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Mariah Carey's holiday concert at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh was cancelled on Wednesday, hours before the show's scheduled start time. The venue's website said that fans will be able to get ticket refunds. The multi-time Grammy Award winner in a brief statement said she had contracted the flu. "Pittsburgh, I am sorry to say, I've come down with the flu. It breaks my heart that I unfortunately have to cancel tonight's show. I love you all so much," Carey informed her fans on social media. Read More: Luigi Mangione's Alleged Tinder And OnlyFans Profiles, TikTok Videos Surface "Tonight's show with Mariah Carey has been cancelled. Fans will receive an email with refund options. If you do not receive an email, please contact your point of purchase," the venue said. For those who bought through Ticketmaster, refunds will be processed automatically. For tickets purchased at the PPG Paints Arena box office or through other vendors, fans may need to follow specific instructions provided by the seller. Read More: From TikTok Fame To Crypto Flop: Mapping Hawk Tuah Girl Hailey Welch's Journey Mariah Carey’s 2024 schedule Mariah Carey’s 2024 schedule includes her ongoing 'Celebration of Mimi Live' residency at Dolby Live, Park MGM in Las Vegas, which has been extended through February 15, 2025. Following this, she will embark on her highly anticipated "Christmas Time Tour," celebrating the 30th anniversary of her Merry Christmas album. The tour begins November 6 in Highland, California, and concludes December 17 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, covering 20 cities, including Los Angeles, Houston, Nashville, and Washington, D.C. Get Latest News Live on Times Now along with Breaking News and Top Headlines from US Buzz, World and around the world.
PTI claims arrests, teargas shelling enroute Islamabad as govt vows to stop protesters no matter whatBank of America signs again with FIFA for US-hosted Club World Cup that still has no TV dealsIndianapolis Colts coach Shane Steichen seemed to sense the question might arise after his club was eliminated from playoff consideration Sunday with a ghastly 45-33 loss to the host New York Giants in East Rutheford, N.J. The Giants were 2-13 and had lost a franchise-record 10 straight games entering the contest and their season-high point total Sunday more than tripled their season average of 14.3 points per game. It was the type of bad loss that leads to head coaches being asked about their job security. "I control what I can control," Steichen said of the employment situation. The Colts (7-9) were outplayed all contest by the team that entered the day with the worst record in the NFL -- and with their playoff hopes on the line. Last season, Steichen's first as Indianapolis coach, the Colts also fell short, losing to the Houston Texans in the final week of the season to miss the playoffs. "It was as disappointing as it gets," Steichen said of the setback against the Giants. "As the leader of a football team, shoot, I always say I've got to be better, we've all got to be better. That's a group effort, everyone's got to chip in and do their part, so stuff like that doesn't happen." Giants quarterback Drew Lock passed for 309 yards and tied his career high of four touchdowns while also running for a score. Meanwhile, the Colts also went with a reserve quarterback in veteran Joe Flacco and he turned the ball over three times on two interceptions and a fumble. He also passed for 330 yards. Flacco started because rookie Anthony Richardson couldn't play due to back and foot injuries. Indianapolis completes the season next weekend at home against the Jacksonville Jaguars. "I know it's a tough situation, obviously, when you're out of the playoff hunt, but again, I told (the team) we've got to be professional about it," Steichen said. "That's the biggest thing. We've got to show up and do our job still with one week left." The Colts last made the playoffs in the 2020 season. Their last playoff win was two seasons earlier. --Field Level Media
