EXCLUSIVE: Peppa Pig is famed for her love of jumping in muddy puddles, but the company behind the hit children’s TV series has created a different kind of splash with its approach to AI. Hasbro, the ...

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After being tapped to pen the next G.I. Joe movie at Paramount, Danny McBride is now set to make his directorial debut on a ...

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In the early hours of January 7th, the cardiothoracic surgeon Bartley Griffith, unable to sleep, went to his kitchen to make coffee. It was about 2 a.m. His usual mug is tall, and he had to remove the ...