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There might just be a strange irony to this week’s news that Oscar Isaac, AKA the tousled X-wing pilot Poe Dameron, is up for a return to Star Wars if the script is right. Because before the actor’s comments in a new interview with Variety, it was quite possible to forget that the sequel trilogy ever existed. Was The Force Awakens really a film, or just two hours of Disney rummaging through George Lucas’s recycling bin? Did The Last Jedi split the fanbase so violently that Brexit looked like a parking dispute? And could The Rise of Skywalker really have…

To many first-time viewers of this England team, it was a sight to behold.None of what occurred will be news to head coach John Mitchell, however. He will be looking more closely at the fine detail of his team, rather than Kildunne’s well-known headline-grabbing abilities.The neat dovetailing of Tatyana Heard and Megan Jones – a centre partnership that combines power, pace and nous – will have been particularly pleasing.Jones made perhaps the tackle of the match, marching Lotte Sharp at pace and drawing winces from the stands.Her break, followed by Heard’s quick hands, set up Abby Dow’s score just after…

She can barely see me – young Honey’s golden fringe falls well past her eyes. But the 11-month-old Highland calf trusts me, allowing me to nestle in close to brush her long, shaggy coat up along her neck. She tilts her head towards the sky, her wet pale pink nose catching the sun – she loves it. And for a moment, nothing else matters.I’m at Wildhand Farm, a 10 hectare property in Willunga Hill, South Australia. Little more than 12 months ago, budding farmers Alice Cearns, 29, and Reece Merritt, 37, were “going broke”. Their income from growing and selling…

Here are the key events on day 1,276 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.Here is how things stand on Saturday, August 23:Fighting Russian troops have taken control of the settlements of Rusyn Yar, Volodymyrivka and Katerynivka in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine, the Russian Ministry of Defence said. Russian oil supplies to Hungary and Slovakia could be suspended for at least five days after a Ukrainian drone strike on a facility in Russia, Hungarian and Slovak officials said. The attack by Ukraine marked the second time this week that Russian oil supplies have been cut to both countries. An energy…

Art the Clown is set to slay hard in the ‘Terrifier’ haunted house at Universal Studios Hollywood. Simon Thompson “If you’re going to do Terrifier, you’ve got to really do Terrifier,” exclaims John Murdy, Creative Director and Executive Producer of Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood. “We approached it with that mindset, because that’s what the fans of this franchise love.” The all-new haunted house, versions of which appear at the seasonal event in both the Los Angeles theme park and Universal Orlando Resort in Florida, is inspired by the Terrifier film franchise. The face of the already iconic…

Elon Musk and his social media platform, X, reached a tentative settlement on Wednesday with former Twitter employees after a years-long legal battle over severance pay. Former staff had sought $500m in a proposed class action suit against the billionaire.A court filing released on Wednesday stated that both parties had reached a settlement agreement in principle and requested that a scheduled 17 September hearing in the case be postponed while they worked to finalize a deal. The filing did not disclose any details of the tentative agreement and it is unclear what level of compensation that former employees may receive.Former…

Back in his hometown of Dallas, rapper BigXthaPlug was hosting a release party for his third studio album, I Hope You’re Happy, his take on country. But just hours later, though, at 2:20 a.m. on Friday, X, born Xavier Landum, was arrested and booked on charges of marijuana possession (less than two ounces) and unlawful possession of a firearm, per People, who reviewed Dallas County Jail records. BigX’s representatives did not immediately respond to Rolling Stone’s request for comment.  I Hope You’re Happy follows massive successes for BigX. Though he broke through as a soul-sampling rapper with the now-platinum album…

Aug 22, 2025, 04:10 PM ETHall of Fame jockey Ron Turcotte, who rode Secretariat to the Triple Crown in 1973, has died. He was 84.Turcotte’s family said through his longtime business partner and friend Leonard Lusky that the Canada-born jockey died of natural causes Friday at his home in Drummond, New Brunswick.He won the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes twice each, most notably sweeping the three with Secretariat to end horse racing’s Triple Crown drought that dated to Citation in 1948.”Ron was a great jockey and an inspiration to so many, both within and outside the racing world,” Lusky…

During her training in anthropology, Dorsa Amir, now at Duke University, became fascinated with the Müller-Lyer illusion. The illusion is simple: one long horizontal line is flanked by arrowheads on either side. Whether the arrowheads are pointing inward or outward dramatically changes the perceived length of the line—people tend to see it as longer when the arrowheads point in and as shorter when they point out.The Müller-Lyer illusion.Franz Carl Müller-Lyer, restyled by Eve LuMost intriguingly, psychologists in the 1960s had apparently discovered something remarkable about the illusion: only European and American urbanites fell for the trick. The illusion worked less…

Lily JamaliReporting fromSan FranciscoGetty ImagesUS Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick said on Friday that the federal government will take a 10% stake in US chipmaker Intel.”This historic agreement strengthens US leadership in semiconductors, which will both grow our economy and help secure America’s technological edge,” Lutnick wrote on X in a post accompanied by a photo of himself with Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan.President Donald Trump revealed the deal earlier on Friday during remarks in the Oval Office, calling it a “great deal for them”.Shares of the Santa Clara, California-based chipmaker soared more than 5% on Friday.Intel said in a statement…