Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) racing drama “F1 the Movie” roared into theaters, generating an impressive $144 million in global revenue, which included $55.6 million in North America, making it the tech company’s biggest opening ever for an original film. After 10 days, it has amassed $293 million — amongst Pitt’s highest-grossing movies — according to Screen Rant.
Footage included real Formula 1 cars, immersive paddock access shot at actual F1 races. Its success could have changed the fortunes for both the sport in the U.S. and Apple+, Deadline reports.
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Once considered a niche sport, F1 has gradually gained widespread public recognition. Liberty Media (NASDAQ:LLYVK) and Delta Topco Ltd.’s acquisition of F1 in 2017 and Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) series “Drive To Survive” reshaped perceptions, paving the way for sold-out races in Miami, Austin, Texas, and Las Vegas—drawing more than a million fans combined, The Wall Street Journal reported.
The timing couldn’t be better: as the film climbs the box office charts, American interest in F1 is accelerating. According to The Journal, talks are underway for more U.S. races—and perhaps a future American F1 driver to further energize fan engagement.
Apple reportedly invested over $200 million in production and marketing, backed by an ambitious distribution strategy that included Imax (NYSE:IMAX) theatrics and cross-promotion during the company’s Worldwide Developers Conference. Imax took the lead, generating $28 million globally —19% of total revenue — and demonstrated premium viewing demand, even with higher ticket prices — $19.51, on average, according to Business Insider.
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Before this win, Apple’s theatrical track record was shaky. Major titles like “Argylle,” “Fly Me to the Moon,” and even Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” underperformed, prompting Apple to reevaluate its investments in movies.
Although F1’s success or failure won’t make or break Apple, which is worth over $3 trillion, it marks a tremendous boost for its film division and a validation of the company’s all-inclusive philosophy.
“We could bring some things that are uniquely Apple to the movie, like our camera technology. And we plan to have the whole of the company support it as well — our retail operation and everything,” CEO Tim Cook told Variety.” So it was something that we could get the entire company around. It feels wonderful to be a part of it. Apple should have something that we pour our passion into, and that’s exactly what we’re doing with the shows. And now you can see us hitting a stride. It feels wonderful.”
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Apple has several other potential wins in the pipeline. The Los Angeles Times reports that Apple has already secured another Kosinski-Bruckheimer collaboration —the director/producer team behind “F1: The Movie” — about UFOs. The Spike Lee-directed Denzel Washington thriller, “Highest 2 Lowest,” is another of the company’s big-name projects. However, it will receive a limited theatrical release before becoming available to stream.
The company has renewed the popular soccer series “Ted Lasso” for another season. The spy/ thriller series “Slow Horses” starring Gary Oldman will premiere its fifth season in the fall. However, a bona fide theatrical hit has eluded the company until now. Cook stresses that it was not a prerequisite when forming the movie division of the company.
“We studied it for years before we decided to do [Apple TV+],” he told Variety. “I know there’s a lot of different views out there about why we’re into it. We’re into it to tell great stories, and we want it to be a great business as well. That’s why we’re into it, just plain and simple.”
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Earth, its cosmic home the Milky Way, and even the very local region of universe around us could be situated within a void of low density compared to the rest of the universe.
If so, that would solve one of the most frustrating and lingering problems in cosmology, the so-called “Hubble tension.”
New research suggests that “baryon acoustic oscillations (BAOs)” from the initial moments of the universe, think of them as “the sound of the Big Bang,” seem to support the concept of the local void or “Hubble Bubble.”
The Hubble tension arises from the fact that when measured using different techniques the speed at which the universe is expanding (known as the Hubble constant) has different values. One technique measures the Hubble constant using astronomical observations in the local universe, while the other gives its value as an average across the entire universe.
That means if the local universe sits in a low-density “Hubble bubble,” it would be expanding faster than the higher-density wider cosmos, explaining why observations give a larger Hubble constant value and faster expansion than slower theoretical averages.
