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On July 13, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1941, Robert Forster, American actor and producer (died 2019) was born. In 1941, Ehud Manor, Israeli songwriter and translator (died 2005) was born. In 1946, Cheech Marin, American actor and comedian was born. In 1951, Didi Conn, American actress and singer was born. In 1956, The Dartmouth workshop is the first conference on artificial intelligence. In 1985, Abdallah El Said, Egyptian footballer was born. In 2013, Ottavio Quattrocchi, Italian businessman (born 1938) passed away. In 2017, Liu Xiaobo, Chinese literary critic, human rights activist (born 1955) passed away. In 2020, Grant Imahara, American electrical engineer, roboticist, and television host (born 1970) passed away. In 2020, After a five-day search, the body of American actress and singer Naya Rivera is recovered from Lake Piru, where she drowned in California. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.

Inside CAA’s Secret AI “Vault,” Where Actors Can Live Forever—If They Want

Vanity Fair

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July 6, 2026

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Inside CAA’s Secret AI “Vault,” Where Actors Can Live Forever—If They Want

One intrepid reporter journeys into the nondescript building where Hollywood’s biggest stars can be digitally cloned. What comes next for those replicas is anyone’s guess.

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· Jun 29, 2026

Fallout: New Vegas lead says Obsidian has a "Karma Police" force to make sure "however you built your character" in their RPGs, "it's not gonna be the same experience" twice

Fallout: New Vegas lead says Obsidian has a "Karma Police" force to make sure "however you built your character" in their RPGs, "it's not gonna be the same experience" twice

Slate Magazine

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· Jul 2, 2026

This Star-Studded Movie Cost $40 Million to Make. It Hasn’t Been Released Yet. The Reason Why Is Nefarious.

The Sam Altman biopic reveals just how deeply Silicon Valley has sunk its claws into Hollywood.

Polygon

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· Jul 4, 2026

Final Fantasy 7 redeemed its worst character Cait Sith in Rebirth

Square Enix’s remake project aims to make everything about Final Fantasy 7 bigger and better than you remember it. That includes a divisive character

Metro

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· Jun 22, 2026

The Adventures Of Elliot: The Millennium Tales review – SNES greatest hits

Square Enix’s latest game borrows from Secret Of Mana, The Legend Of Zelda, and Chrono Trigger to make a brand new HD-2D action role-player.

ComicBook.com

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· Jun 27, 2026

Final Fantasy 7 Revelation Plans To Bring Back Characters From The Worst Series Spin-Off

Courtesy of Square Enix The roster of Final Fantasy 7 Revelation is likely to include every major character players love in the remade JRPG series, helping to create a conclusion that delivers on a number of promises. However, creators of this trilogy finale have commented on which figures are returning, or being re-introduced to players from the original FF7. []

IT News Africa

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· Jul 10, 2026

AI Is Forcing Banks to Rebuild Their Entire Cyber Architecture

Artificial intelligence is forcing financial institutions to rethink the foundations of cybersecurity as increasingly sophisticated AI-generated fraud exposes the limitations of traditional security systems. While deepfakes have dominated public attention, banking executives and cybersecurity specialists say the real challenge extends far beyond manipulated videos or cloned voices. Instead, AI is changing how financial institutions approach []

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· Jun 23, 2026

Thieves in the Night: How Half-Life 2 Was Stolen

The true story of how Half-Life 2 was leaked by one person.

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· Jul 13, 2026

BNB Chain’s AWS-Linked Agent Studio Pushes AI Back Into The Crypto Infrastructure Race

The AI-agent narrative in crypto has gone through plenty of hype, but BNB Chain is trying to move the discussion toward tooling. Its new Agent Studio roadmap, built around developer templates and AWS-linked infrastructur

Fortune

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· Jun 26, 2026

Exclusive: Framework Ventures raises $400 million for fourth fund as firm expands beyond crypto

The VC joins a growing list of crypto investors moving beyond digital assets.

