The sun dipped behind the tree line on the western border of the Dinwiddie High School football field late Saturday afternoon, casting shadows across the Generals’ pristine, ecru-hued turf.
As Coach Billy Mills’ guys celebrated their tougher-than-the-score-might-indicate 70-35 — yes, you read that right — victory over King George in the Class 4B semifinals, the cannon deployed on the track behind the east end zone delivered its ear-jarring report one last time, and the wail of a nearby squad car’s siren filled the crisp, clear air.
A few moments later, as the always-boisterous, forever-faithful home crowd dubbed Navy Nation headed for the gates and the visitors collected their thoughts before boarding their bus, Harry Dalton, Dinwiddie’s senior quarterback, stood near midfield, a smile crossing his expressive face, and spoke of his luminous performance as if it were just another day at the office.
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The 6-2, 210-pound Southern California recruit ran for six touchdowns and threw a 68-yard catch-and-run to Caleb Bowles for another.
He accounted for 473 total yards: 317 rushing on 24 carries and 156 passing on 11 completions in 20 attempts against two interceptions.
Entering the game, Dalton had amassed a combined 7,618 yards and 107 touchdowns throughout his storied career. Even by his lofty standards, his performance against the Foxes (9-3) was a sight to behold.
“Honestly, they just couldn’t stop me,” he said without a hint of braggadocio. “There was a lot of heart involved in all this.”
Early on, the Foxes served notice that they were a force with which to be reckoned.
After stopping Dinwiddie on a three-and-out, King George quarterback Dylan Koch engineered a fast-paced 10-play, 80-yard drive that ended with a 23-yard touchdown reception to Walter Reger.
After running two more ineffective offensive series, the Generals (11-1) forced three first quarter turnovers, converted two of them into touchdowns, and in the process found their footing.
The first touchdown was a 72-yard pick-6, a game-breaker, actually, by junior safety T’Mari Buford at 5:25 of the first quarter, which, with the first of Victor Pacheco’s 10 points-after, tied the score 7-7.
Daiveon Wilson recovered a King George fumble on the ensuing kickoff, setting up a short-field series that ended with Dalton’s first score on a 10-yard run at 3:59.
The Generals held a 28-19 lead at halftime.
A 13-yard scoring pass from Koch to Charles Johnson (followed by a Koch-to-Johnson 2-point conversion) at 8:48 of the third quarter cut Dinwiddie’s lead to 28-27.
That’s when Dalton & Co. went to work and the Generals’ defense tightened its collective grip.
Every time the Foxes scored, it seemed the Generals responded more strongly. As the game progressed and twilight descended, it was the home team almost solely putting points on the board.
“We had to scrap and get it done,” said Mills, whose squad hosts Varina Saturday for the regional title.
After three quarters, Mills’ crew led 42-27, then used a 28-8 final quarter to seal the deal.
Koch, a 5-11, 192-pound senior, completed 19-of-38 passes for 359 yards and five touchdowns, three to Reger and one each to Johnson and Ky’Mani Carpenter.
“We tried to bring pressure on the quarterback,” Mills said, “but he got it out of his hands quick. We kept it (our defense) mixed up and made him make some mistakes and hung on there at the end.”
All told, the Foxes accounted for 468 yards and 21 first downs on 63 plays. They coughed up six turnovers — four interceptions (two by Niyon Mason, one each by Brady Slade and Buford) and two fumbles — four of which led directly to touchdowns.
Ahead 49-35 with 6 minutes remaining, the Foxes stopped the Generals on their 3-yard line. After a false start penalty moved the ball to the 1-yard line, Dalton raced 99 yards on the first play from scrimmage to end any possibility of a comeback.
Dinwiddie produced 592 total yards, including 436 rushing rushing, and 23 first downs on 59 plays.
Rushing: King George—Charles Johnson 3-30; Simeon Battle 19-88.
Passing: King George—Dylan Koch 22-37-4, 385, 5TD; Charles Johnson 0-1-0.
