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Amber Glenn sobs after giving partner Pasha Pashkov brutal bloody injury in rehearsal
Amber Glenn broke down after giving partner Pasha Pashkov a brutal and bloody injury in ‘Dancing With the Stars’ rehearsal for ‘Yacht Rock’ night.
Tottenham Step Up Interest in Bayer Leverkusen’s Ibrahim Maza
North London rivals are monitoring the versatile Algerian playmaker as Premier League heavyweights weigh up a move for one of the Bundesliga’s most technically gifted rising stars.
‘DWTS’ pro Witney Carson says she grew up idolizing Julianne Hough: ‘I wanted to be her’
Witney Carson explains how she felt about Julianne Hough as the ‘Dancing With the Stars’ pro and host were growing up in Utah.
The Streamers Tried To Conquer Labor Day…and Whiffed
(Welcome to my weekly streaming ratings report, the single best guide to what’s popular in streaming TV and what isn’t. I’m the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a former streaming executive who now analyzes business strategy in the entertainment industry. If you were forwarded this email, please subscribe to get these insights each week.) What? Another Streaming Ratings Report already? You betcha. Nielsen has moved up the release of their Streaming Ratings data by two weeks, which means I’ve got two extra issues to get out. But I love this change because it will make this report more timely and easier to publish regularly. This week—with the viewership data for the week of 31-Aug—we’ve got some huge, huge topics to discuss. On the film side, two theatrical films (The Mandalorian and Grogu on Disney+ and Scary Movie on Paramount+) contend with two non-Netflix straight-to-streaming films (Mayday on Apple TV and The Runner on Prime Video). The streamers went all in to win Labor Day weekend in America. And we have a bunch of TV shows to analyze, both new shows (Netflix’s The Gentleman, Hulu’s Chad Powers, and an Alix Earle reality show) and weekly shows like Reacher, Ted Lasso, House of the Dragon and Lioness. All that, plus nepotism in Hollywood, some eye-popping fantasy football stats, all the flops, bombs and misses, and a whole lot more. Let’s dive right in! (Reminder: The streaming ratings report focuses on the U.S. market and compiles data from Nielsen’s weekly top ten viewership ranks, Luminate’s Top Ten Data, JustWatch and Reelgood interest data, Samba TV household viewership, company datecdotes, Netflix hours viewed data, Google Trends, and IMDb to determine the most popular content. While most data points are current, Nielsen’s data covers the weeks of August 31st to September 6th, 2026. You can find a link to my terminology here.) Subscribe Film - A Slew of Labor Day Disappointments? A lot of streamers released big new films this week, why? My theory is that the streamers know that four-day weekends can propel streaming films to glory. But if you’ve been reading more over the last two years, you know that big holiday weekends aren’t driving big viewership numbers the way they did post-Covid. And interestingly enough, Netflix didn’t put out a big new film this week. But four other streamers did, trying to take advantage of the holiday with some (not cheap) swings, including… The Mandalorian and Grogu on Disney+ (a Star Wars film that cost $165 million and made $177 million at the US domestic box office) Mayday on Apple TV (rumored $100 million budget, no theatrical release) The Runner on Prime Video (at least a $40 million budget, but likely $50 to $80 million, no theatrical release). Scary Movie on Paramount+ ($30 million budget, made $108 million domestically). (Paramount+ also released a made-for-streaming film based on the Thundermans IP, and I’ll discuss that later.) So…how’d they do? The Mandalorian and Grogu Leads The Way (But That Isn’t Enough) Let’s start with The Mandalorian and Grogu (which I’ll abbreviate to Mando for most of this article). We’re just getting started with this issue, but the rest is for paid subscribers of the Entertainment Strategy Guy, so if you’d like to find out… How Mando, Mayday, The Runner and Scary Movie performed on streaming... How the powerhouse weekly released shows (Reacher, Ted Lasso and Lioness) have accumulate a LOT of viewership… How House of the Dragon finished its run… The latest Netflix show to have a sophomore slump… Whether top creators can drive viewers to their shows… Nepotism in Hollywood and the music business... All the flops, bombs and misses for the week… And more… ...please subscribe! We can only keep doing this great work with your support. Coming Soon! Since Nielsen has accelerated their streaming data release schedule, I’ve got a lot of Streaming Ratings Reports coming your way! Next issue, I’ll be looking at the second season of Peacock’s The Paper, the latest season of Hulu’s The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, and a very, very expensive Daily Wire fantasy series that’s now on Prime Video. Plus Crew Girl and Dang! on Netflix, a new Tyler Perry film, and one of the biggest bombs of the summer, Supergirl. In the next two issues, I’ll take a look at the return of the NFL to streaming, Toy Story 5 on Disney+, Backrooms on HBO Max, and The Breadwinner on Netflix. On the TV side, we’ve got Netflix’s Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story, Dancing with the Stars on Disney+, Apple TV’s Slow Horses, a Reacher spinoff on Prime Video, and Paramount+’s MobLand, a Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey comedy on Apple TV, a sequel to a Cosby Show spinoff on Netflix, The Great British Baking Show, and the Unabomber film. And while doing all that, I want to take a look at adult animated shows, Ride or Die’s cancellation, and Netflix’s summer films. So much great stuff! Long term, two bits of comic book news. The X-Men cast has been announced, and go ahead and color me bull-ish, if not very, very bull-ish on this bit of comic book IP. In weirder news, HBO Max ordered a “true crime” show by Jimmy Olsen about Gorilla Grodd being falsely convicted of murder. I mean, what? I don’t know, let’s see what happens.
