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Goodbye frump, hello TikTok: M&S to celebrate 100 years with London fashion week show
Marks & Spencer will make its debut at London Fashion Week in September, staging a catwalk show to mark its 100th anniversary in the fashion industry. The move places the high-street retailer alongside luxury labels such as Burberry and Alexander McQueen, and signals how far it has come in shedding its long-standing reputation for “frumpiness”.…
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‘I Don’t Think He Would Have Changed:’ Bon Scott’s Brother Talks Late AC/DC Legend on His 80th Birthday
As what would have been Bon Scott’s 80th birthday arrives on Thursday 9 July, the late AC/DC frontman is being celebrated across the music world, with his rarely interviewed younger brother Derek reflecting that the singer would not have mellowed with age. Forty-six years after Scott’s death from acute alcohol poisoning in London in 1980…
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Why Upper Deck is Reminiscing About a Viral Michael Jordan Marketing Stunt From 1992
Sports card company Upper Deck has revived its famous 1992 “Trade Jordan” billboard stunt as the centrepiece of a new marketing campaign announcing an extended partnership with basketball legend Michael Jordan. The original stunt saw a blank white Chicago billboard bearing only the words “Trade Jordan” — which briefly sparked local and national alarm before…
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Elon Musk says X will DM you about posts that receive a Community Note
Elon Musk has announced that X will update its Community Notes feature so that any user who interacts with a post that later receives a correction will be sent a direct message alerting them to the change. The move aims to make the platform’s crowd-sourced corrections harder to overlook, increasing the chance that users become…
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Chili’s goes viral after roasting fast-food prices: ‘Why let them play you like this?’
A viral post showing an $18.19 Bacon King meal sparked the Chili's chain to promote its bottomless chips and salsa value meal for consumers, gaining over 5 million views on X.
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How Much Did Taylor Swift’s Wedding to Travis Kelce Affect Her Streaming Numbers?
This week’s Trending Up looks at the impact of the year’s most-buzzed-about nuptials on the world’s biggest artist’s numbers, along with 4th of July bumps and a new breakout hit.
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TikTok users don’t have as much agency over their FYPs as they think
Computer scientists at Northeastern University have tested a common complaint about TikTok — that its For You Page (FYP) ignores users’ negative feedback — and found that users have less control than they believe. Their study concludes that engagement signals such as skipping videos or tapping “not interested” do work, but only temporarily: the algorithm…
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Stella Lefty becomes latest musician branded an industry plant amid Yungblud backlash
Chicago-area singer Stella Lefty has become the latest musician accused of being an “industry plant”, a pejorative label suggesting an artist’s rise was secretly manufactured by the music business rather than earned. The 23-year-old has broken through on TikTok with her country-and-pop crossover single “Boston”, but her sudden success has prompted online scrutiny of her…
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Brent Montgomery’s Wheelhouse, Social Platform Zigazoo Launch Studio to Develop Content From Young Creators (EXCLUSIVE)
Brent Montgomery’s entertainment and investment company Wheelhouse has partnered with Zigazoo, a TikTok-style social media platform aimed at children and teenagers, to launch a joint venture called Zigazoo Studios. The new studio will develop content, live experiences, consumer products, brand partnerships and other business ventures built around emerging Gen Alpha creators from the Zigazoo community.…
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Emmys Snub Taylor Sheridan Shows, ‘Half Man’, ‘Hot Ones’ In Nominations; Riz Ahmed & YouTube’s ‘Subway Takes’ Score Surprise TV Academy Noms
Deadline has published its round-up of the biggest snubs and surprises from the 2026 Emmy nominations, unveiled on Wednesday morning ahead of the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards. The ceremony, to be hosted by Mariska Hargitay, will take place in September at the Peacock Theater in downtown Los Angeles. While confirmed contenders include Jean Smart (Hacks),…