The Hollywood Reporter

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· Jun 28, 2026

Famke Janssen on Nerve-Wracking Bond Audition, Breaking Ribs During Pierce Brosnan Fight Scene

Appearing for a masterclass discussion on acting at Malta’s Mediterrane Film Festival, the veteran star dished on the Bond PR machine and how a psychic predicted she would one day work with Woody Allen.

Daily Mail

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· Jun 28, 2026

Spy Kids grown up! Ex-child stars who dodged Hollywood's dark side reveal their down-to-earth bond 25 years after shooting to fame

Spy Kids grown up! Ex-child stars who dodged Hollywood's dark side reveal their down-to-earth bond 25 years after shooting to fame

RAPPLER

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· Jul 8, 2026

The question of AI at Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial

Questions from several senator-judges about AI and deepfakes briefly shift attention to how digital evidence is authenticated in an age of synthetic media

Brisbane Times

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· Jun 27, 2026

What’s it like to work on the world’s biggest films? It’s a lot like selling a pie

As the head of a wildly successful visual effects studio, Lara Hopkins knows how to keep a secret.

GameSpot

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· Jun 29, 2026

Best EVO 2026 Trailers

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Irish Star

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· Jul 13, 2026

Hollywood icon shares personal connection to gritty new Irish American crime drama

EXCLUSIVE: Stars from hit shows Ozark and Bosch have broken down their exciting new roles in a gripping new crime thriller.

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· Jul 8, 2026

Leaked Avatar Aang movie was "just one of a whole slate" and the next project will be announced "when the time's right"

Leaked Avatar Aang movie was "just one of a whole slate" and the next project will be announced "when the time's right"

Variety

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· Jun 30, 2026

Neon Closing in on Luca Guadagnino’s Sam Altman Open AI Movie ‘Artificial’ After Amazon Drops Controversial Film

“Artificial,” Luca Guadagnino’s movie about Sam Altman and OpenAI, is about to get a new home. Neon is closing in on a deal to acquire the nearly-completed 40 million film — set during the tumultuous time when Altman (played by Andrew Garfield) was fired and then rehired by the AI giant — after Amazon MGM Studios []

Korea Times News

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· Jul 7, 2026

[Economic Essay Contest] The future of AI in finance: Building trust before fraud happens

[Economic Essay Contest] The future of AI in finance: Building trust before fraud happens

The Root

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· Jun 26, 2026

These Black Actresses Over 40 Look Better Than Ever!

From Nia Long to Tracee Ellis Ross and more, these are our Hollywood faves that truly age backwards!

Cosmopolitan

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· Jul 12, 2026

Meet the Cast and Characters of the ‘Moana’ Live-Action Film

Some of the OG cast came back for this version!

Kotaku

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· Jul 2, 2026

Final Fantasy 7 Revelation Might Be Getting Story DLC Based On New Leak

A listing on the Epic Games Store database points to multiple DLCs

DNyuz

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· Jun 30, 2026

After Amazon drops OpenAI movie ‘Artificial,’ film finds new home at Neon

A Hollywood portrayal of OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman portrayed by actor Andrew Garfield will be released later this year, after Amazon MGM Studios dropped the movie. “Artificial,” which chronicles Altman‘s 2023 ouster from OpenAI and his reinstatement as CEO, was acquired by Neon, the studio announced Tuesday. “The acquisition underscores Neon’s commitment to partnering []

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· Jul 10, 2026

‘Sentenced to Be a Hero’ Team Gets Real About the Pain Behind 2026’s Must-Watch Dark Fantasy Anime

Studio KAI creatives reveal how they worked their magic bringing unreal animation to life and the technical challenges they faced to get there.

People.com

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· Jul 8, 2026

17 Celebrities You Totally Forgot Appeared on “Days of Our Lives”

Like sands through the hourglass, now-familiar faces like Mila Kunis, Jensen Ackles and Lisa Rinna got their big break on the long-running soap opera

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· Jun 23, 2026

Hollywood Hack, Complete Rat

Hollywood Hack, Complete Rat

ABC7 New York

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· Jul 9, 2026

A new team of deadly assassins arrives in "A Shop for Killers" Season 2 trailer 

A new team of deadly assassins arrives in "A Shop for Killers" Season 2 trailer

The Standard

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· Jun 27, 2026

Matt Damon says making The Odyssey was ‘more like an expedition than a film’

The star has opened up about the experience on the set of on the highly anticipated film.