RB Leipzig Receives €353,000 From UEFA for International Duty
The German side secured €353,000 for releasing sixteen stars, topping 611 European teams in a multi-million euro distribution recognizing the rising cost of international player availability.
UWEC science hall to hosts last season of planetarium shows
EAU CLAIRE — During previous semesters at UW-Eau Claire, L.E. Phillips Planetarium was the place to spend nights kicking back and looking at the stars.
Gambit's Best of New Orleans 2026: Entertainment
Design by Dora Sison / Gambit Best Bounce Artist googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('ad-1492300'); }); 1. Big Freedia (Instagram: @bigfreedia)2. Ha Sizzle (Instagram: @hasizzlethevoice)3. Subtweet Shawn (Instagram: @subtweetshawn1) Trixie Minx Photo by Sophia Germer / The Times-Picayune Best Burlesque Performer1. Trixie Minx (Instagram: @trixienola)2. Bella Blue (Instagram: @bellablueforever)3. Miss Angie Z (Instagram: @missangiez) Best Casino1. Caesars New Orleans (8 Canal St., 800-427-7247; caesars.com/caesars-new-orleans)2. Treasure Chest Casino (4550 Williams Blvd., Kenner, 504-443-8000; treasurechest.com)3. Boomtown Casino (4132 Peters Road., Harvey, 504-366-7711; boomtownneworleans.com) Best Drag Performer1. Debbie with a D (Instagram: @debbiewithad)2. Katrina Waters (Instagram: @katrinawaters504)3. Laveau Contraire (Instagram: @laveaucontraire) Best Festival (that's still around)1. New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (nojazzfest.com)2. French Quarter Festival (frenchquarterfest.org)3. Hogs For The Cause (hogsfest.org) Best Food Festival1. New Orleans Fried Chicken Festival (friedchickenfestival.com)2. Oak Street Po-Boy Festival (poboyfest.com)3. New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (nojazzfest.com) Tipitina's Photo by Sophia Germer / The Times-Picayune Best Live Music Venue1. Tipitina’s (501 Napoleon Ave., 504-895-8477; tipitinas.com)2. The Broadside (600 N Broad St., 504-766-0871; broadsidenola.com)3. The Fillmore (6 Canal St., 504-881-1555; thefillmorenola.com) Best Live Music Club1. Maple Leaf Bar (8316 Oak St., 504-866-9359; mapleleafbar.com)2. Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro (626 Frenchmen St., 504-949-0696; snugjazz.com)3. Chickie Wah Wah (2828 Canal St., 504-541-2050; chickiewahwah.com)3. Blue Nile (532 Frenchmen St., 504-766-6193; bluenilelive.com) Best Local Blues Artist/Band1. Little Freddie King (littlefreddieking.com)2. Samantha Fish (samanthafish.com)3. Tab Benoit (tabbenoit.com) Best Local Brass Band1. Rebirth Brass Band (rebirthbrassband.com)2. Hot 8 Brass Band (hot8brassband.com)3. The Soul Rebels (thesoulrebels.com) Best Local DJ1. Paul Lakeway (Instagram: @paul_lakeway)2. DJ Soul Sister (Instagram: @djsoulsister)3. ANTWIGADEE! (Instagram: @antwigadee) Best Local Funk Band1. Dumpstaphunk (dumpstaphunk.com)2. Galactic (galacticfunk.com)3. Big Sam's Funky Nation (bigsamsfunkynation.com) Kaye the Beast Provided Photo by Catherine Debuys Best Local Hip-Hop Group/Artist1. Kaye the Beast (Instagram: @kayethebeast)2. La Reezy (Instagram: @lareezymusic)3. Pell (Instagram: @pellyeah) Best Local Movie Theater1. The Broad Theater (636 N. Broad St., 504-218-1008; thebroadtheater.com)2. The Prytania (5339 Prytania St., 504-891-2787; theprytania.com) googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('ad-1492297'); }); 3. The Prytania Theatre at Canal Place (333 Canal St., 3rd floor, 504-290-2658; theprytania.com) Best Local Music Artist/Band1. Robin Barnes & The Fiya Birds (robinbarnesmusic.com)2. Trombone Shorty (tromboneshorty.com)3. Sweet Crude (sweetcrudeband.com) Best Local Rock Band1. The Revivalists (therevivalists.com)2. Better Than Ezra (betterthanezra.com)3. Cowboy Mouth (cowboymouth.com) Best Wedding Band/ DJ1. The Mixed Nuts (themixednuts.com)2. Bucktown All-Stars (bucktownallstars.com)3. Warm Advice (warmadvice.com) Doreen Ketchens Provided photo Best Local Street Performer1. Doreen Ketchens (doreensjazz.org)2. Jourdan Blue (Instagram: @jourblue)3. Sariyah Idan (ariyahidan.com) Best Local Theater Company1. The Tennessee Williams Theatre Company of New Orleans (504-264-2580; twtheatrenola.com)2. Le