King Charles plans strict measures ahead of Prince Harry meeting?
King Charles is reportedly willing to meet his estranged son Prince Harry during his upcoming visit to the UK but he might set a strict condition.
According to a royal expert, the monarch may require a member of his staff to be present during the meeting.
The King will ensure transparency and avoid any potential misunderstandings after Harry leaked private details of his royal life in his bombshell book, Spare, and Netflix documentary, Harry & Meghan.
“I don’t think Charles would be against meeting him, but I don’t think he’ll meet him alone. I would think there would be an aide there,” Ingrid Seward told Newsweek.
This comes after royal expert Charles Rae told The Sun that a royal reconciliation meeting is unlikely.
He noted that Charles will be in Scotland for the death anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II during Harry’s visit, making a reunion difficult.
“The big problem is that Harry is flying 5,500 miles to London and the King is still 500 miles away in Scotland,” he told the publication.
The expert added, “It is unlikely you would expect the King would fly down again to have a cup of tea with Harry.”
[This story contains spoilers from Wednesday season two, Part 2.]
With a new school year there are always new faces, and Nevermore Academy is no different. When Wednesday Addams, played by Jenna Ortega, returns for her second year at the school — “the first time you’ve ever returned to any school voluntarily,” mother Morticia (Catherine Zeta-Jones) teases in season two’s first episode — a whole new contingent of the community is introduced. Some of them are friends and some are foes, and some look completely normal, while others … not so much.
Tasked with bringing into reality those that are a little further down on the bizarre end of the spectrum, the show’s prosthetics and VFX teams had their work cut out for them. One of the biggest challenges, says prosthetics designer Tristan Verslius, came in the form of the zombie known as Slurp. Brought back to life by Pugsley, Slurp (Owen Painter) regenerates by consuming human brains, and (here comes the spoiler, you’ve been warned) we learn in episode six, “Woe Thyself,” that he’s actually Isaac Night, Tyler Galpin’s uncle, who’s intent on curing Tyler’s mother of her Hyde.
“Very early on, when the first drafts of the script were being made, there was a conversation of Slurp needing to be a practical actor in makeup,” Verslius says, “so we started off by trying lots of zombie designs. There are many different types of zombies, and we were trying to find that unique look that was both enhanced, and was part of the world of Wednesday and Nevermore and the showrunners’ visions, and we landed on it with guidance from Tim [Burton] and the sketches and edits to some of our designs.
For the early episodes of season two of Wednesday, the VFX team created a hole in the side of Slurp’s (Owen Painter) head and removed his nose, as shown in this behind the scenes look.
“When the actor [Painter] was confirmed, we took that design and applied it to him, as it were, on Owen’s face and body. Then we started going stage by stage, really. We made stage one first and we tried to figure out how to get to stage three, and what stage two was and how that journey takes place.”
The zombie necessarily incorporated more CG elements in the early episodes, notes visual effects supervisor Tim Turnbull. “When he first comes out of the ground, he’s in rough shape, so that’s where the CG really came in, that’s where biggest enhancements were,” he says. “By episode five, we’re doing very little [with CG]: His jaw still distends quite largely in those episodes and he has a giraffe tongue, but the hole in his head is gone and his nose has grown back. So most of our work was in episode one, and it phased out to be more and more practical as we went deeper into the episodes.”
The designs were tailored to maximize the “classic horror zombie vibe” in the early episodes, including at the camp in episode three, “Call of the Woe,” says Versluis, “but had these changes that lead you on the path back toward Owen.” He adds, “Prosthetics is about enhancing and adding to the acting — we can only add — so we added enough to start stripping it back through the stages. The prosthetics got thinner, and we started to bring out more cheekbones of Owen and some of his facial features until we feel like he’s coming back into it. So hopefully there are no jumps [in Slurp’s evolution to Isaac] where you suddenly say, ‘Oh, who’s this?’ We feel familiar at that point.”
Owen Painter as Slurp in episode 205 of Wednesday.