TURIN, Italy (Reuters) -Dusan Vlahovic and Weston McKennie scored to lead Juventus to a 2-0 Champions League win over Manchester City on Wednesday, a major blow to the English champions’ hopes of clinching a top-eight spot in the group stage of Europe’s elite competition. City, who lifted the 2023 Champions League trophy, continued a poor run of form which has brought only one victory in their last 10 games across all competitions. “(Confidence) is a big part of it, obviously it’s a mental issue as well. You can see that. You can see that sometimes one action we miss the ball or lose a duel and you can see that we drop immediately,” City midfielder Ilkay Gundogan told Amazon Prime. “It has such a big effect on us right now. At the crucial moment right now we are doing the wrong things.” Vlahovic scored by the narrowest of margins in the 53rd minute when Kenan Yildiz swung the ball in and City keeper Ederson fumbled the Serb’s header from close range and the ball sneaked just across the line, according to the goalline technology. “The whole team played an excellent match, we prepared well and did everything what we had to do,” Vlahovic told Amazon. “The result is amazing and can give us a great boost for the rest of the season.” City picked up the tempo in a desperate attempt to equalise and sent numbers forward, but Juve capitalised to double their lead against the run of play when McKennie hooked Timothy Weah’s cross in with a sumptuous volley in the 75th minute. Pep Guardiola’s team squandered several chances, one of the best falling to Erling Haaland late in first half. Kevin De Bruyne sent a beautiful through ball to the Norwegian who got in behind the defence before trying to chip goalkeeper Michele di Gregorio who threw up his arm to block the shot. Gundogan unleashed a blistering strike from long range that Di Gregorio stretched to just push wide. “We have done it really, really well, we didn’t lose many balls that happened in the past, and we arrived in the positions,” Guardiola said. “But the Italian teams that defend so deep and so compact it is not easy, they are masters of these kinds of situations.” With two games remaining in the group phase, Juventus are 14th in the table while City plummeted to 22nd, three places out of automatic elimination from the competition. Since the start of November, City have conceded more goals (21) across all competitions than any other team in Europe’s big five leagues, the worst spell in Guardiola’s otherwise sparkling managerial career. City, who host Manchester United in the Premier League on Sunday, continue their Champions League campaign at Paris St Germain on Jan. 22. Juventus travel to Brugge on Jan. 21. (Reporting by Lori Ewing,Editing by Toby Davis and Ed Osmond) Disclaimer: This report is auto generated from the Reuters news service. ThePrint holds no responsibility for its content. var ytflag = 0;var myListener = function() {document.removeEventListener('mousemove', myListener, false);lazyloadmyframes();};document.addEventListener('mousemove', myListener, false);window.addEventListener('scroll', function() {if (ytflag == 0) {lazyloadmyframes();ytflag = 1;}});function lazyloadmyframes() {var ytv = document.getElementsByClassName("klazyiframe");for (var i = 0; i < ytv.length; i++) {ytv[i].src = ytv[i].getAttribute('data-src');}} Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Δ document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() );
Bank of America signs again with FIFA for US-hosted Club World Cup that still has no TV dealsPocholo Gonzales is a veteran Filipino voiceover artist and mentor who has developed an AI project that lets users talk to Jose Rizal. Called " Conversations with Rizal ," the AI agent features Gonzales’ voice as the Philippine National Hero. It launches on Rizal Day, and will initially be available for three months. The AI version of Rizal is able to talk to users and interact with them in Tagalog, English, German, and many more languages, just like the famed polyglot. According to Amazon Web Services , an AI Agent is “a software program that can interact with its environment, collect data, and use the data to perform self-determined tasks to meet predetermined goals.” The project was 20 years in the making, with Gonzales pouring out his passion and money to allow users to have a conversation with Rizal. GMA News Online spoke with Gonzales about this passion project, what it means to him, and hopefully, to every Filipino. Conversations with Rizal The AI Rizal is able to speak about his life experiences, and his novels like “Noli Me Tangere” and “El Filibusterismo.” The project took 20 years in the making, beginning with Gonzales’ self-studies of AI starting from the early days of the Internet. “Dun ako nagkaroon ng interest. Sabi ko one day, I want to create, I want to put my voice in artificial intelligence so that many people can use it.” According to Gonzales, he did not compromise the accuracy of Rizal’s life. For the AI initiative, he poured over books about and written by the National Hero. The project’s content is based on these as well as