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Complete footage of the Beatles’ long-lost first-ever appearance on Top of the Pops in 1964 has been found. Recorded March 19, 1964 at the BBC’s Television Theatre in London, the Beatles pantomimed through “Can’t Buy Me Love” and “You Can’t Do That” the day before those songs were released as a single. After airing, the recording of the historic performance was placed in the BBC archives and subsequently erased, as the BBC commonly (and now notoriously) wiped and reused tapes at the time. While grainy, distorted clips of the Beatles’ Top of the Pops visit existed, a complete and clean…

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US President Donald Trump escalated a diplomatic row with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Saturday, accusing her of repeatedly seeking a photograph with him and linking the dispute to tensions over Iran and NATO. The clash has opened an unusually personal rift between Trump and one of Europe’s most prominent right-wing leaders, who had sought to cast herself as a bridge between Washington and the continent during Trump’s return to power. Trump had initially told Italian broadcaster La7 that Meloni “begged” him for a picture at this week’s G7 summit in France, saying he agreed only because he “felt…

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It wasn’t until my daughter reached kindergarten that she realized that the ability to speak English was something other people thought was cool. “Bye, Mommy! Have a good day, Mommy! I’ll see you in the afternoon, Mommy!” she’d shout for all to hear as she walked toward her classroom. She seemed to relish the head turns from the parents and the open-mouthed stares of her classmates. I mean, it’s not every day that being different makes you cooler (as opposed to simply weirder). Raising a bilingual child is rewarding and kind of cool, but there are some things parents should…

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“Game of Thrones” and “Peaky Blinders” alum Aidan Gillen waxed nostalgic about the golden age of British drama at the Transilvania Intl. Film Festival and argued that there’s “too much” content clogging the airwaves for today’s TV consumers. “I just think there’s so much stuff. Even the TV stuff now is being designed to try and give you these little [dopamine] hits now and then,” he said. “Even the sophisticated, high-end TV stuff is also being dumbed down a little to try and keep people interested.” He added: “There’s too much on TV.” The Irish screen star, who’s serving on…

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