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Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 players want you to please stop voting for Nuketown, Hijacked and Raid every match
The recent release of Call of Duty: Black Ops 1 and 2 on PlayStation has brought a surge of new players, and with it a long-standing frustration among the community: the same handful of maps, particularly Nuketown, Hijacked and Raid, being voted for almost every match. A popular Reddit thread highlighted how players repeatedly ignore…
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‘The Acolyte’ Star’s New Fantasy Epic Officially Unleashes First Trailer
Amandla Stenberg, best known for playing Rue in The Hunger Games and Osha in Star Wars’ The Acolyte, is set to headline the fantasy adaptation Children of Blood and Bone, with Paramount releasing the film’s first official trailer. The project has generated controversy because author Tomi Adeyemi, who wrote the original novel, has publicly distanced…
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The Best Revenge Thriller Trilogy Since John Wick Is About to End With a Bang [Exclusive]
The horror-action franchise Becky is set to conclude with its third instalment, The Last Temptation of Becky, which premiered at Fantasia Festival 2026 and is due for wider release later this year. The series, likened by Collider to the John Wick films for its stylish, blood-soaked revenge premise, follows Lulu Wilson’s title character as she…
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Linda Perhacs Reported Missing
Linda Perhacs, the 82-year-old psychedelic folk musician best known for her 1970 cult album Parallelograms, has been reported missing after friends and collaborators lost contact with her. Her former manager, Laurel Stearns, said Perhacs was discharged from a residential care facility around eight months ago under the supervision of her legal guardian, and that repeated…
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Trump dealt major blow in explosive $10B BBC lawsuit… as he’s ordered to turn over secret financial records
Donald Trump has suffered a setback in his $10 billion (£7.9 billion) lawsuit against the BBC, after a court ordered him to hand over financial records he had sought to keep private. The ruling forces disclosure of material Trump’s legal team had resisted releasing, marking a win for the BBC’s defence in one of the…
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Rhiannon Giddens Signs With WME (EXCLUSIVE)
Roots and Americana musician Rhiannon Giddens has signed with talent agency WME for worldwide music representation, the singer and agency confirmed on Tuesday. The move comes as the Grammy- and Pulitzer-winning artist prepares to release her seventh studio album, ahead of a major label release and following a string of high-profile collaborations and live projects…
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Smashing Pumpkins Roll Out Week of ‘Pumpkinpalooza’ Events In Lead-Up to First Lollapalooza Headlining Slot in 32 Years
The Smashing Pumpkins are marking their first Lollapalooza headline slot in 32 years with a week-long celebration called “Pumpkinpalooza” in their native Chicago. The Chicago band last played the festival in 1994, during its original touring incarnation, and will now close out the North stage on Friday 31 July, underlining how far both the band…
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Judges announce 13-strong Booker Prize longlist, snubbing favourites
The Booker Prize longlist for 2026 has been unveiled, featuring 13 novels from authors including Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout and previous Booker winners Douglas Stuart and Marlon James. Judging chair Mary Beard described the selection, dubbed the “Booker Dozen”, as “dynamite” with “something for everyone”, while high-profile names such as Maggie O’Farrell, Ann Patchett,…
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Jelly Roll and Bunnie Xo take different paths after divorce as he climbs mountains, she buys $500K Rolls-Royce
Country singer Jelly Roll and his wife, Bunnie Xo, have taken markedly different paths since their divorce, with each embracing a distinct new chapter in their personal lives. The split, which brought an end to their high-profile marriage, has seen both figures pursue separate interests that have attracted significant media attention, highlighting how differently the…
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Web-slinging saga hailed as Marvel’s finest since Spider-Man 2
Polygon’s review of *Spider-Man: Brand New Day* concludes that the film is the best entry in the Spider-Man franchise since Sam Raimi’s *Spider-Man 2*, surpassing Tom Holland’s earlier “Home” trilogy with more grounded, mature storytelling in place of Marvel’s usual quip-heavy comedy. Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton from a script by returning writers Chris McKenna…