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Canada’s FEQ Gets The Festival Experience Right
Stereogum’s Annie Zaleski reviews the Festival d’été de Québec (FEQ), praising it as a rare example of a large festival that gets the experience right amid a wider concert industry slump marked by soaring ticket prices and cancelled tours. Held across three days in Quebec City, the festival stood out for its compact, well-organised layout,…
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Let us know if your algorithm is on firee!!!
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Beloved grandma crushed by fallen tree in freak accident during dangerous Maine storm
A grandmother in Maine was killed after a tree fell and crushed her during a severe storm that swept through the state, in what has been described as a freak accident. The woman, named locally as Amy Tatlock, was remembered by family and friends as a beloved matriarch, and her death highlights the dangers posed…
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John Leguizamo Has Never Been as Vulnerable as in ‘The Odyssey’: “It Was So Intense for Me”
John Leguizamo has spoken about his role in Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey”, describing it as the most vulnerable he has ever been on screen. He plays Eumaeus, the loyal servant of Odysseus (Matt Damon), who quietly supports Telemachus (Tom Holland) and Penelope (Anne Hathaway) during Odysseus’s long absence, and delivers an emotionally raw performance when…
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‘Let’s brew it in the United States’: Teamsters target Modelo and Corona in push for Mexican beer tariffs
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, one of America’s largest labour unions, has urged President Donald Trump to impose steep tariffs on Mexican beer imports, singling out popular brands such as Modelo and Corona. Teamsters president Sean O’Brien argues that these beers, and other imported goods, should instead be brewed domestically, framing the move as a…
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“Steve Lukather’s guitar collided with a mic stand. He banked the guitar against it and made it a feature of the song. I don’t even understand!” Toto’s Dennis Atlas and his star-studded solo album
Dennis Atlas, who joined Toto as second keyboardist in 2024 at the age of 28, has released his second solo album, Principle, featuring an array of high-profile guest musicians. His growing role within Toto followed the retirement of longtime keyboardist Greg Phillinganes, and the California-based musician has used the opportunity to bring in notable collaborators…
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Connecting AI agents to outside services explodes the risk radius
A study by AI security firm PromptArmor has found that “connectors” – integrations letting AI agents like ChatGPT and Claude interact with third-party services such as Gmail, Slack or Dropbox – are changing so rapidly and unpredictably that they undermine any security assumptions made when they were first approved. This matters because connectors already carry…
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‘What has the BBC ever done for me?’ Romesh Ranganathan reboots corporation’s 1985 licence fee plea
The BBC has released a new musical advert fronted by Romesh Ranganathan, updating John Cleese’s famous 1985 licence fee campaign as the corporation steps up its case for charter renewal. The original saw Cleese complain in a pub about the cost of his TV licence before a string of celebrities set him straight; the new…