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Julien Baker Joins Lucy Dacus For “Bullseye” At Outside Lands
Lucy Dacus brought her boygenius bandmate Julien Baker on stage during her set at the Outside Lands festival in San Francisco to perform their song “Bullseye” together. The moment offered fans a rare live glimpse of the pair’s close creative partnership outside their full band, adding to a run of notable guest appearances at this…
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‘I am a big roguelike guy, but also a fan of minimalism and elegance’: Sam Barlow, creator of Her Story, guides us through the games in his Steam Library
PC Gamer profiled Sam Barlow, the developer behind acclaimed narrative games such as Her Story and Immortality, exploring the titles that make up his personal Steam library. The piece offers a glimpse into the tastes of a well-known indie creator, showing how his gaming habits blend the experimental, story-driven design he’s known for with an…
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4 Massive 80s Hits That Haven’t Lost Their Luster (Even Though We’ve Heard Them a Gajillion Times)
This is a lighthearted feature from American Songwriter highlighting four hit songs from the 1980s that remain enduringly popular despite being played extensively for decades. The piece argues that these tracks’ distinctive songwriting choices, unusual instrumentation and emotional depth have allowed them to retain their appeal long after their initial chart success. The four songs…
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Costco worker rams into coworker on motorcycle and kills him in jealous rage over a girl, police say
A Costco employee has been accused of deliberately ramming into a co-worker who was riding a motorcycle, killing him, in what police say was an act driven by jealousy over a woman. The case has drawn attention as a stark example of workplace tension escalating into fatal violence, with investigators treating it as a targeted…
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Nolan’s The Odyssey overtakes Dark Knight Rises as his top earner
Christopher Nolan’s mythological epic *The Odyssey* has become the highest-grossing film of his career, Universal Pictures confirmed, overtaking the two Batman films that previously topped his list. It ranks as the second-highest-grossing R-rated film ever, both domestically and globally, behind only 2024’s *Deadpool & Wolverine*, and has pushed Nolan’s combined career box office past $7…
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Here’s when you’ll be able to see the solar eclipse in Sheffield – and the best places to view it
Sheffield will see a deep partial solar eclipse on 12 August 2026, when the Moon will obscure most of the Sun in the early evening. The article highlights when to look and suggests suitable viewing locations, as an unobstructed western horizon will be important with the Sun low in the sky. The eclipse is expected…
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Brazilian top-flight club wear name of English fan with MND on shirts
Coritiba, a Brazilian Serie A football club, wore shirts bearing the name of Jonny Butcher, a 29-year-old Norwich fan diagnosed with motor neurone disease, during their match against Chapecoense to raise awareness of the incurable condition. Butcher, who was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in February, had developed ties to the club through his wife…
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One of the Most Notorious ‘X-Files’ Episodes Almost Didn’t Make It to Air
X-Files producer Vince Gilligan reveals secrets behind the hit sci-fi series’ most controversial episode and how they got it on the air.
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A forgotten mission: NASA once planned to send astronauts to Venus
NASA studied a proposal in the late 1960s to send three astronauts on a flyby of Venus, rather than land them there, using Apollo-derived hardware and a Saturn V rocket. The abandoned concept illustrates how the Apollo programme briefly opened the possibility of more ambitious human missions beyond the Moon, before changing priorities and funding…
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David Ellison Is Promising Theater Owners Contractual Guarantees for Paramount-Warner Bros. 30-Film Annual Slate. But What if Moviegoers Don’t Care?
David Ellison, chief executive of Paramount Skydance, is offering America’s biggest cinema chains contractual guarantees to release at least 30 films a year in theatres as he pushes to close his company’s costly merger with Warner Bros. According to Bloomberg, Ellison has proposed three-year, legally binding commitments to AMC Entertainment and Regal Cinemas, promising exclusive…