“The Simpsons” returns on Sunday, Sept. 27, on Fox with a Season 38 opener (“The Children’s Book Job”) that parodies children’s books, featuring guest voice Emma Thompson as a beloved children’s book author who comes to town for a benefit to save Springfield Elementary from closing. But when her character — saucy British writer Constance
Taylor Swift has recruited a couple of A-listers for her “Patient Zero” music video. Dakota Johnson and Colin Farrell will star alongside Swift in the video for the new song, which releases on Friday alongside her “Life of a Showgirl: The Encore” album. Swift directed the video, which will debut at the MTV VMAs on
Batter Billy Root will follow fellow long-serving Glamorgan player Colin Ingram into retirement from top-flight cricket at the end of the 2026 season. The 34-year-old joined the Welsh county in 2019 from Nottinghamshire, making 67 appearances that included seven hundreds and a memorable double century at Northampton as he totalled almost 5,000 Glamorgan runs. Root,
The hard-hitting left-hand batter arrived at Sophia Gardens in 2015, quickly becoming a leading part of the team and a fan favourite. He then played little Championship cricket for a five-year spell because of knee problems and T20 franchise commitments around the world. Ingram featured in an impressive range of tournaments in Australia, India, Pakistan,
“There’s an epidemic affecting our nation’s young people. The epidemic is fear.” As I scrolled through Instagram on my ride downtown to the Snapple Island Ferry Comedy Show, a reel from The Free Press popped up. Professor Arthur Brooks was making the case that “Gen Z is perhaps the most risk-averse generation in history.” Now,
Netherlands all-rounder Colin Ackermann has signed a two-year contract extension to stay with Durham until the end of the 2028 season. Ackermann, 35, moved from Leicestershire ahead of the 2024 campaign and has been a regular across all three formats. He has scored five first-class centuries for the county and shared in the largest first-class
