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Clayface is a 2026 American body horror psychological thriller film based on the eponymous character from DC Comics. Directed by James Watkins from a screenplay by Mike Flanagan and Hossein Amini, it is the third film in the DC Universe (DCU). Tom Rhys Harries stars as Matt Hagen / Clayface, alongside Naomi Ackie, David Dencik, Max Minghella, and Eddie Marsan.
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Jailer 2 is a 2026 Indian Tamil-language action comedy film written and directed by Nelson Dilipkumar. It was produced by Kalanithi Maran through Sun Pictures. A sequel to Jailer (2023), the film stars Rajinikanth, Ramya Krishnan, Yogi Babu, Mirnaa and Rithvik reprising their roles from the predecessor, with S. J. Suryah, Mithun Chakraborty, Suraj Venjaramoodu and Vidya Balan joining the cast.
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Elizabeth Anne Holmes (born February 3, 1984) is an American businesswoman convicted of fraud in connection with her health technology company Theranos. Holmes founded Theranos in 2003, and its valuation soared in the early 2010s after it claimed to have revolutionized blood testing by developing methods that needed only very small volumes of blood, such as from a fingerprick.
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. xxx is a sponsored top-level domain (sTLD) intended as a voluntary option for pornographic websites on the Internet. This option enables website operators to establish a web address like example. xxx instead of example.com. The sponsoring organization for . xxx is the International Foundation for Online Responsibility (IFFOR).
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Jacob Walter Misiorowski ( miz-ə-ROW-skee; born April 3, 2002), nicknamed "the Miz", is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2025 and his first MLB All-Star appearance the same year. In 2026, he set the record for the fastest pitch thrown by a starting pitcher since tracking began in 2008.
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The following notable deaths occurred in 2026. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent nationality (if applicable), what subject was noted for, cause of death (if known), and a reference.
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Ansel Easton Adams (February 20, 1902 – April 22, 1984) was an American landscape photographer and environmentalist known for his black-and-white images of the American West. He helped found Group f/64, an association of photographers advocating "pure" photography which favored sharp focus and the use of the full tonal range of a photograph.
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The Kehlsteinhaus, commonly known in English as the Eagle's Nest, is a building situated atop the Kehlstein, a rocky promontory above Obersalzberg, near Berchtesgaden in southeastern Germany. Completed in 1938, it was commissioned by the Nazi Party for official and social functions and was visited by Adolf Hitler on at least 14 documented occasions.
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Thomas Roy Skerritt (August 25, 1933 – October 21, 2026) was an American actor and director who appeared in over 170 film and television productions between 1962 and 2025. The beginning of his film career coincided with the New Hollywood movement, with a breakthrough role as Duke Forrest in Robert Altman's M*A*S*H (1970).
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Alexander Volkanovski (born 29 September 1988) is an Australian professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Featherweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is the current and two-time UFC Featherweight Champion. Volkanovski is the first Australian-born fighter to win a UFC title.
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Dorothy is a 2026 Indian Tamil-language crime drama film written and directed by Karthik Subbaraj and produced by Guneet Monga Kapoor, Achin Jain and Jyoti Deshpande. The film stars Sananth, Rishikanth, and Keerthy Suresh in the lead roles. It follows two inseparable friends (Sananth and Rishikanth) whose lives are transformed by the arrival of the title character (Keerthy).
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Wicker is a 2026 romantic fantasy comedy-drama film written and directed by Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson, based on the short story "The Wicker Husband" by Ursula Wills. The film stars Olivia Colman, Alexander Skarsgård, Elizabeth Debicki, Marli Siu, Nabhaan Rizwan, Richard E. Grant, and Peter Dinklage.
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William Evans (born January 12, 1991 or 1992) is an American businessman who founded and runs Haemanthus, a diagnostics start-up based in Austin, Texas. He is the partner of Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of Theranos, and is a central figure in the 2026 documentary You Can See Everything, directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim.
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Nathan Joseph Fielder (born May 12, 1983) is a Canadian and American filmmaker, actor, and comedian. He is known for his awkward, deadpan persona and his use of satire and surreal humor. Born and raised in Vancouver, Fielder was involved in his school's improv group as a teenager, which featured fellow comedian Seth Rogen.
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Movsar Magomedovich Evloev (born February 11, 1994) is a Russian professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Featherweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A professional since 2014, he has also competed at M-1 Global, where he is the former bantamweight champion.
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Amy Jade Winehouse (14 September 1983 – 23 July 2011) was a British singer and songwriter. She is known for her distinctive contralto vocals, expressive and autobiographical songwriting, and eclectic blend of genres such as soul, rhythm and blues, and jazz. Her music, along with her fashion and highly publicised personal life, made her an influential figure in popular culture.
