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‘You’ll be sorry you told me this!’: the 98-year-old composer who gets musicians – even bassoonists – on their feet
Thea Musgrave, the Scottish-born composer who turns 99 next year, remains prolifically active, with a new bassoon concerto for soloist Amy Harman receiving its Proms premiere this weekend. The piece continues the “dramatic-abstract” approach that has defined much of her career, in which orchestral players are treated not as a uniform ensemble following a conductor…
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‘A Very Laufey Day’ returns for 2026 with worldwide events
Laufey has announced the return of ‘A Very Laufey Day’, her annual fan celebration, for a fourth edition on Sunday 23 August 2026. This year’s theme, “A Celebration of the Arts”, will see the Grammy-winning Icelandic-Chinese singer curate events spanning music, film, dance, theatre and literature in more than 75 cities across 25 countries, aiming…
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What to Expect From the Music of ‘MST3K: The RiffTrax Experiments,’ According to Mike, Kevin & Bill
The RiffTrax team – Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett, all former Mystery Science Theater 3000 cast members – are returning to their old show’s format with “Mystery Science Theater 3000: The RiffTrax Experiments”, a four-episode revival funded by a hugely successful Kickstarter campaign. The project matters because it marks a fresh chapter…
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Studio Ghibli is in no rush to make its next movie and only engaging in “casual” discussions: “It’s very unpredictable”
Studio Ghibli has said it is in no hurry to begin work on its next film, describing current conversations about future projects as merely “casual” rather than concrete planning. The comments suggest the acclaimed Japanese animation studio, known for its meticulous and often lengthy production process, is not under pressure to announce a follow-up to…
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14 Years Later, Quentin Tarantino’s 10/10 Western Thriller Classic Explodes Onto Streaming
Quentin Tarantino’s 2012 Western revenge film Django Unchained has surged to the No. 1 spot on Pluto TV in the United States, according to tracking site FlixPatrol, marking a notable resurgence more than fourteen years after its cinema release. The film has held a place on the free streaming service’s chart for roughly a month,…
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Prime Video Is Officially Replacing ‘Maxton Hall’ With New Boarding School Romance Series
Amazon MGM Studios has acquired the rights to House of Crowns, a forthcoming romance novel series by Anna Todd, positioning it as a successor to Prime Video’s hit German drama Maxton Hall once that show eventually ends. The move underlines Amazon’s continued reliance on novel adaptations to drive engagement on Prime Video, following the success…
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A Con Artist With a Conscience: Apple TV’s ‘Lucky‘ Preserves the Novel’s Central Identity Crisis
Apple TV+’s series “Lucky” adapts Marissa Stapley’s 2021 novel of the same name, preserving its central tension: a con artist raised in a life of crime who is torn between exploiting human trust and genuinely caring for others. Author Stapley discusses how the show, starring Anya Taylor-Joy as Lucky and Timothy Olyphant as her grifter…
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The all-time great actor Gary Oldman called massively overrated: “He’s a bit of a ham”
Shots fired. The post The all-time great actor Gary Oldman called massively overrated: “He’s a bit of a ham” first appeared on Far Out Magazine.
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TerraPower’s nuclear reactor has a secret weapon for powering AI data centers
TerraPower, the nuclear energy startup founded by Bill Gates, is preparing to announce its first data centre power project this year, according to Bloomberg. The move is part of a broader push by nuclear startups to court AI companies, which need constant, reliable electricity to run power-hungry data centres, and it matters because it could…
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I recorded our biggest song in a van
This is a short-form YouTube video (a “Short”) in which an artist or band recounts recording what they describe as their biggest song inside a van. The title frames it as a behind-the-scenes, DIY-style story about the making of a track that went on to become significant for them. The clip fits the informal, off-the-cuff…