The average person changes careers 3-7 times in their working life, so Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader alum Reece Weaver has at least a few more pivots in the tank after announcing her next act: Broadway star.

Reece, who rose to fame on Netflix’s America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, hung up her boots for good at the end of last season. This week, the DCC fan-favourite revealed she’s been cast as ‘Roxie Hart’ in Chicago. She’ll make her Broadway debut on 7 September ahead of a six-week run.

Can this dancer… sing? I guess we’ll find out, and all that jazz.

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Spotify will label AI-generated artists and drop them from curated playlists, signalling when an identity “does not represent a real person,” the streaming giant has announced. The move follows recent criticism of its handling of AI music. Spotify says it wants to be “the most transparent and trustworthy place to listen to music.”

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An Australian study has found that progressive changes to Barbie and Ken dolls over time have brought the dolls closer to accurate human proportions.

The original 1959 Barbie and Ken dolls were found to reflect less than 1 in 10 million young adult Australians.

“Today’s Barbie and Ken are still stylised,” co-researcher Belinda Durey said, “but they’re substantially closer to average human body proportions than earlier generations”.

In 1996, four researchers compared the proportions of Barbie and Ken dolls to groups of adult Australians. They found that the original dolls reflected around 0.00001% of the population.

One of the 1996 study co-authors, Kevin Norton, was among three UNSW and Adelaide University academics who followed-up on the research in 2026.

Norton and his team concluded that in 2026, Barbie and Ken are “generally closer” to the general population.

The 1996 researchers looked at a group of 135 women and 50 men aged 18 to 35 years-old. They were mostly of Anglo-Australian ethnicity.

In their analysis, they measured the necks, chests, legs, waists, arms, along with the ratios between the waist, chest, hips and height. They then compared these numbers to the original Ken and Barbie dolls.

All of these numbers were scaled to a standard “Phantom” height of 170.18cm.

The most recent study replicated this method, using a similar reference group. It compared participants against the four types of Barbie dolls available in 2026: curvy, tall, petite and standard.

The results show that both dolls are much closer to human proportions than 30 years ago, particularly ‘Curvy Barbie’. Researchers found that the waist-to-hip and chest-to-waist ratios in particular are more realistic. However, Barbie’s waist-to-height ratio is still very low compared to the average, reflecting around 1 in 1000 (or 0.1%) women.

Norton called the changes a “positive step that better reflects the people children see around them every day.”

He also noted that the data should “provide some reassurance for health professionals and parents”.

Co-researcher Sara Grafenauer noted that Barbie’s proportions are “still below the typical female averages” and that Ken’s “chest-to-waist ratio remain[s] less representative of the average man.”

Durey said that the updates are “a step in the right direction,” adding that “continued diversification… can better reflect real populations.”

Reporting by Emily Donohoe.

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For almost 30 years, one of pop culture’s most enduring questions has been: “Who killed Tupac?”

This week, jury selection began in the murder trial of Duane “Keffe D” Davis, the man accused of orchestrating rapper Tupac Shakur's 1996 killing.

Shakur was one of the biggest names in hip hop when he was murdered in Las Vegas, aged 25, and the case has remained unsolved for decades.

Davis denies being involved in the murder and has pleaded not guilty.

Shakur, also known by his stage names 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper and actor. He is one of the best-selling artists of all time, rising to prominence with albums like “All Eyez on Me” and “Me Against the World”.

Shakur served eight months in prison on sexual abuse charges but was released on bail in 1995, pending an appeal.

In 1996, at age 25, the rapper was murdered in a drive-by shooting.

Here’s a who’s who of those allegedly involved the night Shakur was shot:

At the time of his death, Shakur was signed to Death Row Records.

The Los Angeles-based record label had links to the Bloods, one of the city’s two major rival gangs that started in the 1970s.

Duane Davis, the man now on trial, and his nephew Orlando Anderson were linked to the Bloods’ rival gang, the Crips.

On September 7, 1996, Shakur was in Las Vegas for a boxing match with Suge Knight, the head of his record label.

Afterwards, he and his group got into a physical fight with Anderson at the MGM Grand casino. Hours later, Shakur was riding in a car with Knight when another car pulled up alongside and someone opened fire. The rapper was shot four times.

He died six days later, aged 25.

No one was arrested at the time. The gun and getaway car were never found.

Police questioned Anderson in October 1996 over Shakur’s death but there was little forensic evidence and he was never charged. In May 1998, Anderson was killed in an unrelated gang shootout.

The investigation into Shakur’s murder was reopened after Davis wrote a 2019 memoir detailing his alleged role in the shooting. He also gave multiple interviews about what happened on the night of Shakur’s death.

A Vegas detective used excerpts from the book as evidence for a grand jury, which indicted Davis in September 2023.

Jury selection started Monday at a court in Las Vegas. The court announced a lottery system to determine which members of the public will receive seats in the main courtroom.

Davis faces one count of murder with a deadly weapon, with prosecutors alleging he ordered the killing and supplied the gun.

They say it was retaliation for the fight involving Shakur, Knight and Davis’ nephew, Anderson, who prosecutors have alleged was the actual shooter.

Davis has pleaded not guilty and maintains he didn't kill anyone.

His lawyers argue his book and interviews were for entertainment and paid content, not a real confession.

Tupac's stepbrother, Maurice “Mopreme” Shakur, said: “I hope that the trial is fair, and we find out the truth”.

The trial is expected to run for about a month, with prosecutors planning to call up to 45 witnesses, including Suge Knight.

Reporting by Elliot Lawry.