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Netflix spent ‘a fortune’ editing out Beef season 2 detail after request from lead stars

Netflix spent ‘a fortune’ editing out Beef season 2 detail after request from lead stars

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Beef season two stars Oscar Isaac and Carey Mulligan made an on-set decision that proved rather expensive. The Hollywood stars play the leads in new episodes of the hit Netflix show, playing a couple whose marriage starts to disintegrate after their lives collide with a newly engaged pair (Cailee Spaney and Charles Melton). During the eight-episode season, there are many scenes of rage and passion, and it’s been revealed that, for certain moments, Isaac and Mulligan listened to music while performing their character beats. Oscar Isaac in ‘Beef’ season two (Netflix) However, when it came to the edit, these earphones had to be removed and, according to creator Lee Sung Jin, they “cost a fortune to paint out”. Speaking on a podcast breaking down the first episode, Sung Jin said: “You two were always playing songs as you performed.” Isaac revealed …

Ariana Grande fans call out ‘obvious’ editing error in Focker-In-Law trailer

Ariana Grande fans call out ‘obvious’ editing error in Focker-In-Law trailer

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter The new Focker-In-Law trailer has tickled a few eagle-eyed viewers, who have noticed an apparent editing error. In the movie teaser, dropped Wednesday, Ariana Grande joins the Meet the Parents franchise as Olivia, the soon-to-be fiancée of Henry (Skyler Gisondo), the now-grown son of Greg and Pam Focker, played by returning stars Ben Stiller and Teri Polo. When Olivia visits Henry’s maternal grandparents — his hard-to-please grandfather Jack (Robert De Niro) and gracious grandmother Dina Byrnes (Blythe Danner) — she quickly wins over Jack, sparking Greg’s jealousy, as it took him years to be accepted into the family. At one point in the trailer, the family goes for a bike ride. Olivia challenges Greg to a race, and as the two are speeding down the trail, Greg clips Olivia’s back tire, sending her tumbling to the ground. As she falls on …

Devil Wears Prada 2 called out for editing mistake over an out-of-place detail in trailer

Devil Wears Prada 2 called out for editing mistake over an out-of-place detail in trailer

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter The Devil Wears Prada 2 trailer is everywhere ahead of the sequel’s premiere next month — but an out-of-place detail appears to have slipped through the editors’ cracks. An eagle-eyed fan pointed out that in the film’s final teaser, an onlooker appears to have crashed an iconic shot of Anne Hathaway — in character as journalist Andrea Sachs — strolling at a crosswalk. In the trailer, released Tuesday, a woman is seen hanging out of a taxi window behind Hathaway and recording the A-lister with her phone. “This girl having her phone just wide out the window in the trailer is frying me,” one person wrote on X with a screengrab of the error. Some fans were more forgiving, arguing that the flub could potentially fall within the canon of the new sequel. ‘Devil Wears Prada 2’ fans caught a mistake …

Copyediting and Philosophy, Part 1: What is Copyediting?

Copyediting and Philosophy, Part 1: What is Copyediting?

Published by Jenni Sidey

The Issues in Philosophy Beat is running a three-part mini-series called “Copyediting and Philosophy,” which focuses on issues around copyediting relevant to the philosophy profession: what it is, how to navigate it as an author, and philosophical questions it raises. This post is the first installment. There’s a groaner of a joke about a panda who finishes his meal at a restaurant. Afterwards, he asks for the check, shoots the waiter, and then walks out. The joke’s punchline—that a wrongly punctuated dictionary entry says a panda is an animal who “eats, shoots and leaves”—was the title of a 2003 book about punctuation, Eats, Shoots & Leaves.* The author, Lynne Truss, wagged her finger in the general direction of the English-speaking public and its declining grammatical competence, though her own competence was criticized by linguists and writers. This form of smug pedantry is what many academic writers think of when they imagine copyeditors: people gleefully unsplitting infinitives, inserting Oxford commas, and contorting sentences to avoid preposition endings, all the while stripping academic writing of style. Oh, …

Ad for AI editing app which said it could ‘erase anything’ banned for sexualising women | Science, Climate & Tech News

Ad for AI editing app which said it could ‘erase anything’ banned for sexualising women | Science, Climate & Tech News

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An advert for an AI video editing tool which said it could “erase anything” – implying users could remove a woman’s clothing – has been banned. The advertising regulator found the YouTube ad for PixVideo – AI Video Maker, seen in January, showing “before” and “after” images of a young woman, the first with a red scribble over her midriff and the second revealing her bare skin, was offensive. Text across the bottom of the image said it could “erase anything”, followed by a heart-eye emoji. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ruled the advert was “irresponsible, included a harmful gender stereotype and was likely to cause serious offence”. The decision came after eight people complained to the ASA that the ad sexualised and objectified women, and was irresponsible, offensive and harmful. Image: The ad at the centre of the complaint. Pic: PA Saeta Tech Ltd, trading as PixVideo – AI Video Maker, said it understood why the ad was considered likely to cause serious offence, but the concerns related to the advert’s presentation and messaging …

