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Tyler, the Creator's 'Don't Tap the Glass' tops U.S. album chart
Aug. 2 (UPI) -- Tyler, the Creator's "Don't Tap the Glass" is the No. 1 album in the United States this week. The follow-up to 2024's "Chromakopia" was released on July 21.
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Watch: 1,276 marimba players come together to break world record
Aug. 4 (UPI) -- Young musicians from across South Africa and Zimbabwe came together in Cape Town to break the Guinness World Record for the largest marimba ensemble, with 1,276 players. Marimba Jam, the group that organized the world record attempt to help promote music education, said 1,276 students played the percussion instruments together at Cape Town's Grand West Arena on Saturday. The event took the Guinness World Record from the Marimbas por Guate group in Guatemala, which assembled 505 people to play marimbas together in 2021. Marimba Jam previously attempted to break the record in 2018, but failed to meet Guinness World Records' evidence requirements. "We thought a Guinness World Record would be a way for us to take that same energy to a national level and bring together the whole of South Africa in unity to achieve a marimba world record, celebrating our motto, finding harmony in community," Marimba Jam CEO Kiara Ramklass told EWN Eyewitness News.
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WWE 'SummerSlam': Cody Rhodes defeats John Cena, Brock Lesnar returns
Aug. 4 (UPI) -- Cody Rhodes was able to defeat John Cena for the Undisputed Championship in the main event of WWE's SummerSlam. Cena and Rhodes battled each other in a hard-hitting Street Fight to close out the two-night wrestling extravaganza on Sunday. SummerSlam took place in front of a sold-out crowd at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. Cena, who has spent his final year as a competitor in WWE as a villain, turned back the clock and returned to his more heroic, virtuous days, much to the crowd's delight. The bout was a rematch from April's WrestleMania 41. The highly-competitive match featured Cena and Rhodes brawling throughout the arena and using various weapons. Cena grabbed crutches from injured NBA star Tyree Haliburton, who was sitting ringside, and used them to attack Rhodes. Rhodes pulled out all the stops, including the use of the Piledriver, a historically banned move in WWE. Cena later responded by sending Rhodes through the announcer's table with an Attitude Adjustment. The highlight of the match came when Cena carried Rhodes through the elevator shaft that the American Nightmare uses during his entrance. Cena, after getting off the elevator, slammed Rhodes down hard onto the entrance ramp with another Attitude Adjustment. Rhodes, starting to grow frustrated, removed the bottom turnbuckle from the ring and used the metal plating to attack Cena. Rhodes performed three Cross Rhodes moves in a row, but Cena still wouldn't stay down. Cena later delivered an Avalanche Attitude Adjustment from the second rope, but it wasn't enough. Rhodes sent Cena through a table, followed by one final Cross Rhodes, to win the match and become the new Undisputed WWE Champion. Cena and Rhodes congratulated each other after the match. Cena was cheered loudly and was showered with gratitude from the crowd as the wrestling veteran competed in his last SummerSlam event. As Cena took in the love from the WWE audience, Brock Lesnar made a surprise return and made his way to the ring wearing a dark cowboy hat. Lesnar, without saying anything, immediately attacked Cena and knocked him out with an F5. Lesnar, an old rival of Cena's, was last seen in 2023.
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Willem Dafoe to be honored, give masterclass at Sarajevo Film Festival
1 of 5 | Willem Dafoe arrives on the red carpet for the Academy Awards in March. He will be honored at the upcoming Sarajevo Film Festival. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo Aug. 4 (UPI) -- Willem Dafoe will be feted during the 31st annual Sarajevo Film Festival, which runs from Aug. 15 to 22. The Poor Things actor, 70, will be awarded the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo and will also give a masterclass in which he'll discuss the state of art today. "It is a great honor and pleasure for us to present him with the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo," said the festival's director, Jovan Marjanovic. "His body of work is something to which every actor aspires. Every time he steps in front of the camera, he demonstrates that he is a true master of his craft. Whether starring in a Hollywood blockbuster or a low-budget independent film, his characters are always complex, emotional and unforgettable." Dafoe has starred in some 150 features, which include Platoon, The Last Temptation of Christ, The Lighthouse, Spider-Man: No Way Home and Nosferatu. The actor is known "for bringing versatility, boldness and dare to some of the most iconic films of our time," the festival said. The masterclass lineup also includes such names as Paolo Sorrentino, Michel Franco, Ray Winstone and Ilya Khrzhanovskiy.
