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The Linda Lindas on “really fun” new album ‘Gotta Get Out’ and “cool” Hayley Williams collab ‘Closer’: “It’s an emo song about not wanting to get older”
Los Angeles punk band The Linda Lindas have spoken to NME about their forthcoming third album, ‘Gotta Get Out’, due for release on 28 August, and shared ‘Closer’, a new emo-leaning single featuring longtime supporter Hayley Williams of Paramore. Although Williams has championed the group for years — praising them in interviews, joining them onstage…
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The two most pivotal albums of Green Day’s discography
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Eating common dairy food every day may slow biological aging, study suggests
A new clinical trial published in the journal Aging suggests that eating plain yogurt daily, alongside modest dietary changes and light exercise, may slow the body’s biological rate of ageing. The findings matter because they point to a simple, accessible lifestyle routine that could yield anti-ageing benefits comparable to far more demanding interventions, such as…
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BBC Inside Science
An episode of BBC Radio 4’s Inside Science, broadcast on 9 July 2026, examines whether scientists are approaching the ability to create life in a laboratory. The programme centres on research by synthetic biologist Kate Adamal and her team at the University of Minnesota, who have published work on a lab-created cell dubbed the “SpudCell”,…
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HBO’s Most Experimental Game of Thrones Episode Officially Changes the Franchise Formula
House of the Dragon’s third season delivers what Collider’s Liam Gaughan calls its strongest instalment yet, “Rhaenyra Triumphant,” and argues it offers a new template for HBO’s wider Game of Thrones franchise. After the first two episodes leaned on some of the series’ best dragon action, this instalment deliberately swaps spectacle for a character-driven, single-location…
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New York Times and Other News Outlets Accuse OpenAI of Lying in Discovery, Demand Legal Sanctions Against AI Giant
The New York Times and several other news organisations have filed a motion for sanctions against OpenAI, accusing the AI company of concealing for more than two years that it could search the training datasets and output logs behind its models. The outlets allege that OpenAI initially claimed it was unable to access such data,…
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LGBTQ+ inclusion in film at a three-year low, Glaad survey suggests
A new annual study by the LGBTQ+ advocacy group Glaad, titled Where We Are In Film, has found that inclusion of LGBTQ+ characters in cinema has fallen to a three-year low. Of the 225 films released in 2025, only 46 — or 20.4% — featured LGBTQ+ characters, marking the third consecutive year of decline since…
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Tom Hanks’ Surprise 5-Part Netflix Series Is Quietly Becoming 2026’s Most Important TV Event
Netflix has released *The American Experiment*, a five-part documentary series co-produced by Tom Hanks, to mark the 250th anniversary of the United States. Rather than offering a straightforward celebration of the nation’s founding, the series examines the American Revolutionary War and the drafting of the Constitution as a starting point for a broader discussion about…
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The surprising hidden cost quietly adding nearly $132K to new home prices revealed
Government regulations imposed by federal, state and local authorities now add nearly $132,000 to the price of a newly built home in the United States, according to a report commissioned by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). The finding matters because housing affordability has become a top national concern, with high mortgage rates and…
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‘3 Weeks After’ Review: A Bruising, Fiercely Controlled Study of High Schoolers in Moral and Psychological Freefall
“3 Weeks After” is the third feature from Serbian director Miroslav Terzić, an intense arthouse drama about high-school bullying and its aftermath that premiered in competition at the Karlovy Vary film festival. Critic Guy Lodge praises its icy formal control and raw ensemble acting, calling its first half immaculate, though he suggests its “cold-sweat” finale…