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Arsenal v Manchester City in Community Shield and athletics gold – follow with us
The Guardian’s live coverage tracks a packed weekend of British sport, spanning the return of the EFL football season, the Community Shield curtain-raiser, and the final evenings of the athletics at Birmingham’s Alexander Stadium. The build-up highlights how fixture scheduling has become increasingly cluttered, with the Football League returning after Scottish football, the Carabao Cup,…
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‘Conan O’Brien Must Go’ Season 3 Is Delightfully Unhinged When It Lets Conan Be Conan | Review
Collider’s review finds the third series of Conan O’Brien Must Go most effective when it allows O’Brien’s familiar, unpredictable comic persona to drive the travel format. Across four HBO episodes, he visits India, the Netherlands, Morocco and the Philippines, meeting listeners of his podcast while turning cultural encounters into increasingly awkward and absurd comic set-pieces.…
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The PSP is the ultimate physical media EDC in 2026, change my mind
GamesRadar argues that Sony’s PlayStation Portable remains an especially strong everyday-carry device for physical media in 2026. The opinion piece matters chiefly as a defence of older dedicated hardware at a time when digital storefront access and media ownership can be uncertain. Its case rests on the PSP’s compact size, its use of physical UMD…
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Watch God Of War Laufey Star Smash The Last Of Us Golf Club Prop On Her First Day
Deborah Ann Woll plays Faye in the upcoming PS5 game God of War Laufey, and she had quite a memorable first day on set. At San Diego Comic-Con recently, she shared a story about how, on her very first day, she broke a famous prop from The Last of Us due to her strength and…
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Austria selects Sandra Hüller drama Rose for 2027 Oscars
Austria has selected Markus Schleinzer’s black-and-white period drama Rose as its official submission for the 2027 Academy Awards’ Best International Feature category. The decision puts the Sandra Hüller-led film into the Oscar race, reinforcing the actor’s prominent international awards profile after recent acclaimed performances. Set in 17th-century rural Germany, Rose follows a woman who poses…
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Star Wars The Mandalorian and Grogu Gets Disney Plus Streaming Date
The Mandalorian and Grogu will begin streaming on Disney Plus on 2 September, bringing the Star Wars film to the platform where the characters first found a wide audience. The release will make the film available to subscribers after its cinema run and paid home-entertainment launch. The film debuted in cinemas on 22 May and…
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Iran’s chilling midterm gamble against Trump revealed as insiders warn regime is ‘playing with fire’
The article reports that Iranian officials and insiders are considering a more confrontational approach towards Donald Trump ahead of the US midterm elections, including pressure around the Strait of Hormuz. It argues that such a strategy could raise the political and economic costs for the US administration, but warns it risks provoking a severe American…
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Trump asks Supreme Court to allow ballroom work to continue
Donald Trump has asked the US Supreme Court to let construction continue on a proposed $400m White House ballroom while his administration appeals a lower-court order to halt the work. The dispute matters because it concerns whether a president can make major changes to the White House complex without congressional approval and the usual historic-preservation…
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How many people actually have cyclosporiasis? Why it’s so hard to track
The current outbreak has been attributed to contaminated iceberg lettuce from central Mexico.
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How The Righteous Brothers Snuck a B-Side Past Their Producer Into Pop History Back in 1965
The Righteous Brothers’ 1965 recording of “Unchained Melody” became an enduring hit despite being issued as the B-side to “Hung On You”. The article says the duo used the less closely supervised B-side process to work outside producer Phil Spector’s control, with Bill Medley producing and Bobby Hatfield delivering the lead vocal; its success helped…