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YouTube golfer Grant Horvat is selling kids golf clubs with an alarmingly high price tag
YouTube golfer Grant Horvat has launched a $199 golf-club starter set for children aged three to six, prompting criticism over its price and unclear materials. The article argues that, while encouraging young children to take up golf is positive, the cost appears hard to justify compared with rival children’s sets and sits uneasily with Horvat’s…
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How Billboard’s Up-And-Coming Country Artist Blake Whiten Went From Viral Covers to Opening Stadium Tours & Scoring His Own Hot 100 Hit
Blake Whiten, Billboard’s August Up-and-Coming Artist, has progressed from posting viral country covers to opening Morgan Wallen’s stadium tour and earning his first Billboard Hot 100 entry. His rapid rise matters because it marks a transition from social-media exposure to mainstream industry milestones, including a debut album, radio promotion and a headline tour. Whiten’s cover…
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If Meta’s going down, it’s taking TikTok and YouTube with it
Meta has reached a proposed US child-safety settlement with 47 states and other jurisdictions, and is using it to urge TikTok, YouTube and Snap to adopt similar protections for teenagers. The arrangement matters because it could set a practical benchmark for future platform-safety negotiations while helping Meta avoid being placed at a competitive disadvantage by…
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Parents drop eye popping fees on sorority rush coaches to get kids into elite college Greek life
Parents are increasingly hiring specialist consultants to prepare daughters for competitive US college sorority recruitment, with social media exposure and heightened interest in Southern universities said to be driving demand. The trend matters because it has turned entry into Greek life into a costly, organised process resembling private academic admissions coaching. Consultants offer tailored help…
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Irish man is arrested over viral video where Jewish woman was warned she’d ‘get a bullet in her head’ after ‘anti-Semitic rant’
An Irish man in his 60s has been arrested near Marseille after allegedly making antisemitic remarks and threatening a Jewish Australian tourist in a supermarket near Avignon. The case has attracted wide attention after video of the confrontation circulated online, and French officials said it underscored the need to confront antisemitism firmly. The footage reportedly…
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Nurses Struggle for NHS Jobs as Iceland Votes on EU Talks
Newly qualified nurses face a jobs squeeze in England, while Iceland votes on reopening EU membership negotiations. British players near US Open qualification and Ridley Scott’s Raised by Wolves finds a new audience.
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Amol Rajan takes pop at ‘shrinking’ BBC as he jumps ship to YouTube to avoid being left ‘behind the curve in century of change’
Amol Rajan has said he expects the BBC and BBC News to shrink more rapidly in coming years, explaining that this helped motivate his move from the Today programme towards creator-led platforms such as YouTube and TikTok. His comments underline the pressure on public service broadcasters as audiences shift from scheduled television and radio to…
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Rachael Gunn says Paris routine was better than expected
Australian breaker Rachael ‘Raygun’ Gunn says she has watched her Paris 2024 Olympic routine in full for the first time and concluded it was “not as bad” as she had expected. Her performance became a global viral moment after she failed to score in any of her three round-robin battles, prompting widespread mockery and debate…
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Tom Cruise’s Unforgettable 10/10 Action Movie is Officially Free to Watch on YouTube
Tropic Thunder, the 2008 Hollywood satire directed by Ben Stiller, is now available to watch free with adverts on YouTube. The article highlights Tom Cruise’s heavily disguised cameo as ruthless studio executive Les Grossman as its standout feature, arguing that the performance helped make the film a lasting cult favourite. The film follows a dysfunctional…
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22 Years Later, Fans Officially Can’t Get Over This 10/10 Military Space Opera
Battlestar Galactica, the darker 2003 reimagining of the 1978 series, has returned to streaming and digital charts more than two decades after its debut. Its renewed popularity underlines the lasting appeal of its politically charged, post-apocalyptic story of humanity’s war against the Cylons, machines created by humans. The series is among the most-watched programmes on…