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Sir Patrick Stewart (13 July 1940 – 28 October 2026) was an English actor and director. With a career spanning over 60 years on stage and screen, he received numerous accolades, including two Laurence Olivier Awards and a Grammy Award, as well as nominations for a Tony Award, three Golden Globes, four Emmy Awards, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards.
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Sir Ian Murray McKellen (born 25 May 1939) is an English actor. Widely considered one of Britain's greatest actors, he is noted for his versatile roles on stage and screen, in genres ranging from Shakespearean dramas and modern theatre to popular fantasy and science fiction. He is regarded as a British cultural icon and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1991.
2026 Israeli legislative election
Legislative elections were held in Israel on 27 October 2026 to elect the 120 members of the 26th Knesset and determine the governing coalition that succeeds the 37th government led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Sebastian Theodore Kemble "Bash" Croft (born 16 December 2001) is an English actor. He began his career as a child actor on stage before making his television debut as Young Ned Stark in Game of Thrones (2016). He earned a BAFTA Children's Award nomination for his role in Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans (2019).
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.
Maya Indea Jama ( MY-AH JAH-mə; born 14 August 1994) is a British broadcaster and media personality. She began her career as a presenter for MTV, 4Music 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).
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.
James Hillier Blount (born 22 February 1974), better known by his stage name James Blunt, is an English singer, songwriter and musician. He is known for his songs "You're Beautiful" and "Goodbye My Lover". As a British Army captain in the aftermath of the Kosovo War, Blunt was involved in the British refusal to engage Russian troops at Pristina Airport.
Patrick Stewart on stage and screen
Patrick Stewart (1940–2026) was an English actor who had an extensive career in film, television and on stage spanning over 60 years. Stewart won a Grammy Award and two Laurence Olivier Awards and was nominated for numerous accolades including three Golden Globe Awards, four Primetime Emmy Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, and a Tony Award.
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.
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 competed to win up to £100,000 for their chosen charities.
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.
William Shatner (born March 22, 1931) is a Canadian actor. From 1966 to 1994, he starred as Captain James T. Kirk in the Star Trek franchise, from his debut as the captain of the starship Enterprise in the second pilot of the first Star Trek television series to his final appearance as Captain Kirk in the seventh Star Trek feature film, Star Trek Generations.
Christa Gail Pike (born March 10, 1976) is a convicted American murderer on death row in Tennessee. In 1995, when she was 18, Pike and her boyfriend lured their 19-year-old classmate Colleen Slemmer into a wooded area in Knoxville where they tortured and killed her. Slemmer was beaten, slashed, and had a pentagram carved in her chest before Pike killed her by crushing her skull.
Halloween, also known as All Hallows' Eve or All Saints' Eve, is a celebration observed in many countries on 31 October, the eve of Western Christianity's feast of All Hallows' Day. It is at the beginning of the observance of Allhallowtide, the time in the Christian liturgical year dedicated to remembering the dead, including saints (hallows), Christian martyrs, and all the faithful departed.
Matthew Langford Perry (August 19, 1969 – October 28, 2023) was a Canadian and American actor. Known primarily for his work in comedy, he gained international fame for starring as Chandler Bing on the NBC television sitcom Friends (1994–2004), receiving his first Primetime Emmy Award nomination in 2002 for the role.
Avengers: Doomsday is an upcoming American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team the Avengers. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is intended to be the sequel to Avengers: Endgame (2019) and the 39th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
Elections are scheduled to be held in the United States, in large part, on November 3, 2026. In these midterm elections, scheduled to occur during the second term of Republican president Donald Trump, 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.
Clayface is a 2026 American body horror 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.
Michael Christopher Sheen (born 5 February 1969) is a Welsh actor and presenter. After training at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), he worked mainly in theatre throughout the 1990s with stage roles in Romeo and Juliet (1992), Don't Fool with Love (1993), Peer Gynt (1994), The Seagull (1995), The Homecoming (1997), and Henry V (1997).
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.
Baththa is a 2026 Indian Tamil-language comedy drama film written and directed by Balaji Tharaneetharan and produced by Cine1 Studios, A for Apple Studios and Star Studio18. The film stars Vijay Sethupathi in the titular role, Master Sai Prithviraj and Lijomol Jose, with Baby Sahasra Shree, Santhy Balachandran, Hari Krishnan and Arjun Chidambaram in supporting roles.
Walter Marvin Koenig ( KAY-nig; September 14, 1936 – October 25, 2026) was an American actor and screenwriter. He began acting professionally in the mid-1960s and quickly rose to prominence for his supporting role as Ensign Pavel Chekov in Star Trek (1967–1969). He went on to reprise this role in all six original-cast Star Trek films and in Star Trek: Generations (1994).
Barbara Ann Barrie (née Berman; May 23, 1931 – October 28, 2026) was an American actress and author, who was nominated for an Oscar, a Tony, and three Emmys. Barrie's film breakthrough came in 1964 with her performance as Julie in the landmark film One Potato, Two Potato, for which she won the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival.
