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Salman Toor’s Courtauld exhibition centres queer South Asian lives
Pakistani American artist Salman Toor has gained international recognition for paintings placing queer South Asian men at the centre of scenes involving intimacy, nightlife, migration and vulnerability. His first solo European exhibition, *Someone Like You*, opens at London’s Courtauld Gallery, where his figures and themes challenge the demonisation and erasure of brown queer people while…
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Chinese memory-maker CXMT claims DRAM production breakthrough
Chinese memory-maker CXMT says it has begun mass-producing DRAM using a fifth-generation process that roughly doubles memory density. The claimed advance could help Chinese electronics manufacturers obtain more affordable memory during a global shortage driven by demand for AI products, although CXMT’s assertions and competitiveness remain to be independently established. The process uses a high-k…
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Ke Huy Quan Reveals “Life Changing” Gesture From Spielberg & Lucas When He Was A Kid
Ke Huy Quan has revealed in his new memoir that director Steven Spielberg and producer George Lucas gave him an unexpected share of profits from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom whilst he was just 12 years old. This gesture was highly unusual, as profit-sharing was not standard practice for actors at the time,…
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Police allege stalking preceded fatal shooting of Sacramento IHOP worker
Shalini Thakur, a 38-year-old IHOP worker in Sacramento, was shot dead outside a Panera Bread restaurant on 8 September by Rohit Rohit, a 22-year-old DoorDash driver who then killed himself. Police allege Rohit had stalked and harassed Thakur for months after their relationship ended, highlighting how escalating fixation and alleged failures to protect her preceded…
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Caitlin Clark shines, but Fever suffer embarrassing blowout loss to Mystics as playoff race heats up
Indiana Fever lost 93–77 to the Washington Mystics in a one-sided home defeat that damaged their late-season momentum and playoff position. Caitlin Clark led all scorers with 25 points and five assists, but Indiana struggled collectively and slipped one game behind the Atlanta Dream for fourth seed. Clark and Kelsey Mitchell combined for 47 of…
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Ke Huy Quan recalls near-$100,000 Temple of Doom residuals cheque
Ke Huy Quan has recalled receiving an unexpected residuals cheque worth almost $100,000 as a 12-year-old after starring as Short Round in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. He said the payment was life-changing for his family and reflected an unusually generous gesture from Steven Spielberg and George Lucas. Quan initially did not understand…
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‘Angh’ Review: Toronto’s Platform Award Winner Is a Lush Lament for an Indian Tribe in the 1960s
Director Theja Rio’s debut feature “Angh” has won the top prize in the Platform competition at the Toronto Film Festival, qualifying it for Best International Feature Oscar consideration. The film explores the tension between indigenous identity and colonial modernity through the story of a Konyak tribal chief in 1960s Nagaland, as an American missionary’s arrival…
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The Weeknd premieres anime-inspired Tokyo with Yoko Takahashi in Japan
The Weeknd premiered the unreleased song ‘Tokyo’ with Japanese singer Yoko Takahashi during his Asian tour dates at Belluna Dome in Saitama on 19 and 20 September. The performance combines elements of Takahashi’s ‘A Cruel Angel’s Thesis’, the iconic opening theme from Neon Genesis Evangelion, with visuals inspired by that anime and NieR:Automata, highlighting the…
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Ratcliffe blasts taxes as Germany faces crisis and Ukraine strikes Moscow
Billionaire Ratcliffe sparks taxes row prompting Education Secretary’s response as Germany convenes emergency talks after far-right and far-left electoral gains. Ukraine launches drone assault on Moscow; stabbing probed in Liverpool; new Miss Marple novel commissioned; EU warned of China reliance.