Anthony Albanese’s government hires 28 public servants a day as taxpayer-funded workforce closes in on a record 200,000 employees
The Australian federal public service is on track to reach a record 200,000 employees, with the Albanese government adding roughly 28 staff a day since taking office in May 2022. Analysis of 103 federal agencies found 92 had increased headcount, marking a 23 per cent expansion in three…
Ontario’s biggest power company ignites fury as outage map displays Lake America after Trump’s name change
Canadians reacted angrily after outage maps and other government-linked websites in Ontario briefly displayed "Lake America" instead of "Lake Ontario," following Google Maps' decision to rename the lake for US users after Donald Trump's executive order. Hydro One, Ontario's largest electricity provider, and transit operator Metrolinx were among…
The Expanse: Osiris Reborn Looks Like the Best Video Game Adaptation Ever
Owlcat Games' upcoming third-person shooter The Expanse: Osiris Reborn, previewed for 90 minutes at Gamescom 2026, is drawing strong comparisons to the classic Mass Effect trilogy while showing signs of being an unusually faithful adaptation of James S.A. Corey's sci-fi universe. Set concurrently with the events of the…
The 2009 album Caroline Polachek thinks could change the world
Caroline Polachek, known for her genre-defying, avant-garde pop, once named Riceboy Sleeps as the album she believes could change the world if everyone heard it, rather than picking a single song. The choice is notable because Polachek's own music, however experimental, tends to retain pop hooks and melodic…
Naya Rivera and Ryan Dorsey’s 10-Year-Old Son, Josey, Lands First Film Role
Josey Dorsey, the 10-year-old son of the late Glee actress Naya Rivera and actor Ryan Dorsey, is set to make his feature film debut in writer-director Evan Coury's The Burning Valley. According to IMDb, Ryan Dorsey has also been cast in the film, raising the possibility that father…
Many are making the argument that Jordan Travis was the greatest college QB of all time, and they aren’t wrong
An Outkick column argues that Jordan Travis, Florida State's former star quarterback, deserves consideration as one of the greatest college quarterbacks ever, given how sharply the programme's fortunes have collapsed since his career-ending injury. The piece contrasts head coach Mike Norvell's earlier success, built largely on Travis's play,…
The U.S. is building barriers around drones and robots, but China has scale to get around them
Washington has tightened restrictions on foreign-made robotics and imposed new tariffs on imported drones, citing national security, but analysts say the measures cannot offset China's dominant manufacturing scale in these industries. The moves extend an existing framework, the FCC's Covered List, from telecoms and surveillance equipment into drones…
The 1998 movie Bill Paxton was sure would be a bigger hit: “I thought that one might be”
Bill Paxton, the actor best known for roles in Aliens, Apollo 13, Tombstone and Twister, once revealed his disappointment that his 1998 film A Simple Plan never achieved the commercial success he had expected. Speaking to The Guardian in 2002, he admitted he had believed the Sam Raimi-directed…
Watch Sebastian Bach sing We’re Not Gonna Take It at Twisted Sister debut
Sebastian Bach made his live debut as Twisted Sister's new frontman, performing with the band for the first time at the Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, New Jersey. Bach was announced in March as the replacement for Dee Snider, who was forced to step back from live performance on…
Parkgoer airlifted after Batman roller coaster incident leaves man with fractures to both legs
A 49-year-old visitor to Parque Warner Madrid was airlifted to hospital on Saturday after sustaining fractures to both legs while riding the Batman Gotham City Escape roller coaster. The incident caused panic among other parkgoers, with witnesses describing people crying and suffering anxiety attacks, and it has prompted…
Grindr wants to be the everything app for gay men; investors are still deciding whether it can pull it off
Grindr, under chief executive George Arison, is pushing to become an "everything app" for gay men, expanding beyond dating and hookups into healthcare services such as HIV prevention and ED medication, as well as travel and community features. The strategy comes as the company, which Arison took over…
Dolly Parton’s ‘9 to 5’ Poised for First UK Number One Following Icon’s Death
Following the passing of country music legend Dolly Parton at age 80, her 1980 signature hit '9 to 5' has experienced a dramatic resurgence on the UK charts. The song has climbed significantly through the Official Charts
Lanterns Episode 3 Reveals John Stewart’s Engineered Destiny as Green Lantern
New details have emerged about HBO's "Lanterns" episode 3, "OutKast," revealing the full mechanics behind John Stewart's rise to become a Green Lantern. The episode shows that his selection was not random but engineered by the Guardians of the Universe from infancy, after his father, John Sr., was…
Fans Choose JENNIE’s ‘Fallen Angel’ as This Week’s Favorite New Music
JENNIE, the BLACKPINK member, has topped Billboard's weekly new music poll with her latest release, Fallen Angel, beating out new material from artists including Olivia Rodrigo, Ky-Mani Marley, Alex Warren and Alabama Shakes. The result underlines the strength of her solo pull with fans, coming just over a…
HBO Officially Retcons One DC Superhero’s Backstory for the Better
HBO's Lanterns has reworked the origin story of Green Lantern John Stewart (Aaron Pierre), shifting his backstory in a way that deepens the show's themes rather than simply modernising the DC Comics character for the screen. Episode three, titled "OutKast", explores how John came to serve as Hal…
HBO Just Officially Introduced a Notorious Batman Villain to the DC Universe
HBO's Lanterns has slipped a significant DC Comics Easter egg into its third episode, potentially laying groundwork for a well-known Batman villain to enter James Gunn's rebooted DC Universe. During a flashback showing John Stewart's recruitment interview in an abandoned shopping mall, a sign for "Janus Cosmetics" appears…
Lanterns episode reveals Guardians engineered John Stewart’s recruitment
The latest coverage of HBO's "Lanterns" Episode 3, "OutKast," adds further detail on how deliberately the Guardians of the Universe engineered John Stewart's path to becoming a Green Lantern, and on the military mission that led him to their door. New details confirm that John joined the Marines…
Lanterns episode explores John Stewart’s inherited fear and race
New comments from "Lanterns" stars Aaron Pierre and Jasmine Cephas Jones expand on how the HBO Max series' third episode ties John Stewart's rigorous, fear-suppressing upbringing directly to the Black American experience, with Jones stating that "fear is instilled in our ancestry" and describing the episode's exploration of…
The singer David Bowie was never interested in: “I don’t understand”
David Bowie was renowned for constantly reinventing his own sound, and he tended to champion fellow artists he saw as genuinely pushing music forward, from Kraftwerk to producer Nile Rodgers. However, he made an exception for Frank Zappa, whose famously eccentric and genre-hopping work Bowie admitted left him…
Ferry disaster off Cyprus, Cleverly enters mayoral race, tributes flood in for Dolly Parton
Rescuers hunt for survivors after a Cyprus ferry sinking kills at least eight, Sir James Cleverly launches his London mayoral bid attacking Andy Burnham, and tributes pour in worldwide following Dolly Parton's death.