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Troy Aikman shreds ‘embarrassing’ UCLA attendance amid undefeated season

  • Aikman says UCLA’s home attendance is embarrassing.
  • 24,611 attended the Rose Bowl, which holds 90,888.
  • UCLA began the season unbeaten at 8-0.

Troy Aikman has criticised UCLA’s home-game attendance as “a little embarrassing”, despite the Bruins’ unbeaten start to the season. The former quarterback said the small crowd at the Rose Bowl made it difficult to understand how a team ranked eighth and 7-0 at the time had not drawn…

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Daine’s Jungian Pop Music

  • Daine’s debut album probes ambition, profit and desire.
  • Its sweet pop textures contrast with unsettling themes.
  • Daine says the album rollout has been emotionally draining.

Melbourne alt-pop artist Daine’s debut album, *In Endless Awe & Agony*, examines the pressures of the music industry and the tensions between creative ambition, commercial profit and personal desire. Its polished, sometimes gentle sound sits alongside unsettling themes, inviting listeners to question the glamour and lifestyles the music…

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Forget ‘The Traitors,’ Hulu’s New 8-Episode Reality Competition Has a ‘White Lotus’ Star Running the Show

  • Hulu’s *The Mob* is an eight-episode competition hosted by Parker Posey.
  • Contestants vie to become the villa’s don and win up to $250,000.
  • A preview shows Maria Georgas and Harry Jowsey struggling with a cooking task.

Hulu’s reality competition *The Mob* puts contestants from several reality shows and *The Sopranos* in an Italian villa, where they compete to become its “don” and win up to $250,000. Hosted by *The White Lotus* Emmy nominee Parker Posey, the eight-episode series offers a rival to *The Traitors*,…

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5 Seconds Of Summer Win The Fan Power Award | Rock Sound Awards 2026

  • 5 Seconds Of Summer won the 2026 Fan Power Award.
  • Their sixth album explores fame, fandom and shared history.
  • The band reflected on the community behind 5SOS.

5 Seconds Of Summer have won the Fan Power Award at the 2026 Rock Sound Awards. The recognition highlights the role of their fans in sustaining the band and reflects a relationship built over years of growing up alongside their audience. The band’s sixth album, ‘EVERYONE’S A STAR!’,…

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New Movies on Streaming: ‘Resident Evil,’ ‘Primetime,’ ‘Musk,’ and More

  • New films have arrived on digital platforms this week.
  • Resident Evil follows a courier battling infected people in Raccoon City.
  • Primetime stars Robert Pattinson as Chris Hansen.

Several new films have arrived to digital rental and purchase platforms this week, including Zach Cregger’s latest Resident Evil film and Lance Oppenheim’s Primetime. The releases matter to viewers looking for new films to watch on demand, spanning horror, drama, documentary and comedy. Resident Evil stars Austin Abrams…

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The Stirring Jim Steinman Lyric That Meat Loaf Finally Sang a Dozen Years After the Fact

  • Meat Loaf recorded Steinman’s song more than a decade after it was written.
  • Rory Dodd sang Steinman’s earlier 1981 version.
  • The song presents rock music as comfort in hard times.

Jim Steinman wrote “Rock And Roll Dreams Come Through” for Meat Loaf in the early 1980s, but the singer did not record it until 1993. Their eventual reunion for *Bat Out Of Hell II: Back Into Hell* gave Meat Loaf the chance to sing the song himself, bringing…

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Roger Waters was Pink Floyd’s bassist. But David Gilmour played bass on two of the band’s most famous 1977 songs

  • Gilmour played bass on ‘Sheep’ and ‘Pigs’.
  • Waters played bass on ‘Dogs’.
  • The pair swapped parts to suit the songs.

David Gilmour said he played bass on two tracks from Pink Floyd’s 1977 album *Animals*, despite Roger Waters being the band’s usual bassist. His account shows that the band’s members sometimes switched instrumental roles to suit the music, even as tensions between Gilmour and Waters were building. Gilmour…

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Review: Titanium Court (Switch 2) – The Freakiest Dream You’ve Ever Had

  • A theatre-framed game blends match-three puzzles with strategy and a surreal story.
  • Players gather resources at high tide and fight at low tide.
  • Random tile layouts add tension but can also make failure feel unfair.

*Titanium Court* is a genre-mixing game from New York developer AP Thomson, combining match-three puzzles, strategy, roguelike campaigns and an unsettling theatre story. Players take the role of a faerie queen, and the game’s strange, shifting images and dialogue give its jumble of ideas a distinctive sense of…

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‘Christmas At Maple Hollow Inn’ Microdrama Hopes To Channel The Spirit Of Festive TV Movies Through Meta’s Series Feature

  • Pixie USA is launching a 20-episode festive microdrama.
  • The series is among the first expected to use Meta’s Series tool.
  • Bob Evans products feature in its story about saving a family inn.

Pixie USA is launching *Christmas at Maple Hollow Inn*, a festive romance made as a vertical microdrama and among the first titles expected to use Meta’s new Series feature. The project aims to bring the feel of a holiday TV movie to social video, as platforms test ways…

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Genre Label Vasaria Pictures Forms Pact With Vertical Horror Streamer TerrorBox

  • Vasaria and TerrorBox will develop vertical horror stories.
  • *Jezebel* has passed four million views on Alter.
  • The partnership includes a vertical adaptation of *Fate*.

Vasaria Pictures has partnered with horror-focused vertical streaming service TerrorBox to develop short-form horror content and explore turning selected stories into feature films. The deal connects an established genre team with a platform seeking to give emerging horror filmmakers a dedicated outlet. TerrorBox will release Vasaria’s short film…

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