For Turnbull and the VFX team, Professor Orloff (played by Christopher Lloyd) turned out to be an even bigger challenge than Slurp. Lloyd’s character was given a new lease on life years ago by Isaac, who created a machine that suspends Orloff’s head in liquid and supports its life without his body. The first question the VFX team asked, Turnbull says, was: “What does a head in a jar look like, and how do we do that?”
The solution, it turned out, was not easy. A decade ago, Turnbull says, they probably would have filmed Lloyd in front of a blue screen and very carefully chosen their angles to composite together the needed shots. But, he adds, “it would have looked like a CG head in a jar.”
Christopher Lloyd as Professor Orloff in season two of Wednesday.
Instead, they harnessed new technology by partnering with Eyeline Studios, a division of Scanline VFX, to create a 4D volumetric capture of Lloyd’s performance, gathering the data in high resolution at 60 frames a second, Turnbull explains. “So what’s in the jar is an actual direct translation of his performance, which I think is what gives it its reality. We didn’t change his performance except adjusting his eyelines a little bit. What you see there is Christopher Lloyd. The layer of CG that we put on it is really only there to support it, rather than take it over.”
Creating that magic trick was by far the most complicated visual effects work in the season, he says: “A lot of technology went into that, a lot of smart people working on a difficult problem and an enormous amount of data to process to come up with something that looks pretty simple. That’s the beauty of that.”
Executive producer/director Tim Burton with Christopher Lloyd on the set of Wednesday season two.
Andre Onana is close to leaving Manchester United for Trabzonspor on loan for the rest of the season in a move that could signal the end of his Old Trafford career.
Onana’s future has been in doubt all summer after United pursued a new goalkeeper before signing Senne Lammens from Antwerp in a £21.7million deal last week.
Despite assertions from sources close to United and the player that Onana would stay, Daily Mail Sport understands the Cameroon international was told that the club would not stand in his way if he wanted to seek a move.
Contact was made with Trabzonspor who were in the process of selling their keeper Ugurcan Cakir to Galatasaray, and a loan deal for Onana has progressed quickly.
United are said to have an agreement with the Turkish club, and Onana is ready to join them before the transfer window closes there on September 12.
Onana has struggled for consistency since joining United from Inter Milan for £47.2m two years ago, and committed a number of high-profile errors.
Andre Onana is close to leaving Man United for Trabzonspor on loan for the rest of the season
Onana was told that the club would not stand in his way if he wanted to seek a move
Man United signed Senne Lammens from Antwerp in a £21.7million deal last week
The 29-year-old made another mistake on his only appearance this season in United’s humiliating Carabao Cup defeat at Grimsby Town, with Altay Bayindir starting all three Premier League games so far.
Onana’s situation wasn’t helped by the fact he missed the whole of pre-season after suffering a hamstring tear on his second day back at training at Carrington in July.
United had already quoted Monaco a price of £30m while they continued to be linked with Lammens and Aston Villa’s Emi Martinez, which suggested that they were open to selling.
When United opted for Lammens over Martinez last week, it was said that the club were prepared to carry four senior goalkeepers this season, with Onana set to be away at the Africa Cup of Nations over New Year.
But once United opened the door to a move, the former Ajax keeper decided to look at his options even though he has three years left on his contract at Old Trafford.
His departure would leave the way clear for Lammens to become United’s new No.1 with Bayindir and Tom Heaton as back up.
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The power of Christ still compels moviegoers. “The Conjuring: Last Rites” exorcised an impressive $34.5 million across Friday and preview screenings in 3,802 locations. That’s well ahead of the figure earned by the horror series’ 2018 spinoff “The Nun” ($22 million), giving “Last Rites” the biggest opening day gross in franchise history.
