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‘Final Album, Final Tour’: Ministry’s Al Jourgensen Talks ‘Hate to Go’

  • Jourgensen says Ministry will finish after its next album and farewell tour.
  • The 10-track record is called *Hate to Go (Take Out or Delivery)*.
  • He says the band found the energy for one final album after 2024’s release.

Al Jourgensen says Ministry will end after releasing its 10-track album *Hate to Go (Take Out or Delivery)* and completing a farewell tour next year. The founder, who says he will have spent 45 years in music, describes the decision as final and says he is looking forward…

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Broadway revival of A Few Good Men fails to bring courtroom drama to life

  • Arden’s staging brings visual force to the Broadway revival.
  • The courtroom drama feels dated and its characters can seem one-dimensional.
  • The story weighs military discipline against individual rights.

Lincoln Center’s Broadway revival of Aaron Sorkin’s *A Few Good Men* uses striking staging to examine military conformity, justice and the rights of individual service members. But the review finds that the play’s courtroom drama feels dated and its characters sometimes slip into caricature, limiting the production’s impact.…

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‘A Few Good Men’ Broadway Review: Bradley Whitford And Tom Blyth Manhandle The Truth

  • Sorkin’s military courtroom drama returns in a Lincoln Center revival.
  • The review sees its themes as relevant but overly familiar.
  • Whitford, Blyth and Rodriguez lead the production.

A Lincoln Center Theater revival of Aaron Sorkin’s *A Few Good Men*, directed by Michael Arden and starring Bradley Whitford, Tom Blyth and Krysta Rodriguez, revisits the military courtroom drama about a Marine’s death and the attempt to uncover who ordered the hazing that led to it. The…

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Perth breeder jailed after 105 dogs suffered neglect in extreme heat

  • Breeder jailed for neglecting 105 dogs in extreme heat.
  • 22 dogs were euthanised after the rescue.
  • About 80 per cent of survivors have been re-homed.

A Perth breeder has been jailed for nine months after 105 dogs were found without adequate food or water in heat exceeding 40C. The case highlights the consequences of prolonged neglect on animals and the difficulty of rehabilitating dogs after severe physical and psychological harm. RSPCA WA found…

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Patrick Stewart’s Career Was a Rare and Thrilling Marriage of the Prestigious and the Populist

  • Stewart joined popular franchises after a long classical stage career.
  • Picard made him internationally recognised across seven Star Trek seasons.
  • His seven X-Men films grossed $3.32 billion.

Patrick Stewart brought a distinguished stage career to popular screen roles, most notably Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Professor Charles Xavier in the X-Men films. His classical training helped give both characters authority and emotional depth, while his performances helped lend prestige to…

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Chili’s customers suffer chemical burns after dangerous margarita mix-up

  • Degreaser was mistaken for a margarita ingredient.
  • Three customers and two employees reportedly suffered symptoms.
  • The restaurant’s permit was suspended, then reinstated.

A cleaning chemical was mistaken for a bar ingredient at a Chili’s restaurant in Forest City, North Carolina, and used to prepare margaritas. Customers and staff suffered chemical burns or similar symptoms, prompting a health investigation and a temporary suspension of the restaurant’s food service permit. Preliminary findings…

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Poorna Jagannathan Joins Hulu’s ‘Young Americans’ Pilot, Natalia Leite To Direct

  • Poorna Jagannathan joins Hulu’s *Young Americans* pilot.
  • Natalia Leite will direct the pilot.
  • A romance links the children of political rivals.

Poorna Jagannathan has joined Hulu’s pilot for *Young Americans* as a series regular, while Natalia Leite has been hired to direct. The political drama follows teenagers at an elite Washington academy whose personal conflicts echo the power struggles of their parents. Jagannathan will play Maya Washburn, a senator…

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A ghost story in the nation’s Capitol

  • A journalist fell on the Capitol steps while approaching Trudeau.
  • He had hoped to ask about baseball returning to Montreal.
  • The writer wonders what caused the fall.

A journalist recounts falling on the steps of the US Capitol while trying to ask then-Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau about the possibility of Major League Baseball returning to Montreal. The mishap stopped the question from being asked and became an enduring story about the incident, which the…

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You don’t need to believe in a god to get a religious exemption from using AI at work

  • A Humanist administrator won an accommodation to avoid workplace AI.
  • His case was assessed individually by the University of Kentucky.
  • The AHA says non-theistic beliefs may also qualify for protection.

David Durman, a nontheistic Humanist and University of Kentucky administrator, has received a workplace accommodation allowing him to abstain from using AI. He argues that relying on AI can weaken people’s capacity for independent moral judgement and critical thought, and says its effects on jobs, the environment and…

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