2 d. ago Sheriffs seek to identify man found dead ‘in pool of blood’ at Burning Man festival

A murder investigation was launched Sunday after apparent homicide as authorities ask public for help Nevada sheriffs are asking the public’s help in identifying a man killed on Saturday in an apparent homicide at the Burning Man festival.In a statement on Monday, Pershing county sheriff Jerry Allen asked for assistance to identify the man, who was found dead in the futurist encampment of Black Rock City as the festival reaching its climax when an effigy – the eponymous burning man – was set alight. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago ‘We are seeing a new maturity’: how ‘extended reality’ is coming of age at the Venice film festival

At the festival’s pioneering immersive section, a ‘seamless evolution’ of VR and mainstream film-making is revolutionising narrative The future came early to this year’s Venice film festival as the event’s pioneering Venice Immersive (VI) section launched a day before the official opening gala. Based on the small island of Lazzaretto Vecchio, a short boat ride from the main festival site, VI points to a possible new direction for cinema with an eclectic programme of extended reality (XR) artworks. The mix of installations, videos and virtual worlds can look outlandish when compared with the other, more traditional pictures at the festival. But VI’s base at Venice reveals the event’s true parentage and core principles.“Our mission, in holding this event at one of the biggest film festivals, has always been to build bridges between the cinema industry and the budding immersive community,” says Michel Reilhac, who established VI alongside co-curator Liz Rosenthal back in 2017. “This ye...

Culture

1 week ago The Maccabees leave fans guessing over their future after festival comeback

The south London five-piece reformed after eight years to play on the final day of this year’s All Points East festival.

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2 w. ago Edinburgh International Book Festival: The future of creativity in the age of AI

The Edinburgh International Book Festival is an event that aims to 'celebrate and share the power of writers, their ideas, and the words they craft'. The festival welcomes hundreds of world-renowned authors, journalists, scientists, and artists to the Scottish capital for just over two weeks every August. This year there was one question on everyone's minds: what is the future of creativity in the age of AI?

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2 w. ago World's most beautiful footballer offers dinner to lucky fan who can guess her next club

Ana Maria Markovic, who has been dubbed as the world's most beautiful footballer, joked she take the first fan to guess her new club out to dinner after she swapped clubs

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2 w. ago Fontaines D.C. stray into the political in epic Wythenshawe Park gig that shows band is a force to be reckoned with

Fontaines are the future festival headliners we've all been searching for as they perform to 26,000 adoring fans in Manchester

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3 w. ago Macaulay Culkin finally clarifies Home Alone rumours that have left fans guessing for YEARS

The actor, 44, who played Kevin McAlister in the 1990 flick and 1992 sequel Lost in New York, lifted the lid on the script and his co-stars during a rare appearance on YouTube show Hot Ones.

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