Receiving: King George—Gunnar Reger 7-119, 3TD; Ky’Mani Carpenter 6-133, TD; Charles Johnson 5-57, TD; Xavier Pryor 4-76
George Baldock, the Greece international soccer player who was found dead at his home in Athens on Wednesday, drowned while swimming in his pool, his family said.
Greek police said this week there was no initial indication the death of the 31-year-old former Premier League player was suspicious.
“We are heartbroken with the sudden passing of our beloved George. We can confirm that a post-mortem examination has found that George tragically drowned whilst swimming in the pool at his home in Glyfada, Athens,” Baldock’s family said in a statement issued to The Associated Press.
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The family said the Panathinaikos defender, who was born in Britain, had been due to return to the U.K. to celebrate his baby son’s first birthday.
BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND – DECEMBER 22: George Baldock of Sheffield United running during the Premier League match between Aston Villa and Sheffield United at Villa Park on December 22, 2023 in Birmingham, England. (Photo by Neal Simpson/Sportsphoto/Allstar via Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** George Baldock Getty
“George, you were the most special father, fiance, son, brother, uncle, friend, teammate and person.
“Your enthusiasm and infectious personality brought so much love to those that were fortunate enough to know you and those that adored you from the stands,” the family said.
“We will forever cherish the special memories we have of you and you will continue to live on in your beautiful son.”
SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 10: Tributes are laid for ex-Sheffield United player George Baldock on October 10, 2024 in Sheffield, England. The England-born Greece international was found dead in the swimming pool of his house in Glyfada, southern Athens. Baldock was currently playing for Greek club Panathinaikos. (Photo by George Wood/Getty Images) Getty
Baldock was of Greek heritage and played 12 matches for the national team.
He joined Sheffield United in 2017 and helped the club earn promotion to the Premier League twice, in 2019 and 2023. He joined Panathinaikos in May, on a three-year contract, after Sheffield United was relegated to England’s second division.
“As a family it has been incredibly touching, but equally so very difficult to read the huge number of tributes written by those that knew George and from those whose life he touched. It was impossible not to love him,” his family said. “We ask that you please continue to respect our privacy at this devastating time as we begin to process our grief.”
There was a period of silence in tribute to the right back ahead of Thursday’s game in the Nations League between England and Greece at Wembley Stadium. Greece won 2-1.
One hundred years ago, the All Blacks embarked on their legendary 1924-25 tour, earning the moniker “The Invincibles” after winning all 32 matches across Britain, Ireland, France, and Canada. Among them was the fearless 19-year-old George Nepia, who played every minute of every game. Phil Gifford’s story delves into Nepia’s extraordinary journey from an unknown teenager to a rugby legend.
A hundred years ago this month a largely unknown 19-year-old All Black called George Nepia walked down the gangplank of the passenger ship, RMS Remuera, in Plymouth, stepping on to English soil after a seven-week voyage from New Zealand.
Six months later he’d be heading home a legend.
The fearless, hugely skilled teenager from Wairoa played the full 80 minutes of every one of the 32 unbeaten games the All Black team that became known as The Invincibles had on their 1924-25 tour of Britain, Ireland, France, and Canada.
At the time, weighing 83kg and 1.75m tall, Nepia was a big, powerfully built man for his position. He was the heaviest back in the squad and outweighed six of the 15 forwards.
How good was he? Four years after the tour the English captain, Wavell Wakefield, wrote that “one member of the team, Nepia, deserves special mention”.
“His perfect catching of the ball, his kicking, and his amazing power of whipping the ball off the ground, and charging into and through oncoming forwards, marked him out as a player of a generation”.
Fifty years ago, I had the huge good fortune to spend almost an hour with Nepia, and his teammate, a genius, will-of-the-wisp, 56kg midfielder, Bert Cooke, as the side assembled in Auckland for their golden jubilee reunion.