“A potential solution to this inconsistency is that our galaxy is close to the center of a large, local void,” research author Indranil Banik of the University of Portsmouth said in a statement. “It would cause matter to be pulled by gravity towards the higher density exterior of the void, leading to the void becoming emptier with time.
“As the void is emptying out, the velocity of objects away from us would be larger than if the void were not there. This, therefore, gives the appearance of a faster local expansion rate.”
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There are two ways to calculate the Hubble tension.
For one, scientists observe a “cosmic fossil” called the cosmic microwave background (CMB). The first light that was free to travel the universe, the CMB, is a field of radiation that almost evenly and uniformly fills the entire cosmos.
Scientists can observe the CMB and calculate its evolution using the Lambda Cold Dark Matter model (LCDM), the standard model of cosmology, as a template. From this, they derive the current-day value for the Hubble constant across the universe as a while, not just locally.
Alternatively, astronomers use observations of type Ia supernovas or variable stars, two examples of objects that astronomers call “standard candles,” to measure distances to their host galaxies. How fast these galaxies are receding is revealed by the change in the wavelengths of light from these bodies, or the “redshift.” The bigger the redshift, the faster a galaxy moves away from Earth. The Hubble constant can be calculated from this.
The problem is that this observation method of the local universe gives a Hubble Constant value that is greater than the theoretical value obtained with the Lambda CDM, which considers the universe as a whole. Hence the Hubble tension.
Baryon acoustic oscillations (BAOs) – the “sound of the Big Bang” – support the idea of a local void. (Image credit: Gabriela Secara, Perimeter Institute)
Banik thinks that this discrepancy is a local problem.
“The Hubble tension is largely a local phenomenon, with little evidence that the expansion rate disagrees with expectations in the standard cosmology further back in time,” Banik said. “So, a local solution like a local void is a promising way to go about solving the problem.”
For this local void theory to solve the Hubble tension, Earth and the solar system would have to sit roughly centrally within the low-density Hubble bubble. The Hubble bubble would have to be around 2 billion light-years wide, with a density around 20% lower than the universe’s average matter density.
Indeed, counting the number of galaxies in the local universe does seem to reveal a lower density than neighboring parts of the cosmos.
However, a major stumbling block to this concept is the fact that the existence of such a vast void doesn’t fit well with the LCDM, which suggests matter should be evenly spread in all directions, or “isotropically and homogenously” distributed through the universe.
An illustration shows a not to scale Milky Way sat in a lonely void in the cosmos. (Image credit: Robert Lea)
New data obtained by Banik shows that the sound of the Big Bang, known as Baryon Acoustic Oscillations or BAOs, actually support the concept of a local void contrary to the LCDM.
“These sound waves traveled for only a short while before becoming frozen in place once the universe cooled enough for neutral atoms to form,” Banik explained. “They act as a standard ruler, whose angular size we can use to chart the cosmic expansion history.”
Banik argues that a local void slightly distorts the relation between the BAO angular scale and the redshift. This is because velocities induced by a local void and its gravitational effect slightly increase the redshift in addition to that caused by cosmic expansion.
“By considering all available BAO measurements over the last 20 years, we showed that a void model is about one hundred million times more likely than a void-free model with parameters designed to fit the CMB observations taken by the Planck satellite, the so-called homogeneous Planck cosmology,” Banik added.
The next step for Banik and colleagues will be to compare their void model to other models to try to reconstruct the universe’s expansion history.
This could involve the use of “cosmic chronometers,” massive evolving cosmic objects like galaxies that can be aged to determine how the rate of expansion of the universe has changed over time. With galaxies, this can be done by observing stellar populations and seeing what type of stars they possess, with an absence of shorter-lived massive stars indicating a more advanced age.
This age is then compared with the redshift the galaxy’s light has undergone as a result of the expansion of the universe as it traveled to us, revealing the expansion history of the universe over cosmic time.
Perhaps this way, the headache of Hubble tension can be relieved permanently.
The team’s research was presented by Banik on Monday (July 7) at the Royal Astronomical Society National Astronomy Meeting (NAM) 2025 at Durham University in the UK.
