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‘Snap your hand off’ – O’Reilly profiled as SWFC close in on Aston Villa attacker – thestar.co.uk
This is just a Google consent-wall loop, not the article itself — following it won’t yield real content. Given the title, I’ll base the summary on that alone, but I should be upfront that the actual article text couldn’t be retrieved (only cookie-consent boilerplate came through), so I can’t produce a reliable, detailed summary of…
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Keir Starmer, Rachel Reeves and ex-PM’s other sacked loyalists in line for £200k payoffs as Andy Burnham creates ‘Cabinet for the North’
Andy Burnham has taken over at Downing Street following Sir Keir Starmer’s exit as prime minister, with Starmer, Rachel Reeves and other loyalists sacked in the reshuffle reportedly in line for payoffs of around £200,000 as part of severance arrangements. Burnham is said to be assembling a “Cabinet for the North”, signalling a shift in…
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Nintendo Asks Court To Dismiss U.S. Tariff Refund Lawsuit
Nintendo has filed a motion asking a US court to dismiss a lawsuit that seeks refunds for customers who paid higher prices on Switch and Switch 2 products after tariffs were later ruled illegal. The case, brought by plaintiffs Gregory Hoffert and Prashant Sharan, argues Nintendo should pass on any refunds it receives from the…
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Nintendo Switch 2 Drops to Just $399 at Woot Ahead of Incoming Price Hikes
Nintendo Switch 2 owners-to-be have a fresh window to grab the console cheaply, with retailer Woot offering it for as little as $399 ahead of Nintendo’s confirmed price rise on 1 September, when the console will jump from $449.99 to $499.99. The deal is notable because official Switch 2 discounts have been rare since its…
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It’s Officially the End of an Era for John Wick on Streaming
The entire John Wick film franchise is set to leave HBO/HBO Max on 31 July, closing off easy streaming access to the four-film series just as the future of the character himself remains unresolved. The films built a reputation on stylish, dialogue-light action, driven by Keanu Reeves’ physical performances and Chad Stahelski’s direction, making the…
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What sense can we make of the madness at id Software?
Id Software, the studio behind Doom and Quake, cut 136 staff — more than half its workforce — as part of Microsoft’s wider layoffs, which saw 1,600 Xbox jobs lost with another 1,600 at risk. The scale of the cuts sparked fears that id’s proprietary id-tech engine could be abandoned in favour of Unreal Engine,…
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Avengers: Doomsday Describes the Return of Steve Rogers as a ‘Miracle,’ but Some Marvel Fans Believe There’s More Going on Than Meets the Eye
A new trailer for Avengers: Doomsday teases the return of Chris Evans as Steve Rogers, framed within the film as a “miracle” arriving to help fight Doctor Doom. However, some fans have seized on visual differences in Evans’s appearance to speculate that this version of Rogers may not be the hero audiences know, but an…
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Anurag Kashyap, MIFFest Jury President, Searches for ‘a New Cinematic Language’
Indian filmmaker Anurag Kashyap is serving as jury president at the Malaysia International Film Festival (MIFFest), where he is also leading a masterclass titled “Unfiltered Realism.” Rather than presenting himself as an authority with fixed answers, Kashyap says he is using the role to seek out what he calls “a new cinematic language,” expressing particular…
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Bub – living an artist’s dreams and dreads in New York
A new video game called Bub tells the autobiographical story of artist and stop-motion animator Case Jernigan, exploring the impact of his multiple sclerosis diagnosis on his ability to make art. Developed with coder and gameplay designer Todd Anderson, the game blends a present-day New York City setting with stop-motion-rendered childhood memories and dreamlike visions,…
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Hole and Smashing Pumpkins icon Melissa Auf der Maur digs into archive to unveil first new music in 16 years
Melissa Auf der Maur, bassist for Hole and former touring member of The Smashing Pumpkins, is releasing her first new music in 16 years. The album, ‘Bass Womb Room: My ’90s 4-Track Demos x Field Recordings’, collects previously unreleased living-room demos she recorded in the 1990s using a handycam propped on her amp, alongside eight…