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’Ian Curtis didn’t have a chance’: the Durutti Column on departed friends, Factory Records and fun with Morrissey
The Guardian invited readers to put questions to the Durutti Column, the long-running Manchester band fronted by guitarist Vini Reilly, as they release their first album in 16 years. Alongside drummer Bruce Mitchell and producer Keir Stewart, Reilly reflects on the band’s origins on Factory Records, its associations with Joy Division and the wider Manchester…
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Korn’s Jonathan Davis Marries Longtime Girlfriend Brittany Parisi: See Photos From the Cliffside Wedding (Exclusive)
Korn frontman Jonathan Davis has married jewelry designer Brittany Parisi, Billboard has exclusively revealed, following seven years together. The couple wed on 3 July at The Neighborhood Church in Palos Verdes, California, in an intimate cliffside ceremony overlooking the sea, before exclusive photographs from the day were released on 23 July. The wedding was attended…
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You only get one, permakillable Jedi Padawan in Star Wars Zero Company, but that’s fine because I’m going to roll an R2-D2 deathsquad anyway
Bit Reactor has revealed further details of Star Wars Zero Company, its XCOM-style tactics RPG set during the Clone Wars, via a new developer Q&A. Players lead a squad of “unconventional professionals” as a roughneck named Hawks, but notably only get access to a single Jedi Padawan character, Tel-Rea, who cannot be replaced if killed…
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Motor City review: Alan Ritchson’s near-perfect revenge thriller puts Netflix to shame
Motor City, directed by Potsy Ponciroli and starring Alan Ritchson, is being praised for its restrained, near-silent approach to storytelling in an era when action films increasingly over-explain their plots. Rather than relying on dialogue to spell out character motivations, backstories or relationships, the film conveys information through visual cues, allowing audiences to piece together…
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‘The Dink’ Review: Pickleball Takes on Tennis in a Mild Underdog Sports Comedy
Variety film critic Guy Lodge reviews “The Dink,” a new Apple TV original sports comedy directed by Josh Greenbaum that pits pickleball against tennis. The film follows a disgraced former tennis prodigy who is humbled by a group of enthusiastic amateur pickleball players, aiming for the good-natured, non-confrontational tone associated with the fast-growing sport, but…
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‘We didn’t care what the client wanted!’: Sheffield’s Designers Republic on their art for Aphex Twin, Pulp … and Pringles – The Guardian
The article looks back at the Designers Republic (TDR), the Sheffield graphic-design studio founded by Ian Anderson and Nick Phillips in 1986, as it marks its 40th anniversary. It argues that TDR’s loud, experimental visual style helped shape the identities of electronic music, record labels and video games, while Anderson’s willingness to challenge clients became…
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World Democrats defect on trans-athlete bills, Ozzy Osbourne marked, World Cup ratings soar
A year on from Ozzy Osbourne’s death fans are urged to “turn it up,” House Democrats break ranks on transgender sports bills, and the FIFA World Cup smashes US TV records; also: Melania Trump seeks Wolff sanctions, D4vd’s murder hearing, and Alphabet’s ad boom.
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Charli XCX shares brooding B-side ‘If You Take Away The Music Then What Has She Got?’
Charli XCX has released “If You Take Away The Music Then What Has She Got?”, a brooding B-side to her recent single “Camera”, just a day before her new album “Music, Fashion, Film” arrives on 24 July 2026. The release continues a steady drip of material accompanying the album rollout, giving fans one final piece…
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Shania Twain Performs Rousing Single ‘Dirty Rosie’ on ‘Fallon’
Shania Twain appeared on The Tonight Show to perform her new single “Dirty Rosie” with her live band and to chat with host Jimmy Fallon ahead of the release of her seventh studio album, Little Miss Twain, out the following day. The performance and interview offered a promotional platform for the record, while also giving…
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Splatoon Raiders brings co-op raid combat to Switch 2
Nintendo has unveiled Splatoon Raiders, a new Switch 2 exclusive that departs sharply from the series’ trademark competitive turf-war format in favour of raid-based combat akin to looter-shooters such as Borderlands and Destiny. The game reworks the franchise’s core weapon system by decoupling sub-weapons from primary weapons, letting players mix and match freely, and introduces…