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The Prince and Princess of Wales marked Halloween on social media for the first time with an unseen photo of Louis as a toddler.
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“Happy Halloween! Prince Louis, aged 1, photographed by The Princess of Wales.”— Prince William and Kate Middleton, Prince and Princess of Wales · Instagram (via Mastodon/E! News republish) · full quotes →
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Scottish actor reveals he would decline the honour in an interview.
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“James McAvoy has revealed he would turn down an honour if he was offered one”— The National / scotnational.bsky.social · Bluesky · full quotes →
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A crash in 2026 has brought renewed attention to a series of aviation incidents affecting the country music industry.
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“A crash that left five dead brought attention to what has been a heartbreaking and frightening year in the air.”— The Oregonian · full quotes →
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The actress broke her silence in an emotional video, saying she never intended to 'hurt or frighten anyone' after her Oct. 11 Delta flight…
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“Not one day ever have I intended to hurt or frighten anyone a day in my life.”— Selma Blair · full quotes →
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The 'Kaante' and 'Shootout at Wadala' filmmaker died of a head injury sustained in a fall, as Mumbai Police open an inquiry and the…
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“He fell in his kitchen at night and hit his head. He bled to death”— Milap Zaveri, Filmmaker, mentee of Gupta · full quotes →
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Filming for Apple TV's Emmy-winning sci-fi drama starring Rhea Seehorn and created by Vince Gilligan starts today.
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“Pluribus Season 2 is currently in pre-production with filming scheduled to begin in Albuquerque, New Mexico on October 31, 2026.”— Production List · full quotes →
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A pair of emerging country artists tied the knot, calling each other their best friend.
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An RTL Nieuws survey finds schools from primary level to university across the Netherlands cutting laptop use to curb distraction, while…
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“its nicer to backspace than to have to cross out the words Why is that nicer? It's good to know what mistake you've made.”— Few_Place4447 · full quotes →
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After her elopement collapsed, an Irish-based woman invited internet strangers to Northern Ireland for a 'non-wedding' week — eleven showed…
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“This is a rather sweet story of how a bunch of strangers became a ritually bonded female coalition to help a woman overcome the distress of 'nonmarriage'”— RadicalAnthro@c.im · full quotes →
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The aspiring chef posts defiant message to critics, saying he doesn't care about negative comments.
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“bring on the comments I don't care”— Brooklyn Beckham · The Mirror / Metro.co.uk / Daily Star · full quotes →
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Sir Patrick Stewart, who defined Captain Picard and Professor Xavier across decades, has died following Alzheimer's and Lewy Body Dementia.
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“For huge numbers of people, I will always be Jean-Luc Picard, and that's fine. I really believe we created an admirable individual.”— Patrick Stewart · full quotes →
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Two friends start playing The Campaign for North Africa, aiming to become the first known people to complete the legendary 1979 war game.
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“Based on that, we are looking at a 20- to 30-year run for the full game. We've come to terms with it.”— James Purcell · full quotes →
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The 1978 comedy-rock track gains renewed social media traction around Halloween 2026.
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“Happy # Halloween Ah-ooh 🎶 🎵 Werewolves Of London 🎵”— Rasta@zeroes.ca, Mastodon user · Mastodon · full quotes →
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A lushly produced quarterly founded by investor Patrick O'Shaughnessy wins praise from the moguls it profiles and scorn from veteran…
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“It is PR. These people are so fragile and made of papier-mâché that they need Vaseline mirrors to reflect them back at themselves.”
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A newly published essay and a new book mark 100 years since Harry Houdini's death, reopening old questions about its cause and date.
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“I'm not sure many of the people who know the name 'Houdini' could pick him out of a lineup, specify when he lived, or say what he actually did in his…”— Matthew Solomon, Film history professor, University of Michigan · Philadelphia Inquirer (AP) · full quotes →
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Linguist Lorenzo Dow Turner's field recordings reveal the earliest known spoken audio of an endangered American language.
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“Everybody is learning approximations of French and then approximations of approximations. Quite quickly, a new language is born.”— Dr. Oliver Mayeux · full quotes →
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Metallica frontman says the hardcore band turned down touring with them, saying they're "doing good on their own already."
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“I am not enjoying this era of Hetfiled. I grew up on Metallica and this asshole just wants to make everything about himself now.”— Old-Dealer-668, Reddit commenter · Reddit · full quotes →
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The studio cites an unspecified "server issue" and gives no timeline for restoring PvP, summons and messages.
