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The BBC's four-part drama Dear England, which began on BBC One on 24 May 2026 with Joseph Fiennes as Gareth Southgate, takes its title from a real open letter Southgate published in The Players' Tribune on 8 June 2021 — roughly 1,700 words addressed to the nation days before Euro 2020 kicked off. This is what the letter said, why he wrote it, and how one piece of pre-tournament writing turned into an Olivier-winning play, a TV series, and a book.

For a few weeks this summer, something old-fashioned happened on ITV: hour-long episodes of Coronation Street. The 2026 World Cup tore up the schedule, the soap stretched back to 60 minutes on the nights it did air — and plenty of viewers decided they preferred it.

In a San Diego Comic-Con interview, Simu Liu addressed the state of a Shang-Chi sequel — and his answer wasn’t the polite fence-sit you might expect.

Every so often, Greg Davies summons a very particular group of people back to his throne room: the ones who already beat him at his own game. The result is Taskmaster's most stacked format — a tournament where every single contestant has previously lifted the trophy.

After Tom Cruise opened the World Cup final with a pep talk, Roy Keane cut through the fanfare on live TV with a single, withering question.

Dear England tells a story most of the country watched live — which makes it easy to assume every scene happened. It didn't, quite. James Graham's play, and the 2026 BBC adaptation with Joseph Fiennes as Gareth Southgate, sticks remarkably close to the record in some places and takes clear dramatic licence in others. Here's where the line falls.

Stephen Amell discovered an eight-year-old DM from Neymar Jr. live on James Corden’s FIFA World Cup on Fox After Hours — fired off a reply on the spot, and by the end of the segment the two had kicked off an unlikely World Cup 2026 friendship.

Top Gun: Maverick and Thunderbolts* star Lewis Pullman is reportedly swapping the cockpit for the dirt track, set to headline Ragamuffin, a motocross movie marking Kaitlyn Mikayla’s feature directorial debut.

Peacock is upping the ante for Season 3, with Mark Hamill reportedly joining the cast.

Jason Statham may be the go-to for big, bruising hits like The Beekeeper, but some of his sharpest turns are hiding in films you probably missed.

The long-awaited sequel storms in with a supersized cast, outmuscling the original’s roster and cranking up the stakes.

Netflix’s crime thriller about international football corruption adds Game of Thrones alum Natalie Dormer alongside Mark Wahlberg, as the streamer stacks a starry ensemble.

Mortal Kombat 3 brings the video game franchise’s most iconic moments to the big screen, setting up a ferocious, action-packed sequel.

The 2026 World Cup final is getting its first-ever halftime show, with BTS, Madonna and Shakira set to headline a Super Bowl–style spectacle.

James Corden is back in late night, fronting a Fox series tied to the FIFA World Cup that blends comedy, celebrity guests, and daily tournament coverage.

In Westeros, steel decides who lives and who rules. Swordsmanship is the ultimate currency of survival and power.

Mortal Kombat II is slicing into U.S. theaters, and director Simon McQuoid is already eyeing a fatal follow-up—teasing that the fight never really stops for the big-screen saga born from Ed Boon and John Tobias’ iconic game.

Who survives, who gets finished, and is there a post-credits stinger? Every burning Mortal Kombat II question answered.

Mortal Kombat 2 finally puts the tournament front and center—and the body count explodes. From savage showdowns to a finale that rewrites the realms, we tally who falls and every brutal fatality that hits hardest.

Mortal Kombat II storms into opening weekend buoyed by mostly positive reviews, and producer Todd Garner says the harsher pans are baffling — he’s laughing them off, not lashing out. Here’s how he’s responding to the naysayers.