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Poll: Are You Hyped for These 10 New PS Plus Games?
Sony will add 10 games to PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium in August 2026, with Push Square describing the overall selection as varied and relatively strong. The main additions include Helldivers 2 and Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, giving subscribers access to both a major live-service shooter and a realistic open-world RPG. Other Extra titles include…
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Bill Hader Recalls South Park Creators’ Inspiration for “Fishsticks” Episode That Mocked Kanye West: Watch
Bill Hader has recalled how South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone developed the 2009 “Fishsticks” episode, which satirised Kanye West. Speaking at their Television Academy Hall of Fame induction, Hader said the story began with the writers watching salmon swim upstream to mate during a retreat in Seattle. The group turned a crude…
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Ruthless Clayton wins New Zealand title
Jonny Clayton won the New Zealand Darts Masters for the first time, beating fellow Welshman Gerwyn Price 8-4 in Auckland. The result gives Clayton his second World Series title and reverses the outcome of the pair’s 2022 New Zealand final, underlining his strong form against a high-quality field. Clayton reached the final by defeating top…
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Recording Academy reviews Asian pop Grammy after BTS boycott
The Recording Academy is reconsidering its new Best Asian Pop award at the Grammys after BTS announced they would not submit their music for the 2027 ceremony, saying they hoped their work could be “heard and loved for itself, beyond regions or languages”. Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr has acknowledged the category may not…
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Test your pop culture: From Hollywood to the Heartland
Fox News published a five-question weekly pop-culture quiz on 15 August 2026, inviting readers to test their knowledge of entertainment subjects that had recently attracted attention online and in the media. The article, by Danielle Minnetian, was presented as an interactive entertainment feature rather than a reported news story, and asked readers whether they could…
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Anya Taylor-Joy’s Luck Refuses to Run Out on the Streaming Charts
Anya Taylor-Joy’s new Apple TV limited series, *Lucky*, is performing strongly on streaming charts, marking another notable success for the actor following her breakout in Netflix’s *The Queen’s Gambit*. Its performance matters because Apple TV titles appear relatively infrequently in Nielsen’s rankings, making the series a rare chart success for the service. Taylor-Joy’s recent live-action…
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Disney’s 8-Part 10/10 Epic Sci-fi Series Has Officially Resurrected a Dying Franchise
Disney Plus’s eight-part anime series Star Wars: Visions Presents — The Ninth Jedi has received strong early reviews, which Polygon presents as a potential model for reviving the wider Star Wars franchise. Its success matters because it arrives after the reported underperformance of The Mandalorian and Grogu in cinemas, at a time when Lucasfilm is…
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Mary McAleese reveals what Queen Elizabeth really thought of GAA – and one Gaelic sport in particular – as she explains in great detail the MANY reasons why the late monarch ‘abhorred’ hardline unionist Ian Paisley
Former Irish president Mary McAleese has said Queen Elizabeth II “abhorred” hardline unionist Ian Paisley and had “no time for him whatsoever”, in remarks made on The Ireland Podcast. McAleese, who was president from 1997 to 2011 and hosted the Queen’s historic 2011 State visit to Ireland, said the comments arose while discussing the late…
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Star Wars: The Old Republic hopes to recapture the ‘classic’ experience with difficulty options and a new way to start from scratch
Star Wars: The Old Republic is preparing Game Update 8.0, titled Masters of the Force, which will add adjustable overworld difficulty and new “Ventures” characters intended to recreate a more demanding, classic-style levelling experience. The changes matter because they give both returning and new players more control over how challenging the long-running MMO feels, while…
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Former Bernie Sanders operative warns radical left has ‘overtaken’ the Democratic Party from within
Former Democratic campaign operative Evan Barker argued that the party’s far-left wing has increasingly shaped its direction, using Bernie Sanders and online commentator Hasan Piker as examples. The comments matter because they reflect an internal Democratic debate over whether embracing more radical progressive voices could weaken the party’s appeal to moderate and working-class voters. Barker…