It puts the New Line feature on track to surge far above its pre-weekend industry projections for a $50 million debut, beating “The Nun” ($53 million) for the series’ biggest opening weekend ever. Not only will it be the biggest domestic bow for a horror movie in 2025, but the R-rated “Last Rites” could even rank as the seventh-biggest opening weekend of the year, with a chance at edging out “Thunderbolts*” ($74 million) depending on its play through Saturday. The film also gets a revenue boost from playing Imax and premium large-format auditoriums.
Even at its fourth mainline entry (and ninth including spin-offs), “The Conjuring” franchise has endured as a moviegoing draw. Stars Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson again return as the real-life, self-professed occult investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren. Director Michael Chaves is also back to helm this entry, after previously handling the last mainline installment “The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It” in 2021, plus the 2023 spinoff “The Nun II.”
The weekend also marks another hit for Warner Bros., which has now strung together a whopping seven consecutive openings above $40 million. Reviews have been mediocre for “Last Rites,” and moviegoers are only a little more positive, with survey firm Cinema Score polling a franchise-low “B” grade among early audiences. But none of that is proving much of a hindrance. Against a production budget of $55 million, it’s off to a fantastic start.
Meanwhile, Disney has the filmed version of the Broadway musical juggernaut “Hamilton” in 1,825 theaters, with $3.9 million across Friday and preview screenings. It’s projected to land in second place with a three-day opening of around $9 million. It’s pretty remarkable, considering that “Hamilton” has been available to view on Disney+ for nearly a half-decade. The studio acquired rights to the performance recording years ago and had originally set theatrical plans, but released it on the platform during COVID lockdowns. But now “Hamilton” is finally in theaters to align with its 10th anniversary; evidently, there’s a desire to see it on the big screen, despite being readily available for home viewing.
Third place goes to another Warner Bros. horror title with “Weapons,” earning another $1.5 million on Friday to go down just 47% from its daily total last week. Now in its fifth weekend of release, writer-director Zach Cregger’s R-rated original has earned more than $140 million in North America.
Disney is currently holding fourth with “Freakier Friday,” which earned another $960,000 on Friday to fall 46% from its daily total last week. In its fifth weekend, the comedy sequel has now hit $85 million domestic and will soon pass “Snow White” ($87 million) to become the 15th-highest-grossing North American release of the year.
Narrowly slipping behind to fifth, Sony Pictures’ “Caught Stealing” is facing a $3.2 million gross for its second weekend, which would mark a 58% fall from its debut. That’s not the kind of hold that the mid-budget neo noir was depending on after a muted opening. It’s looking to hit just $14.9 million domestic through its second weekend.
Also opening wide this weekend, the Salvation Poem Project has the PG-rated Christian tale “Light of the World” in 2,075 locations. Rivals have the hand-drawn 2D animated feature at $700,000 for Friday and previews, with an eighth-place opening in the cards.
After years of anticipation, Hollow Knight: Silksong finally launched on September 4, 2025, and fulfilled every fan’s wish as they descended into the terrifying kingdom of Pharloom. The sequel, which stars the agile Hornet as the protagonist, has received accolades for its gorgeous hand-drawn graphics and enhanced Metroidvania gameplay.
However, just days after its release, players are complaining about the game’s harsh difficulty levels. Many players say that enemies and bosses hit harder than in the original Hollow Knight, with some blows quickly draining two health masks, leaving both newbies and veterans struggling.
For instance, Lace and the Bell Beast are described as punishing bosses, with complicated attack patterns and environmental hazards that test players to the edge. As players are reflecting upon the daunting task of defeating Pharloom’s over 40 bosses, some are enjoying the grind, while others crave relief.
In response to the difficulty, modders have already created invincibility mods, which allow users to make Hornet untouchable and sail through the toughest fights.
Silksong Modders Launch Invincibility Mods to Crack Down on Brutal Boss Fights
Hollow Knight: Silksong’s release generated a rush of challenge, as players faced a steep difficulty curve early on, with deadly bosses and enemies delivering double damage. Within days, the modding community on Nexus Mods responded with innovation, developing mods such as “No Double Damage” and “Invincibility” to remedy these punitive mechanics.
