Entertainment
The latest from our Entertainment desk.
Nobody walks a red carpet anymore
The carefully staged press junket and the sponsored Instagram post are giving way to something the industry never prepared for: celebrities who refuse to perform fame.
Podcasts ate the late-night monologue
The monologue used to set tomorrow's news cycle. Now it's a podcast host with a ring light and no network gatekeeper doing the setting.
The reboot nobody asked for just out-earned the original
A property everyone wrote off opened bigger than its beloved predecessor. The audience wasn't nostalgic — they were hungry for something the first film never bothered to be.
The year gaming's open world ran out of map
After a decade of bigger maps and longer playtimes, players are finally admitting they don't want a 200-hour game. They want a tight one.
The influencer economy hit a wall at 1,000 followers
The numbers that used to impress brands — millions of followers, billions of views — no longer move the needle. What matters now is smaller and weirder.
Streaming's lost decade: what subscribers really want in 2026
A survey of 4,200 US viewers across eight platforms reveals the feature gap users care about most — and it is not price.
The concert ticket bubble is about to pop
Ticket prices doubled, fees tripled, and the fan finally said no. The live music economy built on surge pricing is starting to crack.