Rizal’s diaries. Gonzales also did the programming and coding of Conversations with Rizal with the help of CreatiVoices Labs, the company he founded that combines “advanced AI with voice artistry, offering ethical, lifelike voices and top audio solutions for media and beyond.” When the tool is opened, users can ask Rizal to speak Tagalog, English, Spanish, and other languages the hero was fluent in like Japanese and German. As the voice, Gonzales learns the languages and records himself, speaking the way he imagines the hero would sound like in real life, with the Spanish style of speaking in Tagalog and the Laguna accent. Gonzales recorded the voice in 2014 when he was 35 years old, just like Jose Rizal when he died. According to Gonzales, Rizal has been his personal hero since childhood and looks at Conversations with Rizal as a way for him to honor his hero. Calling Rizal his "mentor," Gonzales said his nationalism, education, and youth empowerment are values he also tries to live with. Gonzales also made sure that users will respect the AI Rizal, limiting the tool’s knowledge to Rizal’s real-life experiences during his time. “Limited lang niya sa kung ano alam niya. Hindi siya ‘yung masyadong matalino na lahat alam," he said. "Wala siyang opinyon sa lahat, ibig sabihin. May opinyon lang siya sa mga bagay na nakakaapekto sa kanya.” For example, when the AI tool is asked a personal question such as “How do I deal with stress?” Rizal will speak about his past experiences and give advice based on those. The AI does not provide comments on today’s political climate, modern pop culture, and the like. “Hindi mo siyang maloloko. Sabihin niyang, ‘I cannot answer that because I’m not part of your world,’” Gonzales explained. He hopes to open donations to maintain the project after its three-month period. He also aims to partner with the Department of Education, the Commission on Higher Education, and institution schools to allow students to use the tool in classes. “Excited ako dito para sa kabataang Pilipino,” Gonzales said. The VoiceMaster Gonzales is dubbed the VoiceMaster of the project. His artistic journey started from childhood. With no television in their home, Gonzales grew up being entertained by the radio, and impersonating all the various voices he would hear. As he grew older, Gonzales continued learning about the artistry as a triple major in Speech Communication, Theater Arts, and English Creative Writing at the University of the Philippines Diliman. This was also where he had a more in-depth experience learning about Philippine history. Gonzales’ decades-long career spans a variety of ads, dubbing, reporting, and acting roles on television and radio. With influences from renowned Filipino impersonators like Willie “Willie Nep” Nepomuceno, Neil Ocampo, and Willy Sarion, Gonzales can likewise act like politicians President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, former Presidents Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino, Rodrigo Duterte, and many more. Gonzales can also impersonate the voices of Dolphy Quizon, Fernando Poe Jr., Babalu, and many more. Gonzales was one of the voices of Kiko Matsing on “Batibot,” PenPen on “Makulay ng Buhay,” and the title characters on “Bubu Chacha,” among many others. His personal favorite role was as Shancai’s father in the Philippine dub of “Meteor Garden.” He also has experience in AI voicing, and is heard in the narration of users’ Instagram Reels and TikToks. Gonzales is also a mentor and conducts workshops, and said he is “the man behind a thousand voices.” He guided Dingdong Dantes for his voice role in “Kubot,” coached Daniel Matsunaga’s Tagalog speaking skills, and trained former Philippine Vice President Jejomar “Jojo” Binay in public speaking. Purpose Though he is already an industry veteran, Gonzales’ purpose remains clear. “I believe that our voice is a gift from God, and it’s how we use it, it’s our gift back to God,” he said. “Without our voice, we are nothing. Binigyan tayo ng Diyos ng libreng boses, libreng buhay. Ibalik natin sa Diyos ‘yan ng tama.” Gonzales adds that he loves what he does. “Because for me, if you love what you’re doing, it’s as if you’re already resting all your life. You’re not going to work a single day because you love what you’re doing.” He added, “I treat voice acting as an art and I use my voice to create positive social change.” His purpose, in turn, is what guided him into the Conversations with Rizal initiative. Click here to access Conversations with Rizal . — LA, GMA Integrated NewsHDFC Bank close to deal to securitise more auto loans