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Slayyyter Nails Hole Cover, To Courtney Love’s Delight
Pop artist Slayyyter covered Hole’s 1994 song “Violet” for Triple J’s Like A Version series, earning a public seal of approval from Hole frontwoman Courtney Love. Love praised the performance in a cheeky social media post, joking that she had “employed” Slayyyter to work in her salon, delighting fans and underscoring the cover’s warm reception.…
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Partey signs for Al-Shabab in Saudi Pro League
Saudi Pro League club Al-Shabab have confirmed the signing of Ghana international Thomas Partey following his exit from Arsenal. The 33-year-old midfielder became a free agent after Villarreal chose not to extend his contract, and his move comes despite ongoing serious criminal proceedings against him in the UK, where he faces trial next year. Partey…
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Trump’s Homeland Security boss does major U-turn on audacious illegal migrant voting claim that could anger president
The head of the US Department of Homeland Security has reportedly reversed a striking earlier claim that large numbers of illegal migrants had been voting in American elections, an assertion that had bolstered President Trump’s long-standing arguments about voter fraud. The apparent climbdown is politically awkward, since it undercuts a narrative the White House has…
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Stray Kids Search For Connection in Emotional ‘After You’ Video
Stray Kids have released the music video for “After You,” a pop dance track from their album THIS & THAT, which recently became their ninth consecutive Billboard 200 number one. The video, released on Spotify, marks the latest milestone for the K-pop group as the album continues to perform strongly, having reportedly surpassed 100 million…
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4 Superb Solo Slow Ones From Paul McCartney That Deserve More Love
American Songwriter has put together a list highlighting four lesser-known slow songs from Paul McCartney’s solo career that the outlet believes deserve wider recognition. The feature runs through his output from the 1980s and 2000s, spotlighting tracks that showcase his songwriting and arrangement skills but never achieved the fame of his best-known ballads. – “Wanderlust”…
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My Baldur’s Gate 3 no weapons run descended into chaos when Lae’zel got kidnapped, so I reshaped my party around it
A GamesRadar+ writer’s self-imposed “no weapons” challenge run in Baldur’s Gate 3 hit a major snag when party member Lae’zel was kidnapped mid-playthrough, forcing a significant rethink of how the run could continue. Rather than abandoning the restrictive challenge, the author restructured their party composition around the setback, adapting strategy and character roles to keep…
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Sam Smith Wears Their Heart on Their Sleeve With the Lovestruck ‘Hazel Eyes’: Album Review
Variety’s Jem Aswad has reviewed Sam Smith’s new album “Hazel Eyes”, describing it as a lovestruck, largely acoustic reset that marks a stark departure from the singer’s previous record, 2023’s “Gloria”. Where “Gloria” was musically wide-ranging but sonically consistent, built around big pop moments such as the global hit “Unholy”, “Hazel Eyes” strips things back…
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First image shows Edward Bluemel as Hercule Poirot
The BBC and BritBox have unveiled the first image of Edward Bluemel as Hercule Poirot, confirming casting and creative details for “Hercule,” a new six-part adaptation of Agatha Christie’s detective as filming continues in Liverpool. Billed as an intimate character study of Poirot set against a wider portrait of interwar Britain, the series draws on…
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Major Supertram works set to finish earlier than expected – restoring Sheffield transport before bank holiday
“We’re pleased the works are now expected to finish before the Bank Holiday weekend”
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Why does it seem like food recalls are out of control this year?
A run of high-profile US food recalls in 2026 — including contaminated lettuce, over a million eggs, jalapeño-based products, frozen berries and fruit bars — has left shoppers feeling that recalls are spiralling out of control. Experts say public attention has genuinely increased, driven by heavier media and social media coverage, but the underlying data…