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Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ Leaves One of the Greatest Sci-Fi Movies Ever in the Dust

• Nolan's "The Odyssey" opening outpaces "Dune: Part Two" at the box office
• $250m film has scored 95% critics' and 97% audience ratings on Rotten Tomatoes
• On track for 2026's biggest live-action opening and Matt Damon's best debut

Christopher Nolan's new film "The Odyssey" has posted a stronger opening than "Dune: Part Two", one of recent years' most celebrated science-fiction releases, marking a strong start for the director's follow-up to his Oscar-winning "Oppenheimer". At a reported $250 million, it is Nolan's most expensive film to date,…

3 Rock Songs From the 1960s With Melodies That Still Echo Decades Later

• Feature lists three influential 1960s rock songs with lasting melodies.
• Includes The Beatles' "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" (1967).
• Also features The Rolling Stones' "Paint It Black" and Led Zeppelin's "Ramble On".

This American Songwriter feature revisits three rock songs from the 1960s whose melodies, the author argues, continue to resonate with listeners and influence music today. The piece frames the decade as pivotal to rock's development, highlighting how these particular tracks helped shape sonic ideas and standards that persist…

Watch: JASON NEWSTED Joins BLACKBERRY SMOKE For Cover Of BLACK SABBATH’s ‘Fairies Wear Boots’ In Farmington, Pennsylvania

• Jason Newsted guested with Blackberry Smoke on a Black Sabbath cover
• Performance took place 17 July in Farmington, Pennsylvania
• Part of Chophouse Band's first North American headline/support tour

Former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted joined Atlanta country rock band Blackberry Smoke on stage on Friday 17 July at Timber Rock Amphitheater in Farmington, Pennsylvania, performing a cover of Black Sabbath's "Fairies Wear Boots". The guest appearance came during a run of joint dates as Newsted's group, the…

‘Yellowstone’s Best Sequel Officially Replaces Beth Dutton After the Shocking Season 1 Finale

• Dutton Ranch finale sets up Oreana Jackson as a Beth Dutton parallel
• Beth and Rip relocate to Texas after losing their Montana home to fire
• Oreana's pregnancy mirrors Beth's own traumatic backstory

Dutton Ranch, the Yellowstone spin-off, appears to be positioning newcomer Oreana Jackson (Natalie Alyn Lind) as a successor to Beth Dutton (Kelly Reilly) following the Season 1 finale. After Beth and Rip Wheeler's Montana home is destroyed by wildfire, the couple relocates to Rio Paloma, Texas, bringing them…

Riley Green Addresses the Viral Megan Moroney Theory Surrounding “POS Like Me”

• Riley Green denies "POS Like Me" is about Megan Moroney.
• Song was written six months before Moroney's Cloud 9 release.
• Timing of the post, not intent, sparked the fan theory.

Country singer Riley Green has moved to shut down speculation that his song "POS Like Me" was written as a response to Megan Moroney's "Who Hurt You?" from her album Cloud 9, insisting the two tracks are unrelated despite the timing that fuelled online theories. The rumours took…

SALIVA Shares Music Video For New Single ‘Longshot’ Featuring LYNYRD SKYNYRD’s JOHNNY VAN ZANT

• Saliva release "Longshot" single/video ahead of new album
• Track features Lynyrd Skynyrd's Johnny Van Zant
• Album "Breaking Through" arrives 14 August via Judge & Jury Records

Hard rock band Saliva has released a new single, "Longshot", complete with an official music video, featuring a guest appearance from Johnny Van Zant of Lynyrd Skynyrd. The track is the closing song on the band's forthcoming album, "Breaking Through", due for release on 14 August via Judge…

The 2014 movie Tom Hardy compared to a “student film”

• Tom Hardy starred in Steven Knight's 2013 psychological drama Locke as the film's only on-screen character, communicating primarily through phone conversations during a drive across England.
• Hardy praised the production for offering the creative freedom typical of student filmmaking while maintaining full professional resources and expertise.
• The minimalist framework forced the entire project to rely on character depth and narrative substance rather than spectacle or supporting cast.

“I hadn’t been that aware”: the 2014 role that convinced Alexandra Daddario she had sex appeal

• Alexandra Daddario's 2014 role in HBO's True Detective, featuring provocative scenes opposite Woody Harrelson, became a career inflection point
• The scenes generated significant industry attention and professional opportunities she credits with revealing her marketable appeal
• Daddario pragmatically embraced the experience as beneficial to her career whilst maintaining her commitment to acting itself

Actress Alexandra Daddario has spoken about a role from 2014 that she says was the moment she first became conscious of her own sex appeal. The comment offers a glimpse into how the actress's self-perception shifted following a particular breakout part, though the full details of the remarks…

Peacock Officially Confirms Its Biggest Scripted Launch of All Time Is This 8-Part Series

• The Five-Star Weekend is Peacock's biggest-ever scripted original launch
• Jennifer Garner leads an ensemble drama about friendship and grief
• Show avoids murder-mystery tropes common to similar coastal dramas

Peacock has confirmed that its new eight-part limited series The Five-Star Weekend, starring Jennifer Garner, has become the biggest scripted launch in the streaming service's history, surpassing all previous Peacock originals in first-week viewership. The achievement is notable because the show eschews the crime, conspiracy and murder-mystery tropes…