Petit Theatre (616 St. Peter St., 504-522-2081; lepetittheatre.com)3. The NOLA Project (504-302-9117; nolaproject.com) Best Local Traditional Jazz Group/Artist1. Preservation Hall Jazz Band (preservationhalljazzband.com)2. Kermit Ruffins (@ruffinsbbq)3. Trombone Shorty (tromboneshorty.com) Best Marching Band1. St. Augustine High School Marching 100 (Instagram: @staugmarching100)2. Edna Karr High School Marching Band (Instagram: @theofficialkarrband)3. The Roots of Music Marching Crusaders (therootsofmusic.org) Best Mardi Gras Parade1. Muses (kreweofmuses.org)2. Iris (kreweofiris.org)3. Endymion (endymion.org) 610 Stompers Photo by Chris Granger / The Times-Picayune Best Mardi Gras Dance Krewe1. 610 Stompers (610stompers.com)2. Amelia EarHawts (aecabinkrewe.com)3. The Jamettes (Instagram: @thejametteskrewe) Best Place to See Burlesque/Drag1. The AllWays Lounge & Cabaret (2240 St. Claude Ave., 504-218-5778; theallwayslounge.net)2. The Original Nite Cap (1300 St. Bernard Ave., 2nd floor, 504-224-2854; Instagram: @originalnitecap)3. The Country Club (634 Louisa St., 504-945-0742; thecountryclubneworleans.com) Best Place to See Comedy1. Sports Drink (1042 Toledano St.; sportsdrink.org)2. The Howlin' Wolf (907 S. Peters St., 504-529-5844; thehowlinwolf.com)3. Big Couch New Orleans (1045 Desire St.; bigcouchnola.com) Best Local Comedian1. Ryan Rogers (ryanrogerscomedy.com)2. Mark Normand (marknormandcomedy.com)3. Cyrus Cooper (Instagram: @cyrusjcooper) Best Strip Club1. The Penthouse Club (727 Iberville St., 504-524-4354; penthouseclubneworleans.com)2. Rick’s Cabaret (315 Bourbon St., 504-524-4222; rickscabaretneworleans.com)3. Larry Flynt's Hustler Club (225 Bourbon St., 504-524-0010; neworleanshustlerclub.com) Best Performing Arts Center1. Jefferson Performing Arts Center (6400 Airline Dr., 504-731-4700; jeffersonpac.com)2. Saenger Theatre (1111 Canal St., 504-525-1052; saengertheatreneworleans.com)3. 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'Verity' puts Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson and Josh Hartnett in a steamy Colleen Hoover thriller
Anne Hathaway stars in “Verity,” a psychological thriller where trust is elusive | KCBS All News 106.9FM and 740AM
Cottagers on tour: Castagne, Charles in action
As the international break continues to rumble on, Fulham's stars continue to be involved and there were three players involved for Fulham on Monday night - find out who and how they got on below!
Keenum stars for Bears on first start since 2023
Veteran quarterback Case Keenum throws for two touchdowns and rushes for another as the Chicago Bears beat the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFL.
Jahmyr Gibbs, Amon-Ra St. Brown Make NFL History
Detroit Lions stars Jahmyr Gibbs and Amon-Ra St. Brown became the first teammates since 1962 to each score at least five touchdowns through three games.
Florida Basketball: 4 Stars Fuel a Powerful SEC Repeat Bid
The Florida Gators enter the 2026-27 season with a big advantage over other teams. The Gators return their already established core. With most of their frontcourt returning, the Florida basketball program has the size, physicality, and experience to finish at the top of the SEC. Continuity does not guarantee that Florida will win the conference. …
Tom Cruise, Alejandro G. Iñárritu unveil new Ed Ruscha 'Digger' poster
Tom Cruise, Jesse Plemons and John Goodman — stars of Alejandro González Iñárritu's 'Digger' — attended the LACMA unveiling of a new film poster by Ed Ruscha.
SpaceX's Starship reaches orbit for the first time, then returns early and blows up in a fiery explosion
SpaceX got its Starship rocket into orbit, but after a tense few minutes of comms and the loss of an engine, the call was made to end the mission early.
“Off Campus ”stars Ella Bright and Belmont Cameli address feud rumors
Fans began speculating about a rift between the costars after photos of Bright disappeared from Cameli’s Instagram grid.
SpaceX’s Starship launches on 14th flight, first headed to orbit
SpaceX's Starship rocket launched from Texas on its 14th flight, marking the first operational satellite release and debut flight to orbit.
