Entertainment

Fox sets September dates for autumn 2026 premieres

• Fox has fixed its September 2026 autumn premiere dates.
• Entertainment launches from 21 September, with sport starting earlier.
• “The Simpsons”, “The Floor” and “Hell’s Kitchen” all return.

Fox has set its autumn 2026 premiere schedule, confirming when a range of returning entertainment, drama, animation and sports programmes will come back to air in September. The announcement matters because it gives viewers and advertisers a clear picture of the network’s line-up for the start of the…

Lucinda Williams announces 31-date North American autumn tour

• Lucinda Williams has announced a 31-date autumn 2026 North American tour.
• The tour supports her album World's Gone Wrong.
• Pre-sale starts 15 July, with general sale from 17 July.

Lucinda Williams has announced a 31-date North American headlining tour for autumn 2026 in support of her latest album, World's Gone Wrong. The tour matters because it gives the three-time Grammy winner a major run of headline dates across the US and Canada, following a separate string of…

Queens Of The Stone Age return with psychedelic single Easy Street

• Queens Of The Stone Age return with the psychedelic “Easy Street”
• It is their first new song since 2023
• Josh Homme says its imperfections are part of the point

Queens Of The Stone Age have returned with “Easy Street”, their first new song since 2023’s In Times New Roman..., and the release stands out because it shows the band taking a notably different direction. Rather than leaning on their usual heaviness, the single is described as a…

Christopher Nolan explains why he cut the Odyssey joke

• Nolan dropped the Cyclops joke because the pun would not translate.
• The missing joke relies on Odysseus calling himself “Nobody”.
• Nolan also reworked the Trojan Horse scene for greater plausibility.

Christopher Nolan has explained that he cut a famous joke from Homer’s The Odyssey in his film adaptation because the pun did not survive translation into screen dialogue. Speaking on The Daily Show ahead of the film’s release, he said he had tried to include the exchange from…

Sony delays PS5 FlexStrike, missing Marvel Tokon launch day

• Sony has delayed the PS5 FlexStrike indefinitely
• It will miss Marvel Tokon’s 6 August 2026 launch
• Pre-orders remain in place, but no new date exists

Sony has delayed the launch of its official PS5 fight stick, FlexStrike, indefinitely, meaning it will no longer arrive on 6 August 2026 alongside Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls. That matters because the accessory was clearly positioned at fighting-game players and was due to launch on the same day…

Oddfellows signs first-look deal with Warner Bros and Clockwork

• Warner Bros. secures first access to Oddfellows film projects
• Deal supports lower-budget theatrical films through Clockwork
• Oddfellows’ Vancouver studio will also serve Warner productions

Warner Bros. has signed a first-look deal with Chris Ferguson’s production company Oddfellows, giving the studio early access to projects the company develops and deepening its relationship with Warner’s new speciality label, Clockwork. The agreement is significant because it strengthens Warner Bros.’ strategy of making modestly budgeted theatrical…

Tubi names Shannon Olivas head of communications and publicity

• Tubi hires Shannon Olivas to lead communications and publicity
• The move follows Seana Sullivan’s promotion within Fox
• Tubi says it now reaches 100 million monthly users

Tubi has appointed Shannon Olivas as its new head of communications and publicity, putting her in charge of the Fox-owned streaming service’s communications strategy across consumer, advertiser, product, entertainment and corporate PR. The hire matters because it comes as Tubi continues to expand globally and sharpen its positioning…

Emmy nominations recognise Variety’s Actors on Actors for fourth year running

• “Actors on Actors” earned two 2026 Daytime Emmy nominations
• One nod was for PBS SoCal, one for CNN
• The franchise has now been nominated four years running

Variety’s “Actors on Actors” has received two 2026 Daytime Emmy nominations in the outstanding arts and popular culture programme category, extending the franchise’s recognition for a fourth consecutive year. One nomination is for its spring 2025 television awards season run on PBS SoCal, while the other is for…

All champions in League of Legends Clasic

There are 60 champions returning in League Classic. Here's a list of every champion and who will be joining the roster next.

Techland scraps last-gen console versions of Dying Light: The Beast

• Techland dropped PS4 and Xbox One versions of Dying Light: The Beast
• The studio says older hardware cannot handle the game
• It reflects the industry's shift away from last-generation consoles

Techland has cancelled the planned PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions of Dying Light: The Beast, meaning the game remains available only on current-generation platforms. The studio said the game was designed around the capabilities of newer hardware, and that older consoles cannot support its open world, visuals,…