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A new Star Wars trilogy could be on the way. Reports say Jon Watts, the director behind Tom Holland’s Spider-Man trilogy, has been tapped to direct the first instalment of a new three-film Star Wars project. Simon Kinberg is reportedly writing the trilogy.     View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Magic (@magicmt917) Early reports suggest the films could continue the numbered episodes of the Skywalker […]

Taylor Swift is breaking records once again. Her new track, Patient Zero, has reportedly become Spotify’s most-streamed song by a female artist in a single day so far in 2026. Taylor also achieved the platform’s biggest single-day streaming total for a female artist this year following the release of The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore, an expanded edition featuring four new songs.     View this post on Instagram […]

It is not just you. October can genuinely feel different. The change in daylight, weather and routine can make people more reflective, nostalgic and aware of time passing. For many of us, it is the point where summer properly ends, the year starts to feel shorter and the festive season comes into view.     View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Magic (@magicmt917) There is no […]

Rod Stewart has announced that 2027’s The Final Encore will be his final tour. The legendary singer, now 81, will bring more than six decades of life on the road to a close with a 21-date run across the UK and Europe. The tour begins at Dublin’s 3Arena on April 23, 2027, and is scheduled to end in Hannover, Germany, on July 24.     View this post on Instagram […]

Malta may be small, but being born here puts you in a pretty rare club. With a population of roughly 550,000 people, Malta accounts for only around 0.007% of the world’s population. Put another way, if birthplace were distributed purely by population, the chance of being born on the Maltese islands would be less than one in every 10,000 people.     View this post on Instagram   A post […]

It sounds like the start of an alien movie, but astronomers have a scientific explanation. Researchers say they have traced radio signals directly to an exoplanet for the first time. The planet, Beta Pictoris b, is a young gas giant around 64 light-years from Earth. The signals are not believed to be from aliens. Instead, they appear to be linked to auroral activity, similar in principle to the Northern Lights, […]

There may finally be some good news for the messy, sleep-deprived potty mouths among us. Research has found links between certain habits that are usually considered negative and different measures of verbal ability, creativity and cognitive performance. One study found that people who could produce more swear words also tended to perform better in general verbal fluency tasks. This suggests that swearing does not necessarily indicate a limited vocabulary.   […]

Sir David Attenborough is 100 years old and still collecting major television awards. The legendary broadcaster has won Best TV Presenter at the 2026 National Television Awards, adding another achievement to an extraordinary career that has spanned more than seven decades.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Magic (@magicmt917) Sir David received the award for his work narrating the BBC series “Secret Garden.” Although he […]

Maltese students get to hold onto their summer holidays for a little longer than children elsewhere in the European Union. Schools in Malta traditionally reopen towards the end of September, making the country’s back-to-school season one of the latest across the EU. While students in several European countries return to their classrooms during August or at the beginning of September, children in Malta continue enjoying their holidays for several more […]