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Lose your hair AND your belly: Using fat jabs make you 68 per cent more likely to go bald, study suggests
A new study suggests that people taking GLP-1 weight-loss injections, such as Ozempic and Wegovy, may face a significantly higher risk of hair loss compared with those not using the drugs. Researchers found users were 68 per cent more likely to experience hair thinning or baldness, adding an unwelcome side effect to a category of…
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Trump administration to shift R&D funding from academia to individual scientists
The article itself was unavailable because access to The Hill’s page was denied, so its contents cannot be independently summarised. Its headline indicates that the Trump administration plans to redirect research-and-development funding away from academic institutions and towards individual scientists. No further details, such as the proposed funding mechanism, affected agencies, scale of the change…
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EU regulators clear Paramount Skydance merger with Warner Bros Discovery
The European Commission has approved the merger of Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery, clearing one of the last major regulatory hurdles for the $111 billion (£87 billion) deal. Brussels concluded that the tie-up would not harm competition in television or film production, given that sufficient global and local rivals would remain in the market.…
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Edko Films Picks Up World Rights To Yeung Leung Cheun’s Toronto Discovery Title ‘We Are Born Good’
Hong Kong-based Edko Films has acquired worldwide rights to *We Are Born Good*, the feature directing debut of local filmmaker Yeung Leung Cheun. The film has been selected for the Discovery section of the Toronto International Film Festival, marking a notable showcase for a first-time director and giving Edko a strong new title to sell…
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How final photo of allegedly murdered mum Jana Armstrong that can never see the light of day radically changes the story of her grim end
The Daily Mail reports on a controversial final photograph of Jana Armstrong, an Australian mother allegedly murdered, whose image police say has significantly altered investigators’ understanding of the circumstances surrounding her death. The photograph, described as too disturbing to publish, is said to provide crucial evidence reshaping the narrative around how she died, though its…
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Baldur’s Gate 3 player throws 60-hour Honour Mode run with just 2 fights left by falling for one of the D&D RPG’s most dishonorable deaths
A Baldur’s Gate 3 player’s 60-hour Honour Mode playthrough came to an abrupt end just two fights before completion, after their character died in what has been described as one of the game’s most embarrassing, “dishonourable” ways to go. Honour Mode is the game’s permadeath difficulty setting, meaning any death ends the run for good…
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Study finds special tomato drink may reduce inflammation in adults with obesity
A small new study by researchers at Ohio State University suggests that a specially formulated beverage combining compounds from tomatoes and soy may help reduce inflammation in adults with obesity. Chronic low-grade inflammation is strongly linked to obesity and associated conditions such as heart disease and diabetes, so finding accessible dietary interventions to address it…
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Toronto-Bound Hong Kong Drama ‘We Are Born Good’ Boarded by Edko Films for World Sales
Hong Kong-based Edko Films, run by Bill Kong, has signed on to handle world sales for “We Are Born Good,” the debut feature from writer-director Yeung Leung Chuen. The Cantonese-language drama will have its world premiere in the Discovery section of the Toronto Film Festival, marking a notable launch for a first-time filmmaker on the…
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Toronto: Jodie Comer’s ‘Stuffed’ to Open Discovery Program
Toronto has confirmed that the dark musical “Stuffed”, starring Emmy winner Jodie Comer and Harry Melling, will open the festival’s Discovery programme, alongside the reveal of the section’s full 2026 line-up. The announcement gives the Discovery slate a strong debut-filmmaker focus, with numerous first-time directors receiving world or international premieres at the 51st edition of…
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Serial Killer Aileen Wuornos Brought To Life With AI In “Groundbreaking” Docuseries For ID
Investigation Discovery has greenlit “Unmasking A Monster: Aileen Wuornos,” a three-part true-crime docuseries that uses AI-driven digital replication to recreate the late serial killer for the screen. The series marks a rare and notable use of this technology in documentary filmmaking, going beyond conventional dramatisation to digitally layer a computer-generated likeness of Wuornos over an…