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Melissa Auf der Maur returns with first album in 16 years
Melissa Auf der Maur, the former Hole bassist, has released her first new music in 16 years with the album Bass Womb Room: My ’90s 4-Track Demos x Field Recordings. The record pairs previously unheard demos she recorded at home in the 1990s with eight newly composed interludes made for an accompanying photography exhibition, giving…
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Dwayne Wayne Returns (Without the Flip-Up Shades) in Netflix’s ‘A Different World’ First Look
Netflix has released first-look images and cast details for its revival of “A Different World,” the 1980s/90s Cosby Show spin-off set at the fictional Hillman College. The new series shifts focus to Deborah Wayne, the youngest daughter of original characters Dwayne Wayne (Kadeem Hardison) and Whitley (Jasmine Guy), as she carves out her own path…
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Activision has confirmed the Call of Duty movie setting, and it’s not what I’d have picked
Activision and Paramount have confirmed that the forthcoming Call of Duty film will be set in the Modern Warfare universe. The decision establishes the film’s central setting ahead of its 2028 release and ties the adaptation to one of the franchise’s best-known sub-series, although the article argues that Black Ops might have offered more distinctive…
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‘Chronicles of Narnia’ and ‘Mortal Kombat’ Stars Unite for Epic 19th-Century Historical Drama [Exclusive]
Half Crown Media and Burns & Co. Entertainment are producing “Hudson & Maria”, a historical drama about missionary Hudson Taylor and his wife Maria, who left their English life behind to adopt Chinese customs and language while spreading Christianity inland during the Opium Wars era. Their story, alongside close friend Wang Laijun, traces the persecution…
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Rebel Wilson’s Directorial Debut Officially Sets U.S. Release Date With New Look [Exclusive]
Rebel Wilson is set to make her feature directorial debut with the musical comedy film “The Deb,” which now has a confirmed US digital release date. The announcement matters as it marks a significant career shift for Wilson, best known for acting roles in the “Pitch Perfect” franchise, “Bridesmaids” and “Jojo Rabbit,” as she moves…
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The best dark fantasy epic of 2025 is finally streaming on Netflix
Netflix has added John M. Chu’s “Wicked: For Good” (2025) to its streaming library, alongside the first instalment, “Wicked” (2024), giving subscribers the chance to watch both parts of the two-film adaptation together. The release offers a bright spot in what the article’s author calls a weak year for movie musicals, with Polygon praising the…
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Twenty One Pilots – ‘Through The Memories’ Souvenir Photobook
Rock Sound has released a “Through The Memories” souvenir photobook celebrating Twenty One Pilots’ UK live history, timed to coincide with the band’s biggest ever London headline show at All Points East festival. The publication draws on the magazine’s archive to mark the duo’s growth as live performers in Britain over more than a decade.…
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Battlefield 6’s newest and largest map is good, but I worry it will end up being nothing more than a curiosity
A Eurogamer preview of Battlefield 6’s Season 4 update previews Tsuru Reef, the game’s largest map to date, set to launch the following day. The writer, having spent three hours testing all nine capture points ahead of release, praises the map’s ambitious scale and its ability to accommodate ground, air and naval combat, but expresses…
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Riverdale creators develop Afterlife With Archie series for Disney+
Disney+ has greenlit a television adaptation of “Afterlife With Archie,” the zombie-horror comic series, from the team behind The CW’s “Riverdale.” Variety confirmed the order, which reunites several of the creative figures behind that long-running Archie Comics franchise; the project had first been reported as in development at the streamer in 2025 under a script-to-series…
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‘LineOut’ Director Nazila Azizi On Using Magical Realism To Capture Afghan Refugee Experience
Nazila Azizi, an Afghan-born architect turned filmmaker who fled Kabul during the Taliban takeover, has directed the documentary “LineOut,” now on an Oscar-qualifying run in Los Angeles. Rather than offering a conventional account of the evacuation, the film uses magical realism to explore the psychological experience of Afghan refugees forced to leave home, treating “home”…