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The women’s soccer league trying to fix fantasy sports
The Women’s Super League has launched its first official fantasy football game, redesigning the format to tackle the retention problems that plague fantasy sports over long seasons. Rather than copying the model used by Fantasy Premier League, the app splits the WSL season into six shorter chunks and merges players from both the WSL and…
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Emily Watson Says Growing Up in a Religious Cult Almost Stopped Her From Starring in ‘Breaking the Waves’: ‘I Was Like a Piece of Wire That Had Been Unplugged’
Actor Emily Watson has revealed that growing up in the School of Philosophy and Economic Science, a London-based organisation she describes as a religious cult, nearly prevented her from taking the role that launched her career in Lars von Trier’s “Breaking the Waves”. Speaking at the Sarajevo Film Festival, where she is jury president and…
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Popular daily drinking habit could nearly triple risk of deadly cancer, major study finds
A new study from Mass General Brigham has found that drinking sugary beverages daily may substantially raise the risk of developing stomach cancer. Researchers say the findings add to growing evidence that sugar-sweetened drinks could be contributing to a rise in gastrointestinal cancers, offering a potentially modifiable lifestyle factor that people could adjust to reduce…
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Inside the tension that drove Trump’s South Korea alliance from ‘historic new era’ to military pullback
US President Donald Trump has scaled back major joint military exercises with South Korea, just days after his administration publicly hailed the alliance as entering a “historic new era”. The pullback reportedly followed Seoul’s refusal to support American operations against Iran, marking an abrupt shift in tone towards a key Asian ally and raising questions…
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Creditors circle Tzaneros family’s $200million mansion portfolio as their shipping empire collapses and CEO resigns over Scots College texts
Creditors are moving in on the $200 million property portfolio of the Tzaneros family after the collapse of their shipping and freight business, with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia among those pursuing claims linked to the group’s downfall. The crisis has also claimed the company’s chief executive, who resigned after text messages connected to Sydney’s…
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NFL commissioner Roger Goodell confirms league wants multiple teams based outside the US: ‘no doubt’
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has confirmed the league intends to base multiple franchises outside the United States, marking a significant step in its long-running international expansion strategy. Speaking on the topic, Goodell removed any ambiguity about the league’s ambitions, stating there is “no doubt” that overseas-based teams are part of the NFL’s future plans, reflecting…
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California Lawmakers Near Deal to Address Impact of Tax Cap on Film Credits
California lawmakers are nearing a compromise to soften the impact of a new $5 million annual cap on corporate tax credits for the film industry, though the deal falls short of the full exemption sought by Hollywood. The cap, introduced in the state budget approved in June, applies across the board for three years as…
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How A Tray Of Bloody Oysters Helped ‘The Diplomat’ Find “A Real Spine” For Season 4 – The Backstory
The creative team behind Netflix’s political thriller *The Diplomat* has revealed that a dinner scene featuring bloodied oysters, filmed for season three, became the blueprint for season four’s central theme: how two political couples cope with the same crises in strikingly different ways. Showrunner Debora Cahn told Deadline that the scene, in which the Penns…
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Erin Patterson’s appeal begins: Triple murderer to fight her sentence today as lawyers claim she suffered miscarriage of justice at high-profile trial
Erin Patterson, convicted of murdering three relatives with a poisoned beef Wellington laced with death cap mushrooms, has begun an appeal against her conviction and sentence. Her legal team argues she suffered a miscarriage of justice during the high-profile trial, which attracted intense global media attention and scrutiny of Australia’s criminal justice system. The appeal…