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Frank Marshall Says ESPN2 Pulled ‘Rachel, Breathe’ Over Rights Dispute

Frank Marshall Says ESPN2 Pulled ‘Rachel, Breathe’ Over Rights Dispute

Published by Daniella Wilson

Director Frank Marshall says his documentary Rachel, Breathe was pulled from ESPN2 shortly before it was supposed to air Sunday night due to a disagreement with the network over rights to the project. “I’m sad to report that RACHEL, BREATHE, will not premiere on ESPN2 today,” Marshall posted on X on Sunday. “After several days of negotiations that should have been very simple and were not about money, but rights, the ESPN lawyers stopped talking to us an hour before broadcast and said, ‘sign it now or we are pulling the show’. I’m extremely disappointed for Rachel and John and entire team that spent 2 years making this film about hope, love and friendship.  We remain genuinely excited for the day this documentary reaches the world, it is simply not tonight. And just like Rachel, we remain resilient and the moment I know where and when the premiere is, you will hear from me.” I’m sad to report that RACHEL, BREATHE, will not premiere on ESPN2 today. After several days of negotiations that should have …

Spectator made £6.6m loss in year Paul Marshall paid £100m for title

Spectator made £6.6m loss in year Paul Marshall paid £100m for title

Published by Sam Flores

The Spectator composite image. Picture: OQS Media The 15-month sale process of The Spectator resulted in total costs to the weekly news magazine of £11.4m. The Spectator was bought by GB News investor and hedge fund manager Sir Paul Marshall via his company Old Queen Street Ventures Ltd in September 2024. In the 2023 financial year, the sale process cost The Spectator £6.4m. New accounts on Companies House now show a further £5m cost in the year to 31 December 2024. These costs included receivers, independent directors, bankers, lawyers, consultants and employee retention payments. They were paid by the prior owners before the OQS acquisition completed. The sale meant The Spectator fell into the red following a pre-tax profit of £2.6m in 2022, its last full year of Barclay family ownership. In 2024, The Spectator reported a pre-tax loss of £6.6m, slightly improved from a loss of £6.9m in 2023. EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation) excluding exceptional items was a small loss of £0.2m following a profit of £1.2m in 2023. Turnover …

View from My Sofa: Kris Marshall

View from My Sofa: Kris Marshall

Published by Daniella Wilson

Add Beyond Paradise to your watchlist What’s the view from your sofa? Documentaries and sport! When you spend seven months of the year on a film set, the last thing you want to watch is something that takes place on a film set. I find it hard to suspend my disbelief so I’m not a binge watcher of anything, which is rather unfortunate for my wife. Because she wants to watch Game of Thrones? I’ve never seen Game of Thrones. We haven’t even seen Adolescence either. The greatest drama for me is in real life. What’s so special about sport? Nothing ever brings me to tears, or close to tears, like sport does. I think it’s the immediacy of it, and that the jeopardy is real. I’m all about the underdog, too, and you really get that David and Goliath thing going on in sport. Which documentaries do you like? Anything that’s “man against the elements”. Free Solo is an amazing film about Alex Honnold, who climbed El Capitan in Yosemite [3,000ft] without ropes or …

Marshall launches its new lightweight party speaker, the Bromley 450

Marshall launches its new lightweight party speaker, the Bromley 450

Published by skeptic

Marshall, purveyor of vintage-inspired headphones and speakers, is launching its second party speaker, the Bromley 450. The 450 is a lightweight and compact companion to Marshall’s first party speaker, the Bromley 750. But despite its smaller stature, it has a big presence in the loudest of rooms. “With Bromley 450, our goal was to take everything we loved about the Bromley 750 and bring it into a more compact form. It delivers the same signature sound: fast, powerful bass, clean mids, and detailed highs,” says Malcolm Kennedy, Director of Audio & Acoustics at Marshall Group. The Bromley 450 includes integrated lights inspired by ’70s stages. Credit: Marshall The Bromley 450 comes with True Stereophonic 360 sound and over 40 hours of battery life. We’ve come to expect long battery life in Marshall’s devices, having tested the Marshall Major V headphones, which have over 100 hours of battery life. It’s encased in a water-based PU leather wrap with a metal grate toting Marshall’s signature logo as well as integrated lights. Hanna Wallner, Product Manager at Marshall …

