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The Recording Academy invites over 4,000, including Lola Young and sombr, to join its 2026 New Member Class
The Recording Academy has invited more than 4,000 music creators and industry professionals to join the Grammys as members, forming its 2026 New Member Class. The invitations, sent on Thursday 9 July, went to professionals spanning genres, backgrounds and disciplines, and reflect the peer-reviewed membership model the Academy rebuilt in 2019. The intake matters because…
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Their Library: Nell Mescal
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Fans’ fury as millions at work face missing British wildcard Arthur Fery’s historic Wimbledon semi-final after BBC led calls to show match at 1.30pm to avoid clash with World Cup
British wildcard Arthur Fery is due to play the biggest match of his career, a historic Wimbledon semi-final against Alexander Zverev, but the fixture has been rescheduled to an earlier slot and moved many fans into an outcry. Rather than occupying the second Centre Court slot from around 5pm, the match will now open proceedings…
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Sunshine and Saharan Dust Make Miami’s World Cup Quarter-Final a Dangerous Game for England Norway
Norway’s men’s football team will face England in a World Cup quarter-final in Miami on Saturday, where scientists warn that extreme heat, humidity and blazing sunshine could pose a genuine danger to players. The conditions — intensified by a plume of dust blown across the Atlantic from the Sahara desert — will subject the northern…
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Madison Square Garden denies tracking queer and “risky” artists
Madison Square Garden has denied allegations that it tracks or maintains records of performers it deems “queer” or otherwise “risky”, following claims that the famous New York venue monitors certain artists. The story matters because it touches on questions of privacy, potential discrimination and the use of surveillance or watchlists within one of the world’s…
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“No thanks!” – Assassin’s Creed Black Flag remake Resynced being review bombed on Steam for single-player microtransactions
The remake of Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag, titled Resynced, has become the target of a Steam review-bombing campaign following its launch on 9th July, with disgruntled players objecting to the presence of cosmetic microtransactions in a single-player game. Despite strong commercial performance — the title was reportedly on track to out-earn Assassin’s Creed Shadows,…
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Madonna’s ‘Confessions II’ Checks In At No. 1 on ARIA Chart
Madonna has topped the Australian albums chart with her new release Confessions II (via Warner Records), giving the pop veteran her 13th No. 1 on the ARIA Chart and her 22nd top 10 album overall. The achievement places her among a select group of acts, with only Jimmy Barnes, The Beatles and Taylor Swift having…
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Disney’s $1 Billion Sci-Fi Sequel Soars Past Colossal Streaming Milestone
Disney’s third Avatar film, Avatar: Fire and Ash, has continued its strong commercial run by dominating streaming charts following its arrival on Disney Plus roughly two weeks ago. Directed by James Cameron, the film has held the top spot on streaming charts for 15 straight days without being overtaken, capping a theatrical run that grossed…
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‘God Particle’ Physicist Fabiola Gianotti to Get Feature Biopic by ‘The Invisible Witness’ Director Stefano Mordini (EXCLUSIVE)
Italian physicist Fabiola Gianotti, who helped lead one of the two experiments behind the discovery of the Higgs boson — the particle popularly nicknamed the “God particle” — is to be the subject of a feature biopic titled “The Mysterious Particle”. The film will be directed by Stefano Mordini, known for “The Invisible Witness”, and…
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‘AI accountability agenda’: US senator unveils package of bills to curb tech’s harms
Democratic US senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts has unveiled a package of bills he calls an “AI accountability agenda”, aimed at curbing what he sees as the wide-ranging harms of unregulated artificial intelligence. The agenda targets energy- and water-intensive datacenters, intrusive workplace surveillance, biased algorithms, AI overriding human judgment and deepening economic inequality, framed as…