Denise Richards honors late ex Patrick Muldoon on his first birthday after death, posts photo of their ‘last hug’
Richards shared a tribute to her “Starship Troopers” costar and former partner on what would’ve been his 58th birthday.
‘Starship is in orbit’: cheers go up as huge SpaceX rocket circles Earth for first time
Mission goes ahead despite some fears an initial engine failure after the Texas launch would scupper the attempt
SpaceX launches Starship on 10-hour test flight, aiming to orbit Earth 6 times
SpaceX's massive Starship rocket lifted off from Texas Sunday morning on its most ambitious mission yet, marking its first attempt at orbit.
Yuva Dasara to feature five nights of music, entertainment
Five nights of Yuva Dasara 2026 in Mysuru showcase diverse musical acts daily, featuring Ajaneesh Loknath, Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, Sid Sriram, Sandalwood stars, and Jasmine Sandlas.
SpaceX’s supersized Starship launches toward orbit for the first time
SpaceX has launched its enormous Starship toward orbit for the first time, aiming for six full laps around Earth to prove its readiness for NASA's Artemis moon program.
Youngster Sullivan's numbers speak for themselves
Cavan Sullivan's performances, goals, and assists since the World Cup put him up there with the MLS's top individual stars, including Lionel Messi, Antoine Griezmann and Luis Suarez. Few players beyond those mentioned can match Sullivan's goal contribution rate in MLS since the World Cup, and there is a strong argument to say the youngster has been the best player in the league during that time. Sullivan has seven goals and five assists in MLS this season.
Starship Attempts Its First Launch To Orbit Today Carrying Big Dreams You Can Watch Take Flight
If the launch is successful, plans for humanity’s return to the Moon may look a touch less improbable.
Taylor Swift turned up, Madonna let loose and everybody smoked: The 2026 MTV VMAs, from every angle
The 2026 VMAs gave us a Madonna and Sabrina Carpenter collab, a football-related delay and ... smoking rock stars.
Best and Worst Moments of the 2026 MTV VMAs: Madonna Slays Opening Performance and More
Snoop Dogg hosted the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, September 27, where Madonna, Taylor Swift and more stars were honored
Mariota stars as Commanders end Seahawks' winning run
Marcus Mariota threw three touchdown passes as the Washington Commanders claimed a 33-31 victory over Seattle to end the Seahawks' long winning streak. Seattle had won a dozen games in a row, following up last season's Super Bowl triumph by starting their campaign with back-to-back triumphs, but Mariota starred in the absence of the injured Jayden Daniels.
Brutally honest reviews of every VMAs performance, including Madonna and Raye
The 2026 MTV Video Music Awards tapped one of the most legendary stars – Madonna – to open its 2026 soiree, but plenty of upstarts were on the performance docket.
Mariota stars as Commanders end Seahawks' winning run
Marcus Mariota threw three touchdown passes as the Washington Commanders claimed a 33-31 victory over Seattle to end the Seahawks' long winning streak. Seattle had won a dozen games in a row, following up last season's Super Bowl triumph by starting their campaign with back-to-back triumphs, but Mariota starred in the absence of the injured Jayden Daniels.
VMAs 2026 Red Carpet: All the Fashion and Looks
The 2026 MTV VMAs are in full swing, and music’s biggest stars are showing up and out on the red carpet. Hosted by Snoop Dogg, this year’s Video Music Awards promises audiences a jam-packed program, i...
See All the Stars Arriving on the Red Carpet at the 2026 MTV VMAs
Snoop Dogg hosts the 43rd edition of the iconic music awards show, airing live from Los Angeles on Sept. 27
‘Goonies’ cast were Ke Huy Quan’s first friends: ‘They didn’t treat me like an outsider’
Ke Huy Quan says his fellow ‘Goonies’ stars — including Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Jeff Cohen, and Corey Feldman — were his first real friends.
See Every Celebrity Red Carpet Look at the 2026 MTV VMAs
See what the stars wore to celebrate the 2026 MTV VMAs at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.
Elvedi stars as Switzerland keep North Macedonia at bay
Nico Elvedi played the full 90 minutes as Switzerland began their Nations League campaign with a comfortable 3-0 victory over North Macedonia in Skopje.The Leeds United defender, earning his 74th cap ...
Last Of Us Game Stars Laura Bailey And Ian Alexander Cast In New HBO Roles For Season 3
Laura Bailey and Ian Alexander, who voiced Abby and Lev in the games, join John Goodman in HBO's Last of Us season 3, in new roles.
Five Takeaways From Oklahoma State’s Win Over West Virginia
Oklahoma State ended its 18-game Big 12 losing streak with a 41-24 win at West Virginia, but the performance revealed more than the final score. From emerging defensive stars and Wyatt Young’s breakout to lingering concerns, here are five takeaways from the Cowboys’ road win.
Stars, fans turn out for Mississippi Book Festival
Celebrity authors Kate McKinnon and Rick Ross were on hand to speak at the 2026 Mississippi Book Festival in Jackson on Saturday in Jackson.
