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OpenAI’s ChatGPT recently launched a feature that allows users to generate AI images in the familiar art style of Studio Ghibli, a famous Japanese animation studio. Social media users immediately began circulating memes depicting iconic moments from President Donald Trump’s legendary political career. Studio Ghibli, a popular Japanese animation studio founded in 1985 in Tokyo, is known for films including My Neighbor Totoro (1988), Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989), Spirited Away (2001), Howl’s Moving Castle (2004), and Ponyo (2008). Now, President Trump and others have received a Studio Ghibli-style makeover in a new AI trend that is sweeping X.

Volodymyr Zelensky’s studio in Ukraine posted a disgusting and vulgar reference to President Trump after the Ukrainian leader was walked out of the White House on Friday. The Kvartal 95 Facebook page posted a photo of a piano with Trump’s name on it. The photo is in reference to the famous skit where Zelensky played the piano with his penis and no pants on. The photo, featuring a black grand piano with ‘Trump’ written on it, was published by the studio on Facebook and Instagram on Friday after Zelensky was asked to leave the White House.

Major Hollywood studio Lionsgate has brought back mask mandates to nearly half its employees amid a spike in COVID-19 cases. Sommer McElroy, response manager for Lionsgate/Starz, announced the new policy in an internal memo obtained by Deadline after several employees tested positive. “Employees must wear a medical grade face covering (surgical mask, KN95 or N95) when indoors except when alone in an office with the door closed, actively eating, actively drinking at their desk or workstation, or if they are the only individual present in a large open workspace,” he wrote, according to the outlet. The mandate will be in...

NBC News kicked off White House Correspondents’ Dinner weekend by unveiling a new studio on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Friday night. Friday’s bash was attended by top NBC executives and journalists from across the network’s various news brands, including MSNBC, CNBC and Peacock.

To have fought your way into the dream machine, only to find that after years of quality work there is no job for you -- that is a harsh blow and a sign of our era How do you take the measure of 4,000 jobs lost in an industry with the size and scope of Hollywood? That's the number of pink slips being handed by Disney to Fox employees now that the merged mega-studio won't need them anymore. Four. Thousand. Jobs. It's undoubtedly the largest layoff from a single entertainment company in a generation -- maybe ever -- a fact...

Paramount Studio Orchestra "One Hour With You" (1932)

Microsoft Surface Studio is a new category of device, designed to put you at the center of the creative process. Turn your desk into a Studio. Learn more: http://surfac.ms/1026YSO

Officers are responding to a man with a gun call with possible shots fired in the area of Ventura Boulevard and Vantage Avenue in Studio City, according to Los Angeles police. Firefighters responded to a shooting call at 3:28 p.m. in the 12000 block of Ventura Boulevard. Further details were not immediately available. Shoppers in the area were evacuated from businesses. A long line of cars could be seen leaving a parking lot.

I was messing around ( on someone else's thread ) and suddenly got nostalgic for my influences from the 70's and thought about my absolute favorite cover in the world, a song that I would never tire of.... Here it is... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLPHz8KT9No

In one of the many new age music albums, there is a song called "Fly Away" and the constant refrain is "Fly Away, Fly Away, Fly Away," and the refrain really describes what you can do with this new invention. The catch is of course with this, you can only fly away in your imagination. TFT INSTRUMENTS Company has designed a new flight simulator that can be used for entertainment (with both movie studio sets/movie productions), airports, and shopping centers.

Rick Sanchez walks us through his cool new set at CNN, cable's lowest rated news network.

Equity Investment by US Bank Supports $32 Million Second Line Stages Project in New Orleans; Louisiana's First Full-Service Studio Complex Will Serve Region's Burgeoning Film Industry and Help Revitalize Economically Distressed Community NEW ORLEANS, LA - National New Markets Fund, LLC -- a New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) fund created by Los Angeles-based Strategic Development Solutions (SDS) and Boston-based Economic Innovation International -- has closed $6 million in NMTC financing to help redevelop a dilapidated New Orleans warehouse and surrounding property into the nation's first green film studio.

CAMP VICTORY, Iraq, Dec. 11, 2007 – A new broadcast studio was dedicated to the memory of Marine Corps Maj. Megan M. McClung during a ceremony at Al Faw Palace here Dec. 7. On Dec. 6, 2006, McClung, a public affairs officer, was escorting journalists into downtown Ramadi when an improvised explosive device destroyed her vehicle, instantly killing her and two soldiers. Army Maj. Joseph Edstrom, Multinational Corps Iraq deputy public affairs officer, said he wanted the studio to be dedicated to McClung since its construction began. Edstrom said he knew McClung when she worked with Kellogg, Brown and Root...

Fire Heavily Damages Famed New Orleans Recording Studio The Associated Press Jul 3, 2004 NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A two-alarm fire heavily damaged a French Quarter building where Fats Domino, Ray Charles, Jerry Lee Lewis and other famous musicians made recordings. The blaze on Friday caused heavy fire and water damage to the building that was once J&M Studio. The building, designated a historic landmark by the city, now houses apartments and a laundry business. In 1949, Fats Domino, then an unknown musician, made his first studio recordings in the building. The cause of the blaze was under investigation, but...

CHICAGO In news that has electrified the music world, the Chicago Bears Shufflin' Crew announced Monday that it is reuniting and will soon begin work on its first new material since the seminal 1985 single Super Bowl Shuffle. Above: The Shufflin' Crew's classic 1985 line-up. Confirming the recent swirl of music-industry rumors regarding a possible anniversary reunion, Shufflin' Crew lead singer Willie Gault told reporters,After years of solo gigs and side projects, "we decided it was time for us to work together again." Gault went on to strongly deny rumors that the Crew was returning to the studio looking for...