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Beeple’s Robotic Dogs With Tech Billionaire Faces Roam Berlin’s Neue Nationalgalerie

The Berlin show invites the public to reflect on how algorithms shape what people see.

Pedro Pascal Landed Bad Bunny Super Bowl Cameo After Sending a Selfie

Prime Video Officially Brands The Boys Franchise as the Vought Cinematic Universe

Disney Plans Up to 1,000 Layoffs Focused on Marketing Starting Next Week

Conservatives Rebuke Jack Posobiec’s Claim That ‘Lord of the Rings’ Is Pagan

Semperoper Revives Parsifal After Decades as Bold Staging Divides Premiere Crowd

Manosphere Influencer 'Clavicular' Says He Hammered His Jaw to Reshape It

Marathon Dev Team Publicly Denies Dr Disrespect Partnership After #MarathonPartner Posts

Andy Cohen Says He’ll ‘Never Get Over’ Zarin Fabrics’ Post After Jill Zarin Is Dropped From E!’s ‘The Golden Life’

The Danish Woman Launches on ARTE Mediathek With TV Premiere Set for Feb. 5

Gabriela Cabezón Cámara Wins National Book Award for Translated Literature for ‘We Are Green and Trembling’

Michael J. Fox Recasts Back to the Future’s 40th Through Lens of a “Bully Culture”

Timbaland’s AI Artist TaTa Taktumi Draws Backlash After Debut Video

Joaquín Sabina Opens Barcelona Farewell With Anthology Set Before 15,000 at Palau Sant Jordi

Simi Garewal’s Dussehra Post Praising Ravana Draws Online Backlash

Ken Follett Says New Neolithic Novel Is Guided by Archaeology, Not Politics

Ethan Hawke’s Highway 99 Debuts at Telluride as Two-Part Merle Haggard Celebration

Sydney Sweeney Jeans Ad Keeps Culture War Churning as ‘Americana’ Opens Soft

Nike Shifts Marketing to Family Focus with Scheffler Ad

Ski Aggu Slams Sächsische Zeitung During High-Energy Dresden Concert