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“The reason and timeline for restoration were not disclosed.”— PC Gamer · full quotes →
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At the Tokyo Fan Fest keynote, Square Enix pushed the sixth FFXIV expansion back and revealed the Zephyr job, new areas, and version 8.0…
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“FFXIV Evercold Gets a Date, Reveals Crossbow Job Zephyr”— @GamingNews@meta.masto.host, Gaming news account · Mastodon · full quotes →
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The Boston Globe remembers Stewart's Picard as a portrait of moral clarity, as Hacker News readers debate whether such leadership exists…
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“He doesn't ooze of anxiety, he doesn't micromanage, or rule by fear and unpredictable outbursts of anger until only yes-sayers are left. He bases his…”— marginalia_nu · full quotes →
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The Kaante and Shootout at Wadala filmmaker suffered a fatal head injury; industry figures attend cremation.
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“Gupta, my brother. I still cannot believe that you are gone. We have shared so much together, so many memories and so many years of friendship.”
— Sanjay Dutt, Actor, collaborator · full quotes →
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A trivia prompt about "Who Can It Be Now" sparked a lengthy thread of music suggestions across decades and genres.
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“I Can See Clearly Now …Johnny Nash”— carolcook75.bsky.social · full quotes →
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A 30-minute bonus episode, ‘A Story of Derry,’ premiered at midnight to mark Halloween, weeks after HBO renewed the series for Season 2.
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“three youngsters venture into the Western Wood … where they encounter a terrifying ancient spirit”— TheWrap, Outlet description of the special's plot · The Wrap · full quotes →
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On Bill Maher's show, Kid Rock recounted being left holding Trump's phone with Macron on the line during a golf outing.
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“So he gives me the phone and I'm like, 'Hello, Mr. President.' And I'm like, 'I'm from the Paris of the Midwest: Detroit.' And Trump leaves, he gets in the…”
— Kid Rock, Musician · full quotes →
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The director disclosed in a Tribeca interview that a planned epic with Angelina Jolie was canceled after North Korea's 2014 attack on Sony…
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“Well, tell Seth, because they ruined everything. Just because Kim Jong Un didn't have a sense of humor, you know?”— Martin Scorsese · full quotes →
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The British actor brought Shakespearean gravitas to the iconic sci-fi role and became a global cultural figure.
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“Stewart's portrayal of Captain Jean Luc Picard was a great achievement, and epitomized the values of Star Trek.”— Ilya Somin · full quotes →
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The 'Obsession' writer-director breaks down the lingering shots behind the film's shocking turning point, days after previewing his next…
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“I wanted the party scene to be a big turning point in this movie, and I thought, if there's going to be something horrific that happens, I want it to take…”
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The actor provides a rare update on his reclusive friend, confirming Nicholson has retired from acting.
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“I still see him”— Michael Douglas · full quotes →
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Writers debate whether Halloween is a welcome cultural exchange or unwelcome commercialism as the holiday grows in UK observance.
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“Halloween is a crass American import – I'll never indulge it”— Opinion writer, The i Paper columnist · The i Paper · full quotes →
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WDAS creative chief Jared Bush says a musical special set in Tiana's world is actively being made, a year after Disney scrapped its planned…
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“We are really moving on that right now. So, that's actually in active production. That will be out to people soon. New songs. Original cast. It is pretty…”
— Jared Bush, Chief Creative Officer, Walt Disney Animation Studios · Collider · full quotes →
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CNET, Forbes, Yahoo Tech and others continue daily roundups revealing that day's Strands spangram and Wordle solution.
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Satirical news outlet reports cartoon Great Dane accepting voluntary severance after 57 years.
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“While I've loved all the years I've spent unmasking villains with my friends, the writing was unfortunately on the wall.”— Scooby-Doo (fictional) · full quotes →
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A new web game challenges players to identify Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes from image clues.
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“This is an episode guessing game using Star Trek: The Next Generation (TNG) episode images as clues.”— Game description · Hacker News · full quotes →
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Months after Microsoft pulled funding, Romero Games has struck a deal with an undisclosed publisher and rescoped the game for a five-fold…
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“We're just super happy”— John Romero · full quotes →
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The comedian and actor were the last faithfuls standing after Maya Jama's traitor team fell at the final Round Table.
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“Both celebrity winners of BBC TV's TRAITORS donated their winnings to Refugee Charities.”— @wokestudies.bsky.social · full quotes →
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