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Storm Rachel batters Southern California, brings flooding to Las Vegas

Post-tropical Cyclone Rachel sent large waves into Southern California, leaving some homes at risk of collapse. It also caused flash flooding in Las Vegas, where water was knee-deep in places.

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Disney's New Fantasy Adaptation Based On 11-Book Series Is An Apology 6 Years In The Making

Disney's upcoming Artemis Fowl TV series aims to redeem the franchise after the widely panned 2020 film adaptation, promising to restore the books' sharp wit and moral complexity.

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NASA’s SpaceX CRS-35 Mission to Launch Health Research

NASA is sending four health and life-science experiments to the International Space Station on SpaceX’s CRS-35 mission, including studies of the human brain, crop disease, biomarkers and drug-resistant bacteria.

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6 Years Later, New John Dutton Makes Taylor Sheridan’s Coldest Yellowstone Quote Better Than Ever

A re-examination of Taylor Sheridan's 'Yellowstone' and its spinoff 'Marshals' highlights the enduring coldness of John Dutton's 'meaner than evil' advice, as Kayce Dutton's journey in law enforcement mirrors his father's moral compromises.

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What Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Reveals About Media’s Future (Guest Column)

A guest column says the Paramount Skydance–Warner Bros. Discovery deal shows media consolidation alone will not solve fragmentation, streaming pressure and the rise of AI and new rivals. The argument is that future growth will depend on reinvention, not just scale.

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Taylor Swift’s ‘Patient Zero’ Holds Steady at No. 1 for Second Week on Singles Chart

Taylor Swift’s “Patient Zero” stays at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for a second week, while her latest release also pushes her to another chart milestone.

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‘VisionQuest’ Release Schedule: When Do New Episodes Arrive?

Marvel's VisionQuest will debut on Wednesday, 14 October with eight episodes, opening with two and then rolling out across October and November. The series follows Vision after WandaVision as he searches for purpose and evades a bounty.

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On this day in space! Oct. 12, 1964: The Soviet Union launches Voskhod 1, the 1st multi-person cosmonaut crew, into space

On 12 October 1964, Voskhod 1 became the first spacecraft to carry more than one person into orbit, with three Soviet cosmonauts aboard for a 24-hour mission.

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New 8-Episode Mystery Series On Prime Video Is The Best Of Its Kind

Prime Video's original teen mystery series 'Sterling Point' has become a breakout hit, topping global charts and earning a rare perfect Rotten Tomatoes score, outshining other YA shows on the platform.

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Do AIs already process information in a way that gives rise to consciousness?

Neuroscientists and philosophers recently debated whether AI chatbots such as Claude show signs of a global workspace, a leading theory of consciousness. The piece asks whether information processing in machines could ever amount to experience.

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Garrett Hedlund, Jake Lacy & Jessica Biel Going ‘Downriver’ For Artists Equity Independent Pictures, Hungry Bull Productions

Garrett Hedlund, Jake Lacy and Jessica Biel have joined the dramedy Downriver, a Montana fly-fishing story from Artists Equity Independent Pictures and Hungry Bull Productions.

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Chris Pratt's Action Thriller That Divided Critics & Audiences Officially Returns Next Week

Chris Pratt’s Prime Video action series The Terminal List returns on 21 October after a four-year wait. Season 2 shifts from revenge to a global spy thriller set across Mozambique and Europe.

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’30 Rock’ 20th Anniversary Reunion: Tina Fey and Tracy Morgan Try to Remember Their Lines, Alec Baldwin Riffs as Jack Donaghy and More Best Moments

Conan O’Brien hosted a one-night 30 Rock reunion at Radio City Music Hall for the sitcom’s 20th anniversary, with cast members, surprise guests and charity fundraising for the Boys and Girls Club of Harlem.

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Pokémon TCG Retailer Issues Official Warning Over 30th Anniversary Demand

A small Suffolk toy shop has warned that Pokémon TCG’s 30th Celebration demand is overwhelming its limited stock. The retailer says it has been flooded with more than 500 messages in a week.

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Transformers: Spielberg Must Fix What Bay's Sequels Lost

Steven Spielberg's return to Transformers may revive the franchise if the next film recaptures the appeal of the original and avoids the missteps of the later sequels.

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Catherine Laga’aia & Deacon Phillippe To Lead Disney+ Pilot ‘Spaceship Earth’

Catherine Laga’aia and Deacon Phillippe will star in Disney+ pilot Spaceship Earth, based on the EPCOT attraction. The project follows teenagers from Earth’s past and future facing a threat tied to a global cataclysm.

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Fontaines D.C. Recruit Rosalía for New Song “Where Is Gone?”

Fontaines D.C. have shared “Where Is Gone?”, a new collaboration with Rosalía from their album Dopamine Chamber. Guitarist Carlos O’Connell said her work keeps Spanish musical tradition alive in a way that felt similar to the band’s approach to Irish music.

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The Monte Verde controversy is back: who first lived in the Americas?

A long-running debate over the Monte Verde sites in Chile has flared up again, with archaeologists disagreeing over who first lived in the Americas. The dispute could reshape views of the continent’s earliest people.

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The moon could turn astronauts into 'walking, high voltage capacitors' that accidentally zap spacecraft

NASA has launched a $150,000 challenge to find a way to stop astronauts on the Moon building up static charge that could spark against spacecraft or damage equipment.

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Disney's New Fantasy Adaptation Based On 11-Book Series Is An Apology 6 Years In The Making

NASA’s SpaceX CRS-35 Mission to Launch Health Research

6 Years Later, New John Dutton Makes Taylor Sheridan’s Coldest Yellowstone Quote Better Than Ever

What Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Reveals About Media’s Future (Guest Column)

Taylor Swift’s ‘Patient Zero’ Holds Steady at No. 1 for Second Week on Singles Chart

‘VisionQuest’ Release Schedule: When Do New Episodes Arrive?

On this day in space! Oct. 12, 1964: The Soviet Union launches Voskhod 1, the 1st multi-person cosmonaut crew, into space

New 8-Episode Mystery Series On Prime Video Is The Best Of Its Kind

Do AIs already process information in a way that gives rise to consciousness?

Garrett Hedlund, Jake Lacy & Jessica Biel Going ‘Downriver’ For Artists Equity Independent Pictures, Hungry Bull Productions

Chris Pratt's Action Thriller That Divided Critics & Audiences Officially Returns Next Week

’30 Rock’ 20th Anniversary Reunion: Tina Fey and Tracy Morgan Try to Remember Their Lines, Alec Baldwin Riffs as Jack Donaghy and More Best Moments

Pokémon TCG Retailer Issues Official Warning Over 30th Anniversary Demand

Transformers: Spielberg Must Fix What Bay's Sequels Lost

Catherine Laga’aia & Deacon Phillippe To Lead Disney+ Pilot ‘Spaceship Earth’

Fontaines D.C. Recruit Rosalía for New Song “Where Is Gone?”

The Monte Verde controversy is back: who first lived in the Americas?

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