The loss of 27 campers and counsellors from Camp Mystic to the Texas Hill Country flood may serve, at a terrible cost, to expand its considerable reputation across Texas and beyond. Even as the floods claimed more lives along the valley – more than 100 confirmed dead and 160 people unaccounted for as of Tuesday – the loss of several “Mystic Girls” has dominated the headlines.
The camp, which offers two four-week terms and one two-week term over the summer, has been the go-to summer camp for daughters of Texans for nearly a century. It’s so popular that fathers have been known to call the registrar to get their daughters on the list from the delivery room.
The camp, which spans more than 700 acres, has been widely described as an all-girls Christian camp, lending an image of Baptisms in the river, but the religious component may be overstated: the camp is known as one of dozens along the Guadalupe River that Texan families send their young to escape the brutal heat of the lowlands.
Now at least one half of Camp Mystic, which was due to celebrate its centenary next year, lies in ruins, torn apart by raging floodwaters. The sound of song and girls playing has been replaced by the sound of chainsaws and heavy equipment as 19 state agencies and thousands of volunteers work to search and clear mounds of flood debris along the river, including the muddied personal items of the campers.
Five days after the flood, the task along the valley has become a search-and-recovery: no one has been rescued from the river alive since Friday. In addition to the lost girls, Camp Mystic’s director Richard “Dick” Eastland, a fourth-generation owner of the camp, died while attempting to bring five girls to safety.
“It tugs at the heart of anyone in the world that see the pictures of those little faces,” says Claudia Sullivan, author of a book on the Camp Mystic experience, Heartfelt: A Memoir of Camp Mystic Inspirations. “To know that they were there, having the time of their life, that they were innocent, and then to be taken away in such a tragic event – it takes you to your knees.”
aerial view of before and after flooding
Most alumni contacted by the Guardian indicated they were too upset to discuss the camp, or its reputation, as Texas Monthly put it in a 2011 article, for serving “as a near-flawless training ground for archetypal Texas women”.
It has served generations of Texas women, often from well-to-do or politically connected Texas families, including the former first lady Laura Bush, who was a counsellor, and the daughters and granddaughters of Texas governors Price Daniel, Dan Moody and John Connally, President Lyndon Johnson, former secretary of state James Baker.
The camp may have been incorrectly characterized as a “Christian” camp. “That evokes the idea of church camp but that’s not the case,” says Sullivan. “It’s a private camp for girls that holds Christian values. When I was there we spent a lot of time talking about being kind to one another and having compassion and there were people from other denominations and faiths.”
Camp Mystic is better understood, Sullivan added, as being in a place free from pressure.
“You’re in nature, in a beautiful setting, and really removed from the world”, says Sullivan. “It’s a place of joy and innocence – or was. My sense is that it will definitely be rebuilt, but it’s awfully early..”
The outpouring of grief, and rush to support the community has been striking. A church memorial was held on Monday in San Antonio for the “mystic girls” who had been lost. Many dressed in the camp’s green and white, together in song and prayer.
A wall is missing on a building at Camp Mystic along the banks of the Guadalupe River. Photograph: Julio Cortez/AP
It was not possible to get to the camp on Tuesday, a tailback of 2.5 hours extended across the 7 miles from Hunt, the nearest hamlet, to Camp Mystic. At the season’s peak in July and August, the camp hosted 750 girls aged between seven and 17 years old – that’s more than half of Hunt’s population of around 1,300.
At Ingram, a riverbank town that also lost dozens from RV camps and homes to the flood, emergency workers and volunteers were pitching in, in many cases in the hope of recovering people still lost, and many likely hidden under large piles of river debris, shattered homes and mangled possessions.
John Sheffield, owner of Ingram’s Ole Ingram Grocery, said the flood had not recognized social differences and nor would the recovery effort: “This is Americans taking care of Americans. There’s been such a tremendous outpouring of support and compassion.”
Down by the river, search crews were continuing to comb through debris and mud. Claud Johnson, the mayor of Ingram, was operating a digger up by Hunt. An EMS van pulled up, suggesting another person had been found. Helicopters continued to move overhead despite an incident on Monday when one was struck by a privately operated drone and was forced to make an emergency landing.
