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Breaking Down the Can’t-Miss Acts of Bourbon & Beyond 2026
Bourbon & Beyond, the food, bourbon and music festival held at Louisville’s Kentucky Exposition Center, returns from 24–27 September 2026, with organisers pairing headline sets from Foo Fighters, Mumford & Sons, Chris Stapleton and Dave Matthews Band with a large supporting lineup. Given the sheer size of the bill, music outlet Consequence has put together…
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All of Us Atoms by Holly Dawson audiobook review – an extraordinary self-portrait
Helena Bonham Carter narrates the playwright’s impressionistic memoir, written as she was experiencing the loss of her memory Playwright Holly Dawson’s memoir tells of memory lapses and a series of seizures that signal something isn’t right. Before visiting a doctor, she had been muddling up words, forgetting people’s names and flooding the bathroom. The book…
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Kehlani: Photos From the Billboard Cover Shoot
Kehlani has been photographed by Billboard for a cover story marking her as the publication’s 2026 R&B/Hip-Hop Power Players R&B Artist of the Year. The shoot, held at Topanga Creative Acres in California, accompanied an interview conducted by fellow singer and longtime collaborator Leon Thomas, reflecting on her recent commercial and critical success. The recognition…
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The Duskbloods’ Full Character List Officially Revealed
FromSoftware has revealed details of the playable character roster for The Duskbloods, its first original game built for the Nintendo Switch 2 and a rare multiplayer-only entry in its Bloodborne/Dark Souls-inspired catalogue. Unlike Elden Ring, the game uses prebuilt characters called Bloodsworn, each with unique weapons, powers and passive abilities, rather than a fully customisable…
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The Duskbloods pits eight players against monsters and rivals
FromSoftware has given hands-on previews of The Duskbloods, its upcoming multiplayer game for Nintendo Switch 2, revealing that it plays quite differently from the studio’s Dark Souls and Elden Ring titles. Rather than a solitary trial-and-error experience, it is a match-based online game in which eight players compete to earn victory points called Virtue, described…
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Ava DuVernay’s ’14th’ Documentary Sets Netflix Release Date (EXCLUSIVE)
Ava DuVernay’s documentary “14th” will premiere globally on Netflix on 4 December, following a limited theatrical release in select US and UK cinemas from 27 November. The film serves as a follow-up to her acclaimed 2016 documentary “13th”, which examined racial injustice in the American prison system, and will have its world premiere as the…
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Josiah Green-Mhlanga Headshot, Karla Crome & Tom Stourton Join BBC & Starz Love Story ‘You Are Here’
Claire Foy and Matthew Macfadyen have been joined by Josiah Green-Mhlanga, Karla Crome and Tom Stourton in the cast of “You Are Here,” a new drama being made jointly by the BBC and Starz. The eight-part series is an adaptation of David Nicholls’ bestselling novel, with Nicholls himself writing the scripts and Lenny Abrahamson, known…
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PS5 Beats Switch 2’s US Dollar Sales in Aftermath of Physical Disc Backlash
Sony’s PS5 has overtaken Nintendo’s Switch 2 in US dollar sales for the first time in months, according to Circana data covering 5th July to 1st August 2026. This is a notable reversal, as the newer Switch 2 had consistently outsold the PS5 in both units and revenue up to this point, and the shift…
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“I think one of the reasons GTA was so well received was the amount of detail,” reflects an original dev: “No one ever said no, or that something couldn’t be done”
An original Grand Theft Auto developer has attributed the first game’s positive reception to the team’s unusually detailed work and willingness to pursue new ideas. The reflection highlights how an open, experimental development culture helped establish features and personality that would become central to the series’ appeal. The developer said suggestions such as a tank…