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From petrol pump attendant to Dylan-feted rocker and Judd Apatow muse: the delightfully unlikely life of Graham Parker
Graham Parker, hailed 50 years ago as rock’s next big star, reflects on a career defined by acclaim rather than mass fame ahead of a new UK tour. He shot from petrol-pump attendant to critically adored performer within months in 1975-76, backed by his band the Rumour, yet consciously avoided the trajectory of contemporaries such…
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Marvel Officially Reveals New Version of Doctor Strange Ahead of ‘Avengers: Doomsday’
Marvel has unveiled a new original graphic novel, Doctor Strange: Endless Nightmare, which sends the Sorcerer Supreme into the Nightmare Realm to solve a mysterious global insomnia crisis. The book arrives via Abrams ComicArts’ Marvel Arts line, adding to a recent run of high-profile adventures for the character in the comics, and comes as speculation…
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Westside Cowboy tell us about spreading joy and hopes for “weirder, poppier” new music at Reading 2026
Manchester alt-country band Westside Cowboy spoke to NME backstage at Reading 2026, reflecting on a breakthrough year that included winning the Glastonbury Emerging Talent Competition, supporting Geese at London’s Hammersmith Apollo, and releasing their debut album “It Goes On” to acclaim. It was the band’s first time performing at Reading, and they drew packed crowds…
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Star Wars Zero Company Is the Andor Replacement No One Expected
A Polygon opinion piece describes Star Wars: Zero Company, the debut tactics game from developer Bit Reactor, as an unexpected favourite of 2026 because of its focus on ordinary, cash-strapped characters rather than its XCOM-inspired combat systems. The writer, a self-described casual Star Wars fan, argues the game fills the gap left by Andor’s grounded…
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Roy Cohn biography, Harry and Meghan’s UK return, and WHO’s expanded dementia guidance lead the bulletin
Also: court secrecy in the Ben Roberts-Smith war crimes trial, Apple’s expedited-discovery bid against OpenAI, Notting Hill Carnival’s 60th anniversary, and Aaron Donald’s shock move to the Rams
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Voltage Teeing Off Sales At TIFF For Madelaine Petsch Romantic Comedy ‘I Wish I Never Had Sex With Him’
Voltage Pictures has taken worldwide sales rights to “I Wish I Never Had Sex With Him,” a romantic comedy starring Madelaine Petsch, launching sales at the Toronto International Film Festival. The film adapts Monique Sorgen’s book “How Long You Should Wait to Have Sex” and gives the genre a time-loop twist, aiming to capitalise on…
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“Weird Al” Pulls Al’s Brain 3D Short Film and “The Brain Song” from the Archives: Watch
“Weird Al” Yankovic has released a previously unseen 2009 educational short film, “Al’s Brain: A 3-D Journey Through the Human Brain,” along with its companion track “The Brain Song,” on his YouTube channel. The comedian and musician described the material as no longer being “lost media,” ending an unofficial disappearance that had lasted since the…
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Life is Strange developer Don’t Nod look primed for layoffs, as the studio announces a “transformation intitiative”
Life is Strange developer Don’t Nod has announced a “transformation initiative”, a move widely seen as a precursor to layoffs at the French studio. The announcement follows reports back in June that the company could run out of cash by November 2026, and comes despite the studio releasing five games in the past three years,…
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Venice Film Festival to Kick Off With Steady Stream of Stars on Red Carpet and Politics Looming in the Background
The Venice Film Festival opens on Wednesday with Danny Boyle’s “Ink,” a drama about how tabloid The Sun fuelled Rupert Murdoch’s rise, launching 11 days of high-profile premieres that festival director Alberto Barbera has called the event’s “most political” edition in recent years. Films addressing war, Palestine, immigration, climate change and shrinking political freedoms feature…
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Notting Hill Carnival marks 60 years with £4.66m safety funding
Notting Hill Carnival marked its 60th anniversary over the bank holiday weekend, celebrated in an article by London Mayor Sadiq Khan as a landmark moment for the capital. City Hall provided an additional £4.66m in funding this year, more than triple last year’s amount, to help organisers strengthen safety measures, including doubling the number of…