India TV News

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· Jul 3, 2026

Alpha Movie Review: The mission of Alia Bhatt, Sharvari's film was ambitious. The execution? Not quite.

When YRF announced it was making a female-led spy film, the internet did what it does best: speculate. Who would be cast? Would it be part of the Spy Universe? Soon enough, the mystery was solved. Alia Bhatt and Sharvari came on board for Alpha, joining the franchise that already boasts blockbusters like Salman Khan’s Tiger, Shah Rukh Khan’s Pathaan and Hrithik Roshan-led War.

The Beat

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· Jul 7, 2026

Exclusive: Steve Niles and Andrea Mutti to take us to CALLISTO

The sci-fi horror graphic novel, due out from Lab Press this fall, follows a detective uncovering a sinister cult on the moon of Jupiter.

Hello Magazine

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· Jun 25, 2026

These 8 TV detectives were once household names – where are they now?

From the likes of Magnum, P.I. to Murder, She Wrote, find out what happened to the iconic TV detectives of the 1980s

Seeking Alpha

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· Jul 9, 2026

Agentic AI Has Triggered The Hyperscaler Hardware Killer Spiral

Agentic AI Has Triggered The Hyperscaler Hardware Killer Spiral

ComputerWeekly

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· Jul 7, 2026

AI won't break your security, but your governance might

The Computer Weekly Security Think Tank considers if Anthropic’s Claude Mythos frontier AI model is a benefit or barrier to achieving resilient enterprise IT security, and how security leaders need to adapt.

TechCrunch

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· Jun 24, 2026

How to invest when everything is moving too fast

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· Jun 23, 2026

Stranger Than Heaven studio don't intend their "casting choices [to] take the spotlight and overshadow everything else", despite that now having happened two games running

Remember when, during Stranger Than Heaven's release date reveal at the Summer Geoffs, the word TUPAC flashed on screen in big capital letters during the climax of a trailer running down the history-hopping yakuza brawler's cast? Remember how afterwards, as you'd expect given the whole digital resurrection of a rapper who was murdered nearly 30 years ago thing, 99 of the chatter about the game was focused on that rather than the date or any other aspects of it? Yeah, well, that apparently isn't the goal of developers RGG in making the choice to cast celebrities like the deceased rapper. Read more

We The Media

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· Jun 30, 2026

[Video] Rep.

Rep. Luna: According to today’s expert witnesses: JACK RUBY AND CHARLES MANSON WERE MKULTRA ASSETS.I am following up directly with the CIA to demand the full release of MKUltra records. The American people deserve and will be delivered the truth. https://x.com/repluna/status/2071994565981053389?s=46

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· Jun 24, 2026

GTA 6 is following Red Dead Redemption 2's footsteps in how it breaks up the story, Rockstar teases

GTA 6 is following Red Dead Redemption 2's footsteps in how it breaks up the story, Rockstar teases

Lawyers, Guns & Money

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· Jul 2, 2026

Luna-tics

A party of crackpot conspiracy theorists and grifters: On Tuesday, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) held a House oversight hearing on MKULTRA, the notorious and failed CIA mind control program that is believed to have operated from 1953 to 1973. Luna heads the Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets; the two witnesses called were authors who [] The post Luna-tics appeared first on Lawyers, Guns Money.

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· Jun 30, 2026

Oracle E-Business Suite Flaw CVE-2026-46817 Actively Exploited in the Wild

A critical security flaw impacting Oracle E-Business Suite has come under active exploitation in the wild, according to Defused Cyber. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-46817 (CVSS score: 9.8), refers to an improper privilege management and authentication flaw in Oracle Payments that could be abused to take over susceptible instances. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows

Fox News

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· Jun 26, 2026

Ethan Hawke and Russell Crowe team up for gritty prison gold-smuggling thriller 'The Weight'

Ethan Hawke and Russell Crowe star in The Weight, a dark, gritty prison thriller about smuggling gold for freedom, arriving September 18, 2026.

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