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Most Nintendo Employees Found Out About Tears Of The Kingdom When You Did
Former Nintendo of America staff members say the sequel that became The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom was kept so tightly confidential that many employees learned of it only when Nintendo publicly teased it in its E3 2019 Direct presentation. The account illustrates the unusually strict secrecy surrounding one of Nintendo’s biggest releases…
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Watch: SHADOWS FALL Celebrates 30th Anniversary With Hometown Concert
Massachusetts metal band Shadows Fall marked their 30th anniversary with a special one-off hometown concert on Saturday 18 July at the MGM Aria Ballroom in Springfield, Massachusetts, joined by fellow Massachusetts acts Unearth and Within The Ruins. The show, the band’s only booked date for the year, spanned a 14-song set covering three decades of…
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Labour’s Andy Burnham becomes UK prime minister, pledges regional devolution push
Andy Burnham has been sworn in as UK prime minister, becoming the country’s seventh leader in a decade, as his Labour government takes charge amid economic strain and political instability. Speaking outside 10 Downing Street on Monday morning, he called for a “new political model” based on collaboration rather than “point scoring,” and pledged to…
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Five iconic musicians Paul McCartney couldn’t stand
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12 Anime Worth Watching This Summer
IGN has published its round-up of anime worth watching in the Summer 2026 season, highlighting new and returning series available across streaming platforms including Crunchyroll, HIDIVE, Hulu and Netflix. The list spans a wide range of genres and tones, from returning heavyweights such as the Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War finale and Ghost in the Shell,…
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10 Heaviest Books of the 1990s
Collider has published a list ranking the ten “heaviest” (darkest, most emotionally intense) books of the 1990s, spanning novels, a couple of non-fiction works and one graphic novel. The feature, written by Jeremy Urquhart, groups titles noted for their bleak, harrowing or cynical subject matter rather than mass-market appeal, distinguishing them from more universally popular…
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Robert Downey Jr.’s Forgotten Road Trip Adventure Is Officially a Global Streaming Hit
Robert Downey Jr.’s 2011 comedy Due Date, directed by Todd Phillips, has become a surprise hit on streaming, drawing renewed global attention 15 years after its cinema release. The film, part of Phillips’s broader filmography that includes The Hangover trilogy, Joker and War Dogs, had largely faded from mainstream conversation before finding a fresh audience…
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SBS issues special message about multiculturalism as its World Cup coverage ends – after Pauline Hanson pledged to shut it down and called for a monoculture
SBS, Australia’s multicultural broadcaster, marked the end of its World Cup coverage with a pointed on-air message championing multiculturalism, coming shortly after One Nation leader Pauline Hanson pledged to defund and shut down the broadcaster if her party gained power, calling instead for Australia to adopt a “monoculture”. The broadcaster’s statement is being read as…
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AMC Theatres Sees Revenue Rise, Shares Surge, As Hollywood Box Office Bounces Back
AMC Theatres reported a strong second quarter, with revenue climbing 14% to a record $1.59 billion as Hollywood’s box office recovery continued to gather pace. The results, buoyed by hits such as Toy Story 5, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie and Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, sent AMC’s share price surging 17% in pre-market trading, underlining…
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Spain claim 2026 World Cup as fatal fountain collapse mars celebrations
Spain have been crowned champions of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, bringing to a close a tournament staged under unprecedented security measures, including extensive surveillance operations, which organisers say ensured no significant attacks occurred despite the vast scale of the event and the millions of spectators it drew. The tournament produced numerous memorable footballing moments,…