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Nolan’s The Odyssey Charts Record Course With $263M Global Opening, Dominates Box Office

  • The Odyssey achieved a record $263.7M global opening weekend—Nolan's best international start and strongest overall debut
  • Monday box office takings of $17.5M mark the year's strongest single Monday, outpacing all 2026 releases
  • The epic's sustained performance signals enduring audience appetite for large-scale, auteur-driven cinema over shorter-term franchise releases

Christopher Nolan's film adaptation of Homer's classic has rewritten the blockbuster playbook with a historic $263.7 million global opening weekend, marking the filmmaker's strongest ever international start at $140.2 mi

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‘Heated Rivalry’ Is First TV Series Soundtrack in More Than a Decade to Achieve This Billboard 200 Feat

  • "Heated Rivalry" TV soundtrack debuts at No. 8 on Billboard 200, the first TV series soundtrack to crack the top 10 in over a decade
  • Physical release sold 41,000 units in opening week, with vinyl editions accounting for 28,000 copies—the strongest vinyl sales week for any soundtrack in 2026
  • HBO Max hockey drama starring Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams, based on Rachel Reid's Game Changers books, has been renewed for season two

The hit show's soundtrack skates onto multiple charts, including Soundtracks, Top Album Sales, Vinyl Albums, Indie Store Album Sales & the Billboard 200.

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Nintendo Music Updated With More Mario Kart World ‘Free Roam’ Songs

  • Nintendo Music received an update adding 'Free Roam' instrumental versions from Mario Kart: Super Circuit and Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
  • The service continues expanding its catalogue, with recent additions from New Super Mario Bros. games and the Donkey Kong Bananza soundtrack (229 tracks, 8+ hours)

Featuring music from Super Circuit and Double Dash!! Since the arrival of the Mario Kart World album on Nintendo Music last month, Nintendo has released multiple "Free Roam" songs from the game. This week's update for the app adds Free Roam songs based on Mario Kart: Double Dash!!…

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Incredible moment boy, 12, risks dangerous climb to rescue puppy stranded on apartment ledge

  • Boy, 12, climbed apartment ledge to save a stranded puppy
  • Incident happened on the Central Coast
  • Rescue likened to a "Spiderman" moment online

A 12-year-old boy has been praised after climbing to a dangerous height on an apartment building to rescue a puppy that had become stranded on a ledge. Footage of the daring, unaided climb has drawn comparisons to Spider-Man and highlighted both the boy's bravery and the risks bystanders…

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Sinaloa Cartel boss ‘El Mayo’ sentenced to life, ordered to pay $15B in drug trafficking profits

  • El Mayo Zambada sentenced to life in prison, must forfeit $15 billion.
  • Sinaloa Cartel co-founder was captured in the US in July 2024.
  • Case sparked diplomatic tensions between Mexico and the US.

Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada García, co-founder of Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel, has been sentenced in a US federal court to life in prison and ordered to forfeit $15 billion in drug trafficking profits. The sentencing marks a major milestone in the US crackdown on one of the world's most…

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Revealed: One Nation’s gagging order memo which banned party leaks is immediately leaked to the Daily Mail – as Pauline Hanson clamps down after Seven’s Spotlight expose and White Australia policy row

  • One Nation's anti-leak memo was itself leaked to the Daily Mail
  • Move follows Seven's critical Spotlight investigation into the party
  • Comes amid separate row over "White Australia" policy comments

A confidential memo issued by Pauline Hanson's One Nation party, instructing members not to leak information to the media, has itself been leaked to the Daily Mail. The clampdown follows a critical Spotlight investigation aired by Australia's Seven Network and a separate controversy involving comments linked to the…

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Ridley Scott’s $630 million sci-Fi masterpiece makes a comeback on streaming for 1 very obvious reason

  • The Martian re-enters Prime Video's top ten streaming films
  • Boosted by Matt Damon's success in Nolan's The Odyssey
  • 2015 film once sparked controversy at the Golden Globes

The Martian, Ridley Scott's 2015 sci-fi drama starring Matt Damon, has climbed back into Prime Video's top ten most-streamed films, sitting at number six according to Flix Patrol. The resurgence appears linked to the box-office success of Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, which also stars Damon and earned $264.1…

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Top media networks put on notice after refusing to air Trump’s primetime address: ‘Serious concerns’

  • Congressman Buddy Carter asks FCC to review ABC, NBC, CBS broadcast decisions.
  • Networks declined to air or cut away from Trump's 16 July address.
  • Trump criticised ABC and NBC on-air for not broadcasting the speech.

A US congressman has asked the Federal Communications Commission to review decisions by ABC, NBC and CBS not to broadcast, or to cut away from, President Donald Trump's primetime address. Republican Representative Buddy Carter of Georgia raised the matter in a letter to the FCC chairman, arguing the…

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Kingdom Hearts Missing-Link Leak Has Fans Wishing Square Enix Hadn’t Canceled Its Mobile Spinoff

  • Leaked intro footage from cancelled mobile game Missing-Link spreads online
  • Nearly five-minute clip shared across social media, unverified by Square Enix
  • Fans speculate footage's ideas may resurface in Kingdom Hearts 4

Nearly finished intro footage from Kingdom Hearts Missing-Link, a mobile spin-off Square Enix cancelled in 2025 after years of development, has leaked online, sparking a wave of reaction from fans. The clips first surfaced via 4chan over the weekend before a fuller version, reportedly running almost five minutes,…

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Knicks champion Jordan Clarkson caught in Travis Scott nightclub chaos after stepping in

  • Jordan Clarkson caught up in nightclub bottle-throwing chaos at Travis Scott event
  • Incident occurred over the weekend at a nightclub performance
  • Clarkson reportedly stepped in amid the disorder

New York Knicks guard Jordan Clarkson was caught up in disorder at a nightclub during a Travis Scott performance, after apparently stepping in amid a bottle-throwing incident. The episode, which occurred at the weekend, has drawn attention given Clarkson's profile as an NBA champion, highlighting the risks high-profile…

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