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Mom slit her three children’s throats in a frenzied attack before sending their dad a chilling video, police say
Police in Mandan, North Dakota, say a mother identified as Kailey Erhart slit the throats of her three children during a frenzied attack before sending a video of the incident to the children’s father. The case has drawn shock for its extreme violence against young children and for the fact that the suspect reportedly filmed…
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Kiran Abbavaram’s Mythological Action-Fantasy for India’s Zee Studios Reveals Title as ‘Indraputra’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Kiran Abbavaram’s mythological action-fantasy for Zee Studios has revealed its title as “Indraputra,” with the pan-Indian project, directed by Srikanth Puppala, set to begin principal photography in October. Abbavaram takes on a mythology-rooted part built around the conflict between dharma, the principle of righteous duty and moral order in Hindu philosophy, and adharma, its violation.…
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‘This is asking a lot of the buttocks’: my 23-hour Wagner marathon on a rock hard seat in a heatwave
A Guardian critic spent a week at Germany’s Bayreuth festival marking the 150th anniversary of Richard Wagner’s Ring cycle, reviewing six operas totalling almost 23 hours over seven days, all on the venue’s famously unpadded seats and without air conditioning during a heatwave. The festival, launched by Wagner in 1876, remains a bucket-list pilgrimage for…
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The four movies Carrie Fisher considered her finest work: “Those films, I think, are good films”
An interesting quartet. The post The four movies Carrie Fisher considered her finest work: “Those films, I think, are good films” first appeared on Far Out Magazine.
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Helaena dies as Alicent returns to King’s Landing
House of the Dragon’s third season closed with the death of Helaena Targaryen, who took her own life by jumping from a window after being tormented and force-fed by her half-sister, Queen Rhaenyra, amid the escalating Dance of the Dragons civil war. The finale then cut to Alicent Hightower travelling back to King’s Landing, where…
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‘House of the Dragon’ Star James Norton on the Irony of Ormund’s [SPOILER], His ‘Oddly Intimate’ Dynamic With Roddy the Ruin and Why His Love for Daeron Needed to Feel ‘Real’
James Norton has discussed the death of his “House of the Dragon” character, Lord Ormund Hightower, in the show’s Season 3 finale, revealing that an earlier draft of the script was even more brutal. Ormund is killed during the climactic battle at Tumbleton, stabbed by Roddy the Ruin before a dragon incinerates them both, a…
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House of the Dragon finale links Rhaenyra’s descent to Daenerys
HBO’s “House of the Dragon” concluded its third season with a brutal battle between the Blacks and the Greens at Tumbleton, followed by the off-screen suicide of Helaena Targaryen in King’s Landing. Showrunner Ryan Condal and star Emma D’Arcy have since discussed how the finale positions Queen Rhaenyra as the character most responsible for the…
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Helaena Targaryen dies in House of the Dragon finale
“House of the Dragon” killed off Helaena Targaryen (Phia Saban) in Sunday’s Season 3 finale, with the pregnant queen taking her own life by jumping from her window in the Red Keep after being left alone. The death, which many viewers anticipated after a season of ominous visions and depression over separation from her daughter…
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China evacuates one million from homes as massive storm arrives
Chinese authorities evacuated more than a million people from their homes in eastern China, including Shanghai, as Typhoon Dolphin made landfall bringing heavy rain and widespread transport disruption. The storm, the strongest to hit China this year, prompted a red alert before being downgraded to a tropical storm, though officials continue to warn of torrential…
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NEC tests parking tech that only starts charging once you exit your car
Japan’s NEC has begun testing parking technology, developed with fellow Japanese firm UrbanChain, that only starts billing a driver once they have parked and left their vehicle, rather than from the moment they enter the car park. This addresses a long-standing gripe with conventional systems, which typically start the clock on entry and so charge…