Morgan Spurlock, 'Super Size Me' documentary director, dies at 53. Morgan Spurlock, a documentary filmmaker whose Oscar-nominated "Super Size Me" chronicled a month of watching his body swell and health decline while eating only McDonald's meals, launching a highflying career that later imploded after he acknowledged past incidents of sexual assault and harassment, died May 23 at a hospital in New York City. He was 53.

"Super Size Me," which was released in 2004 and brought Mr. Spurlock his initial burst of acclaim, was an indictment of America's fast-food culture and a first-person journey into the country's health problems, including rising obesity levels. Mr. Spurlock and his then-girlfriend, a pro-vegan foodie, become the yin and yang of his high-calorie odyssey. Mr. Spurlock's belly begins to spread, and his face grows puffy. The bad news from his doctor piles up: cholesterol is spiking, liver dysfunction crops up. Mr. Spurlock talks of his bouts of depression and how his libido seems to have evaporated. He went on to a long career in documentary film and television, including a show called 30 days in which he asked "ordinary Americans" to step out of their comfort zone for 30 days. He later came out during the #MeToo movement about his history of sexual misconduct and stepped down from his production company, stating that he was "part of the problem". More on the documentary that started it all and the change that followed.

Drawn to a Hare Krishna ashram for its yoga, meditation and vegan meals, she's still figuring out what went wrong. Ms. Payton didn't think of herself as part of a larger story about the popularity of alternative spiritual practices in the splintering religious landscape of 21st-century America. She hadn't yet parsed the borderlines separating willing self-abnegation, mental illness and abuse. She craved transcendence, and like an increasing number of Americans, she didn't find it in Christianity or another historic monotheistic religion.

She was 28 years old and had $72 to her name, after spending years working seven days a week in a cycle of cleaning, cooking, teaching, worship and selling books on the street. She rose at 4:30 each morning and her days ended at 9:30 p.m. If she violated the home's strict rules — sneaking a piece of chocolate, say — her fellow devotees would report her to their leader, whom they knew as Mangal-arti. Ms. Payton had moved to Philadelphia to help open the Mantra Lounge meditation center at the behest of Mangal-arti's "spiritual master," Devamrita Swami, a New York-born, Yale-educated leader in the Hare Krishna movement. But over time, the experience soured into something she would later describe as emotionally and spiritually abusive. Although she was bringing in money for the center through book sales, she kept none of it, she said, and had to use her savings to pay for some toiletries and other necessities.

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A little background: Actress Scarlett Johansson is threatening legal action against OpenAI, alleging the artificial intelligence start-up copied her voice after she refused to license it to the company. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman asked Johansson in September to be the voice of the company's conversational AI system. Johansson declined. In May, two days before OpenAI planned to demonstrate the technology, Altman contacted her again, asking her to reconsider, she said. Before she could respond, OpenAI released a demo of its improved audio technology, featuring a voice called "Sky." Many argued the coquettish voice — which flirted with OpenAI employees in the presentation — bore an uncanny resemblance to Johansson's character in the 2013 movie "Her," in which she performed the voice of a super-intelligent AI assistant. Johansson's statement.