A cross-party committee of MPs and peers has said the UK urgently needs a new AI bill because current laws are not equipped to deal with the human rights risks posed by artificial intelligence. The Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) said no country, including the UK, currently…
A man in his 50s was rushed to hospital after being bitten by a shark at Glenfield Beach near Geraldton in Western Australia's Mid-North region. Emergency services responded quickly after being alerted to the incident on Monday morning, and the victim was taken to Geraldton Health Campus for…
A prominent Australian athlete has testified in a Sydney court that veteran broadcaster Alan Jones sent him a text message saying he wanted to be "kissing him all night" after allegedly kissing him without consent at a sporting function. Jones, the former Wallabies coach and longtime radio presenter,…
NSW Police and Transport for NSW officers seized 36 illegal e-bikes across four Sydney Northern Beaches suburbs in a crackdown that has sparked heated debate on social media. It marked the first use of new laws, introduced on 21 August, which allow authorities to seize and destroy illegal,…
Musicians Shirley Manson of Garbage and Liz Phair have both singled out JD Salinger's 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye as a formative literary influence, highlighting how the book's portrayal of teenage alienation resonated with them as young people. Manson has spoken of relating to protagonist Holden…
Kim Bartley's narrative feature debut "Lemonade" tells the story of an Irish teenager navigating the pressures of the care and justice systems, but the film's earnest intentions are undermined by heavily formulaic storytelling, according to a Hollywood Reporter review. Despite strong casting and a socially conscious subject, the…
Seth Rogen received a Career Achievement Award at the Toronto International Film Festival's Tribute Awards on Sunday night, joking that being honoured at 44 felt "ominous" and questioning whether organisers knew something about his health that he didn't. The Canadian actor, producer and writer was in Toronto promoting…
The New York Giants held a pregame tribute at MetLife Stadium marking the 25th anniversary of the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks, ahead of their Sunday Night Football opener against the Dallas Cowboys. The ceremony formed part of a wider league-wide programme of tributes across NFL Week 1,…
Ahead of HBO's "Lanterns" episode 5, Polygon spoke with cast members about the reveal that Zoe Macon (Poorna Jagannathan) is the shapeshifting Manhunter, an artificial alien peacekeeper responsible for genocide who has been manipulating both Green Lanterns Hal Jordan and John Stewart. The interviews explore why the Manhunter…
In the Season 3 finale of AMC's *The Walking Dead: Dead City*, Maggie (Lauren Cohan) finally accepts how central Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) has become to her life and steps up as leader, while also trusting her son Hershel (Logan Kim) to take a more active role in…
Amazon MGM's romantic drama "Love Of Your Life," reviewed at the Toronto Film Festival, stars Margaret Qualley as Maya, a Boston ER nurse whose whirlwind marriage ends in tragedy during the Covid pandemic, sending her into years of unexplained wandering across Lisbon, London and New Orleans. Directed by…
Peter Gabriel has revealed that his decision to become a musician was shaped not by rock or classical influences, which later fed into Genesis's progressive sound, but by a single soul concert he attended as a teenager in 1966. Speaking in a 1986 interview with Spin while promoting…
President Donald Trump said on Sunday that China "spies on us" just as "we spy on them," responding to a Wall Street Journal report alleging Chinese entities supplied Iran with satellite imagery ahead of a deadly missile strike on US forces. The remarks, made to reporters aboard Air…
A high school football coach in Tracy, California, was arrested after students discovered his mobile phone secretly recording them while they were changing in a locker room. Jeffrey Pribble, 48, is the varsity head coach and a physical education teacher at Tracy High School, and has worked as…
Netflix has set an October 30 theatrical release for The Mosquito Bowl, a new WWII drama directed by Peter Berg, as part of the streamer's push for awards eligibility this year. The film will get a limited cinema run before arriving on Netflix on November 25, and it…
A 21-year-old DJ from Noosa, Australia, has publicly accused a Melbourne-based DJ of sending her a "disgusting and degrading" voice message after she contacted him seeking career advice and gig opportunities. Tiarna Hanson said Ryan Mattiazzo, who performs as "Mattix", made it clear that access to his industry…
Blizzard has revealed further creative details about Diablo 5, confirming that former BioWare writer Jennifer Brandes Hepler, best known for her work on the Dragon Age trilogy, is serving as the game's narrative director. Speaking to Polygon at BlizzCon 2026, Hepler said her background in traditional RPG storytelling…
Carrie Underwood opened NBC's Sunday Night Football coverage for the 2026 season with a reworked, rock-heavier version of the broadcast's theme song, "Waiting All Day for Sunday Night," ahead of the Dallas Cowboys' clash with the New York Giants at MetLife Stadium. The performance is the latest chapter…
HBO's Lanterns continues its unconventional take on the Green Lantern mythos, using episode five to close out the show's 2016-set mystery involving the Manhunter while jumping between timelines. Rather than following a typical superhero structure, the episode functions as a turning point that deconstructs Hal Jordan and John…
HBO's *Lanterns* has moved into its final run of episodes, with Episode 5 delivering a major twist as Hal Jordan (Kyle Chandler) and John Stewart (Aaron Pierre) uncover the identity of the mysterious "Manhunter" behind the eerie calm in the town of Rushville. The reveal centres on Zoe…