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The “No Double Damage” mod, created by user Baiker, restricts all enemy and boss hits to a single mask of damage, relieving the frustration of early-game battles where health is limited.
This mod, which requires the BepInEx framework, has been a lifeline for players battling with Silksong’s relentless difficulty; however, others have pointed out that it does not alter environmental hazards or certain multi-hit strikes. Similarly, the “Invincibility” mod allows players to explore the vivid world of Pharloom without fear of death, appealing to those who value story and environment above hard combat.
It disables hit detection on the player completely, hence allowing you to free roam and complete the main story, while defeating bosses like you’re Superman. While some purists claim that the high difficulty is essential to the Hollow Knight experience, others welcome these mods as a chance to enjoy the game more casually.
Modders ensure that Silksong is accessible to a variety of playstyles by providing tools such as cheat menus, compass upgrades, and ultrawide support, as well as difficulty modifications. As Team Cherry analyzes future balance patches, these mods offer instant solutions, allowing players to personalize their adventure through Silksong’s hard yet enchanting universe.
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Rishabh Sabarwal is a Senior Gaming Writer at Beebom and an experienced video game journalist with over 7 years of experience covering everything from hit AAA titles to the ever-evolving world of live service games. He’s interviewed industry heavyweights, written for global publications, and now leads Gaming coverage at Beebom. When he’s not chasing patch notes or breaking news, you’ll find him deep in single-player adventures, building LEGO masterpieces, or hanging out with his dogs.
Red Bull driver Max Verstappen pulled another lap out of the bag to claim pole position for the Italian Grand Prix, pipping McLaren rivals Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri in an incredibly close Qualifying session at Monza.
Following their “very tough” weekend at the Temple of Speed last season, Verstappen and Red Bull have looked much more competitive at this year’s event, with the Dutchman emerging as a genuine threat to McLaren’s supremacy.
As a heart-stopping Qualifying hour drew to a close, Verstappen initially led the way in the decisive Q3 phase, before being overhauled by Norris but then fighting back with a blistering lap of 1m 18.792s to seal P1 by 0.077s.
Piastri was 0.190s back in third, from the Ferraris of Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton, who could not quite deliver enough for the front row – the seven-time World Champion nonetheless losing five places with his pre-event grid penalty.
Mercedes used a different tyre strategy to their rivals when Qualifying began, starting out on the medium tyres, before the transition to softs yielded sixth and seventh on the grid for George Russell and home driver Kimi Antonelli respectively.
Gabriel Bortoleto was one of Saturday’s stars en route to eighth for Kick Sauber, continuing the outfit’s positive trajectory under new team boss Jonathan Wheatley, while Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso and Red Bull’s Yuki Tsunoda completed the top 10.
Ollie Bearman led the Haas team’s charge in 11th, missing out on a Q3 spot by just one hundredth of a second, with Nico Hulkenberg 12th in the second of the Kick Sauber machines after struggling to match the pace of high-flying team mate Bortoleto.
Williams caught the eye during Friday practice but slipped down the order through FP3 and failed to make an impression in the grid-deciding session – Carlos Sainz and Alex Albon having to settle for 13th and 14th places from the other Haas of Esteban Ocon.
After his dream run to a maiden podium finish at the Dutch Grand Prix last time out, Isack Hadjar suffered a painful Q1 exit, having made a mistake on his final run, leaving the Racing Bulls rookie 16th for Sunday’s race over the other Aston Martin of Lance Stroll.
Franco Colapinto experienced a difficult start to the Monza weekend but managed to out-pace Alpine team mate Pierre Gasly in Qualifying, on the day of the Frenchman’s contract renewal, while Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls) lost a lap to track limits and wound up slowest.
At least one person was killed in a bomb blast while a cricket match was being played in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bajaur district on Saturday, according to the police.
Bajaur District Police Officer Waqas Rafique confirmed the incident to Dawn.com in Khar tehsil’s Kausar Cricket Ground and said the blast was carried out through an improvised explosive device.