Julia Stiles Says “Dancing with the Stars” Is a ‘Really Big Deal to Me’ After Being a ‘Very Private Person’ (Exclusive)
“My whole point in coming on the show is to find the confidence in performing again,” Stiles told PEOPLE
2 megastars being targeted for Super Bowl halftime show: Here’s what we know
Will country music fans finally get their halftime show?
James Webb telescope shares one of its biggest images ever, with record-breaking stars hiding in the dust — Space photo of the week
One of the largest images from the James Webb Space Telescope so far reveals an intricate landscape of dwarf stars and spectacular clouds.
'Deadliest Catch' finale reveals Todd Meadows' final call home before death
"Deadliest Catch" is revealing the events that led to the death of one of its stars, Todd Meadows.
Todd Meadows' death chronicled in harrowing 'Deadliest Catch' episode
"Deadliest Catch" is revealing the events that led to the death of one of its stars, Todd Meadows.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens — Science Lessons vs. Story Rules
Special effects are not worthless but they are second-tier when it comes to storytelling.
'American Idol' reveals which judges are returning in 2027
"American Idol" has secured its stars for Season 25.
Atlanta Falcons Two Biggest Stars Were Exactly That in Victory Over Packers
The Atlanta Falcons saw a huge night from their two superstars when they needed it most.
‘Pawn Stars’ star Rick Harrison gets heartbreaking news on heels of heart surgery
It has been a rough year for the History Channel star.
Shohei Ohtani leads the top 20 MLB jersey sales list
Shohei Ohtani tops the list of 2026 MLB jersey sales. See which other baseball stars made the top 20 rankings.
“DWTS” judge Carrie Ann Inaba elaborates on Giada De Laurentiis critiques beyond new 1-word review rule
“Dancing With the Stars” implemented a new rule that only allowed two judges to provide feedback, while a third had to react in one word.
'Everything we know about space travel is going to change within a decade': The fusion breakthrough that could unlock a path to the stars
Several companies have made significant headway toward nuclear fusion propulsion drives. Is humanity on the brink of a revolution in spaceflight?
Why Fever coach Stephanie White has the toughest job in sports
She has the stars but also the strife. Stephanie White is fortifying her locker room as storms swirl around Indiana's championship hopes.
How Leeds United stars performed as international games get underway
Daniel Farke looking annoyed at Leeds United
Utah Jazz Could See Major Player Swings as Expectations Rise
As the franchise pivots from development to winning, shifting stakes will test locker room veterans and rising stars alike, forcing critical adjustments in performance and nightly availability.
Discovery Channel’s ‘Moonshiners’ stars, local business excited for Freedom to Home Distill Act
NEWPORT AND ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. (WJHL)- Earlier this month, Tennessee’s First District Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger (R-TN) introduced a bill to end a more than 150-year ban on home distill…
The Latest Licensing Deals From Global Brands
New partnerships span collectibles, apparel and entertainment as brands expand product lines across gaming, fashion and lifestyle categories.
Who was the Unabomber? The true story behind Netflix's new Ted Kaczynski movie.
The crime drama stars Jacob Tremblay as the Unabomber, whose bombing campaign killed three people and injured 23.
Walker Kessler's ESPN Rise Sends Clear Message to Utah Jazz
A 25-spot rankings surge for the Lakers’ newest center exposes a harsh reality: elite production often stays hidden until paired with superstars and the national spotlight.
After Harry Kane reiterated his NFL dream, who else has starred in two sports?
With Harry Kane doubling down on his intentions to enter the NFL one day, we take a look at some other two-sport stars who he might try to emulate.
Who is the most underrated Texas college football player?
Everyone knows college football's biggest stars by now (hey, Arch). But who's the player deserving of more credit or attention?
Aaron Boone Gives Surprising Yankees Wild Card Rotation Update
The New York Yankees have a huge Wild Card series coming up against the Boston Red Sox for a chance to compete for the World Series. Aaron Boone has lucked out with a tremendous MLB pitching staff of superstars giving NY a viable chance in every series. However, a new quote from Boone claims that […] The post Aaron Boone Gives Surprising Yankees Wild Card Rotation Update appeared first on HEAVY.
Derek Hough addresses backlash over “Dancing With the Stars” judges giving one-word critiques
The dancer-turned-judge responded to fans by quoting Michael Scott from “The Office.”
Aiming at number 9: CASPAR targets fluorine in new science run
The Compact Accelerator System for Performing Astrophysical Research (CASPAR) recreates conditions inside stars to study how elements are made. The experiment recently restarted with a new target—the ...
In Full: All The Chelsea Players Selected For International Duty
14 Blues depart for international duty, while injuries sideline key stars Reece James and Cole Palmer from England duty.
The biggest celebrity guests attending Cincinnati Comic Expo 2026
The 2026 Cincinnati Comic Expo returns Sept. 25-27, with stars like Hayden Christensen, Priscilla Presley and Sharonville-native Carmen Electra.
