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Indiana’s mascot starts the season with an absolute heater that puts other mascots to shame
Indiana University’s American football mascot, Hoosier the Bison, has kicked off the 2025 season with an eye-catching stunt, following the team’s national championship-winning campaign last year. Having skydived into Memorial Stadium for his debut appearance and used a zip line the following week, the bison-costumed performer marked the new season by driving an IndyCar around…
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Indiana QB Josh Hoover delivers the greatest “football guy” moment of the season so far
Indiana Hoosiers quarterback Josh Hoover was left bloodied but unbowed during his debut for the team, after a North Texas defender committed a blatant facemask foul that spun his helmet around and caused heavy bleeding. Despite the injury, Hoover remained on the pitch and, only three plays later, threw a nine-yard touchdown pass while still…
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Scots Labour MP Joani Reid splits from husband who is accused of spying for China
Scottish Labour MP Joani Reid has separated from her husband, lobbyist David Taylor, who was arrested in March on suspicion of spying for China, according to the Scottish Mail on Sunday. The split emerged after Reid was pictured at several public events without her wedding ring, and sources say she has since begun a relationship…
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Cruel liberals bash family-run Midwest farm after they created Charlie Kirk corn maze in his memory
An Indiana family business, Goebel Farms in Evansville, has faced a fierce backlash after unveiling a corn maze designed as a tribute to conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was shot dead in September 2025. The maze, revealed just days before the anniversary of his killing, features Kirk’s face carved into the crop along with the…
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Director Matt Dougherty, E.P. Jane Campion Explore Riveting “Anti-Guru” U.G. Krishnamurti In ‘The Natural State’ – Telluride Film Festival
A new documentary, “The Natural State,” about the Indian-born “anti-guru” U.G. Krishnamurti premieres at the Telluride Film Festival, directed by Matt Dougherty and executive produced by Oscar-winning filmmaker Jane Campion, who knew Krishnamurti personally. The film explores the contradictory legacy of a figure described variously as a teacher, philosopher and enlightened being, examining how his…
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Content creators drop the ball
A crowd of content creators disrupted play at the US Open this week, with an umpire forced to pause Naomi Osaka’s match against Anastasia Zakharova after influencers in a luxury suite became too loud, while others reportedly asked staff to take flash photographs during matches. The incident has reignited debate about whether influencers belong at…
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‘Our Share of Sand’ Review: A Brooding Indian Social Drama Told Through the Eyes of a Young Girl
Shalini Adnani’s debut feature “Our Share of Sand” is a class drama set against India’s sand-mining industry, seen through the eyes of Maya, a 12-year-old British Asian girl who returns to India to join her industrialist father Rohan. When Maya witnesses a workplace accident caused by her father’s corner-cutting practices, which leaves a local boy…
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Lee Chang-dong returns to filmmaking at Venice as Bangladeshi film bows
South Korean director Lee Chang-dong has ended an eight-year hiatus from feature filmmaking with Possible Love, which premiered in Competition at the Venice Film Festival, running alongside Rubaiyat Hossain’s The Difficult Bride, the first Bangladeshi film selected for the festival’s Horizons section. Lee, whose last feature was 2018’s Burning, told Deadline his prolonged absence stemmed…
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Lee Chang-dong On His Eight-Year Hiatus & Confident Return With Venice Competition Title ‘Possible Love’
South Korean director Lee Chang-dong returns to feature filmmaking after an eight-year hiatus with “Possible Love,” which premieres in competition at this year’s Venice Film Festival. Lee, best known for “Burning” (2018), says the long gap stemmed from what he calls his “pathological timidity” and a period of self-doubt over whether he was the right…
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Ohio State pays $2.1M settlement as it admits researcher had ‘inappropriate foreign affiliations’ to China
Ohio State University has agreed to pay $2.1 million to settle federal allegations that it failed to disclose researchers’ ties to China while applying for and receiving taxpayer-funded research grants. The Justice Department claimed the university did not properly reveal affiliations and financial support linked to Chinese universities and state-run research bodies in applications and…