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Robin Williams' children revived his Instagram to fight AI fakes of his voice and face

The account had been dormant since 2014. Zelda Williams said the deepfakes were maddening.

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Maharashtra's FDA has asked Shah Rukh Khan, Ajay Devgn and Tiger Shroff to explain a Vimal Elaichi ad

The notices call it a possible surrogate for banned pan masala. The actors have 15 days.

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Spider-Man: Brand New Day has crossed Rs 550 crore gross in India, even with two new Hindi films in theatres

Sacnilk estimates put India net at about Rs 466 crore after the third weekend. It is now the highest-grossing Hollywood film in the country.

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Awarapan 2 is Rs 46 crore ahead of Batwara 1947 after two days of the Independence Day weekend

Sacnilk figures put Emraan Hashmi's sequel at Rs 72.90 crore worldwide. Sunny Deol's Partition drama, released the same Friday, is at Rs 26.41 crore after a 135 percent Saturday jump.

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A Malayalam film took Best Film in Melbourne, and Rishab Shetty took Best Director

The 17th Indian Film Festival of Melbourne named Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra its top film on 14 August. Kantara: A Legend - Chapter 1 won Best Director. Rekha took Excellence in Cinema.

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Lokesh Kanagaraj's acting debut DC did ₹64 crore in a week.

First week worldwide is ₹64.38 crore. Madhavan's GDN, out the same week, is still under ₹5 crore.

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Pitchfork gave Tyga's new AI-powered album a 0/10

Tyga compared AI tools to Auto-Tune. The critic said the record made the world a worse place.

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Christopher Nolan's Odyssey just crossed $1 billion, and it's 3 days from becoming his biggest movie ever

It needs $73 million more to pass The Dark Knight Rises. At its current pace, that's a matter of days, not weeks.

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