More REM sleep linked to lower risk of 83 diseases
A large study tracking more than 95,000 people suggests that how you sleep may be linked to your risk of developing dozens of diseases. People who spent more time in REM sleep had lower risks of 83 conditions, including dementia, heart failure, and Parkinson’s disease, while more deep sleep was associated with lower risks of conditions such as type 2 diabetes and major depression.
Harry Shum Jr. says it ‘means the world’ to see “iCarly” costar Miranda Cosgrove support him on ‘DWTS’
The season 35 competitor also celebrated the presence of his “Shadowhunters” and “Crazy Rich Asians” costars.
Harry Shum Jr. explains why he screamed in the middle of ‘DWTS’ week 2 routine
Harry Shum Jr. had a ‘therapeutic’ moment in the middle of his ‘Dancing With the Stars’ routine set to ‘Iris’ by Goo Goo Dolls.
Who went home on 'DWTS' Week 2?
Dancing with the Stars continued on its journey to find the next Len Goodman Mirrorball champ this week with the remaining 14 couples all performing to viral hit songs. It was a night filled with tangos, some salsa and a breakout performance from Olympians Amber Glenn and Ezra Frech.
Syracuse Basketball Stars Sadiq White Jr. & Olivia Schmitt Join Apex Entertainment's NIL Family
New Men's Head Coach Gerry McNamara to Meet Orange Fans on October 15 at Apex Entertainment's Destiny USA LocationSYRACUSE, NY / ACCESS Newswire / September 23, 2026 / Apex Entertainment®, the …
What happened to ‘The Love Boat’ cast? See the crew of the Pacific Princess 40 years later
That swirling theme music could mean only one thing: The Pacific Princess was pulling in with its appealing crew and oodles of celebrity guests. See the stars of ‘The Love Boat’ more than 40 years after the finale.
Robert Pattinson brings 'To Catch a Predator' to life in new film 'Primetime'
Robert Pattinson stars in “Primetime,” a film inspired by NBC Dateline's “To Catch a Predator.” | WBBM Newsradio 780 AM & 105.9 FM
Robert Pattinson brings 'To Catch a Predator' to life in new film 'Primetime'
Robert Pattinson stars in “Primetime,” a film inspired by NBC Dateline's “To Catch a Predator.”.
Robert Pattinson brings 'To Catch a Predator' to life in new film 'Primetime'
Robert Pattinson stars in “Primetime,” a film inspired by NBC Dateline's “To Catch a Predator.”.
Feyi-Waboso could be star at World Cup
Immanuel Feyi-Waboso could be one of England's stars at next summer's World Cup if he can keep fit this season, says Exeter boss Rob Baxter.
Klopp lays down new rules for Germany stars
Having taken over as Germany coach over the summer, Jürgen Klopp has introduced a number of new rules that differ from those under his predecessor, Julian Nagelsmann, according to Sport Bild.Under Na...
Lions Predicted to Trade Jameson Williams for Two Steelers Stars
The Detroit Lions could trade wide receiver Jameson Williams to the Pittsburgh Steelers for a pair of star players. The post Lions Predicted to Trade Jameson Williams for Two Steelers Stars appeared first on HEAVY.
Quechan filmmaker explores Native sciences in PBS 'NOVA' episode
The PBS science series "NOVA" will explore Indigenous sciences and how traditional ecological knowledge has nurtured biomes and ecosystems, developed navigation systems using the stars and seas and domesticated foods now consumed worldwide in a new episode featuring Navajo hogan builders and created by a Quechan filmmaker.
Jacks stars as England grind out win over Sri Lanka
Will Jacks' all-round efforts help England grind out an 89-run victory over Sri Lanka in the first one-day international at Chester-le-Street.
Rachel Marsh on ‘Love Hypothesis,’ ‘Adults’ and figuring out Hollywood
Seattle-raised Rachel Marsh stars in Prime Video's new rom-com, "The Love Hypothesis," which premieres Wednesday on the streaming service.
