Jimmy Kimmel took aim at Donald Trump after the president promised to send aid to Russia amid a plague outbreak in Siberia, joking that “the gang who brought polio back is on the case.” During Monday’s monologue for “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” the comedian weighed in on the situation in Siberia, which saw a 28-year-old laboratory worker at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute die of severe pneumonia. Dozens more are currently in quarantine. “We took 200 members of our staff to Brooklyn. I am pleased to announce that only half of them came back with the flu,” Kimmel said. “Everyone is out…
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Jim Bakker, the controversial televangelist and ex-husband of Tammy Faye Bakker, died on Monday evening. He was 86. Bakker’s wife, Lori, confirmed his passing in a statement shared to the Instagram account belonging to his show, “The Jim Bakker Show.” His cause of death was not immediately revealed. “It is with a broken heart that I share that my beloved husband, Jim Bakker, went home to be with the Lord this evening,” Lori wrote alongside a photo of the TV minister. “For 66 years, Jim gave his life to preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He was a pioneer of…
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“Artificial” arrives with such capital-“I” importance in this moment of anxiety over artificial intelligence that there is a version of the film that could have soared on the strength of its message alone, craft be damned. Thankfully though, Luca Guadagnino is not content to eulogize us without a sense of style. The film covers two decades worth of ground around the advancement of machine-learning research, charting the rise of OpenAI co-founder and CEO Sam Altman, and while it can feel ungracefully didactic at moments, it deserves adulation for being unapologetically clear about its humanist message even while the tech oligarchs…
Supporters of disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes attended a screening of her new documentary, You Can See Everything, to proclaim her innocence. “Turns out, everything that Elizabeth Holmes said is true,” Holmes supporter Ryan Elhosseiny told Variety at a recent event for the film. “This is one of the most incredible technologies I’ve ever seen. This is airtight. Elizabeth Holmes is innocent and needs to be free. Elhosseiny, the founder of a group called Just Blood, claims that he rebuilt Theranos’ failed blood testing technology using “exhibits” from her 2021 fraud trial and the now-shuttered company’s own patents. (He describes himself…
Jon Stewart drew a big reaction from his “Daily Show” audience after resurfacing an Epstein files photo of Stephen Hawking. The comedian brought back the controversial image of the famed theoretical astrophysicist during Monday’s monologue, where he unpacked artificial intelligence leaders’ promise of a better future. “We’ve got a great show for you tonight. We’re doing something a little different tonight,” Stewart said at the top of the show. “We’re doing a theme show. Tonight’s program is all about AI.” Audience members then erupted into a round of boos, prompting Stewart to respond with: “Suddenly, the audience takes a turn.…