They were both humble and hugely likeable. A prime example of their mutual respect came when Cook headed off to the toilet. Nepia leaned in, almost whispering, and said, “See that man? He was so brilliant that sometimes in a game I’d have to remind myself that I wasn’t a spectator, and should stop staring in amazement at what he could do.”
The tour had the potential for disaster if the players hadn’t all got on, Nepia said. “But by the time we got to England after that huge boat trip we were like brothers, as tight as a club team. A club team where every player is very good.”
George Nepia leads the haka. Photo / Photosport / New Zealand All Blacks Archive
His stunning form on the ‘24-25 tour brought Nepia enduring fame in Britain and in New Zealand. In 1982, when he toured as a guest with the New Zealand Maori team, a packed crowd in Swansea stood and cheered him when he was introduced on the field.
After his death in 1986, TVNZ repeated a This Is Your Life programme on Nepia. The audience, of 1.6 million people, represented half our population at the time.
His story is as extraordinary as the talents that made him stand out, even in The Invincibles, a team packed with great players.
Bizarrely, two of his special strengths, a devastating head-on tackle, and a massive spiral punt, were coached into him by an American Mormon teacher, who had never played rugby.
At 13, Nepia had left Nuhaka Māori School to work on a farm and then joined a labouring gang building the railway to Gisborne. After a year working as an adult, he’d saved enough to pay his own secondary school fees.
George Nepia in action for the All Blacks. Photo / Photosport
He planned to go to Te Aute College, but a close friend persuaded him to instead go to the Māori Agricultural College, set up by the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints at Bridge Pa in 1913.
One of the teachers, Elder Erwin Moser, who had played American football before coming to New Zealand, coached MAC’s rugby team. “He didn’t know much about rugby tactics,” Nepia would say, “but we respected him a lot.”
After a school game, Moser took Nepia aside. “When you tackle,” he said, “keep your eyes open.” In his 1963 book written with Terry McLean, Nepia says, “It sounds funny, but that is the most important of all the bits that go into a good tackle.”
Moser soon got into more detail.
The first time he tackled an opponent, Moser said, Nepia had to speed up, “and crash into his stomach with your shoulder”.
“You’ll knock him backwards, and all the air will go out of his lungs. You might knock him out.”
For the second tackle, Moser changed the particulars. “Go below his knees. Move in from the same distance as before, and hit him hard. You’ll knock his legs from under him, and he’ll come down hard.”
What about the third tackle, asked Nepia? “There won’t be a third time. If you’ve made the first and second the right way, the third time he will kick.”
Nepia became fascinated by how far Moser, who seemed ancient to a schoolboy but was actually still in his 20s, could spiral pass a football.
“I started to think of the possibilities of imitating the way he could throw the ball 40 or 50 metres, sending it spinning like a top. I wanted to do the same with a punt. I used to stay after team training with a couple of teammates kicking to each other. One day, I fired off the perfect spiral punt. I was shocked and so excited I found it hard to sleep that night.”
Invincible they were, and the Invincibles they remain. This image is displayed at the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame in Dunedin, New Zealand. Photo / Sports Hall of Fame
It took weeks of determined practice, but at last Nepia could spiral punt 50 metres, with pinpoint accuracy, even under pressure. He called it “The Bullet”. It was “the cream on the coffee of good punting”.
After school, he made a star-studded Hawke’s Bay side, as a second five-eighths. But bizarrely, his debut in a first-class match as a fullback was the first All Blacks trial of 1924 in Auckland. It was only the second time in his life he’d played at fullback.
He performed so well in what was then the No 1 jersey, that when an All Black squad of 23 players was named for a four-game warm-up tour of Australia in July 1924, Nepia was the only fullback.
But before they headed for Britain, The Invincibles were roasted by Auckland media in a way Ian Foster or Scott Robertson might recognise.