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James Timothy Daly (born March 1, 1956) is an American actor, producer and director, best known for his roles as Joe Hackett on the NBC sitcom Wings and his recurring role as drug-addicted screenwriter J.T. Dolan on The Sopranos. He starred as Pete Wilder on the ABC medical drama Private Practice from 2007 to 2012.
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Limonene () is a slightly yellow-green liquid aliphatic hydrocarbon classified as a cyclic monoterpene, and is the major component in the fragrance and essential oil of citrus fruit peels, taking its name from Italian limone 'lemon'. Limonene is a chiral molecule, and most biological sources produce just one enantiomer (isomer).
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YouTube is an American online video-sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Chad Hurley, Jawed Karim, and Steve Chen, all of whom were former employees at PayPal. Headquartered in San Bruno, California, it is the second-most-visited website in the world, after Google itself.
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Ilhan Abdullahi Omar (born October 4, 1982) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Minnesota's 5th congressional district since 2019. The district includes all of Minneapolis and some of its first-ring suburbs. From 2017 to 2019, Omar served in the Minnesota House of Representatives, representing part of Minneapolis.
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Nicolas Jackson (born 20 June 2001) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Aston Villa and the Senegal national team. Jackson played for Casa Sports in Senegal before joining Villarreal in 2019. After a loan to Mirandés in the Segunda División, he broke through in the reserve team and made his first-team debut in La Liga in 2021.
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Amy Leigh Acton (née Stearns, formerly Beech; born February 16, 1966) is an American physician and researcher who is the Democratic nominee for governor of Ohio in the 2026 election. Born in Youngstown, Ohio, Acton served as the director of the Ohio Department of Health, in which capacity she led Ohio's COVID-19 pandemic response from 2019 to 2020.
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Vivek Ganapathy Ramaswamy (born August 9, 1985) is an American entrepreneur and politician. He founded Roivant Sciences, a biotechnological pharmaceutical company, in 2014 and was its chief executive officer until 2021. Ramaswamy entered national politics as the youngest presidential candidate in the 2024 Republican primaries, but withdrew his bid and endorsed Donald Trump.
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In mathematics, a Möbius strip, Möbius band, or Möbius loop is a surface that can be formed by attaching the ends of a strip of paper together with a half-twist. As a mathematical object, it was discovered by Johann Benedict Listing and August Ferdinand Möbius in 1858, but it had already appeared in Roman mosaics from the third century CE.
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Petr Evgenyevich Yan (Russian: Пётр Евге́ньевич Я́н, romanized: Pyotr Yevgenyevich Yan; born 11 February 1993) is a Russian professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Bantamweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is the current and two-time UFC Bantamweight Champion. He is also a former interim Bantamweight Champion.
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Delta Lea Goodrem AM (born 9 November 1984) is an Australian singer, songwriter and actress. She has a total of nine number-one singles and 17 top-ten hits on the ARIA Singles Chart. She has sold over eight million albums globally and overall has won three World Music Awards, 12 ARIA Music Awards, an MTV Video Music Award and several other awards.
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Slow Horses is a British spy thriller television series based on the Slough House novels by Mick Herron, and adapted for television by the English comedian and writer Will Smith. It follows Slough House, an MI5 unit where disgraced or failed agents are consigned, under the supervision of Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman).
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Crystal Lake is an American slasher television series developed by Brad Caleb Kane that serves as the prequel to the Friday the 13th franchise, set eight years before the original film. Stars Linda Cardellini in the leading role of Pamela Voorhees, with Callum Vinson as a young Jason Voorhees, William Catlett, Gwendolyn Sundstrom, Cameron Scoggins, and Devin Kessler also starring.
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 (stylized as Modern Warfare 사) is a 2026 first-person shooter game developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision. It is the twenty-third installment in the Call of Duty series and the fourth and final entry in the rebooted Modern Warfare sub-series, following Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III (2023).
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The Milwaukee Brewers are an American professional baseball team based in Milwaukee. The Brewers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central Division. The team's name alludes to the city's association with the beer industry and has been used by several other baseball teams that have called Milwaukee home.
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VisionQuest is an American television miniseries created by Terry Matalas for the streaming service Disney+, based on Marvel Comics featuring the character Vision. A spin-off from the miniseries WandaVision (2021), it is the 18th television series in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) from Marvel Studios and is produced under its Marvel Television label.
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Tenzing Norgay (; Sherpa: བསྟན་འཛིན་ནོར་རྒྱས tendzin norgyé; May 1914 – 9 May 1986), born Namgyal Wangdi, and also referred to as Sherpa Tenzing, was a Nepalese-Indian Sherpa mountaineer. On 29 May 1953, he and Edmund Hillary were the first people confirmed to have reached the summit of Mount Everest, as part of the 1953 British Mount Everest expedition.