NotebookLM Prompt Slide Editing & Editable Decks in 2026

NotebookLM Prompt Slide Editing & Editable Decks in 2026

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Google’s latest NotebookLM update introduces two new features aimed at enhancing presentation workflows. As explained by Julian Goldie, users can now use AI-powered prompt-based slide editing to make targeted changes through simple text commands. For instance, you can direct the system to “add relevant visuals” or “apply a minimalist design,” and the AI will implement these adjustments immediately. This feature minimizes manual effort, allowing users to focus on creating polished presentations more efficiently. You’ll learn how to use the prompt-based editing system to streamline tasks like adjusting layouts and incorporating visuals. You’ll also explore the direct PPTX export feature, which simplifies transferring slides to PowerPoint for further customization or sharing. These insights will help you optimize your workflow while maintaining a professional standard. NotebookLM Presentation Updates TL;DR Key Takeaways : NotebookLM introduces AI-powered prompt-based slide editing, allowing users to modify slides with simple text commands, saving time and reducing manual effort. The tool now supports direct export to editable PowerPoint (PPTX) files, making sure seamless integration with traditional presentation software. Iterative refinement enables users to …

John Davidson questions BBC and Bafta over not editing his tourette’s tics out of broadcast in N-word incident

John Davidson questions BBC and Bafta over not editing his tourette’s tics out of broadcast in N-word incident

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter John Davidson, the Tourette syndrome campaigner whose life inspired the film I Swear, has said that he was told any involuntary expletives would be cut out of the Bafta Film Awards broadcast. Sinners stars Delroy Lindo and Michael B Jordan were presenting a prize at the Royal Albert Hall awards ceremony on Sunday when Davidson began involuntarily shouting out the N-word as a tic. While host Alan Cumming explained to the audience that “a person with Tourette syndrome” was in the crowd and that he had “no control over his language”, the racial slur was not edited out of the show when it was broadcast on a delay later that evening. Speaking in his first interview about the Baftas, Davidson – who saw actor Robert Aramayo take home the award for Best Actor for portraying him in I Swear – spoke …

Gene editing that spreads within the body could cure more diseases

Gene editing that spreads within the body could cure more diseases

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Illustration of the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing complex (pink and purple) bound to DNA (helix) Science Photo Library/Alamy Imagine if, instead of delivering a leaflet individually to each home, a postal worker just had to give one to a volunteer on each block, who then photocopied it and handed out copies to neighbours. That postal worker would get leaflets into dramatically more homes that way. Biologists are hoping a similar approach could make gene editing better at treating all kinds of conditions. The idea is that each cell in the body that receives the initial delivery will make lots of copies of the gene-editing machinery and pass most of them on to its neighbours, amplifying the effect. This means that disease-correcting changes could be made to the DNA of more cells. In tests in mice, Wayne Ngo at the University of California, Berkeley, and his colleagues – including CRISPR gene-editing pioneer Jennifer Doudna – have managed to triple the number of liver cells that were edited using this approach. “Essentially what we’re doing is we’re instructing that …

M5 Ultra Mac Studio for AI, Video Editing, and 3D Modeling

M5 Ultra Mac Studio for AI, Video Editing, and 3D Modeling

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Apple is preparing to reshape the landscape of high-performance computing with the highly anticipated M5 Ultra Mac Studio. Featuring the innovative M5 Max and M5 Ultra chips, this device is engineered to deliver exceptional speed and efficiency, potentially surpassing Nvidia’s flagship RTX 5090 GPU. Expected to debut at Apple’s WWDC 2026 event, the Mac Studio is designed to combine innovative technology with competitive pricing, making it an attractive option for professionals and tech enthusiasts seeking top-tier performance. The video below from Max Tech gives us more details about the new M5 Mac Studio. Breakthrough Silicon: M5 Max and M5 Ultra Chips At the heart of the M5 Ultra Mac Studio lies Apple’s latest silicon advancements: the M5 Max and M5 Ultra chips. These chips, identified through leaked references (H17C and H17D), promise significant improvements over their predecessors, setting a new benchmark for performance and efficiency. M5 Max: Optimized for outstanding single-core and multi-core performance, this chip is tailored for tasks requiring precision and speed, such as software development, data analysis, and real-time simulations. M5 Ultra: …

Google Photos brings its prompt-based editing feature to India, Australia and Japan

Google Photos brings its prompt-based editing feature to India, Australia and Japan

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Google is bringing AI-powered photo editing to more users around the world, making it easier to fix your photos with simple text commands instead of complicated editing tools. The company announced Tuesday that it’s expanding natural language-based editing in Google Photos to additional countries, including Australia, India, and Japan. The feature, which Google first launched for Pixel 10 users in the U.S. last August, lets people describe the changes they want to make to their photos rather than manually adjusting sliders or learning complex editing software. Users in these newly supported countries will now see a “Help me Edit” box when they tap the edit option on a photo. From there, they can either select from suggested prompts or type their own requests in plain language. For example, you could ask the app to “remove the motorcycle in the background,” “reduce the background blur,” or use a more general command like “restore this old photo.” The AI can handle surprisingly specific requests too. You can ask it to edit a friend’s pose, remove their glasses, …