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Brilliant Ballymena shock Blues to lay down early marker
Ballymena United began the Irish Premiership season with a commanding 3-0 win over Linfield at Windsor Park, signalling an impressive start to Oran Kearney’s first full campaign in charge. The result matters because Ballymena have substantially reshaped their squad and defeated one of the league’s expected title contenders, while exposing a troubling opening performance from…
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The 1995 movie Denzel Washington regrets turning down: “The script was too demonic”
Denzel Washington has said he regrets declining a role in David Fincher’s 1995 thriller Se7en, having initially considered its script too “demonic”. The film became a major critical and commercial success, and its bleak serial-killer story is now widely regarded as a landmark of 1990s crime cinema. Washington was reportedly offered the role of Detective…
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Inside the ‘Summer House’ Scandal That Turned Bravo’s Little Show Into a Big (Emmy-Nominated) Deal
Bravo’s Summer House became embroiled in a major off-screen scandal during its tenth season, after longtime cast members Amanda Batula and Kyle Cooke announced their divorce and Batula later revealed a relationship with fellow cast member West Wilson. The situation was complicated by Wilson’s previous relationship with Ciara Miller, a close friend of Batula’s, creating…
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Ariana Madix on Season Eight’s “Diabolical” Casa Amor Twist and How She Stays Ready for Whatever On Set
Ariana Madix says hosting Love Island USA requires her to stay constantly informed because the contestants’ relationships can change shortly before she enters the villa for major moments. Speaking after receiving her first Emmy nomination for reality hosting, she describes the show’s fast, near-real-time production as central to its appeal and to the demands of…
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X replaces ‘misaligned’ revenue sharing program with Original Content Rewards
X will replace its Revenue Sharing scheme with Original Content Rewards, aiming to pay creators for work it considers genuinely original rather than content designed to maximise payouts. The change matters because it is X’s latest effort to curb earnings by aggregators and repost-focused accounts, following criticism that the existing incentives had become misaligned. New…
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‘Tony’ Star Dominic Sessa on How Being a ‘Liar’ Helped Him Portray Anthony Bourdain and Why the Film Foreshadows His Later Struggles
Dominic Sessa says portraying a young Anthony Bourdain in “Tony” was made easier by the film’s focus on an obscure period of his life rather than recreating the famous chef and television host at the height of his career. The fictional biopic follows Bourdain at 19 during a formative 1975 summer, using his lies and…
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Spider-Man sequel tops $1 billion globally in six days
“Spider-Man: Brand New Day” remained dominant at the North American box office in its second weekend, taking $43 million on Friday and heading for an estimated $143 million weekend total. Although this represented a roughly 60% fall from its record-breaking $360 million opening, it lifted the Marvel-Sony film’s domestic haul to $653 million, underlining its…
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Terrifying moment plane passenger tried to open emergency exit at 30,000 feet ‘because he felt like it’ as he is arrested for attempted murder of his fellow flyers
An Indian national has been arrested for attempted murder after allegedly trying to force open an emergency exit while a Batik Air flight from Kuala Lumpur to Kochi was at 30,000ft. Jamsheer Athanikkal, 36, is accused of smashing the exit window panel without provocation and threatening passengers and crew who intervened, prompting the pilot to…