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Tony Rayns, British Critic and Champion of East Asian Cinema, Dies at 78
Tony Rayns, the British critic, festival programmer and screenwriter who spent decades bringing East Asian cinema to Western audiences, has died at the age of 78. He was found dead at his home on 7 July after an accidental fall down his stairs, according to his sister, Stephanie Gowman, who said his death was unexpected…
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Interpol confront artificial intelligence on new single Iron City
Interpol have released ‘Iron City’, the third single from their forthcoming ninth album ‘This Mirror Weighs A Ton’, due out on 28 August via Partisan Records. The atmospheric track engages directly with the subject of artificial intelligence, framed by frontman Paul Banks as a conversation between a human narrator and a future AI that is…
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‘Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed’ Star Charlie Hall Breaks Down That Explosive Episode 9 Moment
Collider has published a spoiler-filled interview with actors Charlie Hall and Kiarra Hamagami Goldberg, who play coworkers Rudy and Geri in David J. Rosen’s Apple TV comedic thriller “Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed”. The piece centres on Episode 9, the penultimate instalment of Season 1, in which the two characters shift from being antagonists to Tatiana Maslany’s…
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‘The Rookie’ Keeps Solving One of TV’s Biggest Problems
This article from Collider praises the ABC police procedural The Rookie for its handling of police racial discrimination and corruption, an issue it argues television often struggles to portray well. The piece highlights the show’s Season 7 storyline for Detective Nyla Harper (Mekia Cox), who takes on these themes more directly than before, and argues…
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German car industry warns of job collapse unless ‘bold decisions’ made to address Chinese threat
Germany’s motor industry has warned that employment across Europe’s car sector could collapse unless workers, society and politicians accept that “bold decisions” are needed to counter competition from China and other rivals. The warning, from the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA), coincides with Volkswagen’s preparations to formally propose up to 100,000 job losses,…
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Rotherham Council urged to crackdown on illegal vapes
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Housebuilder Vistry warns of losses amid heavy discounting on unsold homes
Vistry Group, one of Britain’s largest housebuilders, has warned it expects to make a pre-tax loss of £30m in the first half of the year after resorting to heavy discounting to clear a backlog of unsold homes. The warning, which coincided with news that the company’s finance director is departing, sent Vistry’s shares down 8%,…
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Apple reportedly testing RAM chips from US-blocked Chinese company
Apple has reportedly begun testing DRAM memory chips made by ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT), a Chinese manufacturer recently added to a US Defense Department blacklist, for use in devices intended for sale within China. According to the Financial Times, Apple has progressed to testing the chips even as it continues to lobby the US government…
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“One of the most unlikely bands ever to notch up a string of number-one albums”: Every System Of A Down album ranked from worst to best
A Louder/Metal Hammer feature ranks all five of System Of A Down’s studio albums from worst to best, framing the Armenian-American band as one of nu metal’s most unlikely success stories to score a run of number-one records. – 5. Steal This Album (2002) — Placed last, treated as a collection of curios and unfinished…