Returning from Australia they were beaten, 14-3, by Auckland at Eden Park. The 1905 All Black George Tyler said in The New Zealand Herald they were the worst team to ever represent New Zealand. In the Auckland Star, a writer said “it is a disgrace Auckland are not being sent north, instead of the All Blacks”.
Fifty years later, Nepia was still irate about the comments. He told me in ‘74, “We’d got off the boat from Australia at two o’clock in the morning after the roughest sea trip you could imagine. We played Auckland that afternoon! We were all still swaying from the boat’s motion. I waited to catch one high ball, and started to rock so much I fell tail over head before the ball landed.”
By contrast, the tour of Britain and France was an unmitigated triumph.
After beating Ireland (6-0), the All Blacks swept past Wales (19-0), England (17-11), and France (30-6). (Not a single game was played in Scotland, because – I am not making this up – officials there were still sulking because they’d made a poor deal on gate receipts from the 1905 test with the All Blacks at Inverleith.)
As the tour went on, Nepia talked with his captain, Cliff Porter, about the strain of playing match after match. Porter’s solution? “On match nights,” he told Nepia, “drink yourself paralytic if you like.” Nepia took the advice. “I drank enough beer to help me sleep like a child. Porter knew how to get the best out of a man.”
After the glory days of The Invincibles, Nepia’s talent never faltered, but his sporting career took some unexpected turns.
At a time when the NZRU grovelled to South Africa’s racist rules, Nepia was one of several gifted Maori players left behind when New Zealand toured South Africa in 1928. His All Blacks career ended in 1930, when he played fullback in all four tests against the British Lions, New Zealand winning the series 30-1.
Nepia had married the love of his life, Huinga Kohere, in 1926. By the mid-1930s, in a world ravaged by the Great Depression, the couple and their young family were barely scraping by on their small farm in Rangitukia, on the East Coast.
In 1935, he accepted a £500 contract (“It was like a million pounds to us,” Nepia would say) to play league for two seasons for the Streatham and Mitcham club in London. He was a success, but the club owner’s attempt to introduce league to London didn’t work.
Back in New Zealand in 1938, Nepia’s last international game was at Carlaw Park, for the Kiwis’ league team against Australia. In a thrilling finish, the Kiwis won, 16-15.
It’s a measure of Nepia’s mana that, at a time when league was considered the work of the Devil by many rugby officials he was quietly welcomed back into rugby after World War II. As a 42-year-old, he played his last two first-class games for East Coast in 1947.
A revered British sportswriter and author of the 1950s, Denzil Batchelor, would sum up the rugby legacy left by Nepia. “It’s not a question of whether Nepia was the greatest fullback in history. It’s just a question of which of the others is fit to help him on with his Cotton Oxford boots.”
Phil Gifford has twice been judged New Zealand sportswriter of the year, has won nine New Zealand and two Australasian radio awards, and been judged New Zealand Sports Columnist of the year three times. In 2010 he was honoured with the SPARC lifetime achievement award for services to sports journalism.
The chant is sometimes muffled by crowd noise, but Nashville Christian junior Jared Curtis usually still hears it.
Over-rated! Over-rated!
The 2026 five-star Georgia football commitment has learned to ignore negative attention during games. That’s life as a high-profile quarterback, he said.
Brentwood Academy quarterback George MacIntyre, a 2025 four-star quarterback committed to Tennessee, can relate.
“I think it’s a very unique situation, no one really knows unless you’re me or him,” MacIntyre said. “We’re very similar in that way. People don’t always know where we’re coming from. But it just comes with it, having notoriety and all that stuff.”
Curtis and MacIntyre are a grade apart. Their TSSAA football careers are crossing over one final time this autumn. If their current rankings hold, they will be the first Tennessee high school football quarterbacks to be ranked top-10 nationally in back-to-back graduating classes, according to the 247Sports Composite ranking system, which began in 1999.
Curtis is the No. 1 Tennessee high school football player from the 2026 class, the No. 1 quarterback nationally and the No. 7 overall player, according to the 247Sports Composite. MacIntyre is the No. 1 player from Tennessee in the 2025 class, the No. 8 quarterback and No. 60 player overall; he has been ranked as high as the No. 2 quarterback nationally.
