Screening at Cannes: Cristian Mungiu’s ‘Fjord’

Screening at Cannes: Cristian Mungiu’s ‘Fjord’

This drama provides enough hints to ensure you’ll come to quick conclusions about what did or did not transpire, but just as swiftly, the movie widens its thematic scope to broach larger philosophical questions. Courtesy Cannes Film Festival If there were ever a film destined to be mistaken for centrist apologia (if not outright conservative…

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Do You Need To Go Blonde This Summer? Celeb Colorist Says Don’t Go Platinum—Stick to This Shade Instead

Do You Need To Go Blonde This Summer? Celeb Colorist Says Don’t Go Platinum—Stick to This Shade Instead

What Products Do You Swear By For Your Blonde Clients? For Dawson, a great blonde starts in the chair. Still, home maintenance is just as important. “I always recommend a hydrating, sulfate-free routine because strength and moisture are everything for blondes,” she told E!.  For her clients, Dawson recommends purple shampoos and conditioners that gently…

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How Pope Leo’s Encyclical Rejects Trump’s AI Strategy

How Pope Leo’s Encyclical Rejects Trump’s AI Strategy

In Magnifica Humanitas, Leo criticizes this worldview, which he argues is part of a larger “remote clash between opposing imperialisms, between powers that wish to preserve their supremacy.” He laments that “there seems to be no limit to the race—driven by a dehumanizing ambition—to develop ever more powerful technologies or to secure control over them.” …

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AI Tools Are Transforming Muslim Worship

AI Tools Are Transforming Muslim Worship

Concerns with mainstream AI platforms Kadous has reservations about creating certain AI tools for Muslims. Still, he believes Muslims need alternatives of their own, especially as many already seek advice from mainstream AI platforms like ChatGPT and Claude—and those platforms have a mixed history of accurately conveying Islamic ideals. Kadous says that a year ago,…

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