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PBS SoCal Leads 2026 Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards Winners – Full List
PBS SoCal topped the winners’ table at the 78th Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards, held on Saturday at the Skirball Cultural Center, matching its 2025 total of eight trophies. The ceremony, hosted by ABC7’s George Pennacchio, recognised local broadcasters for coverage including the aftermath of the devastating January 2025 wildfires and reporting on the LA…
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Bret Michaels Undergoes Kidney Stone Surgery After Performing in ‘Intense’ Pain
Bret Michaels, frontman of the rock band Poison, has undergone surgery to remove a kidney stone after performing through several shows while in severe pain rather than cancel on fans. The 63-year-old revealed the ordeal in a Facebook post, describing the pain as “intense” but saying he continued playing gigs before finally being hospitalised. Michaels…
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‘Virginity is a myth we’ve given too much power’
Poet Hollie McNish used her appearance at Latitude Festival to argue that the concept of virginity carries far too much cultural weight, describing it as a “man-made myth” that has historically been used to control, shame and define people, particularly women. The 43-year-old, whose new poetry collection Virgin explores the theme, said no other “first…
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Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game character tier list (launch)
Destructoid has published a launch-day tier list for Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game, ranking the more than ten playable characters by strength and ease of use in the current meta. The guide, written by staff writer Arka Sarkar, splits fighters into S-tier (overpowered and effortless), A-tier (solid alternatives) and B-tier (harder to master, with clear…
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Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ Tracking for Biggest Second-Weekend Box Office
Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ is tracking for the strongest second-weekend box office performance of the director’s entire career, surpassing the previous benchmark established by ‘The Dark Knight.’ This achievement
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TV tonight: Ruth Madeley’s ambitious new drama about the end of the world
Tonight’s TV highlights are led by *The Rapture*, a new five-part BBC One drama starring Ruth Madeley as a therapist working with a teenager who claims her disturbing drawings predict real-world climate disasters, set against a backdrop of extreme heatwaves in Wales. The series, also featuring Ruth Jones, Iwan Rheon and Jack Farthing, is notable…
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The “incredible” singer The Edge was always thrilled to work with
The article recalls The Edge’s admiration for Jeff Buckley, whom he described as an “incredible” singer with exceptional talent. It highlights the impact Buckley had on U2, showing how the late musician’s brief career continued to resonate with major artists. The Edge said U2 were fans of Buckley’s 1994 album *Grace* and that he had…