Topic: Entertainment

Entertainment brings together the latest from film, television, music and gaming, tracking everything from big studio releases and streaming hits to the smaller stories behind the scenes. Expect a mix of reviews, interviews and features that look at how films and shows come together, the choices actors and musicians make along the way, and how decisions by studios and networks play out once viewers get involved.

The topic also keeps an eye on the business and cultural side of the industry: how streaming services are reshaping what gets made and watched, the sometimes tangled relationship between entertainment and technology, and the moments when a franchise, format or platform doesn't go the way its backers hoped. Older films, shows and songs feature too, revisited with the benefit of hindsight on decisions that looked different at the time.

For readers, it's a way to keep up with what's actually worth watching or listening to, understand the reasoning behind the projects that shape popular culture, and see how the industry's bigger shifts affect the entertainment on offer day to day.

  • FC 26 Season 10 release countdown and Season Pass rewards

    FC 26’s Season 10 is set to launch on Thursday, 13 August 2026, marking the final seasonal update before attention turns to FC 27. EA Sports is billing it as the “endgame” of Ultimate Team content, with players able to earn top-tier 99-rated cards, making it a key milestone for those grinding seasonal rewards before…

  • WayV Release New Mini-Album ‘Vision Wings’

    K-pop group WayV have released their eighth mini-album, ‘Vision Wings’, out now on streaming platforms. The five-piece – KUN, TEN, XIAOJUN, HENDERY and YANGYANG – present a confident collection that showcases their range, marking a fresh milestone in the SM Entertainment act’s discography. The title track, ‘鸢 (Vision Wings)’, blends hip-hop influences with traditional Chinese…

  • Anime Dungeons Tier List & Guide [UPD 1.5]

    Destructoid has published an updated tier list and guide for the game Anime Dungeons, ranking the best heroes, spells, teams and classes players can use as they progress through the game. Compiled by writer Gordan Perisic, the guide (version 1.5) groups heroes from S-tier down to C-tier based on their overall power at different stages…

  • Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth multi-platform push and Final Fantasy 14 Evercold hype give Square Enix a welcome win as profits surge over 88%

    Square Enix has reported a sharp rise in profits, with the company crediting the continued success of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth’s expansion to multiple platforms alongside growing anticipation for Final Fantasy 14’s upcoming Evercold content. The results mark a welcome turnaround for the publisher, which has faced scrutiny in recent years over underperforming releases and…

  • Listen to Brandon Flowers’ driving new single ‘Tiger’s Blood’

    Brandon Flowers, frontman of The Killers, has released ‘Tiger’s Blood’, the third single from his upcoming third solo album ‘Thrasher’, due out on 21 August via Island Records. The song is a driving, Springsteen-esque anthem with nostalgic lyrics about heartbreak and memory, and it follows earlier singles ‘Plans’ and ‘Paradise’, released in June and July…

  • 6 Worst Sci-Fi Movies of the 1990s

    Collider film writer Liam Gaughan has published a ranked list of the six worst science-fiction films of the 1990s, arguing that despite the decade being a golden era for the genre — producing hits like Jurassic Park, Terminator 2 and The Matrix — some big-budget efforts badly misjudged what audiences wanted. He suggests the worst…

  • Watch Lucy Dacus perform ‘Bullseye’ with Julien Baker at Outside Lands 2026

    Lucy Dacus brought out her Boygenius bandmate and partner Julien Baker to perform their duet ‘Bullseye’ at Outside Lands festival in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park over the weekend. Dacus introduced Baker as “my best friend” before the pair performed the track, from Dacus’s latest solo album ‘Forever Is A Feeling’, with Dacus accompanying on…

  • An Xbox Game With 50% One-Star Reviews Is Still the Top Game With a Million Players in Week 1

    Mistfall Hunter, a fantasy-themed extraction action-RPG from Bellring Games and Skystone Games, has surpassed one million players in its first week despite receiving overwhelmingly negative reviews, with roughly half of its Xbox ratings sitting at one star. The game’s availability free via Xbox Game Pass appears to be driving much of its rapid uptake, but…

  • Chris Evans says Steve Rogers has a “brutal” arc in Avengers: Doomsday, and the Russo brothers “beat the crap” out of his Marvel character

    Chris Evans has revealed that his character Steve Rogers/Captain America undergoes a “brutal” storyline in the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday, with directors Anthony and Joe Russo pushing the character through significant hardship. The comments will fuel speculation about how Evans’ return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, after his character’s apparent send-off in Avengers: Endgame, will be…

  • ‘It’s clear that the traditional record business is ending…’

    Independent label Giant Music, co-founded in 2022 by Shawn “Tubby” Holiday alongside Irving and Jeffrey Azoff, has spoken to Music Business Worldwide about its strategy in the changing record industry. Sitting within the wider Azoff Company alongside Full Stop Management, Global Music Rights, Iconic Artists Group and Oak View Group, Giant positions itself against both…