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13 Years Later, Dan Harmon’s Most Influential Sitcom Is Aging Like Fine Wine
The article marks 13 years and nine seasons of Rick and Morty, arguing that Dan Harmon’s sci-fi comedy has proven to be his most influential and enduring sitcom, despite past controversies. The piece contends the show’s real strength lies not in its outlandish science-fiction concepts but in the family dynamics of the Smiths, which have…
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‘Pretty Daunting’: Cody Simpson Is Ready to Tackle the Australian Anthem at NFL Game In Melbourne
Australian singer Cody Simpson will perform the national anthem before the NFL’s first regular-season game on Australian soil, a Los Angeles Rams versus San Francisco 49ers clash at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Thursday, 10 September. Speaking to The Hit Network’s Carrie & Tommy, the 29-year-old admitted to feeling nervous ahead of the appearance, describing…
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First Look: The Wandering Earth: The Last Full Moon
IGN has published a first look at The Wandering Earth: The Last Full Moon, a narrative-driven shooter based on the original novella by Hugo Award-winning author Liu Cixin, rather than the 2019 blockbuster film it inspired. The game is being developed by Studio Surgical Scalpels in partnership with Starry Dome, which holds the licensing rights,…
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Kojima shifts Physint to Xbox, severing 30-year PlayStation ties
Hideo Kojima has moved his upcoming action-espionage game “Physint” from Sony’s PlayStation to Microsoft’s Xbox, ending a three-decade publishing relationship after PlayStation Studios unexpectedly cancelled the project in mid-June. Announced via an Xbox blog post, the new deal extends beyond gaming, with Kojima Productions set to collaborate with Xbox on film and television projects as…
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Researcher who departed AI role over fears of racing into extinction says people are ‘begging’ for regulation
Jacob Coxon, a 27-year-old former pretraining researcher at OpenAI and Anthropic, has resigned from the industry over fears that AI companies are racing towards self-improving superintelligence without adequate safeguards, calling it a gamble with human lives. Speaking to Fox News, he said the risk is not inevitable and can be addressed through international regulation, arguing…
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NFL’s Week 1 9/11 tribute begins in Seattle with wild guitar solo during national anthem
The NFL marked the 25th anniversary of the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks throughout its Week 1 schedule, with the Seattle Seahawks’ season opener against the New England Patriots – a rematch of Super Bowl LX – setting the tone. A pregame announcement at Lumen Field explicitly described the events as “terrorist attacks” and led…
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Reform under criminal probe, Trump denies 9/11 fakery, Parrott stars for Betis
Britain’s electoral watchdog inquiry deepens as the Met opens a criminal investigation into Reform UK donations, while Trump rebuts “fake” Ground Zero claims; also: Miami crash pilot’s LinkedIn boasts, Cybercab rides launch in Austin, and Troy Parrott’s stunning week at Real Betis.
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Bryce Underwood addresses Kyle Whittingham’s comments about remaining starting QB at Michigan
Michigan Wolverines quarterback Bryce Underwood has responded to head coach Kyle Whittingham’s pointed remarks questioning whether he will keep his starting role, after a shaky performance in a narrow Week 1 win over Western Michigan. Underwood, whose recruitment attracted a reported £9.5 million ($12 million) in NIL money and intense donor interest, threw for just…
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Trump gets hero’s welcome by rowdy MAGA partiers as he kicks off first-ever GOP midterm convention… with several glaring absences
Donald Trump kicked off the Republican Party’s first-ever midterm convention in Dallas by promising a $5,000 “Trump Dividend” for every American adult if the GOP holds both chambers of Congress in November, framing the estimated $1 trillion payout as a shareholder-style reward for economic success, provided recipients spend it domestically. He urged supporters to treat…
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Born 75 Years Ago in Wisconsin, the TV Star Who Found Success on Broadway and the Country Charts
Tom Wopat, born on 9 September 1951 in Lodi, Wisconsin, turned 75 this week, marking the milestone of a career that spanned television, Broadway and country music. He is best known for playing Luke Duke in the hit television series The Dukes of Hazzard, but he began his career on stage and went on to…