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Richard Linklater Looks Back at ‘Boyhood,’ 12 Years Later: “Time Never Quits Working on Us”
On the season nine finale of THR’s ‘It Happened in Hollywood’ podcast, the director revisits his sprawling experiment — from the $200,000-a-year handshake deal with IFC to Patricia Arquette’s Oscar-winning farewell scene.
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Gen Z reverses the ‘brain drain’? Career-driven young workers are turning their backs on big cities, says Coca-Cola study
A new study commissioned by Coca-Cola suggests that Generation Z workers are increasingly rejecting major cities in favour of smaller towns, potentially reversing the long-standing “brain drain” pattern in which ambitious young people migrate to urban centres for career opportunities. The research points to career-driven motivations behind this shift, indicating that young workers no longer…
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Study finds alarming level of microplastics in heart attack patients’ blood
The article’s full text was unavailable, so its findings cannot be independently summarised. Based on the headline alone, it reports a study detecting concerning levels of microplastics in the blood of heart attack patients. No information was provided about the study’s size, methods, participants, measurements, or whether it established a causal link. The headline should…
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4 in 5 toddler foods at grocery stores are ultra-processed: Study
A study of toddler foods sold in Austin, Texas, found that more than four in five products were ultra-processed, raising concerns about the nutritional quality of foods marketed to very young children. The findings matter because early diets can shape children’s tastes and eating habits, while parents may assume products in toddler-food aisles meet suitable…
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Mysterious deaths of 14 elephants in Kenya prompts urgent inquiry
The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) has launched an urgent investigation after 14 elephants were found dead near Amboseli National Park in southern Kenya, in what officials describe as the first mortality event of this scale in the region in decades. Tissue samples have been sent to laboratories to establish whether disease, poisoning or another cause…
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Trump presses RFK Jr on vaccines as Louisiana death row inmate walks free after 27 years
A private rift over vaccine policy, Jimmie Duncan’s release following discredited bite-mark evidence, and a warning over deepfakes on Hugging Face lead the bulletin, alongside Spider-Man reviews, Chelsea’s veteran signings and the Buck Moon over the West of England.
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HBO Max Is Officially Making a Major Change to Streaming
HBO Max is rolling out two new mobile features aimed at helping subscribers find something to watch more easily, as the platform seeks to maintain its reputation for having one of the most user-friendly interfaces in streaming. The move comes amid a strong year for HBO, following the successful launches of The Pitt Season 2…
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The Trump administration is exempting data centers from pollution laws intended to prevent acid rain
The Trump administration has exempted power plants that primarily serve data centers from the Clean Air Act’s Acid Rain Program, freeing them from limits on sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions. The Environmental Protection Agency argues these “islanded” plants, which supply electricity directly to data centres rather than the public, do not count as utilities…