Hacker News with Generative AI: Celebrities

Gamers Suspect Elon Musk Is a Charlatan (vulture.com)
How does Elon Musk find the time? Not content with spending his precious hours busting unions, hanging out at Mar-a-Lago, and catapulting meme coins to the crypto stratosphere, Musk is also a bona fide gamer god — or so he would have you believe.

Elon Musk, Gaming, Celebrities, Business

22 points by latexr 1 day ago | 3 comments

The Dark Secrets Behind the Neil Gaiman Abuse Accusations (vulture.com)
Scarlett Pavlovich was a 22-year-old drama student when she met the performer Amanda Palmer by chance on the streets of Auckland.

Abuse Accusations, Neil Gaiman, Entertainment, Celebrities

27 points by rendx 5 days ago | 4 comments

'We Can Bury Anyone': Inside a Hollywood Smear Machine (nytimes.com)
Private messages detail an alleged campaign to tarnish Blake Lively after she accused Justin Baldoni of misconduct on the set of “It Ends With Us.”

Hollywood, Celebrities, Gossip, Allegations, Misconduct

49 points by bhouston 27 days ago | 6 comments

Rod Stewart to upgrade his 'world-class' model railway (theguardian.com)
He may have had an international hit single called Sailing, but Rod Stewart’s heart is in an altogether different mode of transport.

Celebrities, Hobbies, Model Trains

12 points by 6LLvveMx2koXfwn 39 days ago | 0 comments

Fugees Founder Pras Michél Speaks Out: 'I Never Wanted to Be a Spy' (variety.com)
It was a scene ripped from a John le Carré novel.

Music, Celebrities, Espionage

123 points by mutexjp 51 days ago | 83 comments

Jussie Smollett's conviction overturned in 2019 attack on himself (apnews.com)
The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday overturned actor Jussie Smollett’s conviction on charges that he staged a racist and homophobic attack against himself in downtown Chicago in 2019 and lied to police.

Law, Crime, Celebrities, Illinois, Justice

4 points by Tomte 57 days ago | 0 comments

Ben Affleck's surprisingly comprehensive take on LLMs for video (twitter.com)

Artificial Intelligence, Video, Celebrities

98 points by apitman 60 days ago | 180 comments

Stephen King leaves X, describing atmosphere as 'too toxic' (theguardian.com)
Stephen King has announced he is quitting X after describing the platform as “too toxic”.

Social Media, Celebrities, Toxicity

39 points by gniting 64 days ago | 25 comments

Elon Musk was the Saturday Night Live host who made cast members cry (ew.com)
Saturday Night Live cast member Chloe Fineman is rolling her eyes at Elon Musk's recent criticism of the show, revealing that the Tesla CEO was the host who made cast members — including her — cry.

Celebrities, Elon Musk, Comedy

3 points by iancmceachern 67 days ago | 6 comments

Teri Garr, Star of 'Young Frankenstein' and 'Tootsie,' Dies at 79 (variety.com)
Teri Garr, the comic actress and singer who brought her buoyant personality to “Young Frankenstein” and was Oscar-nominated for “Tootsie,” died on Tuesday in Los Angeles after a long battle with multiple sclerosis. She was 79.

Celebrities, Obituaries, Film, Entertainment, Music

62 points by birriel 80 days ago | 23 comments

Teri Garr, offbeat comic actor of 'Young Frankenstein' and 'Tootsie,' has died (ktla.com)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Teri Garr, the quirky comedy actor who rose from background dancer in Elvis Presley movies to co-star of such favorites as “Young Frankenstein” and “Tootsie,” has died. She was 79.

Obituaries, Celebrities, Film, Comedy

21 points by bookofjoe 80 days ago | 11 comments

Robert Downey Jr. Refuses to Let Hollywood Create His AI Digital Replica (variety.com)
Robert Downey Jr. appeared on a recent episode of the “On With Kara Swisher” podcast and sent a stern warning to Hollywood in the age of AI: “I intend to sue all future executives” who sign off on the creation of a Downey digital replica.

