Original title: Dwayne Johnson’s ‘The Smashing Machine’ Delivers TKO at Venice World Premiere, 15-Minute Ovation Benny Safdie’s The Smashing Machine, starring Dwayne Johnson as legendary mixed martial arts and UFC fighter Mark Kerr, delivered a knockout punch Monday at the Venice Film Festival. The A24 film had its world premiere Monday night inside Sala Grande and the audience went wild, responding with a 15-minute standing ovation. It proved to be a special night for Johnson as Kerr also made the trek to Venice for the showing where they were joined by co-star Emily Blunt. Amid cheers of “DJ,” “Benny” and “Emily,” the audience went wild as all four — Johnson, Blunt, Safdie and Kerr — were all teary-eyed throughout the emotional scene. Even Seth Rogen, a surprise guest, was cheering and hollering while holding a camera throughout the ovation and snapping photos the entire time. A24’s The Smashing Machine starring Dwayne Johnson as UFC champ Mark Kerr delivers TKO at Venice Film Festival world premiere with 15-minute standing ovation. The Rock in tears by the end as was co-star Emily Blunt, direc ...

Original title: Graham Greene, ‘Dances With Wolves’ Actor, Dies at 73 Graham Greene, the Oscar-nominated actor from Dances With Wolves, died Monday in Stratford, Ontario, after a lengthy illness, his rep told The Hollywood Reporter. He was 73. “He was a great man of morals, ethics and character and will be eternally missed,” Greene’s agent Michael Greene said in a statement to THR. “You are finally free. Susan Smith is meeting you at the gates of heaven,” referring to the actor’s longtime agent, who died in 2013. Born on June 22, 1952, in Ohsweken on the Six Nations Reserve and a graduate of the Centre for Indigenous Theatre Program in 1974, the Canadian actor made his small-screen debut on the 1979 Canadian drama series The Great Detective and film debut in Running Brave (1983). However, it was his role as Kicking Bird in the 1990 film Dances With Wolves that earned him a best supporting actor Oscar nomination. Out of its 12 nominations, Dances With Wolves won seven Academy Awards, including one for best picture. The film launched Graham’s career to new ...

Original title: Dubai Top Destination for Executive Nomads: Savills 00:00 Let me just start off by asking you, what exactly is the nomad index? So, yeah, that’s a very good question. This is a index that we use to track executive nomads. Executive nomads are effectively digitally enabled entrepreneurs, business founders, senior managers. There are different class to the digital nomad, which is what many people might normally think of, which might be, you know, a general backpacker who travels around. Executive nomads are much more focused on where their families want to be, where they want to stay. And that’s something we’ve seen a lot more in this region recently. And what are the types of things that these professionals are looking for? What are the criteria that they look for when they’re choosing these hubs? So, look, these professionals are looking to actually live in one location but operate businesses in others. So Internet connectivity is, of course, key air connectivity, you know, the ease of access. Emirates and Etihad and other places. Quali ...

Original title: Euro-Zone Inflation Quickens Beyond 2%, Backing ECB Rate Pause Euro-area inflation accelerated beyond the European Central Bank ’s target, cementing expectations that officials will keep interest rates steady when they meet next week. Consumer prices rose 2.1% from a year ago in August, edging up from 2% the previous month and meeting the estimates of economists in a Bloomberg poll. A core measure that strips out volatile components like energy and food held at 2.3%. Closely watched gains in services prices eased to 3.1%. ...

Original title: EU Seeks to Close Off Russian Gas Flow Loopholes 00:00 Now European Union countries are also looking to plug any remaining loopholes to ensure that Russian gas will not be mixed into the bloc supplies. Once a ban takes effect by the end of 2027. Now, the change would require importers to provide evidence to prove that the gas has not been produced in Russia. Our very own Oliver Crook is in Berlin Good morning. So the EU is looking to fight back against Russia more generally by closing loopholes for Russian gas flows. Is that really possible? Yeah, and we know how difficult that’s been. For instance, even on LNG, the LNG tankers, the Russian shadow fleet and crude oil and getting them basically off the high seas. It’s been something that’s been very challenging for the Europeans to do. What they’re trying to do now is to exert the control where they believe that they can, and that is through the pipelines and still flow natural gas into the European Union, namely Turkstream, which is the the large pipeline that goes through Turkey and ...

