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Deepdub unveils first-ever AI dubbing technology with precise control of characters' accents

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Thursday, February 29, 2024
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TEL AVIV, Israel, Feb. 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Deepdub, the leading AI-based audiovisual dubbing and language localization company, announced today the release of its first-of-its-kind Accent Control technology. The proprietary generative AI tech allows the accents of characters to be retained or modified when dubbing content into another language, enabling a new level of authenticity for AI-dubbed material.

Key Points: 
  • AI dubbing, while lowering the barriers to localization and making content more accessible, has until now not given content creators control over how accents are reflected in dubbed content.
  • Deepdub's Accent Control technology leverages custom generative AI models to manipulate and control the accents of characters in dubbed content, offering an unprecedented level of authenticity and flexibility.
  • These capabilities were developed into Accent Control, which enables precise control to apply and adapt accents across all 130+ languages and dialects.
  • The technology is accessible through the Deepdub GO platform , a virtual AI dubbing studio designed for post-production editors, where users can intuitively apply and adjust accents using a simple interface.

Mom Sues Nacogdoches Daycare After 3-Year-Old Found on Busy Highway Loop 224 by Good Samaritans

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Monday, February 19, 2024
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NACOGDOCHES, Texas, Feb. 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- In a new lawsuit filed against Stepping Stones Early Learning Center, Nacogdoches mother Lindsay Tompkins claims caregivers neglected her 3-year-old daughter, allowing her to exit the daycare unnoticed, walk over half a mile, and end up in the middle of Highway Loop 224 in May 2023. The complaint states a group of good Samaritans stopped traffic on the high-speed highway and rescued the toddler, who was standing between the two lanes holding a Shrek doll. The daycare allegedly did not realize the child was missing until two workers returning from their lunch break passed the commotion, recognized the toddler, and drove her back to the daycare center.

Key Points: 
  • The complaint states a group of good Samaritans stopped traffic on the high-speed highway and rescued the toddler, who was standing between the two lanes holding a Shrek doll.
  • The daycare allegedly did not realize the child was missing until two workers returning from their lunch break passed the commotion, recognized the toddler, and drove her back to the daycare center.
  • Immediately following the incident, Stepping Stones Early Learning Center workers broke Texas daycare laws when they did not notify law enforcement or Tompkins about what happened, according to the suit.
  • However, reports from multiple witnesses, including the good Samaritans who rescued the girl, exposed the daycare center's lie, according to the complaint.

ART HAPPENS HERE WITH JOHN LITHGOW Premieres Friday, April 26, 2024 on PBS and Streaming on PBS.org and the PBS App

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Thursday, January 11, 2024
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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 11, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- In the new PBS special ART HAPPENS HERE WITH JOHN LITHGOW, actor, author, humorist and renowned performer John Lithgow ("Killers of the Flower Moon," "The Crown," "The Old Man") shares his passion for arts education by joining students and teachers at four Los Angeles organizations, diving into four arts disciplines: dance, ceramics, silk-screen printing and vocal jazz ensemble. Celebrating how arts education nurtures and inspires the hearts and minds of students of all ages, ART HAPPENS HERE follows Lithgow as he tries his hand at singing, dancing, printmaking, and pottery, working alongside and learning from young people whose lives are being transformed by art. The one-hour special ART HAPPENS HERE WITH JOHN LITHGOW premieres Friday, April 26, 2024, 10:00–11:00 p.m. ET/PT (check local listings) on PBS, PBS.org and the PBS App.

Key Points: 
  • The one-hour special ART HAPPENS HERE WITH JOHN LITHGOW premieres Friday, April 26, 2024, 10:00–11:00 p.m. ET/PT (check local listings) on PBS, PBS.org and the PBS App.
  • Growing up, Lithgow wanted to be an artist and was inspired and encouraged by his public school art teachers.
  • "Education involves much more than just the basic academic subjects and preparing kids for being tested and evaluated.
  • Major funding for ART HAPPENS HERE WITH JOHN LITHGOW was provided by John and Louise Bryson.

