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Man Utd’s George closing in on Brighton move
Manchester United defender Gabby George is closing in on a move to Brighton ahead of the new Women’s Super League season, in a deal reportedly worth a six-figure fee. The 29-year-old is seeking regular first-team football, and the transfer would bolster Brighton’s squad as they continue an ambitious summer rebuilding effort. George, who has a…
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Boy George hits out at “bunch of c***s” Bandcamp for removing pro-Israel song
Boy George has criticised music platform Bandcamp as a “bunch of c***s” after it removed his profile, taking down his controversial track “We Will Dance Again” alongside it. The song, released last month, proved divisive for appearing to reject descriptions of Israel’s Gaza campaign as genocide and for criticising musicians who back Palestine, and its…
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ITV Studios Germany Hires Fabian Tobias With Longtime Boss Christiane Ruff Set To Retire
ITV Studios has appointed Fabian Tobias to lead its German operations, succeeding long-serving managing director Christiane Ruff, who will retire in spring 2027. Tobias joins from Banijay’s EndemolShine Germany, where he oversaw operations in Germany, Switzerland and Poland, and will report to Lisa Perrin, ITV Studios’ London-based Managing Director of International Production. The move marks…
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60 years ago, The Temptations surprised the world with ‘Beauty Is Only Skin Deep’
This year marks 60 years since The Temptations released “Beauty Is Only Skin Deep”, a single that stood out for tackling themes beyond typical romantic pop lyrics of the mid-1960s. The song, released in 1966, is remembered as a departure that showed the Motown group’s willingness to experiment with subject matter and sound at a…
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Spider-Man: No Way Home’s Mary Rivera, Ned’s Grandma, Has Died Aged 82
Mary Rivera, the actress who played Ned’s Grandma in Spider-Man: No Way Home, has died aged 82.
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Web of billions: how Spider-Man became the most heroic franchise in Hollywood
Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Tom Holland’s fourth solo outing as Peter Parker, has smashed box office records, shattering the North American opening weekend record previously held by Avengers: Endgame and taking nearly a billion dollars worldwide within four days. The result is striking because it comes just a year after superhero films appeared to be…
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Marvel Has Officially Turned Deadpool’s Greatest Power Against Him in the Grossest Way Possible
Marvel’s Wade Wilson: Deadpool #7 preview turns the character’s signature healing factor into the source of his newest threat, taking his trademark regeneration—long treated as a comedic guarantee of survival despite decapitation, dismemberment and other fatal-looking injuries—and recasting it as the trigger for a disturbing new danger. This marks a notable tonal shift for the…
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Singapore’s First Wuxia Film ‘The House on the Moon’ Unveils Clip Ahead of Locarno Competition Bow: Director Nelson Yeo ‘Decided to Fully Embrace Genre’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Singapore-born director Nelson Yeo is set to premiere “The House on the Moon,” billed as the country’s first wuxia feature film, in the international competition at the Locarno Film Festival. The film reimagines the Chinese legend of Chang’Er, the moon goddess, expanding on a myth Yeo felt left too much unexplored, and marks his effort…
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Amazon Picks Up ‘Baywatch’ Reboot Internationally
Amazon Prime Video has acquired international streaming rights to the upcoming “Baywatch” reboot, securing the show for much of Europe (including France, Germany, Italy and Spain), plus Canada, Latin America, India and other territories. The deal, brokered by Fremantle, also grants Amazon licences to the original “Baywatch” back catalogue, extending the franchise’s global reach as…
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Think the Paramount-WBD Mega-Deal Has Nothing to Do With the Locarno Film Festival? Think Again!
The Locarno Film Festival’s industry programme, Locarno Pro, will tackle the fallout from Paramount Skydance’s planned acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery as one of its central themes in 2026, reflecting how the deal has become a talking point across the industry, from studio lots to other festivals such as Karlovy Vary. Locarno Pro director Markus…