All articles tagged with #athena
Matt Damon discusses portraying Odysseus in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, explaining how he prepared with the screenplay and The Odyssey, how the performance balances cleverness and vulnerability, the enduring role of Athena as his inner conscience, and the film’s pioneering IMAX work—including an intimate mast sequence and a decisive end-monologue that anchors the story.
Tom Holland joked in a Wired interview that Zendaya’s Athena in The Odyssey can’t romantically love Odysseus because she’s married to him, as the stars promote The Odyssey (opening July 17) and Spider-Man: Brand New Day (arriving end of July). The duo were spotted on separate NYC outings before a date night, and while they’re both part of the film universe around The Odyssey, they don’t share scenes in the movie.
Tom Holland jokingly answered a Wired question about Zendaya’s Athena in The Odyssey by saying she’s married to him, drawing laughter from co-stars; in a later Esquire interview he subtly confirmed their marriage while declining to share private wedding details, including his grandma’s reaction to fake wedding photos.
Zendaya closed The Odyssey press tour with Grecian, winged couture looks that channel Athena, including a dramatic white Matières Fécales gown with feathered wings at the New York premiere, and a slate of myth-inspired outfits from Jacquemus, Schiaparelli, Louis Vuitton, Alberta Ferretti and more across Paris and London, all styled by Law Roach to reinforce her status as a modern fashion muse.
An Arts/Culture piece argues that Homer’s Odyssey is driven not by a lone hero but by powerful female figures—Calypso, Penelope, Athena, Circe and the Sirens—whose cunning and seduction shape Odysseus’s journey, making him a more human, fallible hero who negotiates peril through strategy and restraint. Athena’s interventions, Penelope’s weaving and unweaving, and Circe’s enchantments show how gender steers the epic, a reading echoed in modern adaptations such as Christopher Nolan’s forthcoming film.
In the 9-1-1 Season 9 finale, Buck decides to foster Theo after Theo’s parents die, signaling a potential adoptive future; Athena survives her injuries and becomes a detective, setting up Season 10 with Buck’s new family dynamic, Eddie’s peril, and May Grant’s nursing journey.
NASA has unveiled Athena, its most powerful supercomputer to date, delivering over 20 petaflops at the Ames Research Center to run complex rocket and aircraft simulations, train large AI models, and analyze vast mission data with a hybrid on-site and cloud approach; the system is available to NASA researchers and external scientists, as Artemis II preparations continue.
NASA unveiled Athena, its most powerful and efficient high-end computing system at Ames Research Center, delivering over 20 petaflops to accelerate simulations, AI model training, and large-scale data analysis for space, aeronautics, and science missions; it uses a flexible, hybrid approach that pairs traditional supercomputing with cloud tools and is available to internal and external researchers through allocated time.
The episode concludes the space adventure of Hen and Athena, featuring flashbacks and emotional moments, including a brief tribute to Bobby, and explores themes of grief, heroism, and future possibilities for the characters, with Athena overcoming her struggles to return to Earth.
Oscar-nominated actor Andra Day has been cast as Athena in the second season of Disney+'s "Percy Jackson and the Olympians." The announcement was made at D23 in Brazil, with Day joining new cast members Tamara Smart and Daniel Diemer, alongside returning regulars. The new season, based on "The Sea of Monsters," follows Percy Jackson as he navigates challenges at Camp Half-Blood and ventures into the Sea of Monsters. Production began in Vancouver in August.
Andra Day has been cast as Athena, the mother of Annabeth, in the upcoming 'Percy Jackson' series.
Andra Day has been cast as Athena in the second season of "Percy Jackson and the Olympians." Athena is a key character in the series, being the mother of Annabeth Chase, a close friend of Percy Jackson. Day, known for her acclaimed role in "The United States vs. Billie Holiday," will bring her acting talents to the Disney series, which continues to follow Percy Jackson's adventures as he navigates challenges at Camp Half-Blood and beyond.
Microsoft is reportedly developing its own AI chip, code-named "Athena," to power the technology behind AI chatbots like OpenAI's ChatGPT. The chip is being tested by a small group of Microsoft and OpenAI employees and will be used for training large-language models and supporting interference. Microsoft hopes the chip will perform better than what it currently purchases from other vendors. Other big tech companies like Amazon and Google also make their own in-house artificial intelligence chips to cut down on costs.
Athena retained her ROH Women's Championship title against Yuka Sakazaki at the Supercard of Honor PPV by using a sneaky strategy to outsmart the challenger. Despite Sakazaki's strong momentum, Athena positioned the referee as a shield and sprang up for a flying stunner off the ropes to seal the deal. Athena continues her reign as ROH Women's Champion.