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Surface Laptop Studio review: Microsoft’s top new quirky portable PC
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The Surface Laptop Studio is Microsoft’s creative workstation that replaces the unique outgoing Surface Book line with a slightly more normal laptop-like form but is still very unusual. The new top of Microsoft’s lapt...
Studio 666 review – Dave Grohl hams it up in oddly endearing comedy-horror
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A must for fans of the Foo Fighters, particularly fans who don’t mind seeing members of the band chainsawed in half, Studio 666 is an enjoyably schlocky comedy-horror. Dave Grohl gamely hams it up as a man possessed –...
A Century of the Artist’s Studio: 1920-2020 review – congealing palettes, fading light and magic
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It is a chamber of the mind, a room of one’s own, a hothouse or a prison. It is an attic or an empty shop, a suburban lockup or a concrete cubicle in a disused acid factory that still takes coins for the meter and is ...
Kevin Spacey to pay House of Cards studio more than $30m over alleged misconduct losses
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Kevin Spacey and his production companies must pay the studio behind House of Cards more than $30m because of losses brought on by his firing for alleged sexual misconduct, according to an arbitration decision made fi...
TV tonight: Kylie Minogue brings the disco to Jools Holland’s studio
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Kylie Minogue – pop’s Chosen One – joins longtime pal Jools for the last episode in this run of Later. Post-punk band Yard Act bring a fresh sound with a live performance from their local Leeds haunt, while Ed Sheera...
Microsoft launches Surface Pro 8, Laptop Studio and Duo 2 phone
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Microsoft has announced a range of computers, laptops, and a dual-screen smartphone as part of its big Surface Windows 11 event. The unveiled devices include brand new computer types and updated models in existing lin...
Fendi channels Studio 54 disco vibe at Milan’s opening show
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Milan “looks lively again, people are out for dinner and enjoying themselves”, reports British fashion designer Kim Jones, whose Fendi show fired the starting pistol as the Milan catwalks return to full speed. “Or at ...
Mission Impossible studio Paramount sues insurers over Covid costs
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Paramount Pictures, the studio behind the Mission Impossible: 7 film, is suing its insurance company, accusing it of failing to cover the costs of a string of Covid-related production stoppages. Production of the fil...
Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson review – Paul McCartney and more geek out in the studio
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Fans of Song Exploder should find much to enjoy in Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson (Apple TV+), which takes a similar approach to that of the beloved music-breakdown podcast and TV series but applies it to recording ...
Lights, camera, studio space? Lack of production capacity hits UK film industry
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The UK needs to build the equivalent of four new film studios to keep up with the ever-increasing demand for new content from streaming giants such as Netflix, or risk losing out on billions of pounds of movie and TV ...
Rest room: tiny Vancouver ‘micro studio’ combines bedroom and toilet
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Being single can be tough. But should you be so despondent about your lack of a partner that you can barely make it from the bed to the bathroom, one Vancouver apartment might be the answer. An ad for a “micro studio”...
Does Pixar’s Luca do a better job at being Studio Ghibli than Ghibli?
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Basking in the Mediterranean setting of Pixar’s new animation Luca, the first comparison that springs to mind is a Japanese one. The clear, blue-green seas, lush vegetation, idyllic village life, blue skies and giant ...
Earwig and the Witch review – Studio Ghibli’s CGI debut fails to enchant
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Directed by Gorō Miyazaki, son of Hayao, Studio Ghibli’s first feature-length foray into computer-generated animation has a clunkiness to it. With her grumpy expression, mismatched socks and pigtails pricked up like a...
Amazon buys Hollywood studio MGM in $8.45bn deal
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Amazon has acquired MGM, the Hollywood studio behind the James Bond and Rocky franchises, in an $8.45bn deal as the battle for global streaming supremacy reaches new heights. The scale of the deal far exceeds the $5bn...
Amazon in talks to buy Hollywood studio MGM for $9bn
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Amazon is in talks to acquire MGM, the Hollywood studio behind the James Bond and Rocky franchises, for $9bn (£6.3bn) in the latest deal to secure “crown jewel” content in the global battle for streaming supremacy. MG...
The Art Barn review – from agricultural shed to sublime studio
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Sometimes architecture gets called “sculptural”. It’s a loose adjective, often translating as “big, lumpy and/or oddly shaped”. It ignores the ways in which, apart from being three-dimensional and quite heavy, buildin...