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Elvis Presley will be making his debut on the London stage as an A.I. holograph. The British company Layered Reality says their new show "Elvis Evolution" will use artificial intelligence and groundbreaking technology to "recreate the seismic impact of seeing Elvis live for a whole new generation of fans." Their news release says, "A life sized digital Elvis will share his most iconic songs and moves for the very first time on a U.K. stage."
https://variety.com/2024/theater/global/elvis-london-ai-show-1235861196/
Fans of ABC's The Golden Bachelor got to watch 72-year-old Gerry Turner tie the knot with 70-year-old Theresa Nist live last night. Turner, the show's namesake, spent nine episodes in a journey to find a second chance at love. He proposed to Nist on the show's November finale. The pair opted to marry within weeks with Turner saying they don't have time to waste at their age. The ceremony was filled with family, friends and even other Golden Bachelor contestants. The two-hour Golden Wedding is slated to stream on Hulu, Disney plus, and other platforms today.
A lawsuit filed in Orlando on Wednesday concerns an exploding toilet. A customer is suing Dunkin' for injuries he suffered when a toilet blew up at a Winter Park location on Aloma Avenue two years ago. Paul Kerouac claims the explosion left him covered in urine and feces. He's seeking over a hundred thousand dollars in damages for what he calls severe and long term injuries that left him in need of counseling.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/retail/man-sues-dunkin-donuts-50k-claiming-toilet-exploded-him
A letter was recently delivered to a family in Illinois -- 80 years after it was written. The letter was originally penned in 1943 to Louis and Lavena George in the city of DeKalb. It was lost in the mail for decades until an unnamed postal worker tracked down the only two surviving members of the George family, their two daughters, and delivered it to them. Their daughter Jeannette said it was "pretty incredible" to get a special glimpse of their parents' lives.
https://abc7chicago.com/dekalb-letter-mail-post-office/14268551/
Researchers from the University of Nebraska are sending a robot to space. The researchers are working on a surgical robot about the size of a microwave oven that will be operated on the Interational Space Station. A surgeon from Lincoln will operate the robot while it's in space, and the experiment will involve two surgeries performed on rubber bands.
https://www.wowt.com/2024/01/04/nebraska-researchers-sending-medical-robot-space/
Britney Spears says she'll never return to the music industry. The singer made the announcement in a social media post on Wednesday, seemingly responding to recent reports that she'd be teaming up with Charli XCX to make some new tunes. Spears wrote "They keep saying I'm turning to random people to do a new album ... I will never return to the music industry." Britney went on to call herself a ghostwriter, saying "When I write, I write for fun or I write for other people...I've written over 20 songs for other people in the past two years."
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/britney-spears-not-return-music-industry_n_659683a3e4b0bf73e1786d9f