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Posted 11/24/09 on Vulture
The Industry

Hugh Jackman to Make a Robot Chase a Chicken

Plus: Kat Dennings! Psych! Horses!

Filed Under: aziz ansari, dreamworks, freak, funny people, gravity films, hugh jackman, human giant, james roday, jason woliner, judd apatow, julie krone, kat dennings, katherine brooks, let's do this, marcy lewis, marvel, movies, psych, raaaaaaaandy, real steel, richard matheson, robots, the industry, thor, tv, usa networks

Posted 10/6/09 on Vulture
Robots

Daft Punk Give You a Second Daft Punk–Related Reason to See Tron 2

The French disco robots will have cameo roles in next year's 'Tron Legacy,' claims Olivia Wilde, one of the film's human stars.

Filed Under: daft punk, music, olivia wilde, robots, tron 2, tron legacy

Posted 7/24/09 on Vulture
Robots

Is This Daft Punk’s Tron Legacy Theme?

Maybe!

Filed Under: daft punk, movies, robots, tron 2, tron legacy

Posted 3/4/09 on Vulture
Robots

Daft Punk to Score Pointless Movie

Daft Punk is writing the soundtrack for 'Tron 2'!

Filed Under: daft punk, movies, robots, tron 2

Posted 7/21/08 on Vulture
News Reel

Robot Apocalypse Update: Robotic Gamelan Descends on Chelsea Art Museum

Gamelatron takes a traditional Gamelan orchestra and replaces the well-trained Javanese with metronome-accurate computer-controlled robotic arms!

Filed Under: music, news reel, robot apocalypse, robots

Posted 6/25/08 on Vulture
Tube Junkie

Animatronic Animals Play Usher’s ‘Love in This Club’ — and They Take Requests!

See Usher's filthy hit performed by a bunch of woodland creatures!

Filed Under: music, robots, tube junkie, usher

Posted 6/17/08 on Vulture
Tube Junkie

Can Robot Bands Save the Music Business?

Sure, their lyrics may be in a made-up robot language, but so are most of Lou Reed's.

Filed Under: music, robot apocalypse, robot bands, robots, tube junkie

Posted 6/3/08 on Vulture
Countdown

Robot-Apocalypse Update: Robot Orchestra to Perform This Saturday

This Saturday, an entirely robotic orchestra will play George Antheil’s score to the Dadaist film 'Ballet mécanique' alongside the film itself for the first time.

Filed Under: classical and dance, countdown, george antheil, music, robot apocalypse, robots

Posted 5/14/08 on Vulture
Tube Junkie

ASIMO Conducts Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Robot Apocalypse Imminent

Welcome to the beginning of the end.

Filed Under: classical, music, robot apocalypse, robots, tube junkie

Posted 5/8/08 on Vulture
Apropos of Nothing

Ballet-Dancing Robot: Highbrow, Despicable — and a Harbinger of the Apocalypse!

The robots' takeover of high culture is now near complete.

Filed Under: apropos of nothing, ballet, dance, life ball, robot apocalypse, robots

Posted 4/25/08 on Vulture
Apropos of Nothing

Robot-Apocalypse Watch: Robot to Conduct Detroit Symphony Orchestra

ASIMO, a humanoid robot, is set to lead an orchestra in a performance of "The Impossible Dream." Start hoarding canned food.

Filed Under: amy poehler, apropos of nothing, asimo, music, robot apocalypse, robots, white house correspondents dinner

Posted 4/15/08 on Vulture
Apropos of Nothing

Robot-Apocalypse Update: The Machines Go Literary

Philip Parker, a professor of management science at Insead business school, is programming computers to collate information into custom-ordered books. In other words: He doesn't write the books, a robot does.

Filed Under: apropos of nothing, books, nerdgasm, robot apocalypse, robots