Harry Styles Address Queerbaiting Claims on SNL, Kisses Ben Marshall

Harry Styles Address Queerbaiting Claims on SNL, Kisses Ben Marshall

Published by Daniella Wilson

Harry Styles is back at Saturday Night Live! The “Watermelon Sugar” singer discussed his break from music in his monologue as host, which sparked after he wrapped his Love On Tour in 2023. Styles explained that said time off gave him a chance to reflect on his life. “I finished my last tour in 2023, and after that I took a bunch of time off. I realized I’d spent half my life in music, touring, creating albums and making songs about fruit that people think are about sex,” he said. “I just really like fruit, guys. I like sex too.” Styles continued, “So, when you’re on holiday, it’s like five in the afternoon, you’re all covered in sand, you and your partner are all sweaty and hot, and you stumble back to the room and you just wanna… papaya.” The three-time Grammy Award winner then addressed past claims that he was queerbaiting due to his fashion choices. He started, “Back then, people seemed to pay a lot of attention to the clothes I was wearing, …

Marshall Kilburn III Review: A Classic Rock Bluetooth Speaker

Marshall Kilburn III Review: A Classic Rock Bluetooth Speaker

Published by skeptic

What’s wild about this jump in stamina is that it’s disproportionate to the battery’s capacity. The Kilburn II ships with a 5,200 mAh cell, while the new model is only about 5% bigger: 5,500 mAh. Clearly, some big efficiencies have been gained. In fact, Marshall is so confident about the Kilburn III’s power reserves that it now lets you charge your devices from the speaker’s USB-C port. A word of caution: the direction of the charge is dependent on the Kilburn’s status. When the speaker is powered on, charging flows outward to phones and other accessories. However, when the power is off, the speaker will draw power from them. The Kilburn won’t automatically power off when a USB device is connected, but if you turn it off manually (or connect a device while it’s off), your phone will drain instead of charging. Marshall app via Simon Cohen To help extend the battery’s lifespan, you can enable up to three preservation schemes in the Marshall app: setting the maximum charge to 90%, adjusting the charging speed …

The Girls Before by Kate Alice Marshall

The Girls Before by Kate Alice Marshall

Published by José Betancourt

Kate Alice Marshall has crafted something genuinely unsettling in The Girls Before by Kate Alice Marshall—a psychological thriller that refuses the comfort of simple answers or clean resolutions. This is not a book that holds your hand through its darkness; it drags you down into the depths and asks you to feel every scrape, every gasp, every moment of suffocating uncertainty alongside its characters. Following her previous successes with What Lies in the Woods, No One Can Know, and A Killing Cold, Marshall continues to establish herself as a master of atmospheric dread and psychological complexity. The novel operates on multiple timelines and perspectives, weaving together the story of Audrey, a search and rescue expert haunted by her missing best friend Janie, and a nameless woman known only as Stranger, trapped in a basement bunker where darkness has become both enemy and companion. This structural choice isn’t mere stylistic flourish—it’s integral to how Marshall explores the fragmentation of identity under trauma and the ways our past selves become strangers even to ourselves. The Architecture of …

The Marshall Monitor III are underrated midrange headphones

The Marshall Monitor III are underrated midrange headphones

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It’s no secret that Marshall has mastered the classic retro design. What is a secret is how good its noise-cancelling headphones, the Marshall Monitor III, are. I have a few theories as to why these headphones fly under the radar. First and foremost, Marshall is more known for its speakers. Then there’s the fact that other noise-cancelling brands like Sony, Bose, and Apple generally take the top spots on best-of lists (including ours). Finally, as mid-range headphones — which are neither class-leading nor the most affordable headphones out there — the Monitor III headphones simply get overlooked by reviewers and consumers alike. In short, their lack of obvious superlative power makes them the middle child of the headphone world (no offense intended to any middle children out there). These headphones are more than just their good looks. Credit: Bethany Allard / Mashable Despite all that, the Monitor III headphones are some of the best I’ve tried. After using them regularly for a few weeks, I’m impressed by how much Marshall gets right (where those aforementioned …