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Appeals court halts FCC expansion of discounted political TV ads
A federal appeals court has blocked a Federal Communications Commission order that would have let political parties and joint fundraising committees access the same rock-bottom broadcast advertising rates reserved for individual election candidates. The 4th Circuit’s 2-1 ruling, issued in response to a legal challenge from four Democratic candidates, prevents what could have been a…
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GitHub back up after roughly 2 hours 34 minutes
GitHub is reporting a service incident: Partial System Outage
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At least 47 Americans missing after Nepal earthquake floods
At least 47 Americans are among more than 400 tourists unaccounted for after devastating flash floods struck Nepal in the wake of a catastrophic earthquake on Wednesday. Nepal’s Tourism Board said the missing include nearly 50 US nationals and 33 Britons, with rescue operations continuing as officials warn the death toll is likely to rise.…
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Carhartt breach exposed data of about 12.9 million people
Security researcher Troy Hunt found that Carhartt’s data breach, claimed by the extortion group ShinyHunters, affected roughly 12.9 million people—about half the number the criminals originally claimed. After Carhartt reportedly hired a negotiator to talk down the group’s $3.3 million extortion demand, ShinyHunters released around 50GB of data on 13 August, but Hunt’s analysis, feeding…
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Podcast Network Daylight Extends Deal With The Shawn Ryan Show Through 2028
Podcast network Daylight has extended its distribution and monetisation partnership with The Shawn Ryan Show by two years, running through the end of 2028. The deal builds on their original agreement signed in 2025 and reflects the continued strength of Ryan’s show, one of the most popular podcasts on Spotify, as Daylight expands its roster…
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The Rosenzweig Group Signs Actor & Voice Artist Jason Alan Carvell
The Rosenzweig Group has signed actor and voice artist Jason Alan Carvell for management across all areas of his career. Carvell is best known for playing Malcolm X opposite Forest Whitaker in MGM+’s Godfather of Harlem, joining as a series regular in Season 3 and continuing through Seasons 4 and 5. The signing reflects his…
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‘Are you going to call your daughter Dolly?’
Dolly Parton, who died on Tuesday aged 80, visited Rotherham in South Yorkshire in 2007 to launch the UK edition of her Imagination Library, a scheme sending free books to under-fives to encourage reading. The first recipient was two-day-old Emma Jarman, whom Parton met and cradled in hospital, jokingly asking her parents Shane and Claire…
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‘Conan the Barbarian’ Meets ‘The Muppets’ in First Official Look at Wild New Fantasy Horror Movie [Exclusive]
A first-look reveal has been shared exclusively with Collider for “Kylgor in the Grisly Abyss”, a puppet-based grimdark fantasy horror film ahead of its world premiere at Fantastic Fest 2026. Written and directed by Mason Newton-DeRushie, the project pairs a “Conan the Barbarian”-style adventure with a Muppets-esque puppet aesthetic, but leans heavily into gore and…
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Jack O’Connell Sinks His Teeth Into Scandal: The British Heartthrob Takes on Tabloids, Murder and Rupert Murdoch in Netflix’s ‘Ink’
Netflix’s “Ink,” directed by Danny Boyle and starring Jack O’Connell as tabloid editor Larry Lamb, will open the Venice Film Festival on 2 September before a limited December cinema release and streaming from 8 January. The film dramatises how Lamb, hired by Rupert Murdoch (played by Guy Pearce) in 1969, transformed The Sun into a…
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Ramona S. Diaz To Direct Doc Based On Atlantic Magazine Article ‘My Family’s Slave,’ About A Woman’s 56 Years Of Servitude
Filmmaker Ramona S. Diaz is directing a feature documentary based on Alex Tizon’s viral 2017 Atlantic essay “My Family’s Slave,” which detailed how Eudocia Tomas Pullido, known as Lola, served his family without pay for 56 years. The project reunites the story with a fresh creative team nearly a decade after the original article caused…