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Bluey’s Daley Pearson on how losing his brother inspired his new film: ‘He was the best thing ever to me’

Allen, the first live-action film from Pearson’s Ludo Studio, follows a man who met an alien as a kid – and becomes obsessed with bringing him back Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email If, for whatever reason, you want to feel a bit sad, think too hard about what Elliott from ET would have been like as an adult. Or Coraline, or Matilda, or Chihiro, or those kids in Mary Poppins. The most amazing thing that ever happened in their lives – magic nanny, alien friend, psychic abilities, otherworldly adventures – was already over when they were kids. If that bad Harry Potter play taught us an

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Military

Weakening AI copyright law will spell ‘disaster for creativity’, global music body warns Albanese

Exclusive: Head of IFPI says allowing AI companies access to online content would be a ‘huge mistake’ and damage Australia’s reputation Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Australia weakening copyright protections to aid AI companies would be “ridiculous and dangerous”, the global peak body for the music recording industry has warned as it watches with concern how the Albanese government responds to big tech’s demands. While local creatives have raised constitutional issues and threatened political backlash, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFP

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Science

New drug could be cure for common cause of high blood pressure

Benefits of baxdrostat are unexpectedly found to remain up to two years after patients stop taking it Millions of people with high blood pressure stand to benefit from a new drug that has stunned doctors by reversing a common cause of the condition for years after patients stopped taking the medication. Patients who took the drug, called baxdrostat, saw their blood pressure improve during a six- to 12-month course of the daily pills, but unexpectedly the benefits remained up to two years later, with some patients no longer on any hypertension drugs and potentially cured of the condition. Conti

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