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PSVR2 Fans Are Having a Good Day as New Game Announced for the Headset

  • New PSVR2 destruction game "I'm Having a Bad Day" announced via trailer
  • Players smash cartoon environments like offices, supermarkets and gyms
  • No release date yet; game described only as "coming soon"

PlayStation has promoted a new PSVR2 title, "I'm Having a Bad Day", via its official YouTube channel, offering a rare bit of good news for owners of the headset amid a fairly quiet release schedule. The game centres entirely on physics-based destruction, letting players smash up cartoonish environments…

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MELISSA AUF DER MAUR Announces ‘Bass Womb Room’ Exhibition Soundtrack Featuring Previously Unreleased Music

  • Melissa Auf Der Maur announces first new music in 15+ years
  • "Bass Womb Room" features unreleased '90s four-track demos, out 4 September
  • Ties into AGO photography exhibition and photobook launching in September

Melissa Auf Der Maur, best known as bassist for Hole and The Smashing Pumpkins in the 1990s, has announced "Bass Womb Room: My '90s 4-Track Demos X Field Recordings", her first new music release in over 15 years. The record combines seven previously unheard four-track demos she wrote…

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Judge halts Paramount-Warner Bros merger over antitrust concerns

  • Judge grants 14-day pause on Paramount-Warner Bros merger
  • States, led by California, argue deal breaches antitrust law
  • Preliminary injunction hearing set for 3 August

A US federal judge has temporarily halted the Paramount-Warner Bros merger, granting a 12-state coalition's request for a restraining order amid claims the deal would breach federal antitrust law. Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin ruled that "serious questions going to the merits remain," keeping the two companies operating as separate,…

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Notorious drug cartel leader Ismael Zambada sentenced to life in US prison

  • Sinaloa Cartel co-founder Zambada sentenced to life plus $15bn fine
  • Caught in 2024 after being tricked into flying to the US
  • Cartel remains split by violent infighting since his arrest

Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, co-founder of Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel, has been sentenced to life in a US prison, two years after being lured to the United States in an elaborate sting operation. The 76-year-old was also ordered to pay $15bn (£11bn) in drug-trafficking profits, in a case that…

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10-Year-Old Theo Leber Lands Lead Role Opposite Dwayne Johnson In Benny Safdie’s ‘Lizard Music’ For Amazon MGM & United Artists

  • Theo Clark Leber, 10, cast as lead in Dwayne Johnson's *Lizard Music*
  • Benny Safdie directs the Amazon MGM/United Artists adaptation
  • Marks Leber's feature film debut after months-long casting search

Ten-year-old Chicago-area actor Theo Clark Leber has landed the lead role opposite Dwayne Johnson in Benny Safdie's *Lizard Music*, an adaptation of Daniel Pinkwater's 1976 novel being made for Amazon MGM Studios and United Artists. The casting marks the feature film debut for the fourth-grader, following a lengthy…

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The Original Pokemon Starters Are Ready To Make You Pokemoan

  • Pokémon-inspired adult products return after an earlier sell-out.
  • Four items go on sale from 21 July.
  • A 151-unit collector’s set costs $399.

Geeky Sex Toys is relaunching a range of adult products inspired by Pokémon’s original Kanto starters, alongside a Pikachu-tail-themed item. The products previously sold out when offered around a decade ago, and the relaunch highlights the continuing commercial appeal of fan-made merchandise based on well-known entertainment franchises. The…

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Hearts agree deal to sign Forest Green captain Mendy

  • Hearts agree deal for Forest Green captain Laurent Mendy
  • Would be Hearts' 10th signing of the summer
  • Comes ahead of Champions League qualifier v Sturm Graz

Hearts have agreed a deal to sign Laurent Mendy, the captain of English National League side Forest Green Rovers, ending a pursuit that stretched across two transfer windows. The Tynecastle club had a bid rejected in January, but talks have now progressed to personal terms as Hearts continue…

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Canceled Kingdom Hearts spin-off’s intro apparently leaks online and not even veteran fans understand what’s going on: “Why does it look like Pacific Rim but with Keyblades”

  • Leaked intro allegedly from a cancelled Kingdom Hearts spin-off surfaces online
  • Fans compare its look to Pacific Rim mixed with Keyblades
  • Even veteran fans are confused; Square Enix has not commented

Footage said to be from the opening cinematic of a cancelled Kingdom Hearts spin-off has apparently surfaced online, leaving longtime fans of the Square Enix series baffled by what they are seeing. The clip's unusual visual style, likened by viewers to the giant-robot film Pacific Rim but reimagined…

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Rebecca Black announces tour for new LP ‘Age of the Exhibitionist’

  • Rebecca Black announces 27-date North American headline tour.
  • ‘Age of the Exhibitionist’ arrives on 4 September.
  • Tour runs from Boston to Los Angeles this autumn.

Rebecca Black has announced a 27-date North American headline tour to support her forthcoming second album, ‘Age of the Exhibitionist’. The run, titled ‘Exhibitionism on Tour – Rebecca Black as: Miss Delicious’, marks a major live campaign for the pop singer, songwriter and DJ following recent appearances supporting…

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John Coltrane’s Centennial: How Artists From Ariana Grande to Beastie Boys Have Been Inspired by the Jazz Pioneer

  • Verve Label Group marks John Coltrane's 100th birthday with yearlong tributes
  • Celebrations include reissues, a vinyl compilation and a state resolution
  • Major events planned for his birthday week in September 2026

Verve Label Group, home to John Coltrane's Impulse! Records catalogue, is leading a yearlong global celebration marking the centenary of the jazz saxophonist's birth on 23 September. The tribute, coordinated with Coltrane's heirs Ravi and Michelle Coltrane, underscores how deeply his music has permeated popular culture, having been…

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