Three baristas from AfterSome Coffee stand in San Antonio had come up to serve recovery workers. Allyson Bebleu said she had gone to church camp and it had given her some of her fondest memories.
“It’s not just for the wealthiest families, people of all types go to camp,” she said. “Everyone is putting themselves in the shoes of the Camp Mystic girls. It’s tragic.”
Camp Mystic was also the subject of a controversial video recently posed by Sade Perkins, a former member of Houston’s Food Insecurity Board. Perkins was “permanently removed” by John Whitmire, the Houston mayor, after she called Camp Mystic a “whites only” conservative Christian camp without even “a token Asian, they don’t have a token Black person”.
Richard Vela, whose 13-year-old daughter Maya was evacuated from a nearby camp, Camp Honey Creek, on Friday and is still too upset to discuss it, said Perkins’ comments “were not right. You don’t talk about people like that. There’s a lot of death going on and they still haven’t found everybody.”
Bruce Jerome, who was manning an outreach for flood survivors in Ingram, said he had known Jane Ragsdale, the director and longtime co-owner of Heart O’ the Hills Camp, in Hunt, Texas, who had died in the flooding.
“She was just genuinely wonderful,” Jerome said.
Campers’ belongings sit outside one of Camp Mystic’s cabins. Photograph: Eli Hartman/AP
Further down the track to the river was Josey Garcia, a Democratic representative for San Antonio in the Texas state house. She and her team were also picking through the debris, pointing out vast piles that still need to be be sifted.
Garcia, a military veteran, said it was important to come “and collaborate with our neighbors here to recover those that are missing and help Kerr county clean up. We’ve had folks coming from Laredo and outstate Kansas to lend assistance. It’s showing the spirit of Texas – when it comes to lives being devastated its our duty to step.”
Garcia, too, rejected negative characterizations of Camp Mystic.
“I’ve been hearing a lot of the rhetoric that’s been going around. This is not the time for those types of distinctions. I don’t care who was at the camp. All I know is that there are parents and families that are missing their loved ones. Whether its rich Caucasian children or any other children, we’d still be there.”
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British and Irish Lions head coach Andy Farrell, speaking to Sky Sports: “It was the same as the other games. There was some really good stuff, especially in the first half there was some nice flowing attacking play played at a nice tempo.
“We kept them in the game. We kept them in with a sniff, especially by being held up three times over the tryline.
On Blair Kinghorn’s injury: “Hopefully it is not too serious. He said someone landed on his knee, he was walking around.”
SYDNEY, July 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Kazia Therapeutics (NASDAQ: KZIA) is pleased to announce preliminary results from the first patient in its Phase 1b trial evaluating a combination regimen of Paxalisib, pembrolizumab (Keytruda®), and standard chemotherapy after completing Cycle 1 (21 days) of dosing. The patient, a 61-year-old woman with metastatic triple-negative breast cancer localized to the left upper lobe of the lung, has shown highly encouraging preliminary results at 21 days, with a >50% reduction in circulating tumor cells (CTCs) and a notable decrease in CTC clusters.
The early data in this first patient closely mirror the mechanistic preclinical findings published in Molecular Cancer Therapeutics (https://aacrjournals.org/mct/article/doi/10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-24-0693/762979/Depleting-the-Action-of-EZH2-through-PI3K-mTOR), which highlight that Paxalisib, when combined with immunotherapy, significantly disrupted both single CTCs and multicellular clusters in preclinical models.
Key Highlights
– Patient Profile: 61-year-old female, metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (lung metastasis).
– Investigational Regimen: Paxalisib, pembrolizumab, and chemotherapy.
– Results at Day 21 (End-of-Cycle 1):
>50% reduction in total CTC count.
Comparable reduction in CTC clusters—these aggregates are associated with heightened metastatic potential.
Reduction in the mesenchymal phenotype of the remaining CTCs; this phenotype is one of the hallmarks of aggressive metastatic seeding cancer cells.
First-in-human data support potential for potent CTC mobilization suppression by this combination.
