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LIV players free to leave after bankruptcy protection filing
LIV Golf has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the US as it restructures following Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) withdrawing its funding, a move that frees all current players from their contracts. The breakaway league says it has secured a new investor, BC Partners, and plans to launch a majority player-owned “LIV…
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Microsoft adds Harry Potter film adverts to Bing Wallpaper
Microsoft has started inserting advertising into its Bing Wallpaper app for Windows, replacing users’ usual rotation of scenic desktop images with a promotion for a Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts film collection. The change, which appeared on Monday, has prompted complaints on Reddit and Microsoft’s own Learn support forum, with users asking why their wallpaper…
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Glastonbury 2027 ticket costs exceed £400 as October sales begin
Glastonbury organisers have confirmed that general admission tickets for the 2027 festival will cost £408 each including booking fee, marking the first time prices have exceeded £400 in the event’s history and prompting a mixed reaction online. The announcement, made on Tuesday 8 September, also confirmed the festival will run from Wednesday 23 to Sunday…
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NIH to use part of its budget to pay for Department of Defense research
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has agreed to transfer part of its budget to the US Department of Defense to fund research into pandemic and biological threats, despite NIH leadership having previously said it wanted to move away from this type of work. The Department of Defense confirmed the deal, signed roughly a month…
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Prime Video Orders Australian Originals ‘Free Spirits: The Backpacker Poisonings,’ ‘Madness of Three’ and ‘The Test’ Season 4
Prime Video has commissioned three new Australian original productions, expanding its local content slate to 34 titles since 2019. The line-up includes two true-crime docuseries and a fourth season of cricket documentary “The Test,” with all three set to launch from 2027, underlining Amazon MGM Studios’ continued investment in local storytelling for both domestic and…
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Sylvia Hoeks Joins Apple TV’s ‘Disavowed’
Sylvia Hoeks has joined the cast of Apple TV’s forthcoming action thriller “Disavowed” as a series regular, expanding the roster around lead James Marsden. The show, created by Art Marcum and Matt Holloway, follows a disgraced former CIA case officer who pursues a $15 million federal bounty on an assassin after being fired mid-investigation into…
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Suno Inks ‘Strategic Partnership’ With Believe
Suno, the AI music generation platform, has signed a “strategic partnership” with French music company Believe, marking its third such tie-up with a major music industry player following earlier deals with Warner Music Group and BMG. Under the agreement, music from participating Believe and TuneCore artists and labels will be used to train Suno’s forthcoming…
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“I’ve heard Robert Fripp say no to everybody. David Bowie, Peter Gabriel, you name it, he always has an excuse not to play… He’s a wonderful husband but professionally it’s done me no favours”: Toyah Willcox is more than just Mrs King Crimson
Toyah Willcox, best known as an 80s new wave star behind hits like “It’s a Mystery” and “I Want to Be Free,” has spoken about a lesser-known side of her career: her experimental band The Humans, formed in 2007 with Chris Wong and the late Bill Rieflin. She also reflected candidly on how being married…
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Motörhead to Receive Exhibition at Punk Rock Museum
The Punk Rock Museum in Las Vegas will open an exhibition dedicated to Motörhead on Friday 2 October, honouring the band’s late frontman Lemmy Kilmister. Although best known for driving the rise of heavy metal, Lemmy also played bass for The Damned and remained a committed supporter of the punk scene for decades, making the…
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Suno inks global licensing deal with Believe
Believe, the French music distribution and label services group, has signed a global strategic partnership with AI music platform Suno, just over four months after it began blocking distribution of tracks generated on the service. The deal, announced on 8 September, allows artists and labels working with Believe and its self-release platform TuneCore to opt…