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Dolly Parton, Who Hated Flying, Is Getting an Airport Named After Her. She’d Have Liked the Joke
A campaign to rename Nashville’s airport, currently known by its code BNA, to Dolly Parton International Airport is gaining official momentum, with backing from Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, the Metro Nashville Airport Authority and Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell. The proposal carries a poignant irony: Parton was famously afraid of flying and spent decades touring by…
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Danny Boyle Set to Receive the Creative Impact in Directing Award from Variety at Venice Film Festival
Variety is set to honour British filmmaker Danny Boyle with its Creative Impact in Directing Award at the Venice Film Festival, recognising a career spanning “Trainspotting,” “Slumdog Millionaire,” “Steve Jobs” and the “28 Days Later” franchise. The award will be presented on Tuesday at Variety’s pre-opening night party, coinciding with the Venice debut of Boyle’s…
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These Exclusive, Never-Before-Released Michael Jackson Photos Commemorate the Pop Star’s Birthday: Shop Here
Fine-art photography company Sonic Editions has released a collection of 18 prints of Michael Jackson to mark what would have been his 68th birthday on 29 August. The release brings together rare archival images spanning his time with The Jackson 5 through to his solo career, forming part of the company’s wider series of celebrity…
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Sony Announces ‘Live TV on PS5’, a Free App Launching Today in the US
Sony has launched Live TV on PS5, a free application providing live and on-demand television directly on the PlayStation 5 console in the US. Based on early hands-on impressions, the app feels more deeply integrated into the console’s system software than a typical downloadable app, appearing via the PS5’s quick menu rather than as a…
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Dolly Parton Estate Announces 2027 Dollyfest Shows in Nashville, London
Dolly Parton’s estate has announced “Dollyfest”, a two-day music festival to be held in both Nashville and London in 2027, honouring the late country star. The event was originally conceived by Parton herself to mark her 80th birthday in January 2026, but was postponed after she stepped back from public life in August 2025 due…
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AI ECG tool flags heart disease in under two seconds
Doctors have developed an AI tool that can detect signs of heart disease from a standard ECG in under two seconds, potentially speeding up diagnosis for millions of patients. Unlike a conventional ECG, which records the heart’s electrical activity but cannot itself detect heart disease, the new tool extracts information beyond what a human can…
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Writer and Garry Marshall collaborator Marty Nadler dies aged 80
Marty Nadler, the writer, producer and stand-up comedian best known for his decades-long collaboration with director Garry Marshall, has died aged 80 in Margate, Florida, from complications of the autoimmune disorder myasthenia gravis. His son, Charlie Nadler, announced the death, which closes out a career spanning more than four decades in television and film, including…
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Clipto raises $15m at $250m valuation for AI search
Clipto, a San Francisco-based startup that uses AI to make videos, audio, images and meetings searchable across a user’s computer, has raised $15 million in an all-equity round at a $250 million post-money valuation. Rather than joining the wave of generative AI firms focused on creating new content, Clipto is targeting the growing problem of…
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‘Furious’ Finale: Emmy Rossum and Creator Elizabeth Meriwether on That Final Shot, Who Killed Isabel and How Alice’s Decisions Will Affect Season 2
The Season 1 finale of Hulu’s “Furious” resolves its central mystery, revealing that Alice (Emmy Rossum), an FBI agent secretly murdering predatory men, and Catherine (Lola Petticrew), the serial killer she was hunting, are more alike than opposed. In the closing scene, Catherine, now imprisoned, asks Alice whether she enjoyed killing Jeffrey Epstein-style predator Jay…
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“The label staff just assume the artists get rich. I told a girl in the office what we earned. Her jaw hit the floor”: Steve Hogarth recalls Marillion’s bad old days before crowdfunding
Marillion singer Steve Hogarth has recalled how the band pioneered crowdfunding after being dropped by their major label in 1995, running a pledge campaign to fund their 2001 album Anoraknophobia. The approach became a template later adopted widely across the music industry, though it lost credibility when the platform PledgeMusic collapsed in 2017 — by…