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Trump’s forced coal plant extensions thrown out by judge
A US federal appeals court has ruled that the Trump administration acted unlawfully in forcing a Michigan coal plant to stay open, in a decision expected to apply to every similar coal plant closure the Department of Energy has blocked nationwide. The DOE had invoked emergency powers under the Federal Power Act to keep ageing,…
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WARDOGS sours dream start as fans leave mixed reviews for an unexpected reason
The military FPS WARDOGS attracted over 300,000 concurrent players on Steam for its launch, but a rocky rollout has left the game with “mixed” reviews. Server capacity proved too low to cope with demand, leaving many paying customers unable to get in, while streamers were reportedly fast-tracked past queues so they could market the game,…
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Nashville airport board unanimously votes to honour Dolly Parton
Nashville International Airport is being renamed in honour of Dolly Parton, after the city’s Airport Authority board voted unanimously to approve the change, formally sealing a decision Tennessee Governor Bill Lee had already announced. The renaming campaign was under way before Parton’s death in August at the age of 80, reflecting her enduring cultural ties…
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‘High Value Target: The Hunt for Saddam’ Review: Joel Kinnaman Plays the CIA Analyst Who Interrogated Saddam Hussein in TNT’s Clumsy Miniseries
The Hollywood Reporter’s review of TNT’s new limited series “High Value Target: The Hunt for Saddam” finds the eight-episode drama a clumsy, overstretched adaptation that struggles to justify its length. The series, loosely inspired by CIA analyst John Nixon’s memoir “Debriefing the President: The Interrogation of Saddam Hussein,” stars Joel Kinnaman as Nixon and is…
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Why Chase Infiniti and Christopher Briney Would Have Moved Heaven and Earth to Star in ‘The Julia Set’
Rising stars Chase Infiniti and Christopher Briney star in Niki Byrne’s “The Julia Set,” a coming-of-age drama about student mathematicians that premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival. Infiniti reveals the project has been part of her life for as long as the awards-season hit “One Battle After Another,” which she auditioned for the same…
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“I’m lying in a pool of blood, vomit, glass and snot, and I feel this acrid breath close to my face, and it’s Lemmy going, You’re a lightweight, you’ll never make it.” Day-drinking with Motorhead legend Lemmy was not for the faint-hearted
Ricky Warwick, frontman of The Almighty and Black Star Riders, has shared a colourful account of an afternoon drinking with Motörhead’s Lemmy Kilmister, published in the new issue of Classic Rock magazine. The story illustrates the legendary and formidable reputation Lemmy had for hard partying, and shows the warm, mentoring relationship he built with younger…
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They’re Talking!: Paramount & AGs Settlement Talks Set For Next Month, But $7M Daily Ticking Fee Still Kicking In, For Now
A federal magistrate judge in Oakland has ordered Paramount Skydance and a coalition of a dozen state Attorneys General to hold an in-person settlement conference over two consecutive days at the end of October, in the latest twist in the legal battle over Paramount’s $111 billion (£87 billion) merger with Warner Bros Discovery. The order…
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Sandra Bullock Rejected ‘Every Pervert’ in Auditions ‘Asking Me to Drop My Pants’ and Stopped Acting in Rom-Coms When ‘I Was Getting So Much S— For Them’
Sandra Bullock has revealed she deliberately walked away from romantic comedies in the mid-2000s after growing tired of the criticism the genre attracted, telling Jennifer Aniston in an Interview magazine conversation that she was “getting so much shit for them.” The actress, who built her early career on hits such as “While You Were Sleeping”…
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Court to Hold Paramount-Warner Bros. Settlement Conference in Late October
A US court will hold a two-day settlement conference in late October in the antitrust case surrounding Paramount’s proposed merger with Warner Bros. Discovery, with a magistrate judge overseeing talks aimed at potentially averting a trial set for March in Oakland. The move is a standard procedural step rather than a signal that a deal…