Clinical Significance of Patient Data
CTC clusters have long been recognized as critical mediators of metastasis and markers of poor prognosis. They are known to resist apoptosis, evade immune detection, and seed new tumor sites with exceptional efficiency. Notably, standard chemotherapy has been shown in some studies to transiently increase CTC and cluster counts within the first cycle, with levels sometimes doubling before normalizing after cycle two. In contrast, immunotherapy alone has demonstrated variable impact, often showing delayed or modest effects on CTCs, likely due to immune-mediated mechanisms over weeks to months.
In this case, the combination regimen of Paxalisib and immunotherapy achieved a rapid reduction in both CTC numbers and clusters as well as a reduction in the mesenchymal phenotype—an outcome not typically seen with chemotherapy or immunotherapy alone after only 21 days of treatment. This early clinical data reflects mechanistic synergy consistent with the preclinical data described in the MCT manuscript.
Dr. John Friend, MD, Chief Executive Officer of Kazia Therapeutics, said “It is very exciting to see our extensive preclinical research translate into such positive early data in this first patient receiving a combination of Paxalisib and immunotherapy. The degree of reduction in tumor cell dissemination markers in just 21 days gives us strong reason for optimism as we continue this clinical trial.”
Dr. Friend continued “CTC clusters are emerging as key drivers of metastatic spread—they’re 20–100X more efficient at seeding than single CTCs—and the sharp decline we’re seeing is truly encouraging. We believe this combination may offer a meaningful early intervention against systemic disease progression.”
Next Steps
– Explore potential relationship between CTC kinetics and radiographic responses
– Enrollment continues in the Phase Ib study, expanding cohort size to assess safety, tolerability, and pharmacodynamics
– Planned comprehensive analysis of immune microenvironment and CTC kinetics across all patients through serial monitoring
– Longer-term follow-up will include imaging, progression-free survival, and assessment of correlation with molecular biomarkers
For investor and media, please contact Alex Star, Managing Director LifeSci Advisors LLC, [email protected], +1-201-786-8795.
About Kazia Therapeutics Limited
Kazia Therapeutics Limited (NASDAQ: KZIA) is an oncology-focused drug development company, based in Sydney, Australia. Our lead program is paxalisib, an investigational brain penetrant inhibitor of the PI3K / Akt / mTOR pathway, which is being developed to treat multiple forms of cancer. Licensed from Genentech in late 2016, paxalisib is or has been the subject of ten clinical trials in this disease. A completed Phase 2/3 study in glioblastoma (GBM-Agile) was reported in 2024 and discussions are ongoing for designing and executing a pivotal registrational study in pursuit of a standard approval. Other clinical trials involving paxalisib are ongoing in advanced breast cancer, brain metastases, diffuse midline gliomas, and primary CNS lymphoma, with several of these trials having reported encouraging interim data. Paxalisib was granted Orphan Drug Designation for glioblastoma by the FDA in February 2018, and Fast Track Designation (FTD) for glioblastoma by the FDA in August 2020. Paxalisib was also granted FTD in July 2023 for the treatment of solid tumour brain metastases harboring PI3K pathway mutations in combination with radiation therapy. In addition, paxalisib was granted Rare Pediatric Disease Designation and Orphan Drug Designation by the FDA for diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma in August 2020, and for atypical teratoid / rhabdoid tumours in June 2022 and July 2022, respectively. Kazia is also developing EVT801, a small molecule inhibitor of VEGFR3, which was licensed from Evotec SE in April 2021. Preclinical data has shown EVT801 to be active against a broad range of tumour types and has provided evidence of synergy with immuno-oncology agents. A Phase I study has been completed and preliminary data was presented at 15th Biennial Ovarian Cancer Research Symposium in September 2024. For more information, please visit www.kaziatherapeutics.com or follow us on X @KaziaTx.
