suleyman co founder and CEO of Inflection AI speaks to journalist during the AI Safety Summit in Bletchley Park, Milton Keynes, England, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. Microsoft has hired Suleyman to head up its consumer artificial intelligence business, adding to its ranks an influential figure in the artificial intelligence world to cement its position at the forefront of the booming AI industry. Suleyman said in a post on LinkedIn on Monday, March 18, 2024, that he'll become CEO of Microsoft AI, leading all of the company's consumer AI products and research, including its generative AI service Copilot as well as its Bing search engine and Edge browser. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)
LONDON (AP) -- 

Microsoft has hired Mustafa Suleyman to head up its consumer artificial intelligence business, adding to its ranks an influential figure to cement its position at the forefront of the booming AI industry.

Suleyman, co-founder of AI research lab DeepMind, said Monday in a post on LinkedIn that he'll become CEO of Microsoft AI, leading all of the company's consumer AI products and research, including its generative AI service Copilot as well as its Bing search engine and Edge browser.

The hiring is likely to bolster Microsoft's lead position in the AI industry, as big tech companies battle for position to capitalize on demand for AI services.

Microsoft has teamed up with ChatGPT maker OpenAI, investing billions of dollars into the San Francisco company, and recently partnered with France's Mistral, a hot AI startup.

Suleyman co-founded the DeepMind AI research lab, which that Google purchased in 2014, and worked there until More

  • Wednesday, Mar. 20, 2024
Journalists work at a private television broadcaster in Algiers, Tuesday, March 19, 2024. Algerian officials are chiding television stations over the content choices they've made during Ramadan. Their criticisms come amid broader struggles facing journalists and broadcasters, which have historically relied heavily on advertising from the state and Sonatrach, its largest oil and gas company. (AP Photo/Anis Belghoul)
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) -- 

Officials in Algeria are chiding television stations over the content choices they've made since the start of Ramadan last week, injecting religion into broader discussions about how the country regulates content and advertising in media.

Their criticisms come amid broader struggles facing journalists and broadcasters, where television stations and newspapers have historically relied heavily on advertising from the government and large state-aligned enterprises in the oil-rich nation.

After meeting with station directors on Sunday, Algerian Communications Minister Mohamed Lagab accused networks of not respecting ethical and professional lines, calling their programmatic choices "out of keeping with the social traditions of our society and especially the sacredness of the month of Ramadan."

Lagab, a former journalism school professor, preemptively rebuffed accusations of censorship, arguing that his ministry's push didn't run counter More

  • Tuesday, Mar. 19, 2024
Chris Kempczinski, then-incoming president of McDonald's USA, speaks during a presentation at a McDonald's restaurant in New York on Nov. 17, 2016. Kempczinski will become chairman of the company's board later this spring, the company said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

McDonald's CEO will become chairman of the company's board later this spring, the burger chain said Tuesday.

Chris Kempczinksi, who was named McDonald's president and CEO in late 2019, will succeed McDonald's Chairman Enrique Hernandez Jr., who is retiring after 28 years on the Chicago company's board. The transition will happen at the company's annual meeting, which is expected to be held in May.

Historically, McDonald's CEOs have also held the position of chairman. Jim Skinner was McDonald's vice chairman and CEO from 2004-2012, for example.

But the company's subsequent CEOs broke that pattern. Don Thompson served as president and CEO from 2012-2015, while Steve Easterbrook was president and CEO from 2015-2019. Kempczinski took over as president and CEO after Easterbrook was fired for having a non-physical, consensual relationship with an employee.

Kempczinski joined McDonald's in 2015 as executive vice president of More

  • Tuesday, Mar. 19, 2024
Grace Jabbari, second right, the accuser in the assault case against Jonathan Majors, leaves court after giving testimony, Dec. 5, 2023, in New York. Jabbari is suing Jonathan Majors on civil allegations including assault, battery, defamation and infliction of emotional distress. The lawsuit comes three months after Majors was convicted in a criminal trial of assaulting her in New York City last year. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, file)

Jonathan Majors' former girlfriend sued him Tuesday on civil allegations including assault, battery, defamation and infliction of emotional distress, three months after the actor was convicted in a criminal trial of assaulting her in New York City.

Grace Jabbari, a 31-year-old British dancer, filed the action in federal court in Manhattan, claiming Majors subjected her to escalating incidents of physical and verbal abuse from 2021 to 2023.

"Grace Jabbari's resolve has never wavered," her lawyer, Brittany Henderson, said in an email to The Associated Press. "She has shown tremendous bravery in her quest for accountability. This action will shed light on the truth, bringing her the finality and justice that she deserves."

Majors, 34, maintained his innocence during the criminal case. A Manhattan jury convicted him in December of one misdemeanor assault charge and one harassment violation stemming from a confrontation with Jabbari the More

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