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For its 15th anniversary, ‘Drive’ director Nicolas Winding Refn looks back on working with Ryan Gosling, shooting in L.A. and some surprising influences.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

Musically, the Shears brothers aren’t shy about how their variety of influences affects their output.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

Within minutes, Mars sat behind a pair of bright red congas for Cha Cha, signalling the start of a set that moved between R&B, funk, Latin influences and pop.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

Their earlier work, published in Physical Review D, examined how mass segregation influences the wide range of dark matter core densities observed in dwarf galaxies.

From Science Daily Jul. 14, 2026

My unselfishness was responding properly to the influences of 1942.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles