Arts & Entertainment

The director of Netflix's documentary said she did not see the Duffer Brothers use generative AI while observing the writers room, and footage from the film is inconclusive about whether a ChatGPT tab was open.

An artist on Reddit created realistic fan art showing Daenerys Targaryen risen and surrounded by dragons, while HBO and George R.R. Martin have confirmed Game of Thrones sequels are in development and a Jon Snow spinoff is planned; Emilia Clarke has said she will not reprise the role.

BTS will perform at Rogers Stadium in Toronto on Aug. 22 and 23; fan presales begin Jan. 22 and general tickets go on sale Jan. 24.

The official Heated Rivalry soundtrack, composed by Peter Peter, is due Jan. 16 and the first two singles, Rivalry and It's You, are already out.

PlayStation Plus has confirmed its January 2026 free games lineup, adding nine titles to the Extra and Premium tiers alongside three Essential games for a total of 12 games available through January.

Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings film trilogy has reached its 25th anniversary and remains widely rewatched for its craftsmanship and performances, though commentators note shortcomings in gender and racial representation.

Smallville has surged on Netflix in several countries, reaching #3 in New Caledonia and #7 in Martinique and Germany, while the series remains available on Hulu in the United States.

A seared cabbage cross-section can be browned, steamed into buttery ribbons and finished in many ways, including topped with eggs or tossed with sauces; the article gives stovetop and oven timings and serving ideas.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons' large 3.0 update is due around January 15, but Nintendo has not confirmed exact release times; time-zone patterns and a possible New Zealand-based rollout produce different local schedules.

Seven returning X‑Men actors are confirmed for Avengers: Doomsday, and writer Chris Claremont has said Famke Janssen's Jean Grey will reportedly appear.

Mike Tomlin voluntarily resigned after 19 seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers and still has two years remaining on his contract, which means the team retains his coaching rights. If he wants to lead another NFL team before the end of the 2027 season, the Steelers can seek compensation and would likely negotiate permission to transfer those rights.

Netflix has greenlit The Dealer, a Korean casino crime drama produced by Hwang Dong‑hyuk through his Firstman Studio banner, with Jung So‑min set to star and Choi Young‑hwan directing his first series.

Maryam Jillani's Kashmiri chai recipe explains that a cold-water shock or a baking soda shortcut produces the tea's bright pink color, and that a prepared concentrate can be refrigerated for up to a month.

Marvel announced Doom 2099: Rage of Doom, a miniseries in which an older Doctor Doom seeks Ultron's technology; the first issue is scheduled for April 29, 2026.

Tron: Ares, which grossed about $142.2 million in theaters and scored 53% on Rotten Tomatoes, reached the top spot on Disney+'s U.S. charts after debuting on the service on January 7.

Author Colleen Hoover said she is undergoing radiation for cancer and told followers she had one day of treatment left; she also reported genetic testing indicating the cancer was not hereditary and that HPV and excess hormones were ruled out.

A short quiz links fans' favorite anime to Solo Leveling characters, pairing shows such as Demon Slayer, One-Punch Man, Bleach and One Piece with specific Solo Leveling figures.

Gus Van Sant’s Dead Man's Wire is a 1970s-set docudrama about a man confronting a mortgage company; the review describes it as timely and technically assured while noting it takes liberties with the true story.

Satellite images from late December 2025 show iceberg A-23A has bright blue surface melt ponds; the iceberg's area has fallen from about 4,000 km² in 1986 to roughly 1,182 km² by January 2026.

Marty Supreme centers on table tennis and subverts the typical sports‑movie arc by following a skilled but repeatedly setback-prone protagonist whose final emotional growth, rather than a championship, becomes the film’s endpoint.

Colleen Hoover announced she has undergone cancer treatment and is on her second-to-last day of radiation; she did not specify the cancer type.

Robbie Robertson's posthumous memoir Insomnia recounts his late-1970s partying, relationships and drug use while following up his 2016 memoir Testimony. Robertson died in 2023 and arbitration over his estate is currently pending in Los Angeles.

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy introduces Captain Nahla Ake (played by Holly Hunter), bringing the number of female captains who have led their own Star Trek TV series to four; the article notes three of those promotions occurred within the last nine years.

Opening arguments began in Vancouver in a five-week B.C. Supreme Court trial over Amber Bracken's 2021 arrest at a pipeline protest; Bracken and The Narwhal are suing the RCMP for wrongful arrest, wrongful detention and Charter breaches.

Phoenix is 24-15 and sixth in the Western Conference, and has won 10 of 20 road games this season compared with 12 of 41 last year.

Executive producers Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau say episode 5 of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is "essentially a love letter" to Deep Space Nine, and the series premieres January 15, 2026 on Paramount+.

Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle lost a high-profile Golden Globe in 2026 to KPop Demon Hunters, and critics have treated that outcome as a turning point in how the franchise is seen.

Rachel Reid will publish Unrivaled, the seventh Game Changer novel, on Sept. 29, 2026; it revisits hockey players Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov as newlyweds playing on the same team.

George R.R. Martin said there are more Tales of Dunk and Egg stories to tell but that finding time to write and publish them is the main constraint; a fourth novella was previously given the working title The She-Wolves of Winterfell.

The Golden Globes winners largely matched pre-existing frontrunners and strengthened leading positions in several Oscar categories, with the Oscars scheduled for March 15, 2026 in Los Angeles.