They are the last two members of what could be considered the golden era of Nashville area high school quarterbacks, which includes four 2023 QBs who are on Power 5 rosters: Pope John Paul II graduate Kenny Minchey (Notre Dame), Montgomery Bell Academy’s Marcel Reed (Texas A&M), Ravenwood’s Chris Parson (Mississippi State) and Lipscomb Academy’s Hank Brown. Reed and Brown both started last week.
“Obviously it’s cool,” Curtis said. “People ask, ‘Where are you from?’ And you go, ‘Nashville,’ and they go, ‘Oh yeah you, and who’s that other good quarterback from there?’ Well, I can name a couple good quarterbacks from Nashville now. It’s fun to say that.”
What Tennessee football commit George MacIntyre and Georgia commit Jared Curtis have in common
Curtis and MacIntyre share the same trainer, QB Country Nashville’s trainer Thomas Morris, who uses the word “blessed” a lot when talking about them.
“You could see glimpses of (their talent) when they were young,” said Morris, who also trained Minchey and Reed. “You knew if they kept developing and stay hungry, they could be something special. They have things you can’t coach and can’t teach.”
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MacIntyre and Curtis also use the same sports marketing agency, QB Reps, to handle financial agreements as they navigate Tennessee high school football’s new Name, Image and Likeness landscape. The TSSAA amended its amateur rule in 2022 to allow NIL payments.
Curtis and MacIntyre both have multi-year endorsement deals with Leaf Trading Cards, as well as partnerships with Hattie B’s Hot Chicken and several other deals that QB Reps does not disclose, their agent Peter Webb said.
“They’ve handled it fantastically,” Webb said. “I think a lot of kids across the country get distracted with the new world (of NIL). But they’ve kind of let us handle the endorsement opportunities, kept focused with a great strategy of not doing a bunch of (appearances), being patient, and just trying to throw touchdown passes. They both look at it like, ‘Hey, I’m really lucky.’”
Curtis and MacIntyre have chatted about the pressures they face and keep in touch by phone.
“We just talk about life, stuff like that,” Curtis said. “We talk about stuff like (the “overrated” chants) and laugh about it. I don’t think it really bothers him, and it doesn’t really bother me anymore.”
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Curtis is 44-of-63 passing for 707 yards, eight touchdowns and two interceptions through three games for Nashville Christian (2-1). He also has 157 yards rushing and five TDs.
“I think in games, he runs around a lot and tries to get guys open downfield, which I can’t see because it’s not something you can work on in training,” MacIntyre said.
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MacIntyre is 68-of-101 passing for 924 yards and three TDs with two interceptions for Brentwood Academy (3-1).
“He has a really tight spin on the ball,” Curtis said. “His release is really good.”
Last offseason, Curtis briefly considered transferring to Baylor, one of Brentwood Academy’s Division II-AAA East Region rivals. Nashville fans would have had to travel to Baylor to see Curtis and MacIntyre match up on the same field.
Now, they can see one or the other most Friday nights. Nashville Christian coach Jeff Brothers, a former Brentwood Academy quarterback and teammate of MacIntyre’s dad, Matt, has noticed more casual fans at games. He assumes they want to see Curtis.
“These guys … they’re a few miles from each other,” Brothers said. “I think we will look back and say, ‘That was a special time for QBs in Nashville.’”
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George Clooney has had a tougher time aging than he’s willing to let on, according to a source, who exclusively tells In Touch buddy Brad Pitt is his go-to advisor for beauty tips as well as how to rediscover his mojo again in general.
“George puts this brave face on his aging, but privately he’s been very alarmed by how old he’s starting to look, especially when he compares himself to his Hollywood friends, particularly Brad,” the source says.
