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Sylvester Stallone’s 9-Part Action Saga Is Officially Now Streaming on Paramount+
The entire Rocky and Creed film franchise is now available to stream on Paramount+, with all nine instalments having joined the service on 1 September. The move brings together the complete existing saga—stretching across five decades—on a single major streaming platform, giving fans easy access to one of cinema’s most enduring and commercially successful sports…
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A quarter of a million children live in households where no one has ever worked, the highest level since 2013
New Office for National Statistics figures show that 252,000 children in the UK live in households where no one has ever worked, the highest total in 13 years. This matters because it highlights growing concern over entrenched worklessness at a time when the government is under pressure over welfare policy and a sluggish jobs market,…
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Nation’s largest teachers union under fire as controversial agenda puts century-old federal charter at risk
Republican Senator Bill Cassidy, chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, is calling on Congress to review the century-old federal charter of the National Education Association (NEA), the United States’ largest teachers union, citing its ties to far-left causes and alleged financial mismanagement. The move follows years of criticism of the…
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UK goes shopping for homegrown AI with £100M procurement scheme
The UK government has launched the first competitions under a £100 million procurement scheme designed to give homegrown AI startups a route into public sector contracts. Chancellor John Healey unveiled the R&D Procurement Scheme, part of the wider Sovereign AI initiative, at a G20 finance ministers meeting in North Carolina, with ministers framing it as…
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Venice Jury Head Maggie Gyllenhaal Calls For Empathy In Politically Charged Times; Addresses Dearth Of Women In Competition: “It’s A Systemic Problem”
Maggie Gyllenhaal, president of the jury at the 83rd Venice Film Festival, used the event’s opening press conference to call for empathy in cinema at a time of heightened political division. Asked whether films should engage with politics, she argued that storytelling inherently opens space for understanding even the most flawed or corrupt characters, and…
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Jasmine Jobson Teases Details About Netflix’s ‘Top Boy’ Spin-Off Series ‘Jaq’: “She’s Going Down A Crazy Rabbit Hole”
Actress Jasmine Jobson has previewed Netflix’s upcoming Top Boy spin-off series, working titled “Jaq”, which follows her BAFTA-winning character Jaq Lawrence and will shoot next year as a six-part sequel to the original drama, which ended in 2023. The project forms part of a broader expansion of the Top Boy universe, alongside a prequel series…
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Musixmatch launches Pro for Labels to help record companies manage and distribute lyrics at scale
Musixmatch has launched Pro for Labels, a new hub aimed at helping record companies manage, enrich and distribute lyrics across their catalogues at scale. The tool is designed for labels of all sizes, from small independents to organisations handling thousands of artists and releases, and comes as labels report growing difficulty holding listeners’ attention on…
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Swansea sign Man City teenager Monga on loan
Swansea City have signed Manchester City teenager Jeremy Monga on loan for the remainder of the 2026-27 season, giving the winger a chance to gain regular first-team football as he continues his development. Monga joined City from Leicester City in July for a fee of around £10m plus add-ons, days after turning 17, and is…
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Trump and Rubio’s bold Venezuela oil pact could finally crush communism’s grip
A Fox News opinion piece argues that the new US-Venezuela oil partnership, announced by President Trump and negotiated by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, could help end decades of Cuban, Russian and Chinese influence over Venezuela. The author frames the deal as a strategic and economic safeguard rather than…