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Lady Gaga has received an Emmy nomination in the outstanding music and lyrics category for "The Dead Dance", a song she wrote for the second season of Netflix's "Wednesday". The nomination brings her career total to six Emmy nominations, adding to a Sports Emmy she won for her…
The Treasury has not yet carried out any analysis of the trade-offs required for the UK to meet its Nato pledge to spend 3.5% of GDP on defence by 2035, its chief secretary Lucy Rigby has admitted. Under questioning from a joint session of the Treasury and defence…
US President Donald Trump has said the United States will grant Ukraine a licence to manufacture Patriot air defence systems, a move that could represent a significant shift in policy on arming Kyiv. Patriot systems are among the most sought-after air defences for Ukraine, which has repeatedly requested…
Protomartyr, the Detroit post-punk band, have announced a run of live dates across North America and Europe, beginning in autumn 2025 and continuing into early 2026. The tour matters chiefly for fans awaiting new activity from the group, whose most recent album, Formal Growth in the Desert, arrived…
Collider critic Taylor Gates has reviewed Disney's new live-action remake of *Moana*, starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as Maui and newcomer Catherine Laga'aia as Moana, and found it underwhelming. Published on 8 July 2026, the review argues that the film feels unnecessary — particularly as the animated original…
The Hollywood Reporter's chief film critic David Rooney has given a broadly favourable review to Disney's live-action remake of Moana, arriving just ten years after the 2016 animated original. Rooney, who admits general scepticism about Disney's live-action remake "assembly line", argues the film succeeds on its own terms…
Converge, the American hardcore/metalcore band, have announced a headline tour of the UK and Europe this autumn, following the release of two albums during the year. The run gives fans across the continent a chance to hear material from both records live, capping a busy period that included…
A 37-storey office building on East 42nd Street in Midtown Manhattan, near Grand Central Terminal, will have to be partially demolished after two of its structural columns buckled on Tuesday morning while construction crews were working inside. The failure caused the 21st to 26th floors to cave in…
Ida Wobker, a 15-year-old German player, was disqualified from the Wimbledon junior women's singles tournament after throwing her racket in frustration, causing it to bounce into the spectator stands. The All England Club confirmed the decision, underlining that dangerous displays of temper will not be tolerated even at…
Poppy Reynolds, a 22-year-old suicide prevention campaigner from Bundaberg in Queensland, has died, four years after her older brother Harry took his own life in 2022. Her death matters because she had become a passionate advocate and fundraiser for mental health charities following her brother's loss, making her…