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Sony Pictures Mulls Deal for Hollywood’s Cinerama Dome, With Alamo Drafthouse Possibly Operating

• Sony Pictures pursuing lease and operational control of the historic Cinerama Dome theater in Hollywood
• Alamo Drafthouse (acquired by Sony in 2024) expected to manage the venue; Arclight branding unavailable due to bankruptcy complications
• Iconic theater has sat closed for six years following pandemic-related shutdowns of the Arclight chain

Sony Pictures is in early talks to lease and operate Hollywood's iconic Cinerama Dome, potentially with its Alamo Drafthouse chain handling day-to-day operations, Variety has confirmed. The move would mark a significant step in Sony's growing push into cinema exhibition and could finally bring the shuttered landmark back…

What can Hearts pick from debris of ongoing summer of hurt?

• Hearts lost their league title in the final moments, then saw captain Shankland, manager McInnes, and midfielder Devlin all depart to rival Rangers within weeks
• New Belgian manager Vrancken suffered a 4-0 defeat to Sturm Graz in his first match, eliminating Hearts from Champions League qualification
• Match statistics suggest Hearts' underlying performance was stronger than the scoreline reflected, creating several missed opportunities

Hearts' 2026 pre-season began with a heavy 4-0 Champions League qualifying defeat away to Sturm Graz, the first match under new head coach Wouter Vrancken. The result caps a turbulent summer for the Edinburgh club, which came agonisingly close to a first league title in 60 years before…

Grateful Dead Partners With Vineyard Vines for New Menswear Collection: Here’s How to Shop Online

• Grateful Dead and Vineyard Vines launch joint menswear collection.
• Range includes hoodies, polos, ties and caps from $9.50–$158.
• Available online and in stores, with US free shipping over $125.

Grateful Dead have teamed up with US preppy clothing brand Vineyard Vines to launch a new menswear collection, continuing the rock band's long history of creative collaborations with fans and retailers. The range blends casual, summer-ready styles with the band's signature branding, including its dancing bears motif, and…

Neill Blomkamp’s new zombie AI ‘film’ is just slop warmed over

• Neill Blomkamp releases Nightborne, a 13-min film made entirely with AI tool Seedance 2.0.
• Story: a wounded US pilot becomes part of a covert zombie-soldier programme.
• Critics say it's polished but still reads as AI "slop," lacking real directorial voice.

Filmmaker Neill Blomkamp (District 9, Gran Turismo) has released Nightborne, a 13-minute AI-generated sci-fi short produced entirely with ByteDance's Seedance 2.0 text-to-video generator, made under his new venture Barley Studios. Blomkamp has pitched it as a "test start" proving generative AI's potential for filmmaking, saying he hopes to…

4 Rock Songs From 1987 That Every Elder Millennial Can Still Sing Word for Word

This is a light entertainment listicle from American Songwriter revisiting four rock songs from 1987 that "elder Millennials" reportedly still remember word for word decades later. The piece taps into nostalgia for the classic rock era of the late 1980s, framing these tracks as songs many grew up…

Ben Folds Slams Trump’s Kennedy Center Takeover Before Congress: ‘When You Politicize Art, You’ve Got Propaganda’

• Ben Folds testified to Congress against Trump's Kennedy Center takeover
• He resigned as NSO artistic advisor over fears of political retribution
• Forum also examined Trump's spending on other landmark projects

Singer-songwriter Ben Folds testified before Congress on 21 July, criticising Donald Trump's overhaul of the Kennedy Center as having turned it into a "hyper-politicized environment." Folds, formerly artistic advisor to the centre's National Symphony Orchestra, said he resigned after concluding he could no longer guarantee performers' safety from…

GOP blames Canada for fires, experts point to climate

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• Headline suggests disagreement over fire causes.
• More source text is needed for a reliable summary.

The article text was unavailable because access to the page was denied, so its contents cannot be summarised reliably. The headline indicates a dispute in which Republican figures blame Canada for fires while experts emphasise the role of climate change, but this alone does not establish the article’s…

Scarlet Deer Inn, out today, is a Slavic folk tale platformer with a dark underbelly where every sprite is physically embroidered

• Scarlet Deer Inn, with embroidered sprites, launches today on Steam.
• Took roughly five years to develop combining embroidery and hand-painted art.
• Sweet folk-tale setting hides a dark, disturbing underground storyline.

Scarlet Deer Inn, a Slavic folklore-inspired platformer in which every character sprite is created through physical embroidery, has been released today on Steam. The game's distinctive approach involved roughly five years of development, combining hand-painted backgrounds with embroidered character and animal sprites, digitally enhanced with details such as…

Woody Harrelson To Produce Documentary On Legendary Austin Music Venue Armadillo World Headquarters

• Woody Harrelson is producing a documentary on Austin's Armadillo World Headquarters
• Film draws on 100+ restored archive recordings from the venue's heyday
• Comes amid a broader revival of the Armadillo brand in Austin

Actor Woody Harrelson is producing a feature-length documentary about Armadillo World Headquarters, the legendary Austin music venue that helped define the city's identity as the "Live Music Capital of the World". The Texas native is deepening his ties to Austin's creative community through the project, which will trace…

Littler throws nine-darter in superb Matchplay win

• Luke Littler hit a nine-darter beating Nathan Aspinall 11-8
• Littler reaches World Matchplay quarter-finals with 113.68 average
• Michael van Gerwen knocked out by Dirk van Duijvenbode 14-12

World number one Luke Littler produced a nine-dart finish to open his second-round match at the World Matchplay in Blackpool, en route to an 11-8 victory over fellow Englishman Nathan Aspinall. The win sends the defending champion into the quarter-finals, where he continues his bid to retain the…