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.

    • Nintendo Expands Switch 2’s GameCube Library With Another Game In August

      Nintendo will add Super Mario Sunshine to the Nintendo GameCube – Nintendo Classics catalogue on Switch 2 on 13 August 2026. The release broadens the GameCube selection available through Nintendo Switch Online and gives subscribers another way to play the 2002 platformer after the Switch’s Super Mario 3D All-Stars collection was delisted. Players will need…

    • Hugh Jackman’s Most Unexpected Role Is in Netflix’s Weirdest Overlooked Series

      Collider highlights Hugh Jackman’s unexpected voice role as Dante, an Addiction Angel, in Netflix’s animated comedy Human Resources. The casting matters because it sharply contrasts with Jackman’s usual heroic or charming screen persona, turning him into a smug character who encourages people’s worst compulsions. Human Resources is a two-season spin-off from Big Mouth that shifts…

    • Everything We Know About The Film Adaptation Of Emily Henry’s ‘Beach Read’ So Far

      20th Century Studios’ adaptation of Emily Henry’s romance novel Beach Read has completed filming and is scheduled for a cinema release on 7 May 2027. The film is one of several screen adaptations of Henry’s books, and its progress matters to fans because the central characters have now been cast and production has moved swiftly…

    • ‘The Rookie’ Creator Officially Confirms New Crossover for ABC Series [Exclusive]

      The creator of ABC’s The Rookie, Alexi Hawley, has confirmed that the forthcoming ninth season will include a crossover with spin-off series The Rookie: North. The development matters because it expands the franchise following Season 8’s cliff-hanger ending, which turned an engagement into an abduction in its final moments. Season 9 is currently filming and…

    • Kaley Cuoco returns as resistance leader in Big Bang spin-off

      Producers of “Stuart Fails to Save the Universe” said Kaley Cuoco’s surprise return in the second episode was intended to present familiar “The Big Bang Theory” actors in radically different roles. Cuoco plays an alternate-universe Penny who leads a resistance movement, underscoring the spin-off’s multiverse premise. Stuart, Kripke and Bert arrive in a seemingly peaceful…

    • The first guitarist Slash ever fell in love with: “He was the guy”

      Slash says B.B. King was the first traditional blues artist he encountered and became his favourite blues guitarist, after his grandmother played King’s music to him as a child. The account highlights the lasting influence of King’s expressive playing on Slash’s musical identity and helps explain the blues foundations of his rock guitar style. Slash…

    • Everything We Know About ‘The Pitt’ Season 3 So Far

      HBO’s medical drama ‘The Pitt’ has been renewed for a third season, with its writers’ room already open and production expected to begin around June. The series is aiming to return in January 2027, maintaining the release pattern of its first two seasons and continuing its real-time, hospital-shift format. Season 3 will be set on…

    • Dark Sun, D&D’s most heavy metal setting, will be back in 2027

      Wizards of the Coast has confirmed that Dark Sun, Dungeons & Dragons’ post-apocalyptic desert campaign setting, will return in 2027. The announcement matters because it revives one of the game’s most distinctive and long-dormant worlds, known for its harsh survival themes, psionics and heavy-metal-influenced fantasy. Dark Sun is set on Athas, a devastated world ruled…

    • ‘Big Brother’ Season 28, Week 3 Eviction: A Unanimous Vote Sent Another Houseguest Packing

      Jason De Puy was unanimously evicted from Big Brother Season 28 in its third live eviction, becoming the season’s third houseguest to leave. The result followed a turbulent Head of Household week led by Kamu Kirk, during which nominations and competition wins repeatedly changed who was at risk. Kamu initially nominated LaTrice Verrett, Lyric Medeiros…

    • ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’: Sadie Sink Is [SPOILER]. How Her Role Sets Up Marvel’s Next Reboot

      Sadie Sink is revealed to play Jean Grey in “Spider-Man: Brand New Day”, introducing the X-Men character into the Marvel Cinematic Universe ahead of a planned but uncast “X-Men” film. Her appearance makes Damage Control the film’s principal villain and positions Jean’s traumatic past, powerful psychic abilities and eventual encounter with Spider-Man as a major…