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.

    • Brandon Flowers: Is fame worth it? I’m not sure anymore

      Brandon Flowers, best known as frontman of The Killers, has released his first solo album in 11 years, Thrasher, marking a return to the country music of his Utah childhood. Recorded at Nashville’s RCA Studio A with veteran musicians including pedal steel player Bruce Bouton and harmonica player Charlie McCoy, the record sees Flowers writing…

    • Watch Slayyyter Cover Hole’s “Violet”

      Pop singer Slayyyter performed a cover of Hole’s 1994 song “Violet” for triple J’s Like A Version series, drawing praise from Hole frontwoman Courtney Love, who told her to “keep wiping the floors with us.” The performance highlights Slayyyter’s rising profile following a strong 2026 that has included a major Coachella appearance and a late-night…

    • Zelda: Ocarina of Time Mod Remakes the N64 Classic in True 3D

      Nintendo may be developing an official remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, but a modder known as Reonu is separately reworking the Nintendo 64 classic’s visuals, replacing its pre-rendered 2D background images with fully realised 3D environments. The mod, provisionally named “OoT unJPEG,” has reportedly been in development for over a year…

    • SEVENTEEN’s Vernon Says ‘I’ll Be Back’ With New Single as He Enlists in South Korean Military

      SEVENTEEN member Vernon released a new solo single, “I’ll Be Back,” on 20 August, just hours after entering a training centre to begin his mandatory military service in South Korea. The self-written and self-composed track functions as a sentimental farewell to fans, with lyrics addressed directly to the group’s supporters as he steps away from…

    • Netflix Officially Confirms ‘One Piece’ Is Changing Its Winning Formula With New Release

      Netflix has unveiled fresh key art for THE ONE PIECE, a new anime adaptation of Eiichiro Oda’s manga produced by WIT Studio. The series will retell the story from the beginning, starting with the East Blue saga, offering a new generation of viewers a fresh take on Luffy’s earliest adventures even as the original anime…

    • AI data startup Micro1 reaches $500M gross run rate amid AI training boom

      Micro1, a four-year-old AI data-labelling startup, has seen its gross annual run rate surge from $100 million to $500 million over the past eight months, reflecting soaring demand from AI labs and corporations for high-quality training data. The company, which contracts domain experts such as doctors, lawyers and scientists, retains roughly 60-70% of that revenue,…

    • 3 Years Later, This ‘9-1-1’ Buck Line Is Still the Best Quote of the Entire Series

      The article, published by Collider, revisits a line from the ABC drama *9-1-1* that the writer argues remains the show’s defining moment three years on. Ahead of the series’ tenth season premiering this October, the piece reflects on how the show has combined spectacular annual disaster set-pieces with the emotional core of a “found family”…

    • 10 Greatest American Books of the Last 100 Years

      Collider has published a ranked list of the ten greatest American books of the past 100 years, spanning modern speculative fiction to mid-20th-century classics. The list argues that American literature has grown into one of the world’s most influential national traditions since the mid-19th century, with many of its strongest contenders for “the Great American…

    • Video: Minecraft Dungeons II Official Gameplay Trailer Released

      Mojang has released an official gameplay trailer for Minecraft Dungeons II ahead of its launch on Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 next month. The trailer reveals the Sift, a new dimension accessed through mysterious rifts that have been appearing since the game’s announcement, introducing fresh dangers and unusual landscapes for players to explore. The action…

    • OK, Vice City does look pretty damn impressive from the air

      PC Gamer highlights how impressive Vice City appears when viewed from the air, with the article focusing on the scale and visual detail of the upcoming Grand Theft Auto setting. The aerial perspective is presented as reinforcing anticipation for the game by making its world feel more expansive and convincing. The article centres on footage…