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Google Has a ChatGPT Rival; That's Not What Has People Laughing

The search engine giant has added a chatbot and people are mocking a big choice the company made.

The Street

ChatGPT bot channels history to pen State of Union speech

A president's State of the Union address has a predictable formula

The Independent UK

You need to play the best time-loop game on Steam ASAP

A time-loop retelling of one of Shakespeare's most famous plays, this indie game is a must-play adventure.

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Tudor Mystery review – who could have painted such medieval strangeness?

A new exhibition brings together portraits of weird children and nobility by an artist with an eye for human uniqueness. It also reveals their true identity …

The Guardian - UK

Shakespeare in Yemen: tragedy offers respite from war

Aden (AFP) - "To be, or not to be": on a stage in Yemen, William Shakespeare's "Hamlet" rings out in Arabic, a tragedy that resonates with an audience suffering from years of civil war.

AFP

Prattle, a Shakespearean Version of Wordle, Won't Let You Guess 'Slave'

"This anti-free speech, anti-intellectual, anti-common-sense action deserves all the scorn it can get," says Roy Thomas, former editor in chief of Marvel Comics.

Reason

35 years later, Final Fantasy's love of Shakespeare is its secret to success

The lasting effect of Final Fantasy is owed to a unique understanding of human stories that can also be found in the work of William Shakespeare.

Inverse

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From Marilyn to Shakespeare: how well do you know history’s most bungled quotes?

The internet is full of wonky attributions and made-up catchphrases, from real life and pop culture. Can you tell your Attenborough from your Armstrong?

The Guardian - AU

Sydney Theatre Company’s butchery of The Tempest reveals how weak our commitment to difficult art has become

The STC has counterfeited Shakespeare to serve progressive ideology. In the process, it has created a self-serving apology for colonialism.

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Broadway writer of '& Juliet' builds show with huge pop hits

Playwright David West Read and the team behind the Broadway jukebox musical “& Juliet" have mixed high and low art

The Independent UK

‘Christmas miracle’: Hard Quiz does the impossible and reunites Mad as Hell cast

Hard Quiz host Tom Gleeson pulls off a Christmas miracle and reunites Mad as Hell cast for a one-off special.

The New Daily

Review: In ‘& Juliet’ on Broadway, this empowered Juliet hath no further need of her Romeo

NEW YORK — William Shakespeare still occupies his storied place in high school English classes, but the Elizabethan dude is under attack. Instead of dreaming at their desks of their Romeos, today’s teenage girls are more likely to figure out that Juliet gets merely a single night of passion with…

Chicago Tribune

Biography of poet John Donne wins UK nonfiction book prize

A book that argues Elizabethan poet John Donne should rank alongside William Shakespeare as a literary genius has won Britain’s leading nonfiction book award

The Independent UK

‘Full-on robot writing’: the artificial intelligence challenge facing universities

AI is becoming more sophisticated, and some say capable of writing academic essays. But at what point does the intrusion of AI constitute cheating?

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First Thing: Republicans narrowly regain control of House after midterms flop

Slim majority means any member of party sitting in House of Representatives could block legislation. Plus, the meteorite that may solve mystery of Earth’s water

The Independent UK

Shakespeare: Only portrait created during playwright’s lifetime on sale for £10m

The image was reportedly made by Robert Peake, court painter to King James I, and is signed and dated 1608

The Guardian - UK

I can forgive The Crown for jazzing up the facts – but not for being so horribly clunky

When covering the royals, we often talk about the family ‘soap opera’. The conversations here are straight out of a poor one, says Stephen Bates, the Guardian’s former royal correspondent

The Guardian - UK

RSC to stage play about plague death of William Shakespeare’s son Hamnet

Adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s novel will premiere at Swan theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon in April

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The Independent UK

'The Crown’ returns to blur the line between royals, fiction

“The Crown” returns Wednesday after a two-year absence from Netflix

Tom’s Guide

Best Max movies in August 2024

The best movies on Max to watch right now range from amazing biopics to touching dramas and mind-boggling animated features.

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: New Zealand’s sad, silly rejection of Shakespeare

“Thou art the cap of all the fools alive.” So says Apemantus to the title character in the William Shakespeare play “Timon of Athens.” He might also direct his insult at New Zealand’s arts council. After 30 years, it has chosen to end government funding for Shakespeare in Schools, a…

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Clinging to old classics can go hand in hand with banning books

Too often, we forget that fights about what we shouldn’t read are also battles over what we should read. And that every time someone attempts to ban Toni Morrison or Ta-Nehisi Coates, they’re also trying to corral our kids back to Hawthorne and Hemingway, Dante and Dickens.

AFP

'Absolute farce': UK gripped by latest Johnson plot twist

London (AFP) - British former prime minister Boris Johnson's prospective return to Downing Street reads like a Shakespearean arc of redemption after a fall -- but critics see elements of farce.

Chicago Sun-Times

The Mix: Cool things to do in Chicago Oct. 20-26

“Measure for Measure,” an Upside Down Halloween Parade, and a tribute to blues legends are among the highlights in the week ahead.

The Independent UK

Jacinda Ardern backs school Shakespeare scheme dubbed ‘imperialist’ by New Zealand funding body

Prime minister says she took part in three decade-old programme said to involve more than half of country’s schools

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