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Tommy Carr (American football)
Thomas Lloyd Carr (born August 30, 2007) is an American college football quarterback for the Michigan Wolverines. He is the grandson of College Football Hall of Famers, Lloyd Carr and Tom Curtis, as well as the younger brother of CJ Carr.
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Theranos Inc. () was an American privately held corporation that was touted as a breakthrough health technology company. Founded in 2003 by 19-year-old Elizabeth Holmes, Theranos raised more than US$700 million from venture capitalists and private investors, resulting in a $9 billion valuation at its peak in 2013 and 2014.
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The Celebrity Traitors series 2
The second series of The Celebrity Traitors began airing on BBC One on 1 October 2026, with Claudia Winkleman presenting the ten-episode series. The companion show The Celebrity Traitors: Uncloaked has also returned, hosted by Ed Gamble. In the series, 21 celebrities compete to win up to £100,000 for their chosen charities.
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Richard Morgan Fliehr (born February 25, 1949), known professionally as Ric Flair, is an American retired professional wrestler. As of November 2023, he is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) in a legends role for special appearances. Regarded by multiple peers and journalists as the greatest professional wrestler of all time, Flair's career spanned fifty years.
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The Diplomat (American TV series)
The Diplomat is an American political thriller television series with elements of a romantic comedy. It was created by Debora Cahn. First airing in 2023, it stars Keri Russell as a veteran US diplomat who is unexpectedly appointed as the ambassador to the United Kingdom amid an emerging international crisis.
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Elections are scheduled to be held, in large part, on November 3, 2026, in the United States. In these midterm elections, scheduled to occur during Republican president Donald Trump's second term, all 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and 35 of the 100 seats in the U.S. Senate will be contested to determine the 120th United States Congress.
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Hannah Waddingham (born 28 July 1974) is an English actress, singer, and television presenter. She is known for roles on both stage and screen, and has received several accolades including a Primetime Emmy Award, two Critics' Choice Television Awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award as well as nominations for two BAFTA TV Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and three Laurence Olivier Awards.
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Lizzie Andrew Borden (July 19, 1860 – June 1, 1927) was an American woman who was tried and acquitted of the murders of her father and stepmother in Fall River, Massachusetts. No other individuals were charged with the murders. After the trial, Borden and her older sister Emma bought a house in the wealthier Highlands, or Hill District, of Fall River, where Borden lived out her life.
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Shaun Cameron Wright-Phillips (born 25 October 1981) is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger. A Nottingham Forest youth product, he spent 13 seasons playing in the Premier League during spells with Manchester City, Chelsea and Queens Park Rangers. In 2015, he joined Major League Soccer club New York Red Bulls alongside his brother, Bradley.
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Nobody Wants This is an American romantic comedy television series created by Erin Foster which premiered on Netflix on September 26, 2024 and stars Kristen Bell, Adam Brody, Justine Lupe, Timothy Simons and Jackie Tohn. Nobody Wants This focuses on the unlikely relationship between an outspoken, agnostic woman and a handsome young Jewish rabbi.
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Tom Rhys Harries (born 8 October 1990) is a Welsh actor. His credits include White Lines (2020), Suspicion (2022), Jekyll and Hyde (2015), Unforgotten (2018), Britannia (2019), Hunky Dory (2011), Slaughterhouse Rulez (2018), The Gentlemen (2019), Sisi & I (2023), Kandahar (2023), How Kids Roll (2024), Doctor Who episode "Dot and Bubble" (2024), and Clayface (2026).
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Udta Teer (lit. 'Flying arrow'; transl. Trouble) is a 2026 Indian Hindi-language spy comedy film directed and written by Aakash Kaushik in his directorial debut and produced by Karan Johar, Adar Poonawalla, Guneet Monga, Apoorva Mehta and Achin Jain under Dharma Productions and Sikhya Entertainment.
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2026 Brazilian general election
General elections were held in Brazil on 4 October 2026 to elect the president, vice president, members of the National Congress, the governors, vice governors and legislative assemblies of all federative units, and the district council of Fernando de Noronha.
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John David Anderson (December 13, 1954 – October 21, 2026) was an American country singer. Starting in 1977 with the release of his first single, "I've Got a Feelin' (Somebody's Been Stealin')", Anderson charted more than 40 singles on the Billboard country music charts, including five number ones: "Wild and Blue", "Swingin'", "Black Sheep", "Straight Tequila Night", and "Money in the Bank".
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Merab Dvalishvili (Georgian: მერაბ დვალიშვილი [ˈmerab ˈdʷaliʃʷili]; born January 10, 1991) is a Georgian and American professional mixed martial artist and sambo practitioner. He currently competes in the Bantamweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is the former UFC Bantamweight Champion. Dvalishvili is considered one of the greatest Bantamweights of all time.
