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Cyclospora fears are sending shoppers to farmers markets for local produce
An outbreak of Cyclospora infections in the United States is prompting some shoppers to switch to farmers markets in search of locally grown produce they perceive as safer than supermarket alternatives. In Ohio, demand for homegrown lettuce has risen sharply, with vendors at some farmers markets reportedly selling out of greens within 30 to 60…
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Embattled hedge fund Situational Awareness invests $400M in chip startup Source Foundry
Situational Awareness, the AI-focused hedge fund founded by former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner, has invested $400 million in Source Foundry, a Stanford-founded startup working to make chip manufacturing faster and cheaper. The move comes despite the fund’s recent turmoil, as it was forced to sell off most of its public equity portfolio last month amid…
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Pierce Brosnan’s Post-‘James Bond’ Thriller Is Officially Dominating Netflix Worldwide
Pierce Brosnan’s 2023 crime thriller Fast Charlie has unexpectedly become one of the ten most-streamed films on Netflix worldwide, three years after its premiere. The mob-centred actioner casts the former James Bond actor as a hitman, blending elements of his 007 legacy with his more recent role in the Paramount+ series MobLand, and comes at…
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The Royal Shakespeare Company brings Game of Thrones’ Mad King to the stage
The Royal Shakespeare Company has staged The Mad King, a new Game of Thrones prequel at Stratford-upon-Avon charting the descent of King Aerys II Targaryen into tyranny. Written by Duncan Macmillan and directed by Dominic Cooke, the production deliberately echoes Shakespeare’s own history plays and tragedies, giving theatrical weight to a psychological and political collapse…
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“They’d say, ‘I guess you’ll be retiring? There won’t be any more tours?’ I’d write it down and bite my lip”: The Anchoress had a baby, not a lobotomy, and wrote a satirical song about it
The Anchoress (Catherine Anne Davies) has released a satirical single, I Had A Baby, Not A Lobotomy, inspired by the dismissive comments she received from others after becoming a mother. The song forms the lead track of her new album As We Once Were and reflects her frustration at assumptions that motherhood would end her…
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Summer Domestic Box Office On A Hot Streak, Will Cross $4B By Monday
The North American summer box office is on track to cross $4 billion by Monday, according to Rentrak data, marking only the second time since the Covid pandemic that the season has hit this milestone and the 14th time in box office history. As of 9 August, the summer tally (running from 1 May) stood…
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The failed actor convinced they’d be cast as James Bond in 1972: “I didn’t receive a reply!”
An aspiring actor named Guy Peters has recalled how he genuinely believed he was in contention to play James Bond in 1972, after auditioning with producer Cubby Broccoli and director Guy Hamilton. Following George Lazenby’s disastrous single outing as 007, Eon Productions cast a wide net for a permanent successor, with Roger Moore seen internally…
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STEPHEN DAISLEY: The SNP has let down Scottish students… and turned others into human cash machines
Daily Mail columnist Stephen Daisley criticises the SNP’s record on higher education, arguing that Scotland’s flagship free tuition policy has come at the expense of both students and access to universities. He contends that the party’s celebrated “no tuition fees” pledge has masked deeper problems, including funding shortfalls, capped places for Scottish applicants, and universities…
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Paramount Making Deals To Theaters For 30 Films A Year Post WBD Acquisition; Cinema United Still Anti-Merger
Paramount has reportedly given Regal a written commitment to release 30 films a year for three years, with a 45-day exclusive theatrical window and a 90-day gap before streaming, as part of its efforts to counter an antitrust lawsuit brought by 12 state attorneys general over its planned merger with Warner Bros Discovery. AMC declined…
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RIKKI ROCKETT Is ‘Very, Very Proud’ Of POISON’s ‘Native Tongue’ Album: ‘I Think It’s A Great Record’
Poison drummer Rikki Rockett has spoken warmly about the band’s 1993 album “Native Tongue” in a new interview with Detroit radio station WRIF, calling it a great record despite it underperforming commercially compared with the band’s earlier releases. The album marked a significant departure for Poison, trading its glam-metal party anthems for a more serious,…