StockX Drops Quarterly Trend Report, Highlights 'Runner Aesthetic' and Other Trends Shaping Resale Market in 2023

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Wednesday, November 15, 2023
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DETROIT, Nov. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The latest quarterly trend report from current culture marketplace, StockX, highlights the products that shaped the resale market and set new records in 2023. The report – Big Facts: 2023 Trends – also explores search term data ahead of the holiday season and the specific brands, collaborations, and sneaker silhouettes that saw significant year-over-year spikes on StockX. 

Key Points: 
  • DETROIT, Nov. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The latest quarterly trend report from current culture marketplace, StockX , highlights the products that shaped the resale market and set new records in 2023.
  • The report – Big Facts: 2023 Trends – also explores search term data ahead of the holiday season and the specific brands, collaborations, and sneaker silhouettes that saw significant year-over-year spikes on StockX.
  • The Nike Vomero 5 and Asics Gel-1130 are running shoes at their core, though consumers have embraced them for everyday wear.
  • As demand for the brand's limited drops surged in 2023, searches for " Hellstar " shot up more than 12,000%.

Investing Platform Public Launches New Alternative Asset, Music Royalties

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Tuesday, October 3, 2023
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NEW YORK, Oct. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Public, the investing platform that lets members invest in stocks, ETFs, crypto, Treasury bills, and alternative assets, announces the launch of music royalties on its alternative asset platform. Starting with a catalog of 768 composition tracks from the "Shrek" film franchise composed by Harry Gregson-Williams, investors may be able to further diversify their portfolios with a cash-flow-producing asset that can pay quarterly dividends. While royalties, like all investments, carry some degree of risk, these assets have a low correlation with stocks, bonds, and other traditional investments, which means they can help reduce portfolio volatility and increase risk-adjusted returns.

Key Points: 
  • Starting with original music from the "Shrek" film franchise, investors may receive quarterly dividends based on the consumption of "Shrek" films and musical tracks
    NEW YORK, Oct. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Public , the investing platform that lets members invest in stocks, ETFs, crypto, Treasury bills, and alternative assets, announces the launch of music royalties on its alternative asset platform.
  • After investing, shareholders can earn dividends from the royalties generated by the consumption of the content.
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    "Investors are increasingly looking to diversify across asset classes, from stocks to collectibles to royalties," said Keith Marshall, GM of Alternatives at Public.
  • "By launching royalties, we are excited to give investors another asset class to build a multi-asset portfolio that can generate passive income."

EXQUISITE COSTUMES ANNOUNCES NEW RENTAL COSTUME COLLECTION

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Tuesday, September 12, 2023
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STAMFORD, Conn., Sept. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Exquisite Costumes announced today it has acquired another extensive collection of premium costumes that will be available, for rent, immediately. Caroline Oliver and Michele Rohr founded Exquisite Costumes for theater directors and costume designers looking to source premium Broadway-quality costumes and vintage clothing. Clients can shop online for scores of shows, from Legally Blonde to Annie, and quickly rent and return high-end costumes and vintage clothing, for less money, in reusable packaging. Clients can also work with the design team to create custom pieces.

Key Points: 
  • Caroline Oliver and Michele Rohr founded Exquisite Costumes for theater directors and costume designers looking to source premium Broadway-quality costumes and vintage clothing.
  • Our goal is to make Exquisite Costumes the leader in the premium costume rental industry.
  • We hope that Exquisite Costumes - Rent the Costume (RTC) becomes as recognizable as Rent the Runway (RTR)."
  • "The Exquisite Costumes collection is so diverse, there is something for every school theater director to rent affordably," stated Oliver.

Are the Oscars going to take animated films more seriously?

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Wednesday, June 21, 2023
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Animation is not a genre.

Key Points: 
  • Animation is not a genre.
  • As one of the most acclaimed modern auteurs – and one who has announced his intention to stick with animation as his preferred medium – his acceptance speech reads like a plea directly to the academy.

Animated films at the Oscars

    • By including animated films as a standalone category, the Oscars ended up segregating them: animation was treated as its own thing.
    • Beauty and the Beast broke ground as the first-ever animated nominee for the Best Picture Oscar in 1992, but only two films have achieved such a feat since.
    • If animated films have had difficulty breaking into the Oscars’ vision of a Best Picture, then voice talent has been outright bypassed for consideration in acting categories.
    • Yet without the physical body to observe, the Oscars have ignored voice work in animated films.

