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How Tottenham’s transfer window shows big WSL ambitions
Tottenham’s summer recruitment signals a stronger push to challenge the Women’s Super League’s established leading clubs and eventually qualify for European football. After finishing fifth last season under Martin Ho, Spurs have targeted early, planned signings to give their reshaped squad a full pre-season together. The club broke its transfer record for France defender Alice…
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‘This Is Birmingham’: TV Series Adaptation Of Surprise Prime Video UK Hit In Works
A television adaptation of the low-budget British crime film This Is Birmingham is in development after the film became an unexpected hit on Prime Video UK. Its success suggests there is continuing demand for locally rooted British crime drama, particularly stories set outside London and centred on Birmingham. Written, funded and starring Kay S. Ubhi,…
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I threw a water balloon at the wrong guy.. but then I sang him a song to calm him down
This is a short-form YouTube video (a “Short”) from a creator whose content revolves around spontaneous prank-style stunts, in this case throwing a water balloon at a stranger who turns out not to be the intended target. After the mix-up, the creator diffuses the tense reaction by breaking into song, turning what could have been…
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Halo: Campaign Evolved review – they don’t make ‘em like this any more
Halo: Campaign Evolved, a 25th-anniversary remake of the original Xbox shooter Halo: Combat Evolved, has been reviewed by the Guardian as a largely successful revival of a style of single-player first-person shooter that has since fallen out of fashion. The remake, developed by Halo Studios using Unreal Engine 5, arrives amid turmoil at Xbox’s gaming…
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Paramount Sacrificed Some Cinema History To Win Approval For Its Warner Deal, But Will It Be Enough To Safeguard Europe’s Theatrical Business?
Paramount has agreed to walk away from United International Pictures (UIP), its 44-year-old international distribution joint venture with Universal Pictures, in order to win European Commission approval for its takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery. The move highlights the trade-offs regulators are extracting from Paramount to prevent the merged company from gaining too much control over…
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The £1 piece of kit that will transform any guitarist, according to Keith Richards
Keith Richards has argued that the humble guitar pick is the inexpensive accessory most capable of improving a guitarist’s playing. The Rolling Stones guitarist said its importance lies in how it shapes contact with the strings, making it a fundamental tool rather than an afterthought. He stressed that players should experiment with different picks to…
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Who am I? Guess The Hundred cricket star No 10
BBC Sport has published day 10 of its Hundred-themed “Who am I?” quiz, inviting readers to identify a cricketer competing in this year’s tournament from a series of progressively revealed clues. Players lose points for each incorrect guess, with a score of three considered good and four or five deemed exceptional; the aim is to…
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“The music evokes the past in an extraordinary way. The public own it now, and it has a kind of magic to it.” The story of Meet On The Ledge, Fairport Convention’s most stirring, emotive anthem
Fairport Convention’s Meet On The Ledge has become the band’s defining anthem, a song traditionally used to close their annual Cropredy Convention festival with a mass singalong from thousands of fans. First released in 1968 on the group’s second album, What We Did On Our Holidays, the track has taken on a deeper, almost hymn-like…
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Who am I? Guess Premier League star No 10
BBC Sport has published the latest instalment of its daily “Who Am I?” football quiz, challenging readers to identify a Premier League player from a series of progressively revealing clues. This is part of an ongoing series rather than a standalone news story, offering a light interactive feature for football fans rather than reporting on…
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The 1951 movie responsible for Javier Bardem’s worst audition: “I didn’t want to do it”
Javier Bardem has described auditioning for a stage production of A Streetcar Named Desire as the worst audition of his career, despite being offered the role. He said he lacked confidence that, at 23, he could handle the character or live up to Marlon Brando’s celebrated performance in the 1951 film, and ultimately declined the…