Leigh-Anne Pinnock (born 4 October 1991) is an English singer and actress. She rose to prominence as a member of the girl group Little Mix, which was formed on and won the eighth series of The X Factor. As part of the group, she won three Brit Awards and achieved 19 top-ten singles and five number-one entries on the UK Singles Chart before the group went on hiatus in 2022.
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: The Next Generation (TNG) is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry. It originally aired from September 28, 1987, to May 23, 1994, in syndication, spanning 178 episodes over seven seasons. The third series in the Star Trek franchise, it was inspired by Star Trek: The Original Series.
Veronika Slowikowska (born October 29, 1995) is a Canadian actress and comedian. She gained attention for her Internet sketch comedy and her recurring role as Shanice in the horror comedy series What We Do in the Shadows (2019–2020). Slowikowska went on to appear in the comedy drama film I Like Movies (2022) and the romantic comedy film EXmas (2023).
Archive of Our Own (AO3) is a nonprofit, open-source repository for fanfiction (fanfic) and other fanworks contributed by users. The site was created in 2008 by the Organization for Transformative Works. As of 18 September 2026, Archive of Our Own hosts over 18,470,000 works in over 82,900 fandoms, including those related to real people (RPF).
Nocturne is an American crime drama television series created by Rowan Joffé and developed by John Hlavin, who is also showrunner. The series is based on the Joona Linna novel The Sandman by the husband-and-wife team Alexander Ahndoril and Alexandra Coelho Ahndoril, who use the pen name Lars Kepler. The series premiered on October 30, 2026.
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 and sequel to 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.
Jeffery Bernard Simmons Jr. (born July 28, 1997) is an American professional football defensive tackle for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Mississippi State Bulldogs and was selected by the Tennessee Titans in the first round of the 2019 NFL draft.
Binance Holdings Ltd., branded Binance, is the largest cryptocurrency exchange in terms of daily trading volume of cryptocurrencies. Binance was founded in 2017 by Changpeng Zhao. It was initially based in China, then moved to Japan, subsequently left Japan for Malta, and now has no official company headquarters.
Ramayana: Part 1 is a 2026 Indian Hindi-language epic mythological film directed by Nitesh Tiwari, who co-wrote the screenplay with Shridhar Raghavan. Produced by Namit Malhotra and Yash, the film is based on the epic poem Ramayana by Valmiki, which chronicles the life and trials of Prince Rama. It is the first of a two-part film.
Obsession is a 2025 American supernatural horror film written, directed, and edited by Curry Barker. It follows shop clerk Bear (Michael Johnston) as he makes a wish for his friend Nikki (Inde Navarrette) to fall in love with him, leading to terrifying consequences. Cooper Tomlinson, Megan Lawless, and Andy Richter appear in supporting roles.
Verity is a 2026 American erotic psychological thriller film directed by Michael Showalter, written by Nick Antosca, and based on Colleen Hoover's 2018 novel. The film stars Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson, and Josh Hartnett. Lowen Ashleigh, hired to ghostwrite for best-selling author Verity Crawford, finds the author's autobiographical notes, later becoming involved in a possible lethal conspiracy.
United States midterm election
Midterm elections in the United States are the general elections that are held near the midpoint of a president's four-year term of office, on Election Day on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. Federal offices that are up for election during the midterms include all 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives, and 33 or 34 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate.
William Evans (born (1992-01-11)January 11, 1992) is an American businessman who founded and runs Haemanthus, a diagnostics start-up based in Austin, Texas. He became the partner of Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of Theranos, in 2017. Evans is featured in the podcast The Dropout, and the television miniseries of that name.
King Kenny (internet personality)
Kenny Oghenovo Ojuederie (born 20 March 1997), better known as King Kenny, is an English social media personality and former boxer. After launching his YouTube account in 2014, which consisted mainly of vlog and prank videos, he joined the YouTube group the Beta Squad alongside four other creators on the platform. In 2026, he appeared in the second series of The Celebrity Traitors.
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.
James Dell Talarico ( TAL-ə-REE-koh, born May 17, 1989) is an American politician, Presbyterian seminary student, and educator serving since 2018 as a member of the Texas House of Representatives. He is the Democratic nominee in the 2026 U.S. Senate election in Texas. Before entering politics, Talarico was a middle school English teacher and an executive director for an education nonprofit.
2026 FIFA U-15 World Cup & Festival
The 2026 FIFA U-15 World Cup & Festival was the inaugural edition of the FIFA U-15 World Cup & Festival, an international youth football competition organised by FIFA, eligible for players born in 2011 or 2012. It was held in Baku, Azerbaijan, with matches scheduled from 24 to 30 October 2026.
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.
Nathan Joseph Fielder (born May 12, 1983) is a Canadian 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.