Are things changing?

    • This then hopefully attracts more audience eyeballs to an Oscars telecast where they are likely to have actually seen some of the nominees.
    • Thematically, it reflects on the artistic value of the superhero genre, unpacking the Spider-Man lore across its many iterations.
    • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is the kind of popular cinema that the academy is currently primed to take more seriously.
    • But it is still well-positioned to break through the confines of the Best Animated Feature category.

NICKELODEON TO AIR GABBY'S DOLLHOUSE, MARKING LINEAR DEBUT FOR HIT PRESCHOOL SERIES FROM DREAMWORKS ANIMATION, BEGINNING MONDAY, MAY 1, AT 8 P.M. (ET/PT) ON NICK JR. CHANNEL

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Wednesday, April 19, 2023
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In the Gabby's Dollhouse episode, "Spaceship," premiering Monday, May 1, the dollhouse delivery is a spaceship that takes off with a sleeping CatRat inside. Gabby, Pandy and Kitty Fairy have to get the ship back into The Fairy Tail Garden before Floyd--who thinks it's the best kitty toy ever--gets his paws on it! Created and executive produced by Traci Paige Johnson (Blue's Clues, Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood) and Jennifer Twomey (Blue's Clues, Team Umizoomi), the series helps to teach kids to revel in their mistakes, fail fantastically and always keep a curious mind.

Key Points: 
  • BURBANK, Calif., April 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Nickelodeon will welcome preschoolers into the magical world of Gabby's Dollhouse, marking the linear debut for the hit mixed-media series from DreamWorks Animation, beginning Monday, May 1, at 8 p.m. (ET/PT) on the Nick Jr. channel.
  • Following the premiere, new episodes from the first season will continue to roll out Monday through Thursday for three consecutive weeks on the Nick Jr. channel.
  • In the Gabby's Dollhouse episode, "Spaceship," premiering Monday, May 1, the dollhouse delivery is a spaceship that takes off with a sleeping CatRat inside.
  • Nickelodeon is a part of Paramount's (Nasdaq: PARA, PARAA) global portfolio of multimedia entertainment brands.

Metacade announces partnership with Metastudio ahead of highly anticipated Uniswap Listing

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Saturday, April 15, 2023
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Metacade , one of the most highly anticipated GameFi projects in 2023, has spectacularly sold out in its final stage presale, raising an impressive $16.4M.

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  • Metacade , one of the most highly anticipated GameFi projects in 2023, has spectacularly sold out in its final stage presale, raising an impressive $16.4M.
  • The MCADE token is now set to list on Uniswap on the 6th of April at 7PM GMT.
  • Metacade’s CEO, Russell Bennett, stated, “I was delighted to see the final stage token presale sell out; it only reinforces my faith in the Metacade project.
  • Furthermore, Metacade intends to motivate its holders to participate in a variety of promotions to help drive the product's growth and adoption.

Recess Announces the Appointment of Brian Schwartz to Board of Directors

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Monday, March 6, 2023
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LOS ANGELES, March 6, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Recess, the leading experiential marketing platform has welcomed Brian Schwartz to its board of directors. With over a decade and a half of advertising and marketing expertise, Schwartz has served in various high-profile positions, such as the former Head of Global Retail & Loyalty Partnerships for DreamWorks Animation, Vice President of Global Marketing for Expedia Group, and Co-founder of SIZE. Schwartz's appointment will enhance Recess's ability to offer groundbreaking solutions and drive innovation across the experiential marketing industry.

Key Points: 
  • LOS ANGELES, March 6, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Recess , the leading experiential marketing platform has welcomed Brian Schwartz to its board of directors.
  • Schwartz's appointment will enhance Recess's ability to offer groundbreaking solutions and drive innovation across the experiential marketing industry.
  • "Brian brings a wealth of experience to Recess from his previous positions at global marketing organizations and various board positions with leading high growth companies," said Jack Shannon, CEO and Co-Founder of Recess.
  • "Recess excites me because it's revolutionizing experiential marketing and making it accessible to businesses of all sizes," said Brian Schwartz.