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Dolly Parton’s Travel Stop Releases New Videos That Include a New Jingle, Star Talking Stop’s Importance
Dolly’s Tennessean Travel Stop, the roadside venue in Cornersville, Tennessee, founded by Dolly Parton, has released previously unseen videos of the late country star discussing why opening the stop mattered to her, timed to coincide with the upcoming Trucker’s Appreciation Week. The release comes weeks after Parton’s death on 25 August in Nashville at the…
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Netflix’s New 6-Part Thriller Is ‘John Carpenter Meets H.P. Lovecraft’ With a Canadian Twist
Netflix has revealed details of “Below,” a six-episode thriller set in a fictional, dying Newfoundland fishing village called Snooks Arm, premiering on 8 October. Created by Canadian showrunner Jesse McKeown, known for his work on The Umbrella Academy and Letterkenny, the series follows Josh Hartnett’s character Calvin Penney, whose family has lived in the declining…
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Meta’s AI agent Muse is now the No. 2 app in the US
Meta’s new AI agent app, Muse, has climbed to the No. 2 spot on the US Apple App Store, boosting investor confidence just days after its Tuesday launch. The app forms a key part of Meta’s push into agentic AI, an emerging field the company believes will reshape how people get everyday tasks done, though…
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Ministers eye tourist tax as SNSM shadows migrant dinghy to Portsmouth, Trump pledges $5,000 tariff payout
A busy briefing: devolved powers could let English mayors levy hotel stays, French rescuers refused to board 120 migrants near Portsmouth, and Trump promised Americans a $5,000 payout if Republicans hold Congress. Also: Iceland opens in the Falklands, heatwaves threaten Britain’s beer, and Tilda Swinton returns to t…
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Europe will go it alone on Venus mission after NASA yanks radar instrument
The European Space Agency is pressing ahead alone on its Envision mission to Venus after NASA signalled it likely cannot deliver a US-built radar instrument it had promised, due to budget pressures from the Trump administration’s proposed cuts to NASA science funding. Envision will map the Venusian surface at ten times the resolution of NASA’s…
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“I Regret Doing It”: George Harrison Protests This Beatles Development in Unearthed Interview
An unearthed 1988 interview has resurfaced showing George Harrison sharply criticising the use of The Beatles’ original recording of “Revolution” in a 1987 Nike advert, calling it “a bit of a liberty” and saying “I regret doing it.” The advert marked the first time an original master recording of a pop hit had been used…
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Ardnamurchan becomes first distillery to bottle Scotch whisky in plastic
The Ardnamurchan distillery in Scotland’s west Highlands has become the first to sell single malt Scotch in a plastic bottle, launching its flagship AD/ whisky in PET (polyethylene terephthalate) packaging. The move is aimed at boosting the drink’s environmental credentials, as PET is far lighter than glass, reducing shipping emissions, and can be recycled repeatedly.…
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T-Mobile Fiber Delivers Ultra-Fast Home Internet Speeds — Just in Time for College and Pro Football Seasons to Start
T-Mobile has been marketing its 100% fibre home internet service as an option for households wanting faster, more reliable connections during the current sports season, with college football underway and professional football and basketball approaching. The company argues that fibre-optic technology, which transmits data as pulses of light through glass strands, better handles the demands…
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Superstar Artists to Kick Off a New, High-End Comic Book Art Festival in L.A. (Exclusive)
Comic art dealers Sal Abbinanti and Steve Morger are launching the ICON Festival of Comic & Narrative Art, a new two-day event in Los Angeles designed to present comic book art as a serious, high-end art form rather than a niche convention pastime. The inaugural festival, taking place on 7-8 November at the historic Biltmore…
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Michelle Yeoh Trained With Real Surgeons for Her Return to Action Filmmaking
Actor Michelle Yeoh returns to action filmmaking in The Surgeon, a thriller from director Roshan Sethi that premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival. Yeoh plays a newly retired surgeon who is kidnapped and forced to perform an operation on a mystery patient, using her medical expertise rather than combat skills to try to escape.…