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.

Capcom can’t stop winning, pointing to Pragmata’s 2.5 million copies sold as it records a huge increase in year-on-year profits

July 28, 2026

Capcom has reported a substantial year-on-year rise in profits, with the Japanese publisher highlighting the strong performance of its game Pragmata as a key contributor. The company pointed to sales of 2.5 million copies for the title as evidence of its continued commercial momentum, reinforcing Capcom’s recent run of financially successful releases. The figures form…
Onimusha PS5 Drops the Series’ Classic Puzzle Boxes

July 28, 2026

Onimusha: Way of the Sword, the upcoming PS5 instalment in Capcom’s samurai action series, will not feature the franchise’s traditional puzzle boxes, according to a Game Informer preview. Director Satoru Nihei confirmed the change after previewers noted their absence, explaining that puzzle elements have instead been woven directly into the game’s stages to break up…
Paulina Gretzky hit the golf course dressed for success and won, Brooks Nader in her Baywatch red & a squirrel

July 28, 2026

OutKick’s “Screencaps” column rounded up notable sports and entertainment moments, opening with golfer’s wife Paulina Gretzky, who dressed stylishly for a member-guest golf tournament and ended up winning the event. The piece is a lighthearted daily roundup rather than a hard news story, blending golf course fashion with other celebrity and sports culture snippets. The…
Sauron Uses a Legendary Item From The Lord of the Rings Lore to Fend Off the Balrog in The Rings of Power Season 3

July 28, 2026

Prime Video has released a first look at Season 3 of The Rings of Power showing Sauron confronting the Balrog, revealed at San Diego Comic-Con. Notably, the Balrog speaks for the first time in the franchise, voiced by Simon Pegg, marking a significant departure from Tolkien’s original texts where Balrogs are never shown speaking. In…
Does Spider-Man: Brand New Day have a post-credits scene after the ending? A spoiler-free guide

July 28, 2026

Spider-Man: Brand New Day, released in cinemas on 31 July, does include a post-credits scene, though it is easy to miss as there is no mid-credits sequence and the payoff comes only after the studio logos have played. The film continues the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s inconsistent approach to such scenes, which have ranged from throwaway…
’80s icon Kristy McNichol makes rare appearance 25 years after leaving Hollywood

July 28, 2026

Kristy McNichol, the Emmy-winning actress who rose to fame in the 1970s and 1980s in shows such as “Family” and films including “Little Darlings,” has resurfaced publicly for the first time in years after retiring from Hollywood in the late 1990s. She was pictured this week with singer Carnie Wilson, marking a rare glimpse of…
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard release techno-tinged Alien Metal title track

July 28, 2026

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have released “Alien Metal”, the title track from their forthcoming 28th studio album, cementing the Australian psych-rock band’s recent pivot towards early-1990s-style techno. The shift followed a series of “rave” shows the group played last year, during which they grew attached to a modular Eurorack synthesiser rig they nicknamed…
Bangkok International Content Market Bows With Strong Debut, Logs Over $65 Million in Deals

July 28, 2026

The Bangkok International Content Market (BICM2026) concluded its debut edition this month having generated an estimated THB2.2 billion ($65.5 million) in business value, marking a strong launch for Thailand’s first purpose-built international content marketplace. Held at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center and organised by the Creative Economy Agency under the Thailand Content Market 2026…
Wingspan Pocket is faster and sharper than the original board game, and I think it may even be better

July 28, 2026

GamesRadar+ reviews Wingspan Pocket, a compact version of the bird-themed board game Wingspan, and argues that its quicker, more focused design may improve on the original. The assessment matters to players seeking a shorter, more portable strategy game without losing the core appeal of building bird combinations. The article presents Wingspan Pocket as faster and…
Giant pink mammoth and BBC Ceefax – Joe Lycett unveils first major solo art exhibition

July 28, 2026

Comedian and artist Joe Lycett has opened his first major solo art exhibition, “Everything Must Go”, at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, in his home city. Lycett said the collection was inspired by “things that are no longer with us” and became partly “an exercise in looking into grief”, honouring friends who had died, while…