Stars & Skulls Grades for Steelers-Patriots
Things did not go well for the Pittsburgh Steelers in a 20-3 loss to the New England Patriots on Sunday, […]
Latest injury news from France camp affects two PSG stars
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How lip-syncing to AI let Forced Entertainment ‘play the game of theatre’
Today we have a fascinating piece by long-time Forced Entertainment fan Ben Kulvichit, speaking to Tim Etchells about their latest show Cold Sweat, how they are integrating lip-sync and AI voices into their work, the question of ‘authenticity’ on stage, and how lip-sync has even opened the door for them to make “something a little bit like drama”. This piece is a paid partnership with the Southbank Centre, where you can see Cold Sweat next month – we’re very grateful to the Southbank Centre for their ongoing support for Exeunt. Holly Williams ‘It was immediately interesting and uncanny’ **By Ben Kulvichit** “Is the microphone on?” So goes one of the opening lines of Signal to Noise, delivered by a human performer lip-syncing to an AI-generated voice. The voice is American, cheery but sluggish, slowed down into a gelatinous drawl. It repeats ad infinitum in a farce of stuckness; an answer never materialises. I find myself asking the same question as I hop on a Google Meet call with Tim Etchells, the artistic director of Forced Entertainment. We spend five or ten minutes frowning at each other, muting and unmuting, me gesticulating in semaphore into my webcam, checking if I am coming through now, restarting the laptop. To Etchells, I appear exaggeratedly mouthing words, my voice missing. In this gloopy purgatory of broken communication, life imitates art imitates life imitates art. We try a Zoom instead. Forced Entertainment, the pioneering British theatre company who have been at the avant-garde of performance since the 1980s, turned an interesting artistic corner with Signal to Noise, created on the occasion of their 40th anniversary. The whole performance employed this lip-sync technique to AI voices; on the face of it a left-field move from a company whose identity has long been grounded in the earthy, immediate presences of its performers and its unassuming, low-tech approach to theatricality. The technique, however, turned out to provide the company with a “rich new seam” of artistic enquiry, and has now spawned a trilogy of works. The second instalment, Cold Sweat, plays at Sheffield Theatres, Southbank Centre, and Lancaster Arts in October, while the third part, Everything Must Go, has been touring in Europe and is slated to come to the UK in 2027. As is often the case with Forced Entertainment shows, the main conceit for this work didn’t arrive until quite late. They were “four or five weeks into rehearsals for Signal to Noise,” Etchells recalls, and getting nowhere. Away from rehearsals, he had been playing around with feeding “weird texts” to AI voices to see how they would cope with them – “basically for my own amusement” – and was compelled by the uniformly “serviceable, benign, good-natured” tone they would read in, no matter how poetic, fractured or experimental the writing. On a hunch, he brought some examples into rehearsals and the performers gave lip-syncing a go. “It was immediately interesting and uncanny,” he recalls, with the performers having to deal in the moment with the problem of mapping themselves onto another artificial ‘performer,’ which itself was dealing with the problem of a very human text. “Almost all the writing for these projects would be useless to us unless it was done in this way,” says Etchells. “We wouldn’t know what to do with it. It’s too poetic. It’s too fictional. It’s too tangled.” But exploring lip-syncing along to the text has opened “an enormous reservoir of ways of thinking about writing and performing.” Subscribe to Exeunt, and get two in-depth pieces on theatre a week, direct to your inbox Subscribe Forced Entertainment have long been sifting through the detritus of popular culture, from daytime TV to end-of-the-pier vaudeville, magic acts and clown shows, to find frameworks for their own unusual entertainments. Lip-syncing, then, makes sense for them to experiment with. As a mode of performance, it’s wired into popular consciousness through pop stars trying to convince stadium audiences of their liveness, or those same voices as channeled through the made-up lips of contestants on RuPaul’s Drag Race, or movie dialogue spreading virally through the host bodies of TikTok users. For Etchells, lip-syncing is often about “approaching real voices and trying to take on their aura,” subsuming that original human presence into yours. “There’s a very basic, elemental sort of theatre magic to it, produced in this very easy way.” This broad approach resonates with instances of lip-syncing within contemporary performance, too. In works like Re-Member Me and Showmanism, performance artist Dickie Beau acts as a kind of spirit medium for archival recordings (this process of re-membering – as in, giving corporeal form to voices – relies on his masterfully precise actor’s technique), while Frankie Thompson is similarly possessed by a host of characters ranging from a nine-year-old Jacob Rees-Mogg to Cliff Richards, all of whom she finds compellingly nauseating, in the exorcism ritual that is her latest show, Horrible Things. What’s different about Forced Entertainment’s use of lip-syncing is that here, there is no original presence to be channeled. The performers are instead taking on what Etchells describes as “the voices of nobody,” or rather the “phantasmic, aggregated echoes” of the many many voices on whose data the AI has been trained, and which are now conjuring into existence words they never actually said. There is a sort of mournful, empty quality to these voices, having “washed up” far away from the people they originally belonged to, to find themselves in stranger’s mouths listing objects, wondering if anyone can hear them and glitching in interminable loops. There is a cold, sad anonymity to it all. Etchells remarks that occasionally the software company he used has notified him that particular people are withdrawing their voices from the platform, instructing him to cease use of those voices. Using these technologies in performance certainly brings up ethical questions around digital rights, consent, identity and ownership, although in the grand scheme of things, Etchells is fairly blasé about it: of all the purposes someone’s voice might be put to without their knowledge, “an avant-garde performance is probably the least of their worries.” [ ](https://exeuntmagazine.substack.com/p/frankie-thompson-horrible-things-essay-mental-health-compulsive-behaviours-pleasance-courtyard-soho-theatre) [ Frankie Thompson: How I manage my own ‘horrible things’ at the Edinburgh Fringe ](https://exeuntmagazine.substack.com/p/frankie-thompson-horrible-things-essay-mental-health-compulsive-behaviours-pleasance-courtyard-soho-theatre) Exeunt · Aug 25 [ Read full story ](https://exeuntmagazine.substack.com/p/frankie-thompson-horrible-things-essay-mental-health-compulsive-behaviours-pleasance-courtyard-soho-theatre) For the performers, though, lip-syncing to these strange, artificial voices is an odd task, requiring them to bend their live, human presence into the shapes produced by machines. Politically, it mirrors processes that are already at play in the continued computational automation of human life. Etchells brings up James Bridle’s writings on new technologies as a reference point: one example Bridle gives is of “chaotic storage”, a logistics technique employed by Amazon fulfilment centres whereby items are stored not according to traditional methods of categorisation or alphabetisation, but in a way that an algorithm determines to produce the most efficient routes for ‘picking’ based on customer purchase patterns. This appears completely random and incomprehensible to humans, with paddling pools sitting next to USB sticks sitting next to blowtorches, and so for the warehouse workers, the process of picking items becomes completely reliant on technology which tells them where to go. Our world is increasingly being designed not with humans in mind, but rather machines. As Etchells puts it, “technology malforms the space, and then you end up having to live in it.” Initially, Forced Entertainment tried their best to live in the world of machines: “I was in the it’s-got-to-be-perfect school of lip-sync,” says Etchells. But with their aesthetic being so tied to the failing act, the slipping mask, the shoddy costume, “it’s no surprise really that that didn’t last.” Instead, the performers got to enjoy being late for a line, or playing games with each other, “stealing” each other’s voices. Etchells compares it to the principles of ventriloquism, in which a free-floating voice unattached to a body is fundamentally discomforting and “sort of traumatic”. That discomfort is equally as alluring to Forced Entertainment as the satisfaction of precision, the pretence of authenticity only interesting if shown to be a pretence. Lip-sync has also opened up new avenues for the company. Having been allergic all their lives to Plays-with-a-capital-P, with Cold Sweat Forced Entertainment find themselves approaching something a little bit like drama. Rather than the presentational arena of Signal to Noise’s open white stage, Cold Sweat places us more decisively in a “fictional locale”: what appears to be “the aftermath of some disastrous party or backyard drinking binge” where three figures – family members, or neighbours, perhaps – are the last ones standing. “It’s all quite acrimonious and accusatory, everyone’s talking over each other.” For Etchells, this more fictional mode is “a door that we’ve never been able to open. We’ve just never really gone there.” Perhaps it is the technique of lip-syncing, an extra buffer of mediation, that allows them to venture away from the here-and-now without feeling that they have to commit to the “psychological claptrap” that comes along with acting; to be able to “play the game of theatre, without getting one’s hands too dirty.” As I wonder how else the impulses behind Forced Entertainment’s work have changed over time, it occurs to me that over the last ten years of new creations, with the exception of If All Else Fails, the company’s performers haven’t ever spoken on stage: there were two shows without any language at all, Out of Order and Under Bright Light, and then this trilogy of lip-sync works. Etchells agrees it’s a shift away from earlier productions, that were so often about “the actual voices of the performers and their actual presences. We had a lot of money, in some ways, on an authentic approach to what it might mean to speak on the stage.” But this sense of authentic presence itself had a fakeness to it; these days, Etchells can’t stand that mode of being onstage where performers “are here to be cheeky and witty versions of themselves. I don’t want to be charmed.” Pulling back into a more anonymous space has resulted in works that feel slightly sharper-edged, more brutal in a way. “All of these shows are post-Brexit, post-Trump, post-truth, post-everything,” Etchells notes. Speech, charisma, authenticity – these things feel politically loaded, and perhaps warmth and openness just don’t feel like the right tools to reflect the world we’re living in. “It feels like the space is closing down, and we’re trying to deal with the fact that the system, the structure that you’re in, is more oppressive and more powerful. It probably always was, but I think we’re just more tuned to it now.” Yet even without their voices, the performers’ distinctive presences – ones that many audiences have followed around for years, if not decades – still, inevitably, shine through as they physically navigate whatever unending task the system of the piece has set for them. They’re still trying to keep up with the onslaught of text, still running about, changing costumes, moving stuff around. The human is always stuck in the teeth of the machine, jamming the smooth, frictionless cheeriness of the not-real, gesticulating silently, trying desperately to communicate. Cold Sweat is at Sheffield Theatres, 2 to 3 October; Southbank Centre, London, 9 to 10 October; Lancaster Arts, 14 October [ ](https://exeuntmagazine.substack.com/p/exeunt-recommends-the-best-autumn-theatre-2026-lives-of-others-standard-of-living-our-friends-in-the-north-lanny-) [ Exeunt recommends... the best autumn theatre ](https://exeuntmagazine.substack.com/p/exeunt-recommends-the-best-autumn-theatre-2026-lives-of-others-standard-of-living-our-friends-in-the-north-lanny-) Exeunt · Sep 16 [ Read full story ](https://exeuntmagazine.substack.com/p/exeunt-recommends-the-best-autumn-theatre-2026-lives-of-others-standard-of-living-our-friends-in-the-north-lanny-) This piece was paid for by the Southbank Centre. Such support helps Exeunt to keep publishing the most interesting writing, about the most exciting theatre. Interested in partnering with Exeunt? Visit our Advertise with Exeunt page, where you can get more information, download an advertising pack, and find our contact details.
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