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Netflix crime drama emerges as heir to The Fall after striking first look
Apple TV has released a first look at Nocturne, a forthcoming 10-episode serial-killer thriller that Collider positions as the next crime obsession for fans of series such as The Fall. The drama is adapted from the internationally bestselling Lars Kepler novels Lazarus and The Sandman, and pairs three well-known actors on opposing sides of a…
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Bomb explodes at Damascus hotel hosting Macron during Syria state visit
Two improvised explosive devices detonated near the Four Seasons hotel in downtown Damascus on Tuesday, where French President Emmanuel Macron was staying during a state visit to Syria, according to Syrian state media. Macron was unharmed — a spokesman for the Élysée Palace said he was not in the hotel at the time and did…
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Samurai Jack pulled from HBO Max despite Warner Bros Discovery ownership
Samurai Jack, the acclaimed animated series created by Genndy Tartakovsky, has been removed from HBO Max, making the show significantly harder for viewers to watch legally. The removal is notable because Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) still owns the property, yet has pulled it from its own flagship streaming service without announcing a new home for…
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Nocturne: Stephen Graham’s Apple TV thriller lands October 2026 launch date
Apple TV has confirmed a launch date and a new title for Stephen Graham’s forthcoming drama, which was previously known as Lazarus and will now be called Nocturne. The 10-episode limited series will premiere globally on 30 October 2026, with two episodes released at launch and the remaining eight arriving each Friday through to Christmas.…
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Bidbus raises $15m to let dealers bid on private used cars
A Los Angeles-based startup called Bidbus has raised a $15 million Series A funding round led by mobility fund Ibex Investors, as it seeks to expand beyond its initial markets of California and Texas. The company runs a digital marketplace where multiple car dealerships bid against one another to buy a private seller’s used car,…
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Rookies inherit a Colombian detective agency in Rugeles thriller-comedy series
Damián Alcázar, a lead in “Narcos” as Pablo Escobar’s successor, Cali mob boss Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela, is attached to star in “Rookies,” the TV series debut as a writer-director of top Colombian film director José Luis Rugeles. Breaking out with Cannes 2015 Un Certain Regard title “Alias María,” Rugeles, one of Colombia’s most prominent film…
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Fadia mini-series confronts honour killings and life in a divided society
Palestinian-Israeli filmmaker Shady Srour has drawn international attention with his mini-series Fadia, which confronts the subject of honour killings while examining wider issues of violence against women and life in a divided society. Featured in Deadline’s “Global Breakouts” strand, the show won a trio of awards to a rapturous reception at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival,…
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Jude Law to lead getaway driver thriller from his Riff Raff company
Actor Jude Law is to star in a new film about a getaway driver, produced by his own production company, Riff Raff Entertainment. The project was announced by Riff Raff’s co-founder Ben Jackson and head of film and TV Katie Sinclair at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival, and marks a notable shift for Law into…
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Xbox aims to reach a billion daily users while cutting 3,200 jobs
Microsoft has announced what Xbox CEO Asha Sharma called “the most significant restructure in Xbox history”, cutting 1,600 jobs this summer with a further 1,600 expected over the following year. Yet buried in the memo announcing the layoffs was an ambitious stated ambition: for Xbox to become one of the few companies that “entertains more…
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L.O.L. Surprise! dolls to star in first live-action scripted series for 10th anniversary
MGA Entertainment is launching L.O.L. Surprise! The Next Headliner, the first live-action scripted series for its L.O.L. Surprise! dolls, to mark the toy brand’s 10th anniversary. It matters as a significant expansion of the $7 billion franchise beyond toys and earlier animated and unscripted content, reflecting a broader strategy of turning the “original unboxing brand”…