Forward-Looking Statements
This announcement may contain forward-looking statements, which can generally be identified as such by the use of words such as “may,” “will,” “estimate,” “future,” “forward,” “anticipate,” or other similar words. Any statement describing Kazia’s future plans, strategies, intentions, expectations, objectives, goals or prospects, and other statements that are not historical facts, are also forward looking statements, including, but not limited to, statements regarding: the timing for results and data related to Kazia’s clinical and preclinical trials, Kazia’s strategy and plans with respect to its paxalisib program, the potential results of its Phase 1b clinical trial evaluating paxalisib in combination with olaparib or pembrolizumab for patients with advanced breast cancer, the potential benefits of paxalisib as an investigational PI3K/mTOR inhibitor, timing for any regulatory submissions or discussions with regulatory agencies, the potential market opportunity for paxalisib and Kazia’s intent and efforts to regain and/or maintain compliance with the applicable Nasdaq continued listing requirements and standards. Such statements are based on Kazia’s current expectations and projections about future events and future trends affecting its business and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements, including risks and uncertainties associated with clinical and preclinical trials and product development, including the risk that interim or early data may not be consistent with final data, risks related to regulatory approvals, risks related to the impact of global economic conditions, and risks related to Kazia’s ability to regain and/or maintain compliance with the applicable Nasdaq continued listing requirements and standards. These and other risks and uncertainties are described more fully in Kazia’s Annual Report, filed on form 20-F with the SEC, and in subsequent filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. Kazia undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, except as required under applicable law. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which apply only as of the date of this announcement.
This announcement was authorized for release by Dr John Friend, CEO
We’ve said it on multiple occasions, the combination of a dive watch with a GMT function is possibly the best summer watch you can get. Capable of tracking multiple time zones while also able to withstand aquatic activities, these watches are the all-rounders you should consider. In this field, where not so many watches are available (to our surprise), Vulcain has adapted a GMT function to its cool, vintage-inspired and fairly priced Skindiver. And to make it even more summer-ready, it now comes in a playful version, the Skindiver Nautique GMT Purple.
It’s rather surprising to see that the combination of diving credentials with a traveller’s function has only recently spread across the industry. While being undoubtedly very practical, there aren’t dozens of alternatives around, but let me give you some recent introductions in a fairly accessible price range: the Seiko 1968 Heritage SPB519, the Longines HydroConquest GMT, the Doxa SUB 250T GMT, the Hamilton Khaki Navy Scuba Auto GMT, the Certina DS Action GMT, the Mido Ocean Star GMT and, if you increase a bit the budget, the Tudor Black Bay 58 GMT. Recently, Vulcain expanded its Skindiver Nautique collection by adding a GMT complication, while retaining its diving capacities. And now, to make it even cooler, there’s this matte purple edition.
First released with a classic black dial (with the option for white or beige markers), the Vulcain Skindiver Nautique GMT has all the ingredients of the genre. Vintage-inspired, the case is nicely proportioned, measuring 38.3mm in diameter and a reasonable 12.2mm in thickness. The case is classic Skindiver, meaning unprotected crown and slim lugs. The crown and caseback are screw-down type, offering a comfortable 200m water-resistance. The dial is protected by a retro-styled double-domed sapphire crystal.
The main transformation consists of the addition of a 24-hour scale on the bezel, the latter being made of black polished ceramic and being now bidirectional. In this context, the emphasis is placed on the travelling function, at the cost of the diving credentials, the 60-minute scale being out. Some brands choose to retain the diving scale, and position the 24-hour scale on the dial. To each his own.
Talking about the dial, the cool factor here comes from the colour, a matte purple that won’t reduce contrast but will add a touch of fun. It is here paired with white prints and lumed hour markers – no option for vintage-toned markers here. The hands are classic batons with lume inserts, and the GMT function relies on an independent, arrow-shaped hand picked up in red. We’re here talking about an office-style GMT, not the more advanced flyer-style. A date window sits at 3 o’clock with a metal frame and a white disc.
Inside the case is the Soprod C125 GMT, an alternative to the ETA 2893 and Sellita SW330. The Vulcain Skindiver Nautique GMT Purple is available on a black Tropic-style rubber strap for EUR 2,040 or a single-link steel bracelet with micro-adjustment for EUR 2,320. For more details, please visit vulcain.ch.
