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I have a sneaking suspicion that everybody wants to be in a musical,” says Paul Mescal without a hint of irony, reaching into an off-license refrigerator and pulling out a pink G&T in a can. “Should we get a cold one of these?” He grabs two then saunters up to the till for a pack of Marlboro Golds and a …

The recoil imparted as two black holes collide has now been measured using gravitational waves. It’s the first-ever measurement to capture not just the velocity at which the newly formed black hole was punted across space, but also the direction, offering a new tool for understanding black hole mergers. From the 2019 gravitational wave event GW190412, astronomers have determined that …

If the sound of a baby crying gets you red in the face, you’re not just imagining things. A new study has found that an infant’s cries – particularly those that signal pain – really do trigger a hot flush in adults’ faces, perhaps as a way of launching us into action. Babies’ wailing is, in a sense, unbearable on …

I’d heard about Spotify‘s new Lossless feature but wasn’t sure what it actually did. After years of users begging for higher quality audio, Spotify has finally delivered one of its most requested features. The upgrade makes a genuinely noticeable difference to music quality, with songs revealing details that weren’t audible before through standard streaming. Lossless has been one of the …

Photo: wen Capistran/Focus Features/Everett Collection At Cannes, where The History of Sound had its premiere, star Paul Mescal described the comparisons being made between his period romance and Brokeback Mountain “lazy and frustrating.” To have your film automatically placed up against the landmark gay love story of the millennia has to be aggravating, but with all due respect to the …

1 of 6 | Brigitta von Trapp (Angela Cartwright, third from left) joins her siblings in song led by Maria (Julia Andrews, R) in “The Sound of Music,” returning to theaters Friday. Photo courtesy of 20th Century Studios LOS ANGELES, Sept. 12 (UPI) — Angela Cartwright, who plays Brigitta von Trapp in the 1965 film The Sound of Music, hopes …

Delivering powerful sound, customizable lighting and extended hours of playtime, new Sound Tower is built for every occasion Both models bring dynamic design, versatile portability and -optimized sound modes to enable tailored listening experiences with seamless indoor-outdoor use Samsung Electronics today introduced the new Sound Tower (ST50F and ST40F models), its latest innovation in portable audio. Built for large gatherings, …

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Following a world premiere at Cannes, Oliver Hermanus brought his “The History of Sound” to the east coast on Monday night for its New York City premiere. His historical wartime romance follows Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor as they journey through a post-World War America, and follows a decades-long quiet connection that reverberates through one man’s lifetime. Early buzz of …

IFA 2025 has already brought us a lot of gadgets, including AirPods Max chargers, Whoop-killing fitness bands, business laptops that can game, and even a cassette-playing Bluetooth boombox, but it’s been a fruitful event for one demographic in particular: party people. First, JBL announced its first battery-powered party speaker, the PartyBox 720, and now Samsung is getting in on the …