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These were Spotify’s most-played songs during the solar eclipse
Spotify data showed UK listeners turned to eclipse-themed music during Wednesday’s partial solar eclipse, reflecting how major shared events can influence listening habits. – Evolfo’s ‘Moon Eclipsed The Sun’ rose 12,817% in UK streams. – Chris Staples’ ‘Dark Side Of The Moon’ rose 2,805%. – Pink Floyd’s ‘Eclipse’ rose 594%, while Delta Goodrem’s ‘Eclipse’ rose…
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Moment €9m worth of art stolen from Italy museum
Police have recovered three paintings stolen from the Magnani Rocca Museum near Parma, Italy, in a theft authorities described as among the country’s most significant recent art crimes. CCTV footage showed two masked thieves breaking into the museum on 22 March, and the recovery is important because the works were collectively valued at about €9m.…
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Lionel Richie hits out at Usher and Chris Brown’s joint tour: “We didn’t go to jail”
Lionel Richie criticised Usher and Chris Brown’s joint North American tour during a concert with Earth, Wind & Fire, suggesting that comparable co-headline shows had existed decades earlier without performers going to prison. He then quickly softened the remark, calling the pair “fine Christian men” and referring more generally to social media and online allegations;…
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Brandy, Halle Bailey, Auli’i Cravalho Join Legendary Disney Voices for ‘Disney Princess: The Ultimate Concert Celebration’ – Stream Online Here
ABC will broadcast ‘Disney Princess: The Ultimate Concert Celebration’ on 16 August, featuring footage from a D23 Expo concert that brought together prominent performers associated with Disney princess films. The special matters as it reunites original and newer voices from across Disney’s catalogue, while also serving as a promotional showcase for the studio’s streaming and…
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Chris Stapleton Finds Another Chris Stapleton in the Crowd at Ontario Show: “You’ll Be Signing Autographs for Everybody Later”
Chris Stapleton spotted a fan who closely resembled him during a Toronto performance on his All-American Road Show Tour. He jokingly called the man his “Canadian twin” and said he would be signing autographs later, creating a memorable moment for the audience. The lookalike was identified as Ontario-based performer Dave McNab, who runs a Chris…
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Who was “Jojo” from The Beatles’ 1969 hit ‘Get Back’?
He stayed at home in Tucson, Arizona. The post Who was “Jojo” from The Beatles’ 1969 hit ‘Get Back’? first appeared on Far Out Magazine.
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Sebastian Gibbs Returns To Netflix As Director Original Series
Sebastian Gibbs is returning to Netflix as Director of Original Series, where he will oversee intellectual property and major franchise programming. The appointment matters because it marks an uncommon return to a streaming employer and reverses a recent pattern of Netflix executives moving to Amazon MGM Studios. Gibbs starts on 17 August and will report…
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Kog is going deeper to squeeze more inference out of GPUs
French startup Kog is developing software intended to make existing data-centre GPUs run AI inference much faster, arguing that better low-level optimisation can reduce a major cost and speed bottleneck without requiring specialised chips. Its early demonstration attracted significant business interest, particularly from companies using AI for professional software engineering and prompt-based app or game…
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Roblox Is Now The Target Of A Congressional Investigation: “Children Are Hurting”
US Senators Josh Hawley and Dick Durbin have announced that Roblox will be the subject of a congressional investigation amid claims that the gaming platform is a threat to child safety. “You trumpet Roblox as a safe digital playground for children as young as five,” the pair wrote in an open letter. “But the public…
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Rangers and the paradox of a painful exit that boosts their trophy chances
Rangers’ poor start under new manager Derek McInnes has prompted sharp criticism after they failed to win any of their first four matches, including elimination from the main European competition by Jagiellonia Bialystok. The article argues that early setbacks do not necessarily define a manager’s tenure at Ibrox, citing past Rangers leaders who recovered from…