Artificial Intelligence, Hollywood, Entertainment, Celebrities, Lawsuits

24 points by thunderbong 81 days ago | 20 comments

Tim Burton: The internet makes me quite depressed (bbc.com)
Director Tim Burton has revealed that being on the internet makes him feel "quite depressed".

Internet Culture, Celebrities, Mental Health

28 points by tartoran 85 days ago | 53 comments

Meta Bans Accounts Tracking Private Jets for Zuckerberg, Musk (bloomberg.com)
Facebook parent company Meta Platforms Inc. has removed several accounts across Threads and Instagram that were used to track celebrities’ private jets, including the jet owned by its Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg, citing a risk of “physical harm.”

Privacy, Social Media, Celebrities, Aviation

269 points by JumpCrisscross 87 days ago | 250 comments

Kris Kristofferson writes a fan letter to Muhammad Ali (lettersofnote.com)
In 1977, Kris Kristofferson was flying high. In January, he won a Golden Globe for A Star Is Born, cementing his status as both a musical and cinematic star; months later, he met his personal hero, Muhammad Ali, a boxing legend he had admired since his own days as a keen amateur boxer at Oxford.

Celebrities, Music, Sports, Boxing, Letters

5 points by pseudolus 110 days ago | 0 comments

Aerial photos show what being Elon Musk's neighbor can do to your land (sherwood.news)
Cards Against Humanity, which owns land in Texas, is suing the space billionaire to “un-fuck” its property and reputation, to the tune of $15 million.

Real Estate, Lawsuits, Elon Musk, Texas, Celebrities

16 points by anigbrowl 113 days ago | 2 comments

FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried's new jail cellmate is Sean 'Diddy' Combs (thedailybeast.com)
They are the most unlikely of cellmates: a rap tycoon with a penchant for “white parties” and a crypto king serving 25 years for a very white-collar crime.

Cryptocurrency, Celebrities, Crime

7 points by chirau 114 days ago | 0 comments

Geerling joins Scarlett Johansson on the AI impersonation list (tomshardware.com)

Artificial Intelligence, Celebrities, Privacy

8 points by h2odragon 117 days ago | 5 comments

The Anti-Rock Star (theatlantic.com)
Leonard Cohen never liked touring. “It’s like being dropped off in a desert,” he once said. “You don’t know where you live anymore.” By the time he hit his late 50s, he hated it so much that, after supporting his 1992 record, The Future, he moved into a Zen monastery and all but retired from the music business.

Music, Biography, Celebrities

9 points by tintinnabula 121 days ago | 2 comments

Miley Cyrus Sued over 'Flowers,' Accused of Copying Bruno Mars Song (rollingstone.com)
Miley Cyrus has been hit with a new lawsuit alleging she and her fellow songwriters copied portions of a Bruno Mars single when they wrote her Grammy-winning banger “Flowers.”

Music, Lawsuits, Copyright, Pop Culture, Celebrities

3 points by scapecast 123 days ago | 0 comments

James Earl Jones has died (bbc.co.uk)
James Earl Jones, the Hollywood actor and voice of Darth Vader, has died aged 93, his agent has said.

Celebrities, Obituaries, Hollywood, Actors, Voice Acting

73 points by mellosouls 130 days ago | 2 comments

Russia throttles YouTube, popular with kids, celebrities and dissidents (washingtonpost.com)
Russians are losing access to YouTube, the last major Western social platform freely available in the country, cutting them off from information independent from the Kremlin and alarming internet freedom advocates, journalists and opposition activists.

Russia, Censorship, Social Media, YouTube, Celebrities

11 points by howard941 131 days ago | 14 comments

Queen guitarist Brian May, 77, suffers minor stroke but says he's OK (bbc.com)

Health, Music, Celebrities

5 points by bookofjoe 135 days ago | 0 comments

Martin Shkreli copied his $2M Wu-Tang album and sent it to "50 different chicks" (arstechnica.com)

Music, Celebrities, Controversy

11 points by derbOac 143 days ago | 1 comments

Martin Shkreli must surrender his Wu-Tang album copies (theverge.com)

Music, Law, Celebrities

7 points by tomcam 145 days ago | 0 comments

Sean "Diddy" Combs Revealed as Part of Investors in Elon Musk's X Launch (hollywoodreporter.com)