Robot named Lightning blows past human runners to set half-marathon record in Beijing

The world’s fastest human in the half-marathon is still just that, but the Ugandan’s record time of 57 minutes, 20 seconds, ...

Humanoid Robot Wins Half-Marathon and Smashes Humans’ Record

The android won a race featuring robots and humans on Sunday in Beijing, achieving a technological milestone while finishing ...
Cartoon Brew

Sci-Fi Short ‘SEN’ Flips ‘Cute’ Robot Trope On Its Head With A Dark Twist: ‘That Contrast Is What Makes It Work’

At first glance, SEN seems like a familiar kind of animated short. A small robot with oversized, expressive eyes wanders through a dangerous landscape, communicating entirely through movement and ...
IGN

The 7th Tie in Oscars History Just Happened for Best Live Action Short Film

The Oscars just had their seventh tie in the history of the Academy Awards, for Best Live Action Short Film. The winners are the French-language drama Two People Exchanging Saliva and the ...
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'All the Empty Rooms' wins Oscar for Best Documentary Short Film

Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones have won the Oscar for Best Documentary Short Film for "All the Empty Rooms" at the 2026 Academy Awards. The film documents the bedrooms left behind when children are ...
Rolling Stone

Oscars’ Category Ends in a Rare Tie for the First Time in Years: ‘I’m Not Joking’

For just the seventh time in Academy Awards history, there was a tie Sunday night at the 2026 Oscars. The Singers and Two People Exchanging Saliva both won Oscars in the Live Action Short Film ...
Yahoo

The best live-action short film Oscar ended in a rare tie. Here are the 7 ties in Academy Awards history.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At the Academy Awards on Sunday, the best live-action short film category ended in a rare tie. It's only the seventh tie in the ...
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The Live-Action Short Nominees of 2026, Ranked

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...
Marketing Dive

Why Tecovas made a short film about Texas instead of a traditional ad

Western clothing brand Tecovas today, March 10, announced its latest marketing play: a 14-minute short film written and directed by Jeff Nichols, the critically acclaimed filmmaker behind films ...
New Atlas

Watch: World's first robot movie found after more than a century

Watch: World's first robot movie found after more than a century By David Szondy March 08, 2026 Gugusse et l'Automate is thought to be the very first movie to feature a robot Library of Congress View ...
GameSpot

This Gorillaz Short Film Is The Kind Of Art AI Simply Can't Make

Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett's cartoon band, the Gorillaz, has taken a stand against generative AI with its new project, a short animated film that serves as a hand-crafted homage to the golden era ...