Anthony Bourdain Documentary 'Roadrunner' Created Controversial A.I. of Late Chef's Voice

Lindsey Pearlman, who was best known for her acting role in the TV series including General Hospital has been found dead age 43.The Los Angeles Police Department released a statement earlier this month announcing that Pearlman had gone missing.It said that she had last been seen on February 13 at 4pm, although her husband Vance Smith posted on Instagram that she had last been seen a couple of days later.The alert from the LAPD explained that she's "failed to return home and has not been seen or heard from since".A further update was shared on Friday after officers had responded to a radio call about a death investigation at Franklin Avenue and North Sierra Bonita Avenue - near the Hollywood Area.The statement confirmed: "The LA County Coroner's Office has since confirmed the individual to be Lindsey Erin Pearlman.

Holly Willoughby is making the most of her children's half-term holiday, taking some time off from her This Morning presenting duties. The presenter, who turned 41 last week, gave fans an intimate glimpse inside her "night in" on Friday evening.MORE: Holly Willoughby shows off room filled with birthday balloons in ultimate surprise for her 41stTaking to Instagram, Holly shared a flawless selfie of herself looking fresh-faced whilst unwinding with a glass of white wine.WATCH: Holly Willoughby opens up about suffering from hair loss after pregnancyIn her caption, she referenced Storm Eunice by writing: "The calm after the storm… [heart emoji] necklace of joy… layered or the star of the show… diamond moonflower necklace @wyldemoon x @kirstielemarque #ad #sparkles wine… models own."MORE: Holly Willoughby shares intimate bedtime photo amid This Morning breakREAD: Holly Willoughby reveals special bond with daughter Belle in rare family commentFans were quick to comment, with one stating: "Holly you look amazing and very beautiful and a very gorgeous woman." Another remarked: "Beautiful as always." A third post read: "Absolutely beautiful, stunning pretty lady!"The post comes days after Holly shared an adorable snap of her son Chester's sweet Valentine's Day card, addressed to their Golden Retriever named Bailey.

Rihanna draped her baby bump in a Mets T-shirt when she was spotted dining out in New York City this Friday.The 33-year-old pop star is pregnant with her firstborn child by her boyfriend A$AP Rocky, who was spotted with her during her night on the town.During their night on the town, the expectant parents were also accompanied by Rihanna's younger brother Rorrey Fenty and a mystery woman. Mother to be: Rihanna draped her baby bump in a Mets T-shirt when she was spotted dining out in New York City this FridayRihanna's bump was thrown into relief when she adjusted her T-shirt, causing it to tighten around her burgeoning belly.The Umbrella hitmaker warded off the northeastern wintertime chill by bundling up in a burnt-orange anorak hoodie.

Justin Bieberpulled out all the stops on Friday night as he kicked off his long-awaited Justice World Tour in San Diego, California.The singer, 27, performed some of his biggest hits - including the songs off his 2021 album Justice - for acrowd of over 16,000 fans at thePechanga Arena.At one point during the concert, Bieber showed off some of his signature dance moves atop an impressive plane prop suspended over the stage. Going all out:Justin Bieber pulled out all the stops on Friday night as he kicked off his long-awaited Justice World Tour in San Diego, CaliforniaThe Baby hitmaker had on a pair of black sweatpants, a white tee, and an orange puffer coat for his stint atop the prop.He eventually transitioned from the plane to the stage floor, ripping off his puffer coat in the process to reveal a black hooded sweatshirt.

It's not hard to hear the Playboi Carti influence in Yeat's music. Hell, it's hard not to read it: I seriously doubt the Portland rapper would be putting umlauts over his "e's" without Carti voice.

Chelsea midfielder Ross Barkley is reportedly facing a driving ban after being caught using his mobile phone at the wheel.According to The Sun, Barkley, 28, was spotted using the device at the wheel of his £150,000 Mercedes-AMG in Wandsworth, South West London last July. It is alleged that this is not the star's first driving conviction and that he has entered a guilty plea to a charge of using a handheld mobile phone while driving a vehicle.He will now appear before Bromley magistrates’ court next month after earning enough points to face a ban.Barkley, who earns £84,000-a-week at Stamford Bridge, is also understood to have hired a driver for the next 12 months."He’s worried a ban is coming,” a source told The Sun.

