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Peter Yarrow, co-writer of Puff the Magic Dragon, dies aged 86 Peter Yarrow, co-founder of the ’60s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, has died from bladder cancer aged 86. Yarrow, alongside his bandmates, was behind the hit song Puff The Magic Dragon which came out in 1962. His daughter Bethany confirmed the sad news of his death on Tuesday in a statement. She said: ‘Our fearless dragon is tired and has entered the last chapter of his magnificent life. ‘The world knows Peter Yarrow the iconic folk activist, but the human being behind the legend is every bit as…

Highly anticipated $200,000,000 sci-fi show is ‘worth the wait’ Apple TV Plus drama Severance has been hailed as ‘better than ever’ in glowing first reviews ahead of the season two premiere. The first season of the hit sci-fi dystopian drama starring Adam Scott already boasts a near-immaculate 97% on Rotten Tomatoes. The second season looks set to repeat its success. Fans have been waiting three years for a new season of this ‘trippy’ Ben Stiller show that sees office worker Mark (Adam) lead a team of employees who have opted to have their memories surgically divided between professional and personal…

David Schwimmer shares wholesome Friends-related texts he gets from co-star David Schwimmer has lifted the lid on his close friendship with Friends co-star Matt LeBlanc, and how they still connect over the iconic show. The beloved sitcom ran for 10 seasons and boasted a star-studded cast, including David, Matt, Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Kudrow, Courteney Cox and Matthew Perry. Although the show officially ended in 2004, we’ve been blessed with countless re-runs ever since – which means that viewers can rediscover their favorite episodes, or pinpoint errors and plot holes that no one had picked up on. During an appearance on…

Jerry Springer’s staggering net-worth at time of death The controversial late talk show host Jerry Springer had amassed an eyewatering sum of money by the time he died in 2023. Springer was the face of one of America’s most shocking talk shows, The Jerry Springer Show, which ran from 1991 to 2018. Throughout 4,000 episodes, he put ‘trash TV’ on the map by bringing ‘ordinary’ people on to share their explosive stories – often resulting in volatile showdowns and jaw-dropping confessions. But the show’s legacy has been mired in controversy over the decades, all the way up to Springer’s death…

Rock band Rush regret ‘letting fans down’ with short final tour The surviving members of 1980s hitmaking-band Rush have revealed they regret their final tour being so short. The progressive rock group played their last gigs almost a decade ago, but now Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson, both 71, say they feel they ‘really let down’ fans in the UK and Europe after not pushing harder to take the R40 Live gigs outside of North America. Late drummer Neil Peart had been opposed to more shows and only wanted a limited run. ‘I’d pushed really hard to get more gigs…

Oasis’ Noel Gallagher joins supergroup led by Ringo Starr’s son Oasis’s Noel Gallagher has joined Mantra Of the Cosmos, a supergroup led by Sir Ringo Starr’s son, as they drop a psychedelic new single. The Oasis frontman and The Beatles legend’s son, drummer Zak Starkey, make up the band alongside Happy Monday’s vocalist Shaun Ryder, former Oasis guitarist Andy Bell and Happy Mondays’ Mark ‘Bez’ Berry on percussion. The song, Domino Bones (Get Dangerous), marks the supergroup’s third single since 2023 after X (Wot You Saying) and Gorilla Guerilla which they debuted live at Glastonbury Festival. ‘Mantra Of The Cosmos…

Tactical Breach Wizards review – black magic ops Tactical Breach Wizards -sorcery warfare One of 2024’s hidden gems is a turn-based tactics game where wizards are spec ops soldiers and the script is even better than the combat. We didn’t have as much time as we hoped before Christmas; to go back and review interesting games we’d missed earlier in the year. Only a few were left out but since there’s nothing new of note out at the moment we wanted to cover a few more, before the year begins in earnest. Top of that list is Tactical Breach Wizards,…

 Games Inbox: How powerful is the Nintendo Switch 2? There’s still a lot of questions to answer (Nintendo) Undefined powerEven with leaks of the motherboard and some expert analysis I don’t feel we really know anything very definitive about the Switch 2’s power levels. So, it’s basically similar to a PlayStation 4, except publishers will probably end up porting PlayStation 5 games to it anyway? That doesn’t really lock anything down. At the end of the day, all that matters is what the games look like and I’m already at the point where I barely recognise things like ray-tracing or…

Robbie Williams premiere shuts down and celebrities evacuate as California wildfire threatens homes As 30,000 people, including celebrities, were ordered to evacuate their LA homes to escape the rapidly growing wind-driven California wildfire, Robbie Williams’ Better Man biopic has been cancelled. Residents living in the Pacific Palisades neighbourhood, home to numerous celebrities, were told ‘don’t wait, evacuate’ by the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services as the blaze burned more than 1,200 acres within the first five hours. ‘Los Angeles is currently experiencing an extreme fire weather condition with red flag alert,’ the Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley said…

Wide-ranging international sanctions made it a crime to work with Syria’s former government. But should it be a crime to work with the new one? That’s a question aid organizations, civil society groups and Syrian ex-pats have been asking since a coalition of rebel groups toppled the authoritarian Assad regime last month. Syria has long been one of the most sanctioned countries in the world because of the Assad family, which headed the government there for 54 years. But after ousting the regime in early December, Syrian rebels assembled a caretaker government, and that government inherited all of the sanctions…