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Apple TV’s Ambitious $100M Cancelled Crime Drama Deserves a Second Look
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 sprawling scope, while sometimes a weakness, is…
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Travis Tritt Wrote This Hit Single Amid His Own Personal Heartache
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 Change, was written entirely by Tritt and…
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Dad sues after school allegedly won’t say if biological males can use daughter’s bathroom
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 a wider legal and political dispute over…
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3 One-Hit Wonders From the 1980s I Vividly Remember Listening to on the School Bus
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, offering brief commentary on each track’s appeal…
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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
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 members about mistreatment within the organisation’s maritime…
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Coventry City agree £6m transfer to re-sign Gus Hamer from Sheffield United – Coventry Telegraph
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 left Coventry for Sheffield United in 2023…
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Foriegner review – will drinking your own urine get you a US visa?
The Guardian reviews Foriegner, a deliberately misspelled “anti-comedy clown show” by US-based Iranian performer Sohrab Haghverdi, running at Summerhall as part of the 2026 Edinburgh festival. The show is described as punk theatre that sets out to unsettle its audience through coughing fits, shouting, wandering off stage and provocative political riffing, including a mock-serious claim…
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Revisiting the original No Man’s Sky, 10 years on – and why it was always good in its own way
Ahead of No Man’s Sky’s 10th anniversary, an Eurogamer writer revisits the original 2016 version of Hello Games’ space exploration game on an old PS4, contrasting it with the game as it exists today after more than 45 major updates. Despite the notoriously troubled launch and the game’s since-transformed scope, they find the original still…