George, 63, and best friend Brad, 60, have been close for decades. The Ocean’s 11 costars recently dished how they keep their friendship strong during a joint interview with GQ on Tuesday, August 13.
“We also check in on each other every once in a while, which is an important part of this,” George said of his friendship with Brad. “Things get complicated in life and you always have to make sure everybody’s O.K.”
Brad returned the sentiment: “I’ll call George on numerous occasions when things get bumpy,” he said. “I know he’s got my back. I got his back.”
As In Touch previously reported, Brad has taken to a healthy, sober lifestyle as of late – much to the thanks of girlfriend Ines de Ramon – doing meditation sessions and yoga, daily. No doubt laying off the booze and marijuana is helping the Troy star stay trim and wrinkle-free, but according to the source, George suspects something else may be helping his friend stay youthful.
“[George] wants to get rid of his jowls and wrinkles, improve his posture and just bulk up overall so he looks younger and more virile,” the source explains.
“[Brad] seems to be like the true Benjamin Button of his generation and George has decided to swallow his pride and ask for his help.”
“Brad has clearly worked some sort of magic; he doesn’t admit to it, but George wants all the secrets and he’s not going to let him off the hook and just pretend Brad looks this good thanks to his great genetics.”
The ER star isn’t alone in his suspicions. Speculation that Brad had undergone some treatment under the knife started up again and really picked up steam after a doctor on Tiktok went viral commenting on his anti-aging.
While Brad has never openly stated he’s had work done, facial aesthetician and former British National Health Service doctor, Dr. Jonny Betteridge, believes the Seven actor may have had a facelift, which can run up a tab of well over $100,000 and take two to three months to fully recover from.
“’It was at Wimbledon … where his transformation was noticed. Look at the change in his face and how more youthful he looks when you see him from the side on profile,” the doctor – who has not treated Brad – said in the video, referencing pictures of the ageless actor’s face shot in 2020.
Compared to recent photos, the doc says, “You can see the change in the lower face contour is really impressive.”
“You can tell this is related to a face lift by looking for this scar,” the doctor concludes, pointing out a mark that is indicative of the procedure.
The insider continues: “Everyone knows he’s had some help, even if he likes to deny it and George is determined to get his playbook.”
“He’s willing to sign an NDA if that’s what it takes but if George has his way he’ll be getting the Brad treatment and shaving a decade or two off his face and body over the next year.”
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— Jeremy Saulnier makes lean, suspenseful thrillers, several of which (“Blue Ruin,” “The Green Room”) have turned into cult favorites. His latest, “Rebel Ridge” (on Netflix starting Friday Sept. 6), stars Aaron Pierre as an ex-Marine who becomes ensnared in a violent battle with a corrupt small-town police department and its chief (Don Johnson). The film, engrossing and stylish, is enlivened by the magnetic presence of Pierre.
— “The Boy and the Heron” didn’t turn out to be Hayao Miyazaki’s swan song. (He’s said to be at work again on another film.) But it did live up to the considerable expectations built up for the long-in-coming late opus from the Japanese anime master. The film, streaming Friday, Sept. 6, on Max, was the best animated feature winner at the Oscars earlier this year and – in a first for the 83-year-old Miyazaki – No. 1 for a weekend at the box office. In it, a 12-year-old boy named Mahito, uprooted from Tokyo after the death of his mother during World War II, discovers a portal into a fantastical realm. In my review, I wrote that “The Boy and the Heron” is like “returning to a faintly familiar dreamland. Only, since the only location here is really Miyazaki’s boundless imagination, it’s less the feeling of stepping back into a recognizable place than it is revisiting a well-remembered sense of discombobulation and wonder.”
— They call him King George for a reason. On Friday, George Strait will release his 31st studio album, “Cowboys and Dreamers,” a collection of classic-sounding contemporary country from a Texas troubadour who has nothing left to prove, and no reason to quit. Standouts include a collaboration with Chris Stapleton (“Honky Tonk Hall of Fame”), who opened for Strait on his recent stadium tour, a cover of Waylon Jennings’ “Waymore’s Blues,” and the Jimmy Buffet-informed vacation stomper, “MIA Down in MIA.”
