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The Best Rock Album From Every Year of the 2000s
Collider argues that the 2000s represented rock music’s last major decade, despite the internet fragmenting audiences and making it harder for new bands to become widely successful. – 2000: Radiohead — *Kid A*, praised for its experimental electronic sound and US chart success. – 2001: The Strokes — *Is This It*, presented as a raw,…
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10 Best Video Games of the Last 30 Years
Collider ranks video games from the past 30 years using gameplay, design, visuals, narrative, originality, influence, fan opinion and critical acclaim. – 10. The Last of Us (2013): praised for its character-driven post-apocalyptic story and influence on game storytelling. – 9. Grand Theft Auto V (2013): recognised for its immersive open world, emergent play and…
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Angela Rayner’s crackdown on zero-hours contracts could cost businesses £2.9 billion a year, Labour admits, sparking fears of ‘jobs horror show’
The article reports that Labour has acknowledged its planned restrictions on zero-hours contracts could cost businesses up to £2.9 billion annually. The measure is associated with Angela Rayner and forms part of wider employment-rights reforms, prompting concerns from critics that higher costs and reduced flexibility could harm hiring. The reported estimate focuses on the potential…
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The ‘Verity’ Trailer Is Here, and It Embraces Colleen Hoover’s Most Disturbing Elements
The official trailer for *Verity*, adapted from Colleen Hoover’s 2018 bestseller, presents the film as a dark psychological thriller that leans into the novel’s disturbing and horror-inflected material. Dakota Johnson plays struggling writer Lowen Ashleigh, hired to complete paralysed author Verity Crawford’s work, before discovering a troubling manuscript at the Crawford home that makes her…
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Charlie Hunnam on His Physical and Vocal Transformation to Play Ed Gein in ‘Monster’
Charlie Hunnam describes the physical and vocal preparation behind his portrayal of serial killer Ed Gein in Netflix’s eight-part “Monster: The Ed Gein Story”. He says the role carried particular responsibility because Gein was a real person and his crimes were both exceptionally disturbing and influential on later horror fiction, prompting Hunnam to focus on…
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Female squatter used terrifyingly easy trick to take over couple’s apartment
A New York City couple returned from holiday to find a stranger had let herself into their apartment after telling their building’s doorman she was there to walk their dog. Bill and Yelim Kim spotted the woman lounging on their sofa via a Ring camera notification, sparking hours of frantic calls to police and friends…
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The next big indie game publisher is taking some exciting swings
Kinetic Publishing, a new indie label formed by the developers of Phasmophobia, has unveiled five games due in 2027 and 2028 at its first showcase. Its most notable signing is Precognition, the next project from Sam Barlow, whose previous games Telling Lies and Immortality used filmed footage and non-linear storytelling; the announcement signals Kinetic’s ambition…
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Immortality creator Sam Barlow’s new video-scouring game is sci-fi horror Precognition, a collab with filmmaker Brandon Cronenberg, in which you see and change the future
Sam Barlow’s next game, Precognition, is a sci-fi horror mystery in which players search video clips of a protagonist’s possible future and alter events by choosing which moments she remembers. It matters because it extends the archive-based investigative approach of Her Story and Immortality into a more systemic mechanic focused on cause, effect and competing…
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Denny Hamlin chases monster largemouth bass in Texas with Bassmaster pro Chris Zaldain
NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin has taken his growing passion for bass fishing to a new level, joining Bassmaster Elite Series professional Chris Zaldain for a day chasing trophy largemouth bass at Camelot Bell Ranch in Texas. The trip, filmed for Zaldain’s YouTube channel, underlines how what began as an offseason pastime for Hamlin has become…