“It appears to be a targeted attack,” he added.
Last Saturday, two people, including a police official, were wounded after terrorists attacked a police station in the district’s Laghari area of Lowi Mamund tehsil through a quadcopter.
Sources said police constable Mohammad Habib and civilian Najeeb Khan were injured in the attack, which also damaged a vehicle parked on the premises.
Israr Khan, a public relations officer of the district police, had told Dawn that the injured were immediately shifted to the district headquarters hospital in Khar.
He also said terrorists launched another attack on the police station through a quadcopter but it missed the target.
No group claimed responsibility for the attack. However, police officials blamed it on terrorists in light of Operation Sarbakaf launched by security forces against them a couple of weeks ago.
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Ultra-processed foods can increase the risk of multiple chronic health conditions, such as heart disease and type 2 diabetes.
A new study found that a diet heavy in ultra-processed foods can harm male reproductive health and reduce sperm quality.
The researchers say that ultra-processed foods may contain molecules found in plastics that are known to disrupt hormonal systems in the body.
A new study reports that ultra-processed foods may be linked to a decline in male reproductive health, including sperm quality.
The research, published on August 28 in Cell Metabolism, states that regular consumption of ultra-processed foods has several effects on a person’s health.
These include higher cholesterol levels and increased body weight. They noted that participants in their study gained more than a kilogram of weight when they ate ultra-processed foods. The amount of fat mass in their bodies also increased.
The researchers added that “sperm quality trended toward impairment” when participants were on an ultra-processed diet.
The researchers pointed out that these health effects occurred even when a person on an ultra-processed diet consumed the same number of calories as a person on another type of diet.
“This study provides evidence that consumption of ultra-processed food is detrimental for cardiometabolic and reproductive outcomes, regardless of excessive caloric intake,” the study authors wrote.
Philip Werthman, MD, a urologist and director of the Center for Male Reproductive Medicine and Vasectomy Reversal in Los Angeles, says the study is proof that what you eat can be more important than how much you eat.
“It’s not the calories you’re getting. It’s the type of calories you’re getting,” Werthman told Healthline.
For their study, researchers recruited 43 males ages 20–35. Each participant spent three weeks on both a diet primarily of ultra-processed foods and a diet of unprocessed foods, with a 3-month “washing out” period between the two diets.
Half of the participants started on the unprocessed diet while the other half began with the ultra-processed diet. Half of the men from each group were also put on a diet that included 500 extra calories per day.
Researchers noted that subjects on the ultra-processed diet experienced an increase in the phthalate cxMINP, a substance found in plastics that can disrupt hormones.
Those on the ultra-processed diet also saw decreases in their testosterone levels and follicle-stimulating hormones, which are crucial for sperm production.
The researchers said some of the endocrine-disrupting substances may come from the plastic packaging used for ultra-processed foods.
They note that the introduction of ultra-processed foods in the 1970s seems to fall in line with a 60% decline worldwide in sperm count.
Kristin Kirkpatrick, president of KAK Consulting and a dietitian at Cleveland Clinic’s Department of Wellness & Preventive Medicine, said the research sends a clear message.
“The study found that endocrine disrupters and other components altered hormone levels in men, even if the men were healthy,” she told Healthline. “This means, even if you’re healthy based on other parameters, yet consume a diet higher in ultra-processed foods, you still are at risk for increases in chronic conditions.”
Werthman added that a man’s general health can also affect their reproductive system. For example, a person who has gained weight, developed type 2 diabetes, or experienced a rise in cholesterol levels may see a decline in reproductive health measures such as sperm quality.
“The reproductive system is a function of your overall health,” Werthman explained. “The reproductive system is quite sensitive.”
Michael Eisenberg, MD, a professor of urology at Stanford University, had one caution about the study’s conclusions.
“While none reached statistical significance, there does appear to be a decline in semen quality when examining the summative data,” he told Healthline. “However, it’s important to note that the intervention was for three weeks, and a cycle of sperm production typically takes between two to three months.”
