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'Taskmaster' is expanding beyond Channel 4 with a new virtual reality game turning fans into contestants.

US mortgage applications for home purchases increased for a fourth week, the longest stretch of gains since March

Dolly Parton has been in the news recently for multiple reasons. Her new album Rockstar is the number-one in the US - the first number-one album of her career. She also stirred some conservatives over the outfit she wore at the NFL halftime show, which some suggested was inappropriate for her age. But now, she's going viral for sharing that she doesn't text. And honestly, same. Speaking to Drew Barrymore, the country star said "I don't want to talk to everybody that wants to talk to me. I don't text 'cause I don't want to have to answer." "If somebody calls me, I'll answer it if I want to talk to them or I'll call them back when I can," she continued. "Otherwise, I've got too much on to think about than to clutter my mind up with everything else." She clarified that she's "not a stupid person" and that if she really wanted to text she could "learn". "I'd rather just have my fax machine and [they can] call in creative stuff to my crew. I just don't have time to sit with a phone in my face all day." And she might have a point. Psychotherapist Maggie Mulqueen wrote for NBC that texting, although offering us a higher quantity of interaction, actually decreases the quality of relationships. "Texting breeds not just grammar and spelling illiteracy but, more importantly, emotional illiteracy as well," Mulqueen wrote. So maybe we should all try to be a bit more like Dolly Parton. Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings. How to join the indy100's free WhatsApp channel

A 26-year-old OnlyFans creator was lumped with a $500 bill after her date refused to contribute. Annie Knight (@annieknight78) lifted the lid on the awkward encounter while speaking to AU News, where she explained she expected the man to at least offer. Annie candidly shared on one of her viral TikToks that she makes around $150,000 a month. While she admitted that the issue wasn't that she had to pay, she said she found it "ick" worthy that he proceeded to let her pay the whole bill. "The guy expected me to pay. Over $500! Obviously, I paid but it felt really ick. Like he just had that expectation because he saw how much my income is," Annie told the outlet. The model and TikToker reportedly received some backlash for expressing her views in the now-deleted clip, prompting her to contextualise her side to the publication. "I think the people commenting haven’t watched the full video as I stated in the video that I’d be happy to go 50/50, I didn’t expect him to pay for the whole thing so I don’t think it’s fair he expected me to pay for it all," Annie said. "For those saying I should pay because I earn millions of dollars a year, I think that has nothing to do with it. It’s simply a respect thing – he should respect and value my time and therefore be at least willing to split the bill." OnlyFans has become a lucrative side hustle for many and has encouraged some to turn to content creation full-time. Some celebrities have even joined the subscription website in recent years, with Iggy Azalea and Cardi B being hailed as the top-earning creators. How to join the indy100's free WhatsApp channel Sign up for our free Indy100 weekly newsletter Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.

Alexis Mac Allister has admitted he struggled to stay awake during a team meeting ahead of the clash with Manchester City due to jet leg.

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General Motors says pretax earnings took a $1.1 billion hit this year from a six-week strike by autoworkers, but the company expects to absorb the costs of a new contract and is even raising its dividend

Sibanye Stillwater Ltd. plans to cut jobs at its US platinum-group metals operations to lower costs, after palladium