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‘Jurassic Park’s Sam Neill Reveals His Real Name: ‘My Parents Giving Me a Disadvantage From the Start’

May 1, 2024 No Comments Entertainment , , , , , , ,

Sam Neill is sharing details about an open Hollywood secret: his real name! During an appearance on Tuesday’s The Kelly Clarkson Show episode, the 76-year-old opened up about his decision to go by his nickname Sam instead of his given name. When Clarkson brings up the fact that Neill’s first name isn’t Sam, the New Zealand actor dryly quips, [...]read more‘Jurassic Park’s Sam Neill Reveals His Real Name: ‘My Parents Giving Me a Disadvantage From the Start’

‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ Director Sam Taylor-Johnson Recalls ‘Tough’ Time Filming Movie

April 11, 2024 No Comments Entertainment , , , , , , , , ,

A decade after making Fifty Shades of Grey, Sam Taylor-Johnson‘s perspective remains anything but. The director addressed how difficult the experience was in a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, telling the magazine, “The success of it was great, but the experience of it was tough.” From Taylor-Johnson’s perspective, the challenges that emerged stemmed from her conflicting [...]read more‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ Director Sam Taylor-Johnson Recalls ‘Tough’ Time Filming Movie

‘Back to Black’ Director Sam Taylor-Johnson Compares Amy Winehouse’s Tabloid Scrutiny to Kate Middleton’s

April 11, 2024 No Comments Entertainment , , , , , , , ,

Back to Black filmmaker Sam Taylor-Johnson is opening up about the tabloid scrutiny late songstress Amy Winehouse faced before her untimely death. The director spoke with The Hollywood Reporter recently and explained how Kate Middleton is facing the same sort of onslaught amid her health crisis. According to Taylor-Johnson, the frenzy that surrounded Winehouse before — and [...]read more‘Back to Black’ Director Sam Taylor-Johnson Compares Amy Winehouse’s Tabloid Scrutiny to Kate Middleton’s

Sam Hunt and Wife Hannah Lee Fowler Make First Red Carpet Appearance After Reconciliation and Baby No. 2

April 8, 2024 No Comments Entertainment , , , , , , ,

It was an ultra-glam date night in Texas for Mom and Dad! Sam Hunt had wife Hannah Lee Fowler on his arm at Sunday’s 2024 CMT Music Awards, marking the couple’s first red carpet appearance since reconciling after a brief separation in 2022.  Hunt, 39, wore a tweed suit with a simple crisp shirt, opting [...]read moreSam Hunt and Wife Hannah Lee Fowler Make First Red Carpet Appearance After Reconciliation and Baby No. 2

Sam Raimi Wants To Direct Avengers: Secret Wars

April 3, 2024 No Comments Gaming , , ,

In 2002, director Sam Raimi helped kick off the modern era for superhero movies with Spider-Man. That film, along with 20th Century Fox’s X-Men franchise, paved the way for the Marvel Cinematic Universe to begin with Iron Man in 2008. Raimi helmed Spider-Man 2 and Spider-Man 3 in 2004 and 2007, respectively, but he returned [...]read moreSam Raimi Wants To Direct Avengers: Secret Wars

Sam Altman gives up control of OpenAI Startup Fund, resolving unusual corporate venture structure

April 2, 2024 No Comments Technology , , , , , ,

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has transferred formal control of the eponymously firm’s named corporate venture fund to Ian Cathaway, OpenAI confirmed to TechCrunch.  The Open AI Startup Fund, launched in 2021, was initially set up with Altman as its named controller. The arrangement could have presented a major issue to the company if he had [...]read moreSam Altman gives up control of OpenAI Startup Fund, resolving unusual corporate venture structure

All Aboard South Korea’s New $100 Billion Baby-Making Trains

March 30, 2024 No Comments Auto , ,

Photo: Pool / Pool (Getty Images) Korea’s auto industry is currently killing it, but its baby-birthing industry may as well be dead. The East Asian country has the lowest fertility rate in the world, which isn’t great long-term. Don’t worry, though, Reuters reports that Korean officials have the perfect solution for getting those childless young [...]read moreAll Aboard South Korea’s New $100 Billion Baby-Making Trains

TechCrunch Minute: Sam Bankman-Fried’s sentencing marks an end to the FTX saga

March 30, 2024 No Comments Technology , , ,

After a lengthy trial and conviction, we finally learned how long former crypto baron Sam Bankman-Fried will be behind bars: up to 25 years. It’s a lengthy sentence, but one that given the scale of the crimes he was convicted of, doesn’t come as a shock. For the crypto industry, it’s also the final page [...]read moreTechCrunch Minute: Sam Bankman-Fried’s sentencing marks an end to the FTX saga

Sam Bankman-Fried is still gambling

March 29, 2024 No Comments Technology

Sam Bankman-Fried has learned nothing, and I’m not sure any of the rest of us have, either. At his sentencing, I sat several rows behind Bankman-Fried, clad in prison khaki and clanking faintly when he walked from the shackles on his feet, while he gave his statement to the court. “I’m sorry about what happened [...]read moreSam Bankman-Fried is still gambling

Sam Bankman-Fried gets 25 years in prison for fraud and money laundering at FTX, ordered to pay $11B in forfeiture

March 29, 2024 No Comments Technology , , , , ,

Sam Bankman-Fried, the co-founder and former CEO of crypto exchange FTX and trading firm Alameda Research, was sentenced to 25 years in prison by Southern District of New York (SDNY) Judge Lewis Kaplan, about five months after he was found guilty on all seven counts related to fraud and money laundering during his trial. “When [...]read moreSam Bankman-Fried gets 25 years in prison for fraud and money laundering at FTX, ordered to pay $11B in forfeiture