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One of Final Fantasy’s Best Characters Officially Returns in 2027
Square Enix has opened pre-orders for two premium 1/4-scale Aerith Gainsborough statues based on Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, with delivery expected in 2027. The release matters to collectors because Aerith is one of the series’ most prominent characters and the figures are part of the company’s high-end Masterline range with Prime 1 Studio. The regular…
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Born 85 Years Ago Today in Indiana, the “Rolls-Royce of Country Singers” Who Made History With Her Very First Single
Country singer Connie Smith is being recognised on her 85th birthday for a landmark debut that helped establish her as one of the genre’s leading vocalists. Her first single, “Once a Day”, reached number one on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart in 1964, making her the first woman to top the chart with a debut…
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Total War: Warhammer 3 is getting a big free vampiric update in September, alongside the epithet-stuffed Lords of the End Times DLC
Creative Assembly will release Lords of the End Times, described as Total War: Warhammer 3’s largest DLC to date, on 24 September. It will arrive alongside a substantial free update, expanding the strategy game’s roster and revising several existing factions and systems. The DLC adds four Legendary Lords: Nagash, Thanquol, Boris Todbringer and the Glottkin,…
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How much do you know about the Football League? Find out with our quiz
The Guardian has published a 16-question quiz to mark the start of the new English Football League season across the Championship, League One and League Two. It tests readers’ knowledge of clubs, managers, players, promotions, stadiums and historical records, offering a light-hearted way to engage with the season’s lower-league football. Questions cover Leicester City’s successive…
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3 Greatest Movies To Watch on Netflix This Weekend (Aug 15-16)
This weekend, Netflix’s US catalogue offers three notable film options for viewers, spanning horror, teen drama and action thriller genres. The piece highlights a mix of a newly-arrived acquisition and Netflix-produced originals, aimed at giving subscribers alternatives to the cinema release of Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor’s dinosaur feature The End of Oak Street. The…
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Magic’s Reality Fracture Revives a 16-Year-Old Commander Card From an Erased Timeline
Magic: The Gathering’s forthcoming Reality Fracture Commander release will introduce Darksteel Angel, a new card based on artwork created for Mirrodin Pure, an unrealised 2011 set. The card revisits an alternate outcome in which Mirrodin defeated the Phyrexian invasion, illustrating how Reality Fracture will use multiversal “what if” scenarios to revisit the game’s past. Darksteel…
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A Weezer movie is coming in 2027
Weezer guitarist Brian Bell has said the band’s as-yet-untitled film has been completed and is due for release in 2027. The confirmation gives a firm timeframe for a project first announced at Coachella last year, though official details about its plot, cast and title remain limited. Earlier reports described the film as combining elements of…
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London bus drivers start 26 days of strike action over ‘dangerously hot’ working conditions as capital sees latest heatwave in record-breaking summer
London bus drivers have begun 26 days of strike action, citing working conditions they describe as dangerously hot during the capital’s latest heatwave. The dispute matters because it could disrupt services for passengers while drawing attention to heat risks for staff working in vehicles during an exceptionally warm summer. The action coincides with further high…
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The X-Files Creator Chris Carter Wants to Continue the Story on From the Divisive Season 11 Finale
IGN interviews Chris Carter on The X-Files: I Want to Believe – Vrach Frankenshteyn and finally continuing the mainline story.
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The Office’s Lucy Davis ‘overwhelmed’ by kindness after cancer diagnosis
Actress Lucy Davis has thanked supporters after revealing she has incurable breast cancer that has spread to her bones. The former The Office star said the public response had been “utterly overwhelming” and described the kindness and support as emotional, while using humour and a skateboarding video to lighten the mood. Davis, 53, said she…