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Goalhanger Wants To Make The “British Bourne” With Geopolitical Audio Drama ‘Bear Hunt’
Goalhanger, the media company behind The Rest Is Entertainment and co-founded by Gary Lineker, Tony Pastor and Jack Davenport, is launching Bear Hunt, a ten-part audio drama it describes as a “British Bourne.” The series marks the debut release of Goalhanger Drama, a newly created scripted division, and follows a fictional plot to assassinate a…
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‘The myth is constantly being told’: creating a live album on stage as tribute to New York
Theatre-makers Emily Lim and Dan Canham are staging Public Record, a live performance created with more than 100 New Yorkers, at the open-air Delacorte Theater in Central Park for five nights from this Friday. The project, produced with the Public Theater’s Public Works programme, adapts a format the pair first developed in Sunderland, weaving music,…
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‘Ruin and decay bring a chance of rebirth’: Hidetaka Miyazaki on uniting players in a damaged world
FromSoftware’s Hidetaka Miyazaki, the director behind Dark Souls, Bloodborne and Elden Ring, has spoken about his upcoming multiplayer title The Duskbloods ahead of its release. Unlike his acclaimed single-player games, this is a Switch 2 exclusive pitting eight players against monstrous enemies and each other, with survivors whittled down across three rounds to a final…
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Child sexual abuse survivor alleges Elon Musk’s AI chatbot used photos of her to generate new illegal images
A survivor of child sexual abuse has filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk’s xAI, alleging that its chatbot Grok used real images of her abuse to generate new, illegal AI-produced child sexual abuse material (CSAM) depicting her. The class-action complaint, filed in a US district court in California, accuses xAI of ignoring industry-standard safeguards against…
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Azeez to Andrés: seven smart-looking Premier League deadline day deals
Ahead of the Premier League’s transfer deadline day, this article rounds up seven deals judged to be shrewd business, highlighting emerging talent and squad depth signings across the division. It includes Brighton’s swoop for Millwall winger Azeez, a promising Championship performer, alongside Danso’s move to Sunderland after a difficult, injury-hit spell at Tottenham as backup…
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Queens of the Stone Age’s Josh Homme kicked a woman and his ex-wife alleged domestic abuse. Why the cosy makeover?
A Guardian opinion piece argues that Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme is undergoing a public image rehabilitation – duetting with Shania Twain, appearing on Celebrity Gogglebox and giving cosy BBC 6 Music interviews – that glosses over serious allegations of violence. His ex-wife Brody Dalle testified in court that Homme once head-butted…
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Olid promises ‘brave’ Man Utd with new-look style
New Manchester United women’s manager Eva Olid has called for her side to be “brave” and adopt an “attacking mindset” ahead of her first match in charge, a Women’s Super League season opener away to London City Lionesses on Friday. The Spaniard, who joins from Hearts after Marc Skinner’s departure, arrives amid fan frustration over…
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‘Black Widow’ Meets ‘Ballerina’ in New Action Epic Officially Taking Over Netflix Globally
An Indian action film from the sprawling “Spy Universe” franchise, starring Alia Bhatt as a genetically modified soldier seeking revenge, has become a surprise global hit on Netflix despite flopping at the cinema. The movie underperformed on its theatrical release on 3 July and drew poor reviews, but has found a much larger audience since…
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4 Top 40 Songs From 1975 That Every Baby Boomer Can Still Sing by Heart
This article, from American Songwriter, is a short list-style feature highlighting four Top 40 hits from 1975 that the writer says remain instantly recognisable and singable to baby boomers (those born from the late 1940s to the 1960s). It’s a nostalgic, opinion-driven piece rather than hard news, reflecting on how songs from the disco and…
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Rumour: A Norwegian Retailer Seems To Think It Knows The Developer For The Zelda: Ocarina Of Time Remake
A listing on Norwegian retailer Elkjøp’s website named Monolith Soft, the Xenoblade Chronicles studio Nintendo fully acquired in December 2024, as the developer of the upcoming Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake for Switch 2. Nintendo Life treated the claim as an unverified rumour rather than confirmed fact, noting the publisher has a long history of…