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that ultra-processed foods account for an average of 55% of total calories consumed by people in the United States.
It notes that people under 19 years of age tend to eat slightly more ultra-processed foods than adults 19 years and older. The agency states there is little difference in ultra-processed food consumption between men and women.
The CDC says ultra-processed foods tend to be “hyperpalatable, energy-dense, low in dietary fiber, and contain little or no whole foods, while having high amounts of salt, sweeteners, and unhealthy fats.”
It states that sandwiches (including burgers), sweet bakery products, sweetened beverages, and savory snacks are among the top sources of calories from ultra-processed foods.
An April 2025 study estimated that ultra-processed foods were linked to 124,000 preventable deaths in the United States during a two-year period.
Kirkpatrick said there are a number of reasons for these impacts, including what a person is not eating.
“Consuming ultra-processed foods means that other foods, which are found to help in the prevention of heart disease (like fresh fruit and vegetables, healthy fats, and fiber) are not being consumed,” she said.
“Further, excess sugar and sodium consumption has been found in multiple studies to pose a significant risk to heart health. Sugar and sodium are common ingredients in ultra-processed foods.”
Werthman said the pattern is clear. “This study is another confirmation that the food industry has been poisoning us for the past 20 to 30 years,” he noted. “We see the effects of that now.”
Experts say there are lifestyle habits that can help improve and maintain male reproductive health.
“In general, good diet (whole grains, fruits, vegetables), exercise, and maintaining a good body weight will help overall and reproductive health,” said Eisenberg.
Werthman says a healthy diet is “a big component” of that equation, but noted that men, especially those in the process of trying to have children, should exercise regularly as well as avoid alcohol and tobacco.
Werthman noted that heat sources such as saunas and hot tubs can temporarily impact sperm quality and quantity.
“All these things affect the reproductive system,” he said. “The body is an integrated system.”
The Indian hockey team fought back from a goal down twice to draw their second Women’s Asia Cup 2025 match 2-2 with Japan at the Gongshu Canal Sports Park Hockey Field in Hangzhou, the People’s Republic of China, on Saturday.
For India, 10th in the women’s hockey rankings, both the goals were equalising goals and were scored by Rutuja Dadaso Pisal (30’) and Navneet Kaur (60’). Defending champions and world No. 12, Japan’s goals were scored by Hiroka Murayama (10’) and Chiko Fujibayashi (58’).
The result means India are unbeaten so far in the tournament, having won their first game against Thailand 11-0 on Friday. After the round-robin phase, the top two from each pool will progress to the Super 4s, which will decide the finalists. India are drawn in Pool B with Japan, Thailand and Singapore.
It was a quick start from India as Japan did their best to thwart their attacks. However, Japan’s resistance eventually paid off as they drew first blood when Hiroka Murayama found the back of the net to round off a sweeping move. Japan led 1-0 and kept India at bay for the remainder of the first quarter.
After the breather, India went on the attack in the hunt for the equaliser, although Japan were not giving anything away. However, in the final minutes of the first half, India found a way through as Rutuja Dadaso Pisal scored and made it 1-1 at half-time.
The second half started with both sides taking a watchful approach in their bid not to concede momentum. India were looking to get their noses out in front, having finished the first half strongly, while Japan’s disciplined defensive unit held on. The third quarter saw both teams trade punches and go into the break with the scores at 1-1.
In the final quarter, both teams upped the ante in attack as they were looking for the crucial winner. However, it was Japan’s pressure that paid off initially as they got the goal a few minutes before the final hooter.
A penalty stroke fell to Chiko Fujibayashi and she smashed home to make it 2-1 with barely any time left. However, India gave it their all as they went in search of a late equaliser and it came in the form of Navneet Kaur from a penalty corner in the dying moments of the game.
Eventually, both teams shared the spoils with the scores at 2-2 at the hooter. India will face Singapore next in the women’s Asia Cup hockey tournament on Monday.
