‘The L Word: Generation Q’ Removed From Showtime Platforms Following Cancellation

Priyanka Chopra Jonas couldn’t be prouder of the female actors of her generation.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic There could probably be no better evangelist for anything than the immensely respected Rhiannon Giddens, and the banjo is lucky to have her. The singer and multi-instrumentalist has been spreading the gospel of that instrument generally and its roots in Black culture specifically for years, in her live performances and as a member of a banjo-driven all-star ensemble, Our Native Daughters. Now, she’s taking a much deeper dive than ever with an outstanding 10-part limited series, “The Banjo: Music, History and Heritage With Rhiannon Giddens,” which has her and some guests who are pickers and/or academics exploring the twisted, fascinating journey of what she considers the quintessential American instrument. The series covers everything from the instrument’s roots in the African diaspora to its role in slavery to its adaptation as a staple of “hillbilly” music, on up to its resurgence as a staple of the Americana music scene today — and how, in Giddens’ view, it has been a reflection of divisiveness and unification in the U.S. over a period of centuries.

Commuters dodging fares on Northern trains have been warned to 'quit while you're ahead'.

A song utilizing AI-generated vocals to impersonate Drake and The Weeknd has been removed from streaming platforms, Stereogum notes, but not until the track found significant viral success. The song, “heart on my sleeve” by ghostwriter, was streamed hundreds of thousands of times before it was pulled on April 17.

Drake and The Weeknd from all streaming platforms. Check it out below.The track was called ‘Heart On My Sleeve’ and was the latest viral song where AI technology was used to mimic the voice and style of popular artists.

A song using Drake and The Weeknd's vocals, generated using artificial intelligence (AI), has gone viral on TikTok. The song, titled "Heart on my Sleeve," seemingly cloned the two rappers' voices to create a song about Selena Gomez, The Weeknd's ex-girlfriend.The creator of the song goes by @GhostWriter on TikTok and has shared multiple videos on the account using the new song. The original video announcing the song currently has 10 million views.Three other videos shared by @GhostWriter each have just over a million views.

CBS programming generated more than 281B minutes of viewing across all dayparts in the first quarter of the year, with more than 30% dedicated to primetime content.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Are you ready for deep-fake-Drake? Many fans are, at least as an amusing lark, as an apparently artificial-intelligence-generated “collaboration” between “Drake” and “the Weeknd” began to go viral over the weekend, for how closely the styles of the two superstars are mimicked in a track titled “Heart on My Sleeve.” It’s no joke, though, to artists and labels wondering whether such soundalike tracks can quickly be quashed, and whether gullible fans may have a hard time telling the difference if the trend accelerates. The mystery account behind the AI song, identifying as Ghostwriter, left no clues about how the imitative track was brought into being, or what information was fed into programs to create it. But in two minutes and 16 seconds, “Heart on My Sleeve” consists of two distinct verses and a chorus sung by voices distinctly resembling the two stars, with lyrics referring to Selena Gomez, who was reported to have been dating the Weeknd in the mid-2010s. Sample lyrics: “I came in with my ex like Selena to flex, aye / Bumpin’ Justin Bieber the fever ain’t left, aye”… And, “Talkin’ to a diva yeah she on my nerves / She think that I need her, kick her to the curb ‘ All I know is you could’ve had the world … yeah, you were my world.”

Drake and The Weeknd’s latest collaboration is finally here, but sadly it’s not the two artists performing on the song.

Universal Music Group has been in correspondence with the major music streaming platforms, including Apple Music and Spotify, to demand that the companies help block the AI programs that are creating new songs based on the music of UMG artists. A report published last week by the Financial Times contains emails and interviews with sources close to UMG.

Drake has commented on an AI-generated recording of him rapping Ice Spice’s track ‘Munch (Feelin U)’. Is he impressed and excited about the possibilities presented by this rapidly evolving technology? No, he is not.

Chicago P.D. is on the case.

