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4 Songs Every 70s Kid Heard While Riding in the Family Car to School Each Morning
This lighthearted piece from American Songwriter revisits four songs that would have been staples of car radio listening for children being driven to school during the 1970s, tapping into nostalgia for the era’s biggest chart hits. It highlights tracks that dominated radio airplay at the time and have since become enduring classics of pop, rock…
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Trial to be introduced in bid to prevent goalkeeper tactical time-outs
English football’s governing bodies will trial new measures this season aimed at stopping goalkeepers from using feigned or exaggerated injuries as tactical time-outs. The initiative, backed jointly by Pro Ref, the Football Association, the Premier League, the English Football League, the Women’s Super League and the National League, follows incidents such as Manchester City’s Gianluigi…
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Ubisoft is giving out free PC copies of Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, Prince of Persia,and Tom Clancy games to people who own them on Xbox
Ubisoft is offering free PC versions of several of its games to players who already own them on Xbox, extending its “Ubisoft Connect” ecosystem across platforms. The move covers major franchises including Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, Prince of Persia and Tom Clancy titles, allowing eligible owners to play the same games on PC without paying…
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Prime Video Romance Drama ‘Rose Hill’ Finds Its Lead Cast
Prime Video has cast the lead roles for its upcoming romance drama “Rose Hill,” based on Elsie Silver’s bestselling small-town romance book series. The announcement, made on Monday, marks a key step forward for the adaptation, which is set in a Canadian mountain town and centres on the romantic entanglements of a group of friends.…
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Obscured Releasing Takes North America To Emily Robinson’s SXSW Horror Pic ‘Ugly Cry’
Obscured Releasing has acquired North American rights to “Ugly Cry,” a psychological horror comedy that marks the feature directorial debut of actress Emily Robinson, best known for “Eighth Grade.” The film premiered at SXSW and follows a young Hollywood actress’s descent into body dysmorphia as she struggles with unrealistic beauty standards, with Robinson also writing…
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Bimbo Announce Debut Album The Bimbonacci Sequence: Hear “Chewing Glass”
Marquette, Michigan duo Bimbo have signed to indie label Exploding In Sound and announced their debut album, The Bimbonacci Sequence, alongside the lead single “Chewing Glass”. The band, made up of siblings Gretchen McKenzie (vocals/guitar) and Dawson McKenzie (drums), describe their sound as evoking the White Stripes “if they were evil” and couldn’t write in…
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Blade Runner 2099 feels more “like a movie,” says showrunner, as it’s only 8 episodes in total
Blade Runner 2099, the upcoming television continuation of the Blade Runner franchise, has been described by its showrunner as feeling more “like a movie” than a typical television series, owing to its compact structure of just eight episodes. This framing suggests the production has been shaped with a tighter, more cinematic narrative arc in mind,…
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TOM KEIFER: Writing Songs ‘Always Starts With A Lyric For Me’
CINDERELLA frontman Tom Keifer has discussed his songwriting process in a new interview with Jacky BamBam on Philadelphia’s 93.3 WMMR radio station, explaining that lyrics always come first for him, regardless of a song’s genre or intensity. He said the lyric acts as a “screenplay” that determines the song’s musical treatment, whether it becomes a…
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Alan Ritchson Officially Reveals Jack Reacher’s Real Superpower [Exclusive]
Alan Ritchson, the actor behind the title character in the TV series Reacher, has said that his hero’s real superpower is not his brute strength but his distinctive walk. Speaking to Collider at San Diego Comic-Con, Ritchson explained that this deliberate creative choice communicates the character’s intelligence, confidence and mindset without a word being spoken,…
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Super Smash Bros. on Switch 2 could look totally different
With Nintendo’s Switch 2 having reinvigorated franchises such as Donkey Kong, Pokémon and Splatoon over the past year, speculation is growing about how a new instalment of Super Smash Bros. might reflect these changes. Polygon has compiled a wishlist of characters and redesigns it believes could feature, arguing that Smash Bros. has traditionally served as…