For movies, the best thing to happen last week was documentarian Morgan Neville’s flip response to The New Yorker’s query about his having covertly used artificial intelligence to voice some of Anthony Bourdain’s lines in the film Roadrunner.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterFueled by strong reviews, “Roadrunner” ignited the independent movie theater scene, collecting $1.9 million from 925 U.S. cinemas.The documentary, chronicling the life of the late celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain, landed in eighth place on box office charts, which is pretty good for a non-fiction film.

Arthouse bounced higher this weekend as Morgan Neville’s Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain hit $1.9 million — the strongest specialty opening this year and the best yet for Neville (20 Feet From Stardom, Won’t You Be My Neighbor?) His documentary is No. 8 at the U.S. box office.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticI first learned that “Roadrunner,” Morgan Neville’s documentary about the life and death of Anthony Bourdain, contains three sentences spoken by Bourdain that he never actually spoke out loud in the same way that you learn about a lot of things these days: by seeing an eruption of outrage about it on Twitter.

Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain, which is out now in the US, uses A.I. to recreate Bourdain’s voice in the feature.Despite filmmaker Morgan Neville confirming with Variety earlier this week that any wishes by his team to use deepfake technology were granted by Bourdain’s estate and family, Busia has refuted the claim.

The revelation that a documentary filmmaker used voice-cloning software to make the late chef Anthony Bourdain say words he never spoke has drawn criticism amid ethical concerns about use of the powerful technology. The movie "Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain" appeared in cinemas Friday and mostly features real footage of the beloved celebrity chef and globe-trotting television host before he died in 2018.

Anthony Bourdain was many things to many people — a celebrity chef, a writer, a TV personality, a cultural provocateur, a brother, a friend, a father — and a new film looking at his life and career, titled, explores each hat he wore through intimate interviews with brother Chris, ex Ottavia Busia-Bourdain and fellow chefs David Chang and Éric Ripert, among others.Still, «My whole life, I was like a kid with my nose pressed against the glass, wondering, 'What must it be like to have a kid and a normal family and stand in the backyard with a silly apron, you know, barbequing burgers?' Bourdain says in this clip, exclusively debuting on ET.

Two releases, very well reviewed and pretty widely available by recent specialty standards, look set to heat up the arthouse box office this weekend — Pig with Nicolas Cage in one of his best performances in years and Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain open on 600 and 952 screens respectively, and only in theaters.

In the long, storied history of TV hosts, Anthony Bourdain is an iconic figure, as he basically redefined the idea of what a celebrity chef could be and what a travel series should look and sound like. Of course, that all came to a tragic end in 2018, after Bourdain died by suicide.

The world has gotten smaller as the internet age has given people greater access to each other than ever before. As various food cultures started to get more exposure within the United States, one of the country’s best cultural ambassadors was the late Anthony Bourdain.

Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain, has been released in the US. In an interview with The New Yorker , director Morgan Neville confirmed that Artificial Intelligence was used in three instances to replicate Bourdain’s voice in order to read his own quotes aloud.“If you watch the film, other than that line you mentioned, you probably don’t know what the other lines are that were spoken by the AI, and you’re not going to know,” he said.Neville explained the process of recreating Bourdain’s voice in an interview with GQ.

according to an interview with The New Yorker. Neville pored over hundreds of hours of footage of Bourdain to stitch together voice-overs for the film, which hits theaters Friday, he told the outlet.When he couldn’t find an existing narration to match an email he wanted read in the film, he made it up, according to the report.“There were three quotes there I wanted his voice for that there were no recordings of,” Neville reportedly said.

A new documentary about Anthony Bourdain is being labelled “grotesque” and “upsetting” for using AI technology to recreate the voice of the late celebrity chef. 

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorDocumentary filmmaker Morgan Neville paints a raw and personal image of Anthony Bourdain in his new documentary, “Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain” which opens in theaters on Friday.In the documentary, editors Eileen Meyer and Aaron Wickenden weave in narration by Bourdain pulled from audio clips, show outtakes, video interviews and audiobooks. However, when asked how he obtained some quotes from Bourdain in a new article in the New Yorker, Neville tells writer Helen Rosner that he used artificial intelligence to create three quotes with Bourdain’s voice.

“Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain,” in theaters Friday. “One minute I was standing next to a deep fryer.