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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 Lost Children Of Tuam’: First Footage Of Monica Dolan In Galway Opener About Shocking Burial Discovery
EXCLUSIVE: Here’s first footage of BAFTA-winning actress Monica Dolan (Mr Bates vs The Post Office) in drama The Lost Children Of Tuam, which will have its world premiere at the Galway Film Fleadh on Saturday 11th July. Directed by Frank Berry (Michael Inside), and written by Rebecca Lenkiewicz (The Salt Path), the film is based…
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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…
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Warning over surge in ‘virtually untreatable’ sexually transmitted diarrhoea disease that’s climbing in the UK
Experts have warned that sexually transmitted shigellosis, a bacterial infection that causes severe diarrhoea, is becoming a “growing and urgent public health threat” as it grows increasingly resistant to treatment. Researchers say the disease is becoming “virtually untreatable”, with cases in England having risen by a quarter since 2023, raising concern among health officials in…
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Details outlined of how Crucible would be transformed under World Snooker Championships deal
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How beachgoers are turning snaps into science
Beachgoers at Tyrella Beach in County Down are being invited to become citizen scientists, using their smartphones to help researchers track how the Northern Irish coastline is changing. Visitors take a photo through a fixed steel cradle and upload it via a QR code to the CoastSnap website, building a growing photographic record that scientists…