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THREE DAYS GRACE Has ‘Already Started Getting Ideas Together’ For Follow-Up To ‘Alienation’ Album

  • Three Days Grace plan to start writing new album in 2027
  • Follows 2025 comeback record "Alienation" with returning singer Adam Gontier
  • Band to tour further before entering songwriting mode

Three Days Grace vocalist Matt Walst has revealed that the band is already developing ideas for a follow-up to their 2025 album "Alienation," with formal songwriting set to begin next year. Speaking to Edmonton radio station 100.3 The Bear, Walst said the group would take a short break…

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Trans refugee who fled notorious Islamic asylum center is BACK in San Francisco with stunningly ungrateful complaints about the United States

  • Trans refugee who fled a Dutch asylum centre is back in San Francisco.
  • The refugee has voiced complaints about life in the US.
  • Article offers limited detail on the asylum background or claims made.

A Daily Mail article reports that a transgender refugee, who previously said they had fled a Netherlands asylum centre described as dominated by Islamic residents, has returned to San Francisco after seeking safety elsewhere, and is now voicing complaints about life in the United States. The piece frames…

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Darline Graham tests value of a famous name vs. lack of experience in South Carolina primary

  • Graham’s name recognition faces a test against experience concerns.
  • Trump and Senate Republicans are backing her campaign.
  • Tuesday’s primary will choose the Republican nominee.

Darline Graham, appointed to fill the Senate seat left vacant by her late brother Lindsey Graham, is seeking the Republican nomination to serve a full term in South Carolina. Her campaign tests whether the recognition and goodwill attached to the Graham name, along with backing from President Donald…

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Apple TV’s Ambitious $100M Cancelled Crime Drama Deserves a Second Look

  • Apple TV's $100m drama Shantaram was cancelled after one season in 2022
  • Based on Gregory David Roberts' novel about a fugitive reinventing himself in Bombay
  • Charlie Hunnam's performance is praised as the show's standout element

Apple TV's crime drama *Shantaram*, based on Gregory David Roberts' semi-autobiographical 2003 novel, is worth revisiting despite being cancelled after a single season in 2022. Reportedly made on a budget of around $100 million, the series exemplifies Apple TV's willingness to invest heavily in ambitious productions, and its…

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Travis Tritt Wrote This Hit Single Amid His Own Personal Heartache

  • Travis Tritt's 1991 hit stemmed from his own real-life divorce.
  • He found his home emptied and was served divorce papers same day.
  • His ex called wanting to reconcile, inspiring the song's lyrics.

Country star Travis Tritt has revealed that his 1991 hit "Here's A Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)" was born directly out of a painful divorce he went through before signing his first record deal. The uptempo track, the lead single from his sophomore album It's All About To…

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Dad sues after school allegedly won’t say if biological males can use daughter’s bathroom

  • NC father sues school district over transgender bathroom access disclosure.
  • America First Legal Foundation is backing the federal lawsuit.
  • Case could force schools to let parents opt out of such policies.

A father in North Carolina, working with the conservative legal group America First Legal Foundation, has filed a federal lawsuit against his local school district after it allegedly refused to tell him whether biological males are permitted to use his daughter's school bathroom. The case forms part of…

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3 One-Hit Wonders From the 1980s I Vividly Remember Listening to on the School Bus

  • Article recalls three nostalgic 1980s one-hit wonders from school bus days
  • Songs featured: "Whip It" (Devo), "I Want Candy" (Bow Wow Wow)
  • Also included: "Rock Me Amadeus" by Falco

An American Songwriter piece recalls three 1980s one-hit wonders the writer remembers hearing on their Walkman during school bus journeys, reflecting on how portable cassette players and the school bus were inseparable during the decade. The article is a personal, nostalgic reflection rather than a hard news story,…

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The “off-beat” actor Stanley Kubrick almost hired for ‘Dr Strangelove’: “He’ll be a fabulous choice”

  • Kubrick considered Gene Kelly for Dr Strangelove's General Jack D Ripper role
  • Sterling Hayden was cast instead; Peter Sellers played multiple parts
  • Kubrick later used Kelly's song in A Clockwork Orange, upsetting him

Stanley Kubrick nearly cast Gene Kelly, the singing and dancing star of Singin' in the Rain, in a very different type of role for his 1964 Cold War satire Dr Strangelove. In a letter to producer James Harris, Kubrick described Kelly as a "fabulous off-beat choice" for Brigadier…

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My hell on board the Scientologist slave ship: British woman describes how she was ‘given’ to religious group aged 11 and suffered years of rape and abuse

  • British woman alleges she was given to Scientology aged 11
  • She says she suffered years of rape and abuse aboard a ship
  • Account adds to wider claims of mistreatment within the church

A British woman has spoken out about being "given" to the Church of Scientology at the age of 11 and enduring years of alleged rape and abuse while serving aboard what she describes as a Scientologist "slave ship". Her account adds to a series of allegations from former…

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Coventry City agree £6m transfer to re-sign Gus Hamer from Sheffield United – Coventry Telegraph

  • Coventry agree £6m deal to re-sign Gus Hamer
  • Hamer left for Sheffield United in 2023
  • Medical and formalities remain before completion

Coventry City have agreed a £6 million deal with Sheffield United to bring midfielder Gus Hamer back to the club. The proposed return would reunite Coventry with a key player from their recent rise in the Championship and represents a notable move in their summer transfer plans. Hamer…

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