— The internet was primed for an electroclash revival, and in The Dare, it has a figurehead. The musical project of Harrison Patrick Smith, The Dare has quickly become a stalwart of New York City nightlife, largely due to the success of his amorous anthem “Girls.” He’s further cemented his nascent fame by producing and co-writing “Guess,” a deluxe club tune from Charli XCX’s extended “BRAT,” and a remix featuring Billie Eilish. When his debut album releases on September 6, titled “What’s Wrong With New York?”, all eyes and ears will be back on his own nostalgic-sounding Anglophilia. Put on your best suit and hit the dance floor.
— MJ Lenderman is no stranger to this space — last year, AP named an album by his band, Asheville, North Carolina’s alt-country indie rockers Wednesday, as one of 2023’s best. As a soloist, the multi-instrumentalist — but perhaps most principally, a guitarist — has made a name for himself for his lax songwriting style – funny, acerbic, cutting with a wizened equanimity. On “Morning Fireworks,” his skills have been sharpened. Heartbreak is amusing and suburban and timeless. It, like last year’s “Rat Saw God,” feels like an easy contender for one of 2024’s most exciting releases.
— A master of disco, soul, R&B and beyond, Sylvester’s unimpeachable legacy gets a new release in “Live at The Opera House,” a massive collection of over two hours of material. That includes 13 songs captured from his performance at the San Francisco War Memorial Opera House on March 11, 1979. It will be released as a box set, for those looking to dive into its exclusive photographs and liner notes. For everyone else, it will hit streaming on Friday, Sept. 6.
— “Slow Horses,” Apple TV+ British spy series starring Gary Oldman, returns for season four just in time for the Primetime Emmy Awards. Season three received nine nominations including outstanding drama series and lead actor for Oldman. The show’s new season is also rated 100% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. In “Slow Horses,” MI5 agents who’ve made big mistakes are relegated to a division run by Oldman’s character Jackson Lamb. The story is based on Mick Herron’s “Slough House” novels. It returns Wednesday.
— First there was Bravo’s “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City,” and now Hulu is introducing “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives,” a docuseries following young wives in Utah who are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They are also online influencers who banded together to create TikTok content they called #MomTok. The women juggle their online personas with family life and remaining in good standing with the Church — and each other — after a sex scandal brings worldwide attention. It premieres Friday, Sept. 6.
— In “The Wonderland Massacre & The Secret History of Hollywood,” crime writer Michael Connelly examines the 1981 quadruple massacre at Wonderland Avenue in Los Angeles that inspired the film “Boogie Nights.” It premieres Sunday, Sept. 8 on MGM+.
— It’s been way too long since we’ve had a lovable new mascot to play with, but Sony is hoping Astro Bot can pick up the slack. The little guy first showed up in a game for Sony’s virtual reality headset, but this is the first time he’ll get a full-fledged adventure on the PlayStation 5. It begins with the destruction of the droid’s mothership, leaving him to travel across more than 50 planets to reassemble his crew — and perhaps meet some iconic PlayStation characters along the way. It’s the sort of running-and-jumping silliness that made stars out of Spyro the Dragon and Ratchet & Clank, interspersed with acrobatic flying antics. Astro Bot lifts off Friday, Sept. 6.
— The Casting of Frank Stone is an intriguing collaboration between two preeminent horror game makers. It’s set in the world of Behaviour Interactive’s Dead By Daylight, a multiplayer survival hit, but it’s a solo game from Until Dark designer Supermassive Games. The title character is a serial killer, while the protagonists are four teenagers who come up with the brilliant idea of making a movie about him. If you’ve played either of the aforementioned titles, you know someone’s going to wind up on the wrong end of a meat hook. The gore starts flowing Tuesday on PlayStation 5, Xbox X/S and PC.
