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One ‘last Beatles record’ coming, Mccartney says
A new Beatles song is coming together with a little help from AI, according to Paul Mccartney. Artificial intelligence made it possible to turn a decades-old demo recording by John Lennon into “what will be the last Beatles record,” Mccartney Mccartney told BBC Radio 4′s “Today.”
“We were able to take John’s voice and get it pure through this AI,” he said. “It gives you some sort of leeway. There’s a good side to (artificial intelligence), and then a scary side. We just have to see where that leads.” Mccartney, 80, said the record was recently finished and will be released this year. He didn’t share the song’s title, though the BBC suggested it’s likely a Lennon composition, “Now and Then,” from 1978.
John Amos denies reports he’s fighting for life in ICU
Actor John Amos wants people to know he is “doing well,” despite reports to the contrary. The “Roots” and “Good Times” star, 83, is hospitalized in Tennessee, according to his publicist, Belinda Foster. who shared a statement Monday.
“To all of my fans, I want you to know that I am doing well. I am not in ICU nor was I ever fighting for my life,” Amos said.
Last month, officials in Colorado, where Amos has a home, say they opened an investigation into an allegation the actor was being abused by an unnamed caregiver after his daughter, Shannon Amos, raised concerns to local law enforcement.
“The past two weeks shattered our world. My dad, a victim of elder abuse and financial exploitation,” she wrote on Instagram. The Custer County Sheriff’s Office is looking into the complaint, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation said.
Last week, Shannon Amos
started a Gofundme with the goal of raising $500,000to “be entrusted to a special fund for my father.”
In his statement, John Amos said he did not want the fundraiser. “I want the Gofundme campaign about me to stop immediately, and the funds subsequently returned to those who made donations. My son and I will reveal more information at the appropriate time.”
Lil Wayne can’t remember most songs, cites epilepsy
Rapper Lil Wayne is one of the
most successful and influential musical artists of this century, yet he can’t remember most of the music he’s made, he revealed during a recent interview.
Lil Wayne, 40, born as Dwayne Michael Carter Jr., discussed his nearly three-decade career in an interview with Rolling Stone published June 10.
The five-time Grammy Award winner said he can’t decipher between much of his past album releases. Wayne attributes his memory loss to epilepsy.