Jeremy Renner wasn’t sure if he would survive his snowplow accident when it happened, and just in case, revealed he wrote a goodbye note to his loved ones.

Jennifer Aniston is reflecting on how comedy has changed. In a new interview, the 54-year-old actress spoke about the «tricky» sensitivity of comedy in recent years, which wasn't as prevalent when she she starred on from 1994 to 2004.«Comedy has evolved, movies have evolved. Now it's a little tricky because you have to be very careful, which makes it really hard for comedians, because the beauty of comedy is that we make fun of ourselves, make fun of life,» Aniston told AFP via Yahoo News.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Jennifer Aniston has been starring in comedies for nearly 30 years, from the launch of NBC’s “Friends” in 1994 to the upcoming release of her latest Netflix movie “Murder Mystery 2,” which means she’s had a front row seat to watching comedy tastes change over three decades. Aniston recently told AFP (via Yahoo News) that “comedy has evolved” so much that it’s a bit tricky these days to be funny. “Now it’s a little tricky because you have to be very careful, which makes it really hard for comedians, because the beauty of comedy is that we make fun of ourselves, make fun of life,” Aniston said. “[In the past] you could joke about a bigot and have a laugh — that was hysterical. And it was about educating people on how ridiculous people were. And now we’re not allowed to do that.”

Jennifer Aniston has shared her thoughts on the evolution of comedy, saying there is now “a whole generation” of people who find Friends “offensive”.Speaking to Associated Press (via Yahoo!), the Murder Mystery 2 star addressed how the world has changed since Friends aired in the 1990s.“There’s a whole generation of people, kids, who are now going back to episodes of Friends and find them offensive,” she said.“There were things that were never intentional and others… well, we should have thought it through, but I don’t think there was a sensitivity like there is now,” Aniston added.In recent years, Friends has been criticised for its lack of diversity as well as a number of homophobic and transphobic jokes.“Comedy has evolved, movies have evolved,” Aniston continued. “Now it’s a little tricky because you have to be very careful, which makes it really hard for comedians, because the beauty of comedy is that we make fun of ourselves, make fun of life.”She added: “You could joke about a bigot and have a laugh.

Jennifer Aniston knows that comedy and our culture have changed over the years.

“Murder Mystery 2” star admitted in an interview with the international AFP news agency while promoting her new film in Paris“Friends” aired from 1994 to 2004 and has been criticized in recent years for its absence of diversity in casting and storylines.Throughout the 10-year run of the show, the sitcom continued to whitewash New York City and rarely featured a character of color. “Friends” only introduced two recurring characters of color, both of whom were brought on as short-lived love interests for Ross.“There were things that were never intentional and others…well, we should have thought it through, but I don’t think there was a sensitivity like there is now,” Aniston, 54, said about some of the show’s more controversial plot lines that would likely fall prey to “cancel culture” in 2023.“Comedy has evolved — movies have evolved,” the Emmy-winning “Morning Show” star added.

Kanye West has gone viral after being posted online.Shared on Sunday (March 26), the video shows how AI can accurately replicate the voice of any musician and develop musical content that sounds like it was recorded by the artists themselves.The video was posted by AI expert Roberto Nickson who used the computer programme to generate an approximation of West’s voice and share an AI-developed verse that references the rapper’s recent controversies.“All you have to do is record reference vocals and replace them with a trained model of any musician you like,” Nickson wrote on Twitter in explaining how he developed the verse. “I found this Kanye-style beat on YouTube, I wrote eight bars, I’m gonna record them now and then I’m gonna have AI Kanye replace me.”And just like that.

Director Sophie Barthes (“Madame Bovary”) futuristic comedy/drama “The Pod Generation” has been acquired by Roadside Attractions and Vertical after the feature’s Sundance debut back in January. The feature follows Emilia Clarke’s Rachel and her partner Alvy (Chiwetel Ejiofor), an upscale New York couple living in a future world where natural childbirth is considered passe.