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American Songwriter 3rd Annual Road Ready Talent Contest Semi-Finalists Announced
American Songwriter has announced the semi-finalists for its third annual Road Ready Talent Contest, recognising a large and varied group of songwriters, artists and performers. The announcement marks the next stage of the competition and highlights the range of original music submitted from entrants in different locations and styles. The publication thanked all participants and…
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116 Grams: A Play to Lose Weight review – a shocking satire of body policing
Letícia Rodrigues’s 116 Grams: A Play to Lose Weight is a fiercely satirical and emotionally raw Edinburgh Fringe performance about body policing, shame and the scrutiny faced by women deemed overweight. Framed as an attempt to lose 116 grams during a one-hour show, it exposes the damaging expectations placed on female bodies and challenges assumptions…
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Why X-Files Creator Chris Carter Cut the Kissing from His New Version of I Want to Believe
Chris Carter has released a director’s cut of 2008 film The X-Files: I Want to Believe, retitled Vrach Frankenshteyn, which is seven to eight minutes shorter than the theatrical version. He removed much of the romantic material between Mulder and Scully because he felt it distracted from the film’s darker central story and had been…
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Phoebe Bridgers – Lost Weekend
Clash Magazine’s review finds Phoebe Bridgers’ first solo album in six years, ‘Lost Weekend’, ambitious, emotionally intense and ultimately thrilling, though less cohesive than her previous work. The critic says the album matters because it marks her return after the globally acclaimed ‘Punisher’, as she moves from smaller venues to arena-level audiences with considerable expectations…
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Grassley, Whitehouse blast Treasury decision on FinCEN
Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) issued a statement Thursday blasting the Treasury Department’s decision to exempt 99 percent of entities from their previous requirement to report beneficial ownership to the department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FinCEN. The senators issued a joint statement warning the final rule, which was published Tuesday, undermines…
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2K launches new studio to build its ‘next blockbuster sports franchise’
2K has launched Small Axe Studios, a new AAA development studio intended to create its “next blockbuster sports franchise”. The announcement matters because signs suggest the project could be a football game positioned to compete with EA Sports FC, potentially expanding 2K’s presence in major sports gaming. 2K has not confirmed which sport the new…
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Country Star Pulled Through Windshield After Terrifying Tour Bus Crash
Country artist Colt Ford says he was pulled through the windscreen of his tour bus by emergency responders after it crashed into a ditch while travelling to Germany for a show. He suffered a broken shoulder, while the rest of the crew were reportedly left “a little banged up” but safe; the incident may affect…
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Jason Arday’s fall from grace could be ‘a reckoning’ for DEI, says GUY ADAMS, as he takes apart ‘fabulist’ professor’s dubious backstory on new Deep Dive podcast
On the Daily Mail’s Deep Dive podcast, senior feature writer Guy Adams discusses his weeks-long investigation into Jason Arday, the Cambridge academic who resigned last week amid accusations of plagiarising parts of his PhD thesis and growing scepticism about his personal backstory. Adams, who describes Arday as a “fabulist”, tells host Chris Pleasance that almost…
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Conditions on US aircraft carrier at sea for more than 250 days raise alarms
Concern is growing over reported living conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, a US aircraft carrier deployed for more than 250 days. The reports are increasing pressure on the Trump administration over the war with Iran, while a Democratic senator has demanded answers from the military; Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth disputes the claims. The carrier…