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Published Sep 7, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT

Bad games can be good games when you're on Shelf Quest

Before 'Mr. Jambo,' Kyle Gordon rocked to Buck Bumble

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Summer Lovin'

From Kacey Musgraves' disco balls to Miranda Lambert's afternoon delights, 2026 looks to be Nashville's raciest year in decades

Surely, you’ve seen…The Balls.

No one expected that country music in the summer of 2026 would be illuminated by the sparkly, gloriously perverse glow of a set of disco testicles. But that low-hanging display, the centerpiece prop of Kacey Musgraves’ Middle of Nowhere Tour, has come to sum up country’s year of horniness. Amplified by the whirling of Musgraves’ lonely-girl washing machine — not to mention her use of eggplant emojis, an extremely steamy video, and even a lube line — this has undoubtedly been the genre’s wet hot American summer.

The title of “Sumo: Spirit Weighs Nothing” is the closest that Erik Shirai‘s documentary comes to a joke at the expense of its subject: sumo wrestling, the Japanese sport largely known in the western world for the ample size and minimal clothing of its practitioners, and not an awful lot beyond that. In all other respects, however, this stately, artfully produced film aims to act as a corrective to such cheap, culturally insensitive perceptions. Examining as it does the motivations and ambitions of a number of sumo wrestlers, from grand masters to rising stars, through a solemnly respectful lens, the doc finds humanity and even beauty in what can all too easily be comically framed on screen.

Enterprising Flemish broadcaster VRT has boarded the historical coming-of-age drama series ‘King of Hearts’ from Giles Coulier, whose company, De Wereldvrede, is behind such hits as 2019 series “War of the Worlds” and Prix Europa winner, “Albatros.”

This season’s league phase of the Champions League kicks off on Tuesday, with Real Madrid vs Inter Milan and Porto vs Man City among the standout games on the first evening.

Dolly Parton's sister has issued a plea to fans over "fake AI garbage" posted on social media in the wake of the singer's death.

Tributes to the late country legend have appeared online and at locations including the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, after Parton died on 25 August at the age of 80.

ByDaniel Sandford

UK correspondent

Updated 1 hour ago

This weekend saw hundreds of people take part in two anti-migrant protests. The men in balaclavas in Dover, and the crowd trying to block the migrant coaches in Portsmouth.

No doubt one of the most influential people in automotive history, Lee Iacocca has been associated with his share of famous rides over the years. The Ford Mustang and Lincoln Continental Mark III from his time at the Blue Oval are just some of the highlights, as are the Plymouth Voyager and Dodge Viper launched during his tenure at Chrysler. But even Iacocca had some swings and misses, like the Eagle Optima sports sedan introduced in 1990.

Thousands of mourners have gathered in Belgrade for the funeral of Ratko Mladić, a Serbian general convicted of orchestrating the worst massacre in Europe since the second world war, and whose hero’s return home has raised international alarm.