How HBO transformed Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel ‘The Sympathizer’ into a limited series

Architect David Sheegog’s scaled-down version, Castle Peak and Thunder Railroad, which he has been working on for about a quarter of a century, is a love letter to Disneyland and Disney animation. But it doesn’t try to re-create the theme park, per se: An equal number of miniatures reference animated films as they do park attractions, some of which no longer exist; there are also references to Florida’s Walt Disney World. But like the actual park, it has enduring appeal and is never quite finished.

Butler, Chalamet and the rest of the cast rise to the challenge of making 2nd chapter in ambitious and visionary ‘Dune’ franchise

As video game worlds get more expansive, some game studios are experimenting with AI tools to give voice to a potentially unlimited number of characters and conversations. It also saves time and money on the “vocal scratch” recordings game developers use as placeholders to test scenes and scripts. The response from professional actors has been mixed.

People looking to AI chatbots to make a romantic connection, feel less lonely say they’ve developed emotional attachments to the bots.

The new bereavement leave benefit applies only to active-duty and active National Guard and reserve members who have served longer than 12 months but have less than 30 days leave available to them.

The names of 62 American prisoners of war killed in the bombing of Tokyo during World War II were read aloud for the first time, along with those of other bombing victims, at a memorial event earlier this month.

The Air Force is bringing back the Enlisted College Loan Repayment Program that it curtailed nine years ago.

Health care providers at Yokota, the airlift hub in western Tokyo; Camp Zama, the headquarters of U.S. Army Japan southwest of Tokyo; and Naval Hospital Okinawa at the Marine Corps’ Camp Foster all freed additional time for DOD civilians to make space-available appointments for chronic medical conditions.