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Premier League returns and Arsenal sense opportunity with rivals in flux
As the Premier League season resumes, defending champions Arsenal find themselves in an unusually strong position, with manager Mikel Arteta now the longest-serving boss in the division and most title-chasing rivals contending with new or unsettled managers. This shift matters because it removes much of the continuity and experience that made clubs like Manchester City…
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29 Years Later, This 6-Part Sci-Fi Sitcom Is Still Funnier Than ‘The Big Bang Theory’
This retrospective piece argues that 3rd Rock from the Sun, the NBC sitcom that debuted as a mid-season replacement in January 1996, remains funnier nearly three decades on than The Big Bang Theory, the show often credited as its successor. The series followed the Solomon family — alien scientists posing as ordinary humans to study…
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Hayden Panettiere’s on-off boyfriend Brian Hickerson breaks silence through his lawyer four days after star’s death
Actor Hayden Panettiere has died, and four days after the news broke, her on-off boyfriend Brian Hickerson has responded publicly for the first time, issuing a statement through his lawyer rather than speaking directly. The pair had a well-documented and turbulent relationship, including a prior domestic violence case involving Hickerson, so any comment from him…
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UK, France, Germany, Italy and Canada condemn Israel’s West Bank settlement project
Israel’s decision to open tenders for around 1,200 settlement homes in the highly sensitive E1 area of the occupied West Bank has drawn sharp condemnation from the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Canada, who jointly called the move “unacceptable” and demanded it be retracted immediately. The E1 site, located between East Jerusalem and the settlement…
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Andrew McCarthy Sci-Fi Pic ‘Orion’ Acquired By Hyde Park International
Hyde Park International has acquired international sales rights to “Orion,” a sci-fi thriller directed by Jaco Bouwer and starring Andrew McCarthy, Debby Ryan and Drew Van Acker. The film follows NASA interrogator Jim (McCarthy) as he probes Apollo (Van Acker), an amnesiac astronaut whose space mission ended in disaster, to uncover what killed the crew…
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Confident Matthias Jaissle asks Newcastle to ‘avoid the negativity from outside’
Newcastle United’s new head coach, Matthias Jaissle, has urged fans and the media to show belief in his young squad ahead of his first Premier League match in charge, at home to Liverpool on Sunday. The German, appointed a fortnight ago as Eddie Howe’s successor, said he has “full confidence” in inexperienced players such as…
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Fewer than a quarter of Britons think Harry and Meghan should move back to the UK
A recent poll found that fewer than a quarter of Britons believe Prince Harry and Meghan Markle should relocate back to the UK, underlining how far the couple’s popularity has fallen with the British public since they stepped back from royal duties. The finding landed amid a wave of reporting that the Sussexes were weighing,…
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7 Cheaper Alternatives For Popular Games
Gaming has never been more expensive. We’re here to investigate why, and help you play more while spending less. Welcome to GameSpot Cheap Week. Massive, popular games go on sale all the time, but there are a plethora of titles that emulate those experiences with a lower starting price than the typical $60-$70 price tag. With that…
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Bessent urges US partners to back plans to ‘squash’ Iran economy
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has urged Washington’s allies to decide whether they will support a new American campaign to “squash” Iran’s economy, warning that the message to partners is essentially “you are either with us or against us”. This follows a Truth Social post from President Trump threatening “tremendous economic consequences” for any country…
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Jason Statham’s ‘Die Hard’ Replacement Officially Gets a Rotten Tomatoes Reality Check
Jason Statham’s new action thriller “Mutiny” has received mixed reviews from critics, with the Rotten Tomatoes score sitting at 49% from 39 reviews after the embargo lifted. Billed as a “Die Hard”-style film, it comes at a crucial moment for Statham, whose previous 2026 release, “Shelter”, failed to recoup its production costs at the box…