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‘Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story’ Sets Netflix Release Date, Unveils First-Look Photos
Netflix has announced a release date and unveiled first-look images for “Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story”, the latest instalment in Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s true-crime anthology series. The show, which premieres on 17 September, marks the franchise’s first female “monster” and dramatises the infamous 1892 axe murders of Andrew and Abby Borden, exploring how…
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10 Most Impressive Epic Movies of All Time
Collider has published a ranked list of the 10 most impressive epic movies of all time, highlighting films distinguished by long runtimes, huge production scale and a convincing sense of time and place. The list mixes historical dramas, war films and fictional epics, judged on the “how did they pull this off?” test of sheer…
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Country Songs Are Dominating the Hot 100. We Shouldn’t Be Surprised
Country music has swept the top of the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time ever, with country songs occupying all five top spots simultaneously. The feat, achieved by Ella Langley, Morgan Wallen, Taylor Swift, Stella Lefty and a Langley-Wallen duet, surpasses even the genre’s 1990s peak led by Garth Brooks and Shania Twain, underlining…
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The “very worst” genre of music, according to Clint Eastwood: “I don’t see any value to that”
Clint Eastwood’s musical tastes largely reflect his upbringing, favouring jazz, swing, country and classic pop from artists such as Frank Sinatra, Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald. He also attempted a country music recording career himself, releasing cowboy-themed songs and singles in a style consistent with the era he grew up in. Asked about gangsta rap…
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Brittany Snow Joins Sydney Sweeney in Lionsgate’s ‘The Housemaid’ Sequel
Actor Brittany Snow has joined the cast of “The Housemaid’s Secret,” Lionsgate’s sequel to its surprise box-office hit “The Housemaid.” She joins returning star Sydney Sweeney alongside newcomers Kirsten Dunst and Paul Anthony Kelly, with Michele Morrone reprising his role from the first film and Paul Feig returning to direct. The sequel is based on…
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Brandon Flowers admits he’s considered quitting music: “I’m really going through it right now”
Flowers has been treading the boards for 25 years. The post Brandon Flowers admits he’s considered quitting music: “I’m really going through it right now” first appeared on Far Out Magazine.
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Developer that made Netflix’s FIFA World Cup game hit by devastating layoffs
Refactor, the studio behind Netflix’s FIFA World Cup: Launch Edition, has laid off around 80 staff — some 85% of the company — after co-owner Delphi Interactive abruptly withdrew funding. The cuts came just weeks after the game’s June 2026 release, despite Netflix describing it as one of its most successful cloud game debuts, highlighting…
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Europe heat wave fuels drought, fires and energy fears
A severe heat wave is gripping much of Europe, driving down river levels, fuelling deadly wildfires and straining nuclear power generation across several countries. Nations including Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece, France, Italy, the Czech Republic and the UK are all affected, with the crisis touching energy security, water supplies and public health simultaneously, and…
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Eli Roth Got Sick of Studio Notes and Shrinking Residuals, With ‘Ice Cream Man’ He’s Going Into Business for Himself
Director Eli Roth has founded his own independent distribution outfit, The Horror Section, after growing frustrated with studio interference on his $120 million video game adaptation “Borderlands,” which was watered down to secure a PG-13 rating and subsequently flopped with critics and audiences in 2024. His new low-budget horror film “Ice Cream Man,” about children…
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Music legend honoured with home city star
Sheffield singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Paul Carrack has been honoured with his own star outside Sheffield Town Hall, presented by the city’s Lord Mayor. The tribute recognises Carrack’s decades-long career, during which he wrote and sang hits including The Living Years with Mike + The Mechanics and How Long with Ace, and joins him to…