Nicolas Winding Refn On the Genesis of ‘Her Private Hell’

Nicolas Winding Refn On the Genesis of ‘Her Private Hell’

Sophie Thatcher in Her Private Hell. Courtesy Cannes Film Festival It’s not often in Cannes that a filmmaker talks about his own resurrection—literally. “Three years ago, I died,” Nicolas Winding Refn told a black-tie audience after they cheered at the premiere of his latest film, Her Private Hell. “I was dead for 25 minutes. And…

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Quinta Brunson Set to Play Betty Boop in New Movie

Quinta Brunson Set to Play Betty Boop in New Movie

Sabrina Carpenter Crashes Quinta Brunson’s ‘SNL’ Monologue to Bond Over Short Height Quinta Brunson is stepping into one very iconic red dress. The Abbott Elementary creator confirmed she will develop and star in an upcoming film about the iconic cartoon character Betty Boop. Along with sharing Variety‘s post about the project on her Instagram May…

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Melting Mountain Ice Is Bringing Ancient Secrets to the Surface. Archaeologists Are Racing to Find the Artifacts Before They’re Lost to Time

Melting Mountain Ice Is Bringing Ancient Secrets to the Surface. Archaeologists Are Racing to Find the Artifacts Before They’re Lost to Time

In Norway’s highest mountains, experts are scouring perilous terrain for pieces of the past, long stored in mint condition in ice patches. As temperatures rise across the world, glacial archaeologists must find the emerging artifacts before they degrade forever Anna Fiorentino | Freelance writer May 21, 2026 2:52 p.m. This arrow with a pressure-flaked arrowhead…

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Jensen Huang Eyes CPU Boom as Agentic A.I. Reshapes Chip Market

Jensen Huang Eyes CPU Boom as Agentic A.I. Reshapes Chip Market

Jensen Huang is positioning CPUs as the next growth engine beyond GPUs. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images Nvidia’s astronomical rise to the world’s most valuable public company. was propelled by its graphics processing units (GPUs). Now, as A.I. enters its agentic phase, CEO Jensen Huang is betting future growth on central processing units (CPUs), long…

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Christie’s Wednesday Sales Achieved $162.7 Million as Bonhams’ 20th & 21st Century Evening Sale Topped $22 Million

Christie’s Wednesday Sales Achieved 2.7 Million as Bonhams’ 20th & 21st Century Evening Sale Topped  Million

Christie’s May 20 evening sales achieved a combined total of $162,698,350. Photo: Alan Padilla There is very little room for error left among the major auction houses: increasingly, every consignment and sale must be executed with perfection, so that, at worst, a lot will go underestimated but still sell, particularly in the main evening sales…

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