The Venice Production Bridge (VPB), Venice's informal indie film market, opened on 4 September with roughly 4,000 industry attendees, even as a rival market launched by the Toronto International Film Festival prepares to debut the following week. VPB chief Pascal Diot said the new Toronto market, TIFF: The…
Badenoch urges 3% defence spending against Russia while the Bank of England's Huw Pill pushes for a rate rise; Apple faces a £2bn suit, Ultrahuman raises $70m, Anthropic tightens Claude security, and Netflix unveils The Altruists and Ravenloft.
Senator Ted Cruz has criticised Vice President JD Vance's negotiation of a memorandum of understanding with Iran, calling it "a terrible deal," as he signals interest in a possible 2028 presidential run. Cruz, who lost the 2016 Republican nomination to Donald Trump, has also said the party has…
Restaurants are increasingly turning to AI-generated illustrations for their menus, but the results often look subtly "off" — unnaturally smooth, symmetrical and artificial in ways diners struggle to articulate but instinctively notice. Experts say this is because image-generating AI models are trained on huge datasets of existing food…
This Collider feature lists superhero television shows that failed to live up to their promise, arguing that even strong premises can be undone by poor execution, pacing or tonal inconsistency. It highlights how these series squandered compelling concepts through structural and characterisation missteps rather than a lack of…
Collider has published a ranked list of the eight most fun films of the 21st century, celebrating movies that prioritise pure entertainment and joy over deeper themes, spanning comedies, action spectacles and fantasy adventures released over the past 26 years. The selection highlights titles the outlet considers endlessly…
A South Carolina mother says she feels "helpless" after UnitedHealthcare allegedly denied coverage for specialist brain injury rehabilitation for her son, who was seriously hurt in a motorcycle crash. Trina Alvarez says the insurer's refusal, on the grounds that the treatment was "medically unnecessary," is delaying her son's…
Art Garfunkel, one half of the legendary duo Simon and Garfunkel, has returned to touring at the age of 83-84 after a period of barely singing at all, with a UK leg beginning in October. The renewed run follows a moment of reflection in which he realised singing…
A copy of Uncanny X-Men #221 from 1986 has become the most sought-after comic on the collector's market, driven by renewed interest in the X-Men following the success of X-Men '97 and Marvel Studios' upcoming live-action reboot. The issue marks the first full appearance of Mister Sinister, the…
A PC Gamer writer testing Nvidia's new DLSS 5 upscaling technology found that, in NBA 2K27, enabling certain DLSS 5 features can reduce frame rates by as much as 73% on a system running an RTX 5080 graphics card. The finding is notable because DLSS is generally marketed…
Slovak pop singer ADÉLA has released her debut album, PRIMA, following her breakthrough after appearing on the HYBE/Geffen reality show Dream Academy, which produced the group KATSEYE. Though eliminated early from that competition, she went on to sign with Capitol Records and build momentum with singles such as…
A new article on Far Out Magazine revisits how Jeremy Renner nearly landed the lead role in George Miller's 2015 reboot Mad Max: Fury Road before Tom Hardy was cast as Max Rockatansky. Co-star Zoe Kravitz confirmed Renner underwent a chemistry test for the part before Hardy was…
Australian nu metalcore band Headwreck say their success stems from rejecting the manufactured hype, fake personas and algorithm-driven "consume, consume, consume" culture that dominates much of modern music fandom. Drummer Colby Horton and guitarist/vocalist Jamo Benadie argue that simply being themselves, rather than cultivating a calculated image, has…
Ecosia, the Berlin-based, tree-planting search engine, has released a Linux version of its Chromium-based web browser, aiming to give European open-source users an alternative to browsers made by major American tech firms. The company frames the launch as part of a wider push for European "digital sovereignty," pointing…
The US military has disclosed for the first time how frequently it uses counter-drone technology at the southern border, revealing it downed roughly 100 suspected cartel drones in August alone. A senior War Department official told Fox News that Task Force–Southern Border carried out the operations using specialised…
The New South Wales government has confirmed that free, anonymous pill testing services will become a permanent feature at music festivals across the state, following a year-long trial that was found to reduce drug-related harm. The move has been welcomed by the Australian Festival Association, which described the…
Christopher Nolan has spoken about the profound impact Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey had on him as a child, calling the 1968 sci-fi classic "pure cinema" despite admitting he still cannot fully claim to understand it intellectually. The remarks matter because Nolan, now one of cinema's most…
A former therapist intern at a Florida addiction treatment centre has been arrested after allegedly having sex with a patient, including during therapy sessions, and helping arrange for him to leave the facility to continue the affair elsewhere. Michelle Luchau-Rebora, 32, was working at New Hope CORPS, a…
LL Cool J's Sam Hanna is returning to the NCIS franchise in a new full-time role, with the spin-off NCIS: New York set to premiere on CBS on 6 October. It marks his first ongoing series appearance since NCIS: Los Angeles concluded in 2023, but rather than a…
David Bowie's single "Golden Years" was released on 21 November 1975, ahead of the album Station to Station, at a moment when it was unclear whether Bowie himself would even perform it. Elvis Presley had been considered as a potential vocalist, since both artists were signed to RCA…