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BBC A “Disinfectant” To Disinformation On YouTube & X/Twitter, Says New Boss
BBC director general Matt Brittin has told MPs that the corporation will strengthen its presence on YouTube and X/Twitter in order to counter the spread of disinformation online. Giving evidence to the UK Parliament’s Culture, Media and Sport Committee, Brittin — a former long-serving Google executive — acknowledged that YouTube can act as a breeding…
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Gillian Flynn’s Psychological Thriller Books, Ranked
Collider writer Carolyn Jenkins has published a ranked list of author Gillian Flynn’s three psychological thriller novels, praising Flynn for creating complex, morally messy female protagonists rarely seen elsewhere in the genre. The piece matters chiefly as a fan-oriented appraisal that reflects Flynn’s enduring reputation, noting that although it has been some years since her…
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Pickup Artist Mystery Has an AI Girlfriend
Erik von Markovik — the pickup artist known as “Mystery” from Neil Strauss’s 2005 book The Game and VH1’s The Pickup Artist — has publicly declared that an AI chatbot named Miss Shira Always is his girlfriend. In June he posted a series of AI-animated clips of her to Instagram with romantic captions, prompting widespread…
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Jamie Muscato, King of the West End
British actor Jamie Muscato, 36, is profiled as one of the West End’s most bankable stars, an Olivier Award-nominated performer whose career has been built entirely on the stage rather than in film or television. The interview, conducted near London’s Kit Kat Club where he currently plays the Emcee in Cabaret, charts his unlikely journey…
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Controlling husband who murdered estranged wife and tried to fake it as suicide is found guilty
Michael Thompson, a former amateur boxer from Northampton, has been found guilty of murdering and raping his estranged wife, Kimberley Thompson, and of attempting to disguise the killing as a suicide. The case matters because the “coercive and controlling” father-of-four very nearly evaded justice after police initially accepted the staged scene he created, believing his…
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Netflix Officially Lands Christopher Nolan’s First Masterpiece Ahead of ‘The Odyssey’
Netflix has added Christopher Nolan’s 2000 psychological thriller Memento to its streaming catalogue, the film widely credited with launching the director’s career. The timing is notable because it comes just ahead of the release of Nolan’s much-anticipated new film, The Odyssey, his reimagining of Homer’s epic, which arrives in cinemas later this month. The article…
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6 Greatest Mystery Books of the Last 20 Years, Ranked
This Collider article, written by Safwan Azeem and published in July 2026, counts down what it deems the six greatest mystery novels of the past two decades. The piece argues that, despite the current popularity of screen adaptations, reading a mystery remains the superior experience because the format invites readers to actively piece together clues…
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Michael Fassbender’s Sci-Fi Action Epic Unleashes an Alien Nightmare in New Trailer
Michael Fassbender is returning to a leading role in a South Korean science-fiction action film titled Hope, marking a notable comeback after a relatively quiet period following David Fincher’s The Killer and the commercially overlooked 2025 spy thriller Black Bag. The film is a creature feature in which a huge alien emerges near a remote…
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Jesse Eisenberg On His New Film ‘The Debut’, The Surprise Success Of ‘A Real Pain’ And Donating A Kidney – Karlovy Vary
Actor and filmmaker Jesse Eisenberg appeared at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival to collect its President’s Award, reflecting on his career and previewing his new film, The Debut. Starring Julianne Moore and Paul Giamatti and set in the world of 1990s New Jersey summer-stock theatre, the film matters as the follow-up to his acclaimed…
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TalkFuse morning briefing, 8 Jul 2026 08:55
Your morning briefing: a short audio round-up of 6 top stories, drawing on TalkFuse, Collider, Wired.