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Comedian Zach Zucker To Unveil ‘Stamptown’ Variety Special On Netflix In August
Comedian Zach Zucker has announced that his cult late-night variety show “Stamptown” will become a Netflix special, premiering on 25 August 2026, coinciding with the show’s tenth year at the Edinburgh Fringe. Billed as a raunchy, chaotic celebration of a decade of unconventional performers, the special serves as a tribute to the venues, festivals and…
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Against All Odds, Disappointing Arcade Racer Wreckreation Is Getting a PS5 Sequel
Wreckreation 2 has been announced for PS5 and other platforms, a surprise follow-up to a 2024 open-world arcade racer that was widely seen as underwhelming. The game comes from newly formed studio When Tides Turn, which appears to be largely the same development team behind the original, and shifts focus back towards core arcade racing…
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Stevie Nicks’ Last Top 40 Hit Burned With the Passion of an Artist-Producer Tryst
Stevie Nicks scored her final Top 40 solo hit in 1989 with “Rooms On Fire”, a single reportedly inspired by a romantic relationship with the track’s producer, Rupert Hine. The song marked a notable coda to a hugely successful solo career that had run alongside her work with Fleetwood Mac throughout the 1980s, and it…
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More women than ever before – and more privately educated than Starmer’s: A closer look at Andy Burnham’s top team
The Independent has analysed Andy Burnham’s newly appointed cabinet, comparing its make-up to that of his predecessor, Sir Keir Starmer, following Monday’s reshuffle. Burnham handed top jobs to John Healey, Shabana Mahmood, Louise Haigh and Ed Miliband, while purging Starmer loyalists including David Lammy, Darren Jones and Rachel Reeves, signalling a shift towards more traditional…
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WMG’s Sureel teams up with Symphonic to let distro company’s artists track AI use of their music
Independent music distributor Symphonic Distribution has partnered with Sureel AI, an attribution platform owned by Warner Music Group, to let its artists, labels and managers track how their music is used by artificial intelligence and opt in to potential AI-driven revenue. Announced on 20 July 2026, the opt-in deal expands Symphonic’s existing AI efforts and…
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Andy Schuon named new chief executive of Academy of Country Music
The Academy of Country Music has named Andy Schuon, a veteran media executive, as its new chief executive, with his first day set for 1 September. The appointment matters because it brings an outsider with decades of radio, television, streaming and music-business leadership into the organisation for the first time from outside Nashville, though he…
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Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls Beta – Start Time, Roster, And How To Get In
The article’s full text is unavailable because the linked page requires JavaScript and cookies, so its specific claims cannot be verified. Based on the title, it concerns the beta for Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls, including when it starts, which characters are playable and how players can gain access. The available material does not provide confirmed…
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“That Life Gotten a Hold of Me”: Country Star Returns After Taking Time off for Himself and Family
Country singer Jake Worthington, the 2014 runner-up on The Voice, has returned to touring after an eight-week break he took earlier this year to focus on his wellbeing and family. He announced the hiatus in May, saying the demands of a touring musician’s lifestyle had begun to take a toll on him and that he…
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Call of Duty: Black Ops and Black Ops 2 ports were both in the top 10 US PlayStation games last week despite cheating and DLC mess
Ports of the original Call of Duty: Black Ops (2010) and Black Ops 2 (2012) both landed in the top 10 best-selling PlayStation games in the US last week, despite ongoing complaints from players about cheating problems and a messy approach to downloadable content. The strong chart performance suggests continued appetite for classic Call of…
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Actress Kaylee Hottle from Godzilla vs Kong dies aged 18 in car crash
Kaylee Hottle, the young actress best known for playing Jia in Legendary’s MonsterVerse films, has died at the age of 18. Her father, Joshua Hottle, confirmed she was killed in a car accident in Maryland on Tuesday morning, with authorities initially reporting a serious crash before later telling him her heart had stopped en route…