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.

    • Venus Aerospace raises $90M Series B to build a new kind of rocket engine

      Venus Aerospace has raised a $90 million Series B funding round to advance its Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE), a design promising greater efficiency than conventional rocket motors. The round matters because it marks the company’s pivot from its original goal of clean hypersonic passenger jets towards defence and space applications, after a successful 2025…

    • Hug: new trio from Devendra Banhart, Gyan Riley and Noah Georgeson

      Devendra Banhart has formed a new trio called Hug alongside guitarist Gyan Riley and producer and multi-instrumentalist Noah Georgeson. The group will release their self-titled debut album on 11 September through David Byrne’s Luaka Bop label, led by the single “Cow With Half Moon Parasol”. The project brings together three long-connected musicians and marks a…

    • AMON AMARTH Releases First-Ever Acoustic Song ‘Upphaf’

      Swedish melodic death metal band Amon Amarth have released “Upphaf”, the first acoustic song of their career. The track strips back the band’s usual heavy sound to present a sparse, Norse-inspired composition built around hypnotic melodies and choral vocals, evoking the atmosphere of a longhouse hearth. The single is presented as a quiet prelude to…

    • Split Lip heralds Jawdropped’s debut album Secret to Spare in September

      LA power-pop band Jawdropped have announced their full-length debut album, Secret To Spare, due out on 18 September via Transgressive/Canvasback, and have shared a new single, “Split Lip”. The Stereogum piece frames the announcement enthusiastically, with the writer citing the earlier single “Monday” as a standout that turned them into a fan, and describing “Split…

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    • Ghost in the Shell directors explain why the new anime is the most faithful adaptation yet

      Science Saru’s new Ghost in the Shell anime, which premiered on Prime Video on 7 July, marks a deliberate break from the franchise’s tradition of reinvention. Rather than reinterpreting Masamune Shirow’s original manga, director Mokochan and character designer Shuhei Handa told Polygon at Anime Expo that they set out to adapt it “one-to-one”, treating the…

    • Bela Bajaria to Receive the Variety Vanguard Award at Mipcom

      Netflix’s chief content officer, Bela Bajaria, will receive the Variety Vanguard Award at this year’s Mipcom conference in Cannes, in recognition of her contributions to the global content business. The honour highlights her central role in the streaming transformation of the entertainment industry, having overseen an unprecedented budget to acquire and produce films and television…

    • 2026 Emmy Nominations: Watch the Livestream

      The Hollywood Reporter is providing details on how to watch the 2026 Emmy nominations announcement, which takes place on Wednesday morning at 8:30 a.m. PT/11:30 a.m. ET. Emmy winners Liza Colón-Zayas (The Bear) and Jeff Hiller (Somebody Somewhere) will reveal the nominees from the Wolf Theatre at the Television Academy’s Saban Media Center, with the…

    • Foreigner co-founder Mick Jones sells catalogue stake to Primary Wave

      Primary Wave Music has struck a deal with Mick Jones, co-founder of the rock band Foreigner, acquiring a stake in his music assets covering publishing, master recordings, touring, and name, image and likeness rights. Although the financial terms were not disclosed, Primary Wave typically buys a majority stake, which in this case likely includes Jones’s…

    • Mortal Shell 2 Promises Quality Souls Action on PS5, Out Next Month

      Developer Cold Symmetry has confirmed that its Soulslike sequel, Mortal Shell 2, will launch on PlayStation 5 on 20th August 2026, deliberately arriving a few weeks ahead of the crowded September release period. Pitched as a “standalone sequel” that does not require having played the original, the game promises faster, unforgiving combat, deeper weapon design…