Talk Fuse

    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.

    • The two camps guitarists fell into in the 1960s, according to Todd Rundgren

      Todd Rundgren has reflected on how guitarists in the 1960s tended to split into two distinct camps, shaped by the instrument they favoured and the influence of the era’s leading players. Speaking about his musical coming-of-age, Rundgren, who was 18 when The Beatles’ *Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band* was released, described a period of…

    • Mother and son airlifted to hospital after horror attack by swarm of bees

      A mother and her three-year-old son were airlifted to hospital after being attacked by a swarm of thousands of bees during a walk near their home in Poolewe, Wester Ross, in June last year. Rosie Kirkness, 31, and her son Jamie Macdonald were each stung more than 150 times in an incident her mother has…

    • TONY IOMMI: ‘If I Sit Down With A Guitar, I’ll Come Up With A Riff’

      Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi has discussed his upcoming solo album “From The Dark”, due out on 23 October via BMG, in a new interview with Planet Rock’s Loz Guest. It will be his first solo release in 21 years, featuring Norwegian vocalist Jorn Lande on all lead vocals and writing credits, alongside bassist Becky…

    • ‘Hadestown’ Parts Ways With Hades Actor Geno Segers After Online Controversy

      Broadway’s “Hadestown” has parted ways with actor Geno Segers just days after announcing he would join the production as Hades. The decision followed the resurfacing of old online videos and comments in which Segers made remarks widely viewed as anti-transgender, including criticism of pronoun usage and comments about trans athletes in women’s sports. The show’s…

    • Robyn and Zara Larsson team up for new collab ‘Talk To Me, Zara’

      Robyn and Zara Larsson have released a new collaborative single, ‘Talk To Me, Zara’, a reworked version of a track from Robyn’s latest album. The song marks the second collaboration between the two Swedish pop stars, following an earlier remix Robyn contributed to one of Larsson’s own releases, and continues a busy period of collaborative…

    • The 1957 songs Phil Collins will love forever: “So far ahead”

      The article highlights Phil Collins’ enduring admiration for several songs released in 1957, which he regards as exceptionally advanced for their time. It presents these records as formative examples of the rock and roll and rhythm-and-blues sound that later influenced his own musical outlook. The piece focuses on Collins’ appreciation of the imagination, energy and…

    • What could full season of O’Neill at Celtic look like?

      Celtic have confirmed Martin O’Neill as permanent manager following a dramatic end to last season, in which the club sealed the Scottish Premiership title on the final day against Hearts before adding the Scottish Cup. The 74-year-old, a legendary figure at the club, had already served two interim spells during a turbulent campaign, and attention…

    • All FC 26 1 of 3 94+ GOTG/FUTTIES Icon/Hero Pick SBC rewards

      An SBC (Squad Building Challenge) offering guaranteed high-rated Icon or Hero cards has gone live in EA Sports FC 26, giving players another route to top-tier items during the “endgame grind” phase of the game’s Ultimate Team mode. Described as a “casino” style challenge because it offers one random pick from a wide pool rather…

    • The 1969 song that made Graham Nash join Crosby, Stills, and Nash: “I knew instantly”

      Graham Nash said hearing Stephen Stills’s song ‘You Don’t Have to Cry’ convinced him immediately to join Crosby, Stills and Nash. The moment proved decisive in forming the influential folk-rock supergroup, whose close vocal harmonies became central to its sound. Nash was already known as a member of the Hollies when he met David Crosby…

    • Kylie Minogue joins Madonna for Love Sensation remix preview in Amsterdam

      Kylie Minogue made a surprise guest appearance during Madonna’s Confessions II show at AFAS Live in Amsterdam on Saturday 1 August, joining her for a preview of a new remix of “Love Sensation” as part of the Club Confessions album launch tied to WorldPride Amsterdam. The cameo matters because it revives the pair’s rare on-stage…