Bigg Boss (Hindi TV series) season 20
Bigg Boss 20, also known as Bigg Boss: Tathas-two, is the twentieth season of the Indian Hindi-language reality television series Bigg Boss. It premiered on 6 September 2026 on Colors TV and streams digitally on JioHotstar. Salman Khan is hosting the show for the seventeenth consecutive season.
Robert George Uecker ( YOO-kər; January 26, 1934 – January 16, 2025), affectionately called "Ueck", was an American professional baseball catcher and sportscaster who served as the play-by-play announcer for the Milwaukee Brewers of Major League Baseball (MLB) for 54 seasons. He was also an occasional television and film actor.
Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu (born 21 October 1949) is an Israeli politician and diplomat who has served as prime minister of Israel since 2022. Having previously held office from 1996 to 1999 and from 2009 to 2021, Netanyahu is Israel's longest-serving prime minister. Born in Tel Aviv, Netanyahu was raised in West Jerusalem and the United States.
Star Trek: Picard is an American science fiction television series created by Akiva Goldsman, Michael Chabon, Kirsten Beyer, and Alex Kurtzman for the streaming service CBS All Access (later rebranded as Paramount+). It is the eighth Star Trek series and was released from 2020 to 2023 as part of Kurtzman's expanded Star Trek Universe.
2026 World Wrestling Championships
The 2026 World Wrestling Championships is running in Astana, Kazakhstan from 24 October to 1 November 2026. The venue of the competition is Barys Arena. It is the second World Wrestling Championships hosted by Kazakhstan after the 2019 World Wrestling Championships were held in Nur-Sultan.
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.
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.
William Jesús Contreras (born December 24, 1997), nicknamed "Wild Bill", is a Venezuelan professional baseball catcher for the Milwaukee Brewers of Major League Baseball (MLB). Contreras signed with the Atlanta Braves organization in 2015, debuted in the major leagues on Opening Day 2020, and was a member of the 2021 World Series champion Braves team.
The thirteenth season of the American horror anthology television series American Horror Story, subtitled 13, takes place primarily in New York City, and follows Ben DeSoto (portrayed by Joey Pollari), a hospice caretaker suffering from triskaidekaphobia, who takes a strange job at The Apollyon, an eerie residential building inhabited by characters from seasons past.
Bryce Christopher Young (born July 25, 2001) is an American professional football quarterback for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide, where he set the school single-game passing yards record with 559 yards and won the Heisman Trophy in 2021. Young was selected first overall by the Panthers in the 2023 NFL draft.
Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia written and maintained by a community of volunteer editors, known as Wikipedians, through open collaboration and the wiki software MediaWiki. Founded by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger in 2001, Wikipedia has been hosted since 2003 by the Wikimedia Foundation, an American nonprofit organization funded mainly by donations from readers.
Brett Gareth Sylvia (born 12 September 1972) is a United States Army lieutenant general who served as the director of Strategy, Plans, and Policy of the Joint Staff from 2025 to 2026. He previously served as the commanding general of the 101st Airborne Division and Fort Campbell from 2023 to 2025, and as the vice director for strategy, plans, and policy of the Joint Staff.
On 28 October 2026 at 08:54 CET (UTC+01:00), an AVE high-speed train collided end-on with a stationary Iryo high-speed train in Los Yébenes, Toledo, on the Madrid–Seville high-speed rail line, killing at least 69 people. Both trains involved in the crash were travelling from Atocha station in Madrid to Santa Justa station in Seville.
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).
Thomas Jonathan Ossoff ( OSS-off; born February 16, 1987) is an American politician who has served as the senior United States senator from Georgia since 2021. He is the youngest incumbent U.S. senator, and a member of the Democratic Party. Raised in Metro Atlanta, Ossoff graduated from Georgetown University and the London School of Economics.
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease and is the most common cause of dementia, accounting for around 60–70% of cases. The most common early symptom is difficulty in remembering recent events. As the disease advances, symptoms can include problems with language, disorientation (including easily getting lost), mood swings, loss of motivation, self-neglect, and behavioral issues.
WhatsApp Messenger, commonly known simply as WhatsApp, is an American social media, instant messaging (IM), and Voice over IP (VoIP) service accessible via desktop and mobile app. Owned by Meta Platforms, the service allows users to send text messages, voice messages, and video messages, make voice and video calls, and share images, documents, user locations, and other content.
2026 United States Senate elections
The 2026 United States Senate elections are scheduled to be held on November 3, 2026, with 33 of the 100 seats in the Senate being contested in regular elections. In these elections, voters will elect candidates to six-year terms that begin on January 3, 2027, and expire on January 3, 2033.
Richard Norton (6 January 1950 – 30 March 2025) was an Australian martial artist, actor, stunt performer, stunt coordinator, security consultant and fight choreographer. He held a 5th dan black belt in Gōjū-ryū karate, a 6th dan black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, an 8th dan black belt in Chun Kuk Do, and a Level 6 ranking in American Kickboxing.
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.
Yaxel Okari Lendeborg (born September 30, 2002) is an American-Dominican basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was picked