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Family of bikini designer in Montauk yacht death files $50M lawsuit alleging assault
The family of Irish bikini designer Martha Nolan-O’Slatarra, who was found dead on a yacht in Montauk, New York, has filed a $50 million lawsuit alleging she was assaulted before her death. Attorney Michael Bowe, representing the family, told Fox News Digital that Nolan-O’Slatarra had blood on her when she was found, raising questions about…
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‘Teenage Sex & Death at Camp Miasma’ Production Designers Brandon Tonner-Connolly & Matt Hyland Talk Building Its Surreal Landscape
Production designers Brandon Tonner-Connolly and Matt Hyland have spoken to Deadline about creating the surreal visual world of Jane Schoenbrun’s new film Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, which stars Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson. The interview offers insight into how the pair built the film’s distinctive, unsettling look under tight time pressure, giving…
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Passenger flight is cancelled after young child refuses to sit down and buckle up, despite parent and crew pleading with them
A passenger flight was cancelled after a young child repeatedly refused to sit down and fasten their seatbelt, despite efforts from both the child’s parent and cabin crew to resolve the situation. Airlines require all passengers to be seated with seatbelts fastened before takeoff for safety reasons, meaning the aircraft was unable to depart while…
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I Played the Game Recommended by the Weeknd, and It Could Be 2026’s Sleeper Hit
The musician known as The Weeknd (Abel Tesfaye) has publicly recommended About Fishing, a PSX-style horror indie game, in an interview with The Washington Post, prompting Polygon’s writer to try it and declare it a potential sleeper hit for 2026. The game blends fishing simulation with a murder mystery, and Tesfaye’s endorsement adds to a…
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‘For this record, I took an edible and said, screw it’: jazz pianist Sullivan Fortner on confronting the trauma of Hurricane Katrina
New Orleans-born jazz pianist Sullivan Fortner has released his sixth album, Leave That in There, an unfiltered and wide-ranging record made after he abandoned his usual meticulous, self-edited approach to recording. The 39-year-old, a three-time Grammy winner who recently received the $300,000 Larry J Bell award, says the album confronts the lasting trauma of Hurricane…
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How ‘Camp Miasma’s Crew Revived a Pre-CGI Technique with “Old-School Film Nerd” Ambition
The new meta-horror film Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, directed by Jane Schoenbrun, has revived matte painting, a hand-crafted visual effects technique largely abandoned for around 50 years since the advent of CGI. Production designers Brandon Tonner-Connolly and Matt Hyland spearheaded the effort, teaching themselves the near-forgotten craft since most practitioners who once…
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RL Stine’s Pumpkinhead review – horror from Goosebumps writer has kid confined inside large fruit
This review by the Guardian covers RL Stine’s Pumpkinhead, a Netflix horror film for children adapted from a 1999 short story by the Goosebumps author. Directed by Jem Garrard, the film borrows heavily from The Wicker Man, Stephen King and Tim Burton as it follows a New York family settling in the eerie farming town…