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Kim Jong Un (born 8 January c. 1982–1984) is a North Korean politician and dictator who has been serving as the supreme leader of North Korea since 2011, following the death of his father, Kim Jong Il. He is the third ruler from the Kim family to lead the country, which was founded by his grandfather Kim Il Sung.
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Yaga is a Canadian supernatural horror mystery television series created by Kat Sandler and based on her 2019 play of the same name, inspired by the legend of Baba Yaga. Filming began in February 2026 in British Columbia, including Victoria. The series premiered with its first two episodes on October 23, 2026 on Crave.
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XXX (stylized as xXx and pronounced Triple X) is a 2002 American action thriller film starring Vin Diesel as Xander Cage, a thrill-seeking extreme sports enthusiast, stuntman, and rebellious athlete-turned-reluctant spy for the National Security Agency who is sent on a dangerous mission to infiltrate a group of potential Russian terrorists in Central Europe.
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The S&P 500 is a stock market index maintained by S&P Dow Jones Indices. It comprises 503 common stocks which are issued by 500 companies with large market capitalizations, including two share classes of stock from three of its component companies: Alphabet, Fox Corporation and News Corp. The index includes about 80% of the American stock market by capitalization.
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Michael Gerard Tyson (born June 30, 1966) is an American former professional boxer who competed between 1985 and 2024. Nicknamed "Iron Mike" and "Kid Dynamite" in his early career, and later known as "the Baddest Man on the Planet", Tyson is widely regarded as one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of all time, and one of the most intimidating men in boxing history.
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Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2026
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2026 was the 24th edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, held on 24 October 2026 at the Malta Fairs & Conventions Centre in Ta' Qali, Malta, and presented by Gaia Cauchi, Destiny Chukunyere, and Keane Cutajar. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Public Broadcasting Services (PBS).
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XXX (stylized as xXx and pronounced Triple X) is an American action spy film series created by Rich Wilkes. It consists of three full-length feature films: XXX (2002), XXX: State of the Union (2005) and XXX: Return of Xander Cage (2017), and a short film: The Final Chapter: The Death of Xander Cage. The series has grossed $694 million worldwide.
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Maya Indea Jama ( MY-AH JAH-mə; born 14 August 1994) is a British broadcaster and media personality. She rose to prominence as a presenter on MTV and BBC Radio 1. She has presented television shows including The Circle (2017), Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-Up Star (2021–2022), and Love Island (2023–present).
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Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 45th president from 2017 to 2021. Born into a wealthy New York City family, Trump graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1968 with a bachelor's degree in economics.
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Obsession is a 2025 American supernatural horror film written, directed, and edited by Curry Barker. It follows the shop clerk Bear (Michael Johnston), whose friend Nikki (Inde Navarrette) falls dangerously in love with him after he makes a wish. Cooper Tomlinson, Megan Lawless, and Andy Richter appear in supporting roles.
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The Tampa Bay Rays are an American professional baseball team based in the Tampa Bay area. The Rays compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East Division. They are one of two major league clubs based in Florida, alongside the National League (NL)'s Miami Marlins.
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Roy Frank "RJ" Mitte III ( MIT-ee; August 21, 1992 – October 12, 2026) was an American actor and disability rights activist. Born in Jackson, Mississippi, Mitte was diagnosed with cerebral palsy when he was three years old. He moved to Los Angeles in 2006 to find acting opportunities where his disability could educate viewers.
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Patrick Thomas Murphy (born November 28, 1958) is an American professional baseball coach who is the manager for the Milwaukee Brewers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously served as the interim manager of the San Diego Padres and head coach for college baseball teams including Arizona State University and the University of Notre Dame, as well as the Netherlands national team.
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Strictly Come Dancing series 24
Strictly Come Dancing returned for its twenty-fourth series with a launch show broadcast on 19 September 2026 on BBC One, with the live shows beginning a week later.
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Instagram is an American photo and short-form video sharing social networking service owned by Meta Platforms. It allows users to upload media that can be edited with filters, be organized by hashtags, and be associated with a location via geographical tagging. Posts can be shared publicly or with preapproved followers.
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East of Eden (2026 miniseries)
East of Eden is a 2026 American historical drama television limited series created by Zoe Kazan, starring Florence Pugh. It is adapted from the 1952 novel by John Steinbeck and premiered on Netflix on October 1, 2026. It received generally positive reviews from critics.
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Amanda Michelle Seyfried ( SY-fred; born December 3, 1985) is an American actress. Her accolades include a Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award, as well as a nomination for an Academy Award. Named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time in 2022, her films as a leading actress have grossed over $2. 4 billion worldwide.
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