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Shania Twain says she’s finally ‘getting it right’ in her 60s after starting life ‘on the tough side’
Country music star Shania Twain has reflected on her difficult upbringing in rural Canada, saying it has taken until her 60s to feel she is “getting it right” in life. Speaking to “CBS Mornings,” the 60-year-old singer described starting out “a little bit on the tough side” and credited her later years with bringing a…
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3 Rock Artists From the 1970s Who Accidentally Created Their Signature Sound
An American Songwriter piece looks at three iconic rock guitar tones from the 1970s that were born not from careful design but from accidents and improvisation. It highlights how limitations and mishaps forced guitarists Tony Iommi, Eddie Van Halen and Mike Campbell to innovate, ultimately producing sounds that defined their bands and influenced generations of…
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EAVE & Storyboard Collective Among Organizations Attached To ARTEF’s Main Character Initiative For Unproduced Screenplays
ARTEF, the Anti-Racism Think Tank for European Film, has launched a pan-European initiative called Main Character to discover unproduced feature fiction screenplays offering perspectives currently missing from European screens. The scheme, unveiled at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, has already attracted support from organisations including EAVE, Storyboard Collective, WIFT Sweden and the European Women’s…
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No PS5 Version of Heavy Rain Dev’s PS2 Classic Indigo Prophecy, as Sony Mucks Up Again
Sony has clarified that a planned re-release of Quantic Dream’s PS2 crime thriller Indigo Prophecy (known as Fahrenheit in Europe) will not, in fact, arrive on PS5 as originally suggested. Despite earlier PlayStation Blog wording implying the game would be rebuilt using Sony’s new emulator with native PS5 support, the version going live is actually…
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“The concept of [Xbox] Game Pass was good” despite its eventual faceplant now contributing to mass job losses, reckons Forza Horizon 5 director
Forza Horizon 5 creative director Mike Brown has spoken out about Xbox’s ongoing wave of studio closures and layoffs, arguing that the underlying concept of Xbox Game Pass was sound even though its commercial failure is now driving the cuts. Brown, who left Microsoft-owned Playground Games in 2023 and is now working on the racing…
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The Biggest Critics Of Xbox Game Pass May Be Inside Xbox
Reports say several Xbox studio leaders are strongly critical of Game Pass, arguing that releasing games in the subscription service from day one reduces their perceived value and can undermine direct sales. The debate matters because Microsoft is reassessing how the service supports its gaming business, particularly after its impact on major releases such as…
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Fleetwood Mac’s Most Beautiful Song Proved Christine McVie Was Their Greatest Songwriter
This article is an opinion piece arguing that “Songbird,” written by Christine McVie, best exemplifies why she was Fleetwood Mac’s most gifted songwriter. Unlike bandmates Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham, who channelled the group’s turbulent personal dramas into mystical or explosive songwriting, McVie’s strength lay in expressing everyday emotions with quiet depth, making her the…
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Could a paint-on electronic tattoo spot heart attacks?
Engineers at Penn State University have developed a paint-on electronic tattoo made from conductive ink that can be applied directly to the skin to monitor the heart’s electrical activity, offering a potential alternative to spotting problems such as heart attacks. Unlike conventional clinical sensors, the ink dries into a functioning electrode while remaining customisable with…