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NBA appears to prioritize European audience with announcement of unique 2026-27 season opener
The NBA has made an announcement regarding its 2026-27 season that appears to place unusual emphasis on the league’s European audience, continuing a push towards global expansion under commissioner Adam Silver. Silver has repeatedly described the NBA as a “global league” since taking charge in 2014, and this latest move, revealed on a Tuesday, is…
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Developer takes first step of scheme to build green belt homes in Handsworth in face of controversy – thestar.co.uk
Handsworth Farm Partnership has submitted an environmental impact assessment, the first formal step towards a proposed Orgreave Park development on green-belt land at Handsworth Hall Farm in Sheffield. The scheme is controversial because it would build on working farmland, though it is intended to help meet Sheffield’s housing and employment needs. The proposal could include…
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‘Josephine’ Trailer: Gemma Chan & Channing Tatum’s 8-Year-Old Witnesses A Terrible Crime; Sundance Double Winner Gets Release Date
A trailer and theatrical release date have been unveiled for “Josephine,” writer-director Beth de Araújo’s drama starring Channing Tatum and Gemma Chan, which won both the Grand Jury Award and Audience Award at Sundance in January. The film follows eight-year-old Josephine, who witnesses a crime in Golden Gate Park and begins acting out violently, straining…
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How Julie Andrews’ Singing Poodle Inspired New Children’s Book With Daughter
Julie Andrews and her daughter Emma Walton Hamilton have released a new children’s book, Shy, published by Abrams Books, continuing their decades-long collaboration on children’s literature. The story follows a timid shelter dog who discovers her voice through music after being adopted by a pianist, and was directly inspired by a real-life incident involving Andrews’…
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Inside ‘Dreams in Nightmares,’ a Vibrant Reinvention of the American Road Movie
Filmmaker Shatara Michelle Ford’s second feature, “Dreams in Nightmares,” is finally reaching cinemas on 21 August via the small distributor Lunette Films, nearly two years after its acclaimed premiere at the BlackStar Film Festival in Philadelphia. Despite strong reviews and a notable cast, getting the follow-up to Ford’s celebrated debut “Test Pattern” into theatres proved…
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Dwayne Johnson Says He Is “Exploring” a Music Career Inspired by “Old-School Soul” and Country
Dwayne Johnson has told Rolling Stone he is exploring a music career, saying he wants to “sing from the heart” in a style drawing on old-school soul with “some country flavour”. The actor and former wrestler cited influences including Sam Cooke, Elvis Presley, George Jones, Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson, framing the move as something…
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The “degrading” 2017 audition when Jennifer Lawrence was forced to perform in a “nude line-up”
“Lose 15 pounds in two weeks.” The post The “degrading” 2017 audition when Jennifer Lawrence was forced to perform in a “nude line-up” first appeared on Far Out Magazine.
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Halo: Campaign Evolved’s Biggest Competition Might Be Halo
Halo Campaign Evolved is a celebration of the franchise, but not many people are attending that party. New estimates peg sales at 1.2 million copies sold across PC, Xbox Series X|S, and PS5 so far, around $67 million in revenue, which isn’t the best start for this remake of the original Halo campaign. Also available…
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GUNS N’ ROSES Guitarist SLASH: ‘It’s Really Amazing And Humbling That ‘Appetite For Destruction’ Has Become So Iconic’
Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash has reflected on the enduring success of the band’s 1987 debut album “Appetite For Destruction,” describing it as “amazing and humbling” that the record has become so iconic, while stressing that he focuses on writing music in the present rather than looking back at past achievements. The comments came in…
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40 Years Later, This ’80s Cult Classic Star Officially Wants a Reboot, ‘Cobra Kai’ Style [Exclusive]
James Pax, who played Lightning in John Carpenter’s 1986 cult classic Big Trouble in Little China alongside Kurt Russell, has said he wants to spearhead a revival of the film in the mould of Cobra Kai, the hit sequel series that revived The Karate Kid decades after the original. Speaking at a 40th-anniversary panel at…