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Steve Toussaint details Corlys Velaryon’s role in House of the Dragon finale
Steve Toussaint has given further detail on Corlys Velaryon’s role in the House of the Dragon Season 3 finale, revealing that the character’s severed finger was created using a real cast of the actor’s own hand and that he first learned of the mutilation from reading the script rather than being told directly. He also…
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Mourinho confirms he rejected 2013 Manchester United manager role
José Mourinho has confirmed in a new Netflix documentary that he agreed in 2013 to succeed Sir Alex Ferguson as Manchester United manager, only to change his mind at the last minute and return to Chelsea instead. Ferguson corroborated the account, revealing that Mourinho phoned him in tears to explain he could not break his…
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How Linda Ronstadt saved Billy Joel’s 1977 classic: “Are you out of your mind?”
Right place, right time. The post How Linda Ronstadt saved Billy Joel’s 1977 classic: “Are you out of your mind?” first appeared on Far Out Magazine.
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Steam Week in Review: Games about sorting 1000s of mundane objects onto shelves is the new craze sweeping PC gaming
All the interesting Steam facts for the week ending August 9.
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NEC tests parking tech that only starts charging once you exit your car
Japan’s NEC has begun testing parking technology, developed with fellow Japanese firm UrbanChain, that only starts billing a driver once they have parked and left their vehicle, rather than from the moment they enter the car park. This addresses a long-standing gripe with conventional systems, which typically start the clock on entry and so charge…
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The 2013 adaptation Stephen King couldn’t stand watching: “Went entirely off the rails”
They butchered his baby. The post The 2013 adaptation Stephen King couldn’t stand watching: “Went entirely off the rails” first appeared on Far Out Magazine.
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How Pete Townshend turned youthful disgust into The Who’s biggest hit. “I didn’t like being confronted with money and the class system and power”
Pete Townshend has explained that My Generation, The Who’s breakthrough 1965 single, was born as much from anger at wealth and class privilege as from youthful rebellion. Although the song is best remembered for its defiant “hope I die before I get old” refrain, Townshend later revealed that the line stemmed from his discomfort at…
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Fans Choose Stray Kids ‘This & That’ as This Week’s Favorite New Music
Stray Kids’ new release “THIS & THAT” has been named the favourite new music of the week by Billboard readers, winning a poll of songs released in a busy week that also included new material from Karol G, Madonna and Kylie Minogue, FLO, Role Model and Alex Warren. The result reflects the K-pop group’s continued…
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The 10 Best Book Series of All Time, Ranked
Collider has published a ranked list of the ten best book series of all time, compiled by writer Safwan Azeem and judging entries on how fully they immerse readers in their fictional worlds. The piece argues that book series offer a more sustained connection to characters than film or television adaptations, since novels retain depth,…
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HBO’s Disturbing 8-Episode Horror-Comedy Is Too Good To Stay Forgotten
HBO’s 2022 miniseries The Baby is being highlighted as an underappreciated horror-comedy worth revisiting, praised for using the “demonic child” trope to explore the anxieties of motherhood rather than just deliver scares. Created by Lucy Gaymer and Siân Robins-Grace, the eight-episode show follows a woman whose resistance to parenthood is upended when a sinister infant…