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Preservationist group urges Supreme Court to keep White House ballroom paused
The preservationist group trying to stop President Trump’s White House ballroom urged the Supreme Court to deny the administration’s emergency request to allow construction, calling it “astonishing” on Tuesday. The Trump administration wants the justices to step in to stop a lower court order that would grind the above-ground work to a halt starting Friday. “Petitioners,…
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New Law & Order Spin-Off Officially Sets Release Date
The CW has confirmed a release date for the second season of Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent, one of the more durable entries in the long-running Law & Order franchise since its debut at the end of 2024. The confirmation gives fans of the crime procedural a fixed date to look forward to as…
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Prince of Persia restored on GOG after Ubisoft remake cancellation
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time has been added to GOG’s Preservation Program, an initiative launched in 2024 to keep classic PC games playable on modern systems. The addition follows Ubisoft’s cancellation of its planned remake of the 2003 title, with GOG explicitly citing that decision as the reason for restoring and updating the…
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Why Gen Z’s most culturally powerful rappers aren’t its biggest stars
An opinion piece for Music Business Worldwide argues that hip-hop’s declining chart presence masks a deeper shift rather than a decline: in late October 2025 no rap song featured in the Billboard Hot 100’s top 40 for the first time since February 1990, and the genre’s US market share has fallen from roughly 30% in…
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Phyllida Law, Actress and Mother of Sophie and Emma Thompson, Dies at 94
Phyllida Law, the Scottish stage and screen actress and mother of actresses Emma and Sophie Thompson, has died at home at the age of 94. Her manager, Jacky Leggo, said she “died supremely peacefully at home, surrounded by all her family.” Law built a long career across theatre, television and film, often working alongside her…
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Pokemon Gamma Emerald solo dev spent 2 years working “12 hours a day” building their remake “from scratch,” including 384,000 frames of animation
Pokémon Gamma Emerald, a free fan-made reimagining of Pokémon Emerald, entered early access in mid-August. Its creator, who uses the name UndreamedPanic, says the project was made independently rather than as a ROM hack or mod, with a new engine and original work on its sprites, animation, models, music and interface. The available early-access build…
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Assassin’s Creed 2 was supposed to cover Brotherhood’s entire plot, but that was “way too ambitious to deliver properly” in just one game
A member of the Assassin’s Creed development team has revealed that Assassin’s Creed 2 was originally intended to include the story content that eventually became its own sequel, Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood. According to the report, the studio realised partway through development that trying to cram both games’ worth of narrative into a single title was…
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Julie Swidler on 18 years at Sony Music, Clive Davis, and what comes next
Julie Swidler, Sony Music’s EVP of Business Affairs and General Counsel, is stepping down at the end of June after 18 years in the role, bringing to a close one of the most influential legal careers in the modern record industry. Her departure marks a notable moment for Sony Music and the wider business, as…
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Remi Wolf Announces New Album Mud
Remi Wolf has announced her third studio album, Mud, set for release on 9th October via Island Records, with new single “Bottle” due out this Thursday, 20th August. The announcement follows the earlier lead single “Twiggy” and marks a significant new chapter for the singer, who has said the record has been personally transformative after…
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Johnny McDaid to receive BMI President’s Award at 2026 BMI London Awards
Songwriter and Snow Patrol musician Johnny McDaid is to receive the BMI President’s Award at the 2026 BMI London Awards, held at The Dorchester on 28 September. The private ceremony recognises the British and European songwriters and publishers behind the past year’s most-performed songs across US streaming, radio, film, television and visual media, and BMI…