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Forget Yellowstone, the Best Neo-Western on Streaming Is Officially Back
Collider argues that Taylor Sheridan’s 2015 film Sicario has returned to prominence on HBO Max and remains a stronger neo-Western than his television hit Yellowstone. The article says Sicario matters because it combines Sheridan’s social commentary with Denis Villeneuve’s direction to examine violence, power and US intervention in the drug war with greater restraint. Emily…
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When is a mental health crisis too severe for telehealth? Warning signs families shouldn’t ignore
The Lindsay Clancy murder trial has renewed scrutiny of whether telehealth can safely support people with severe mental illness, particularly when their condition is worsening. The article emphasises that virtual care can be effective, but families and clinicians should recognise when an in-person assessment or emergency intervention may be necessary. It cites federal data indicating…
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Her Brain Was Broken. It Was Fixed With Sound—Not a Scalpel
The article explores an experimental treatment using focused ultrasound to target brain circuits involved in addiction without surgery. It follows Erin McNulty, whose long-term drug use led her mother to seek access to a West Virginia trial after seeing the procedure featured on television; the work could offer a less invasive alternative to implanted brain…
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Man accused of murdering Samantha Murphy is rushed to hospital after attempting to take his own life while awaiting trial
Patrick Orren Stephenson, the man charged with the murder of missing Ballarat mother Samantha Murphy, was taken to hospital from Melbourne Assessment Prison on 14 August after a reported attempt to take his own life. 7NEWS and 9News reported that paramedics attended the prison and that he was transported to hospital under guard; his condition…
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The Office’s Lucy Davis ‘overwhelmed’ by kindness after cancer diagnosis
Actress Lucy Davis has thanked supporters after revealing she has incurable breast cancer that has spread to her bones. The former The Office star said the public response had been “utterly overwhelming” and described the kindness and support as emotional, while using humour and a skateboarding video to lighten the mood. Davis, 53, said she…
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James Ellis Ford – Lost In Another World
James Ellis Ford’s second solo album, *Lost In Another World*, was written and recorded largely during more than two weeks of hospital treatment for acute myeloid leukaemia in 2025. Clash Magazine judges the result as a cathartic, inventive record that turns a difficult period into music marked by optimism, intimacy and sci-fi-like electronic textures. The…
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TV Academy Hall of Fame: Sheila Nevins, Absent Due to COVID, Thanks Dr. Fauci for the Vaccine; Bill Hader Pays Tribute to the ‘South Park’ Creators With a ‘Fish Dick’ Story and More
The Television Academy inducted six figures into its Hall of Fame in Los Angeles, including Sheila Nevins, Ted Danson, Jean Smart, Ted Sarandos, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, and the late Ed Bradley. Nevins, absent after contracting COVID and pneumonia, used a video acceptance speech to thank Dr Anthony Fauci and praise vaccination, while the…
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Perez Hilton’s sister gives horrifying eyewitness account of his self-harm livestream and her desperate attempt to prevent his children from seeing
Perez Hilton’s sister, Barbara Lavandeira, has given a detailed account of finding the blogger, real name Mario Armando Lavandeira Jr, badly injured at his Miami home last week following a livestreamed self-harm incident. Hilton, 48, was hospitalised on 4 August after police responded to reports of a possible suicide attempt; Barbara, who was visiting from…
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Johnny Young dies aged 79 after four marriages
Australian singer, songwriter, producer and television host Johnny Young has died aged 79, his family announced on 14 August. They said he died after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer and asked for privacy, with memorial-service details to follow. Young is survived by his wife Marisha, his sister Cornelia, daughters Anna and Fleur, seven grandchildren…
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Trump administration steps into surrogate’s battle over baby with a heart defect biological parents asked her to abort
The Trump administration has intervened in a legal dispute over a newborn with a life-threatening heart defect, born to an Alaska surrogate for a California couple. Surrogate McKenna West says the intended parents asked her to terminate the pregnancy after the diagnosis; they deny intending to withhold necessary treatment. The case has become a prominent…