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The Verge's Annual Summer 'In' and 'Out' List Returns
The Verge published its annual summer 'in' and 'out' list, a recurring editorial feature where staff members weigh in on which tech and culture trends are in, out, or somewhere in between for the seas
Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy quits X over misinformation
UK Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has quit Elon Musk's X platform along with her entire department, citing the site's embrace of "abuse and misinformation" over meaningful debate, making DCMS the second
North Sea Jazz Festival Marks 50th Anniversary at Rotterdam's Ahoy
The North Sea jazz festival marks its 50th anniversary at Rotterdam's Ahoy complex this weekend, having grown from a late-night The Hague experiment into a 1,000-artist, 90,000-attendee showcase where
‘Suddenly I was a celebrity. I didn’t want to be!’ Sue Johnston on fame, loneliness and her new robot pal
Sue Johnston, 82, stars as a widow who befriends a clunky humanoid robot in the new BBC sitcom Ann Droid, written by Diane Morgan and Sarah Kendall and premiering 17 July on BBC One.
'Fate Of The Bee' iPhone-Shot Drama Wraps, Eyes Festivals
Italian indie coming-of-age road movie "The Fate Of The Bee," shot primarily on iPhone 17 and led by Netflix's "Out Of My League" star Ludovica Francesconi, has wrapped post-production after two years
Joan Jett Keeps Gary Glitter Song at Anniversary Show
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Joan Jett, 67, played her first UK headline show in 16 years celebrating 45 years of her career-defining albums, while continuing to defend performing convicted paedophile
Venice Classics to Feature Roberto Rossellini’s ‘Journey to Italy,’ Roger Corman’s ‘The Wild Angels’ and Dev Benegal’s ‘English, August’
The Venice Film Festival has unveiled a 19-film Venice Classics lineup of freshly restored works spanning seven decades and multiple continents, set to screen at the 83rd edition running September 2-1
Michelle Dockery Returns to Stage in 'Bloodsport'
Michelle Dockery will make her stage return after seven years in the world premiere of Ava Pickett's 'Bloodsport: After Helen of Troy' at Stratford East, opposite Laura Aikman in her stage debut.
Taylor Swift's rumoured wedding celebrations begin with star-studded New York event
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce kicked off rumoured wedding celebrations at Madison Square Garden with a star-studded pre-party for ~100 guests Thursday night, hours after announcing a $26 million donat
What is Paralives? The creative life simulator game that could rival The Sims
Paralives, an indie life simulator from a small Montreal studio, sold 250,000 copies on Steam in its first eight hours, drawing life-sim fans seeking a quirkier, community-driven alternative to The Si
Mendick's new exhibition turns love into body horror
Lindsey Mendick's solo exhibition 'Where You End and I Begin' renders her romance with partner Guy Oliver as an unsettling ceramic meditation on romantic co-dependency, blending religious imagery, bod
Forty-one members and counting! Ferg’s Imaginary Big Band, the gigantic Leeds jazz group embracing ‘chaos, imperfection and all that’
Fergus Quill's 41-piece Leeds jazz collective Ferg's Imaginary Big Band releases second album 'The New Atomic,' continuing a punkish, queer-friendly big-band tradition rooted in Sun Ra and Loose Tubes
UK Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy Quits X, DCMS to Follow
U.K. Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy announced she's leaving X, citing a shift toward 'abuse and misinformation,' and said the Department for Culture, Media and Sport will also exit the platform — making
Florence Hazrat's 'On the Mark' Reviewed
A review of Florence Hazrat's "On the Mark," a scholarly history of punctuation tracing the marks from ancient interpuncts through Renaissance innovations to AI-era em dashes, with Hazrat arguing punc
Merkel Portrait Unveiled at Berlin's Bode-Museum
A portrait of Angela Merkel, painted by 28-year-old Jérémie Queyras during months of secret sittings in a Berlin studio, was unveiled at the Bode-Museum — with Merkel personally paying so she can take
Madonna’s Dance Floor-Dominating ‘Confessions II’ Is Her Best Album in Decades: Album Review
Madonna's 15th album 'Confessions II,' a 16-track dance floor sequel to her 2005 classic produced again by Stuart Price, is being called her best work in two decades by critics.
Real Housewives Marks 20 Years: Berwick On OC Origins
Bravo is marking 20 years of The Real Housewives franchise with Season 20 of the original Orange County series, as Chairman Frances Berwick reflects on the network's deliberate expansion from a single
Reedley Farmer's Free Nectarine Giveaway Shut Down by Cops
A Reedley, California farmer's free nectarine giveaway was hit with a cease and desist after drawing crowds so large that authorities stepped in — but the farmer kept handing out fruit anyway.
UK MPs Push to Ban Masha and the Bear Over Soviet Imagery
A cross-party group of more than 50 UK MPs has urged Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy to examine whether Russian children's cartoon Masha and the Bear can be stopped from broadcasting in the UK, alleging
West Unveils Plaque for Parents' Canal Journeys
Samuel West returned to the Braunston marina where his parents Timothy West and Prunella Scales moored their narrowboat for 20 years to unveil a plaque in their memory and open this year's Historic Bo
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