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Neil the Seal makes his exit: Wildlife officials confirm the viral sensation has returned to the sea after causing havoc in Aussie coastal town
A one-tonne southern elephant seal named Neil, a social media sensation whose beachside antics have drawn millions of online views, has returned to the sea after spending several weeks onshore in a quiet coastal town in southern Tasmania. On Thursday, Tasmania’s Department of Natural Resources and Environment confirmed the five-year-old had left the area the…
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The official Bon Scott YouTube channel is uploading some amazing rare AC/DC footage
Watch rare footage of AC/DC and Bon Scott, who would have turned 80 today
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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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US officials allege $225m schools fraud; William surprises on Kelce podcast
A coalition of state financial officers claims $225m in fraud across American schools. Prince William guest-stars on the Kelces’ podcast before Travis weds Taylor Swift, who lands five Emmy nods.
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Dwayne Johnson on Why Live-Action ‘Moana’ Isn’t “Too Soon” and the Viral Reaction to His Onscreen Wig: “I Get It, I’m a Pretty Well-Known Bald Actor”
Johnson reprises his role as demigod Maui in the live-action adaption, which comes 10 years after the animated hit.
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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.