Original title: Nestlé Turns to Younger Insider After CEO’s Ouster Over Affair Nestlé SA is turning to the executive who runs its Nespresso coffee empire to try and steady the world’s largest food business after it was rocked by the second CEO firing in a little over a year. Philipp Navratil is taking over as chief executive officer at the Swiss company, after the exit of Mark Schneider for underperformance last year and Laurent Freixe on Monday for failing to disclose an affair with a direct subordinate. ...

Original title: Apple Previews New Store With Unified Genius Bar and Pickup Counter Apple has previewed its third retail location in India, Apple Hebbal. The new store is located at Phoenix Mall of Asia in Bengaluru. Apple Hebbal spans approximately 8,000 square feet and is staffed by 70 employees representing 15 states across India, according to Apple. It joins Apple BKC in Mumbai and Apple Saket in Delhi. Apple Hebbal features a unified Genius Bar and Pickup counter, merging Apple’s technical support and online order collection services into a single area. This two-in-one area has rolled out in a handful of new and renovated stores over the past year. To mark the occasion, Apple released a downloadable set of exclusive wallpapers themed around the store’s peacock feather-inspired design, along with a curated Apple Music playlist featuring artists from Bengaluru. The store officially opens to the public at 1 p.m. on September 2. ...

Original title: Latam-GPT: The Free, Open Source, and Collaborative AI of Latin America The supercomputing infrastructure at the University of Tarapacá (UTA) in Arica, Chile, is a fundamental pillar for Latam-GPT. With a projected investment of $10 million, the new center has a cluster of 12 nodes, each equipped with eight state-of-the-art NVIDIA H200 GPUs. This capacity, unprecedented in Chile and the region more broadly, not only enables large-scale model training in the country for the first time, it also encourages decentralization and energy efficiency. The first version of Latam-GPT will be launched this year. The model will be refined and expanded as new strategic partners join the effort and more robust data sets are integrated into it. The interview was edited for length and clarity. WIRED: Tech giants such as Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic have invested billions in their models. What is the technical and strategic argument for the development of a separate model specifically for Latin America? Álvaro Soto: Regardless of how powerful these other models may be, the ...

Original title: Magnesium Supplements Crash Course: Benefits and Side Effects Suddenly, everyone is obsessed with magnesium supplements. It’s the key ingredient in #sleepygirlmocktails, powders stirred into tart cherry juice and prebiotic soda, a wellness cocktail for anxious millennials. Your coworkers are popping magnesium glycinate before bed instead of melatonin, because it allegedly cures insomnia, constipation, and existential dread. Folks seem especially concerned with optimizing their poop and pillow time. In the past year, Google searches for “which magnesium is best for sleep” and “which magnesium makes you poop” have more than doubled. Magnesium is essential for maintaining a healthy cardiovascular system. It’s also one of the most abundant minerals in the human body, running more than 300 biochemical reactions, from protein synthesis to nerve function and blood sugar regulation. It supports bone structure and helps shuttle calcium and potassium across cell membranes, a process that allows for muscle contractions and normal heart rhythms. You can get ...

Original title: I was pigeon-holed as box office star, says Dwayne Johnson Dwayne Johnson: I was pigeon-holed as box office star 10 hours ago Share Save Steven McIntosh Entertainment reporter at the Venice Film Festival Share Save A24 Johnson, pictured in The Smashing Machine, said he had “been scared to go deep and intense and raw until now” US actor Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has said he had a “burning desire” to make a different kind of film, after years of being “pigeon-holed” as a blockbuster star. The 53-year-old could be in line for the first Oscar nomination of his career for his role in The Smashing Machine, which has just launched at the Venice Film Festival. Johnson said playing UFC fighter Mark Kerr in the movie had “certainly changed my life”, adding that the transformation was something he was “really hungry to do”. He told journalists: “I’ve been scared to go deep and intense and raw until now, until I had this opportunity to do this.” Johnson is best known for his roles in big-budget movies such as Jumanji, San Andreas, Black Adam, Moana, Baywa ...