Hybe Latin America has set Santos Bravos as the title of their new music project and the name of the all-male music group that emerges from the reality series.
The series will follow 16 rising Latin talents from Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, Venezuela, Argentina, Peru, Spain, and the United States as they showcase their abilities in hopes of making the cut in being part of a new Latin pop group.
Santos Bravos officially begins today with the launch of official social media platforms (@santos_bravos), where fans will be able to follow the boys’ journey from the beginning.
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Starting in August, the 16 artists will enter a creative boot camp designed to challenge and refine their musical, emotional, and performance abilities. The entire journey will be captured through an interactive, digital-first experience, as well as in long-form episodes that offer an intimate window into the process.
“Our goal is not just to create a group, but to guide young Latin artists through a real transformation — artistically and personally. Santos Bravos is about authenticity, emotion, and connection,” said Bang Si-Hyuk, Chairman of HYBE.
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Along the way, the Santos Bravos hopefuls will be mentored by an international team of creative people like High School Musical director Kenny Ortega (Creative Director). Johnny Goldstein, a producer and songwriter who has collaborated with Shakira and Daddy Yankee, will serve as Music Director. The vocal coach of the all-male cast is set to be RAab Stevenson, who’s worked with Justin Timberlake, Rihanna, and SZA.
Serving as showrunner is Jaime Escallón, whose credits include The X-Factor, Survivor, and Vix’s Wendy, Perdida pero Famosa.
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Santos Bravos is the first time Hybe brings its artist development system to Latin America. The South Korean entertainment company is behind global acts like BTS, Seventeen, and Enhypen.
Hybe also recently partnered with Telemundo’s Pase a la Fama, a reality competition dedicated to finding the next Mexican banda global sensation.
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Australia’s record-breaking teenage sprinter Gout Gout will run in his second ever European race this week when he competes at the 2025 Meeting Herculis in Monaco, the 10th stop of the 2025 Diamond League athletics campaign.
The 17-year-old, who ran a 200m Australian and Oceanian record 20.02 seconds last month in a Continental Tour event in Czechia, is due to take part in a men’s under-23 race at the Stade Louis II in Monte-Carlo.
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Pret A Manger has launched a new range of “premium” salads costing up to £12.95, which the company says have been “priced competitively”.
The four new “Super Plates” – including options like chipotle chicken and miso salmon – are said to be “nearly 60%” larger than the chain’s existing salads and are filled with “premium ingredients” including “hand massaged” kale.
Defending the higher price point, a Pret spokesperson told the BBC the new range was launched to meet growing demand for “larger, nutrient-rich lunch options”.
Pret’s new offering comes after the chain faced backlash last year for making changes to its popular subscription model.
Like many companies that cater to office workers and commuters, Pret took a hit during the Covid pandemic when the majority of Britons were ordered to work from home if they could.
Many employees who have spent the last few years working from home are now being encouraged, or mandated by their employers, to return to the office – a move which has seen the lunchtime market become fiercely competitive again.
The most expensive of Pret’s new range of salads is the miso salmon with a price tag of £12.95. The company said the range had been launched in order to “reflect a shift in customer habits”.
The use of more premium ingredients “reflects the growing trend of workers treating themselves to a more filling lunch the days they are in the office”, a spokesperson for Pret said.
Pret was criticised by customers last year when it changed its subscription offer of up to five coffees a day for a monthly fee of £30 to up to five half-price coffees a day for £5 a month.
It also ended its 20% discount on food, saying it had “never really got comfortable” with the dual pricing system across its food products as it announced it was scrapping the offer.
Among Pret’s biggest competitors is the bakery chain Greggs. The bakery was ranked as the most popular dining brand in the UK in 2025 and the second strongest brand of 2024, according to data platform Statista.
Other competitors include the likes of Atis, Farmer J and Salad Project which already focus their menus on “premium” salads and lunches aimed at inner-city workers.
The new Pret salads are available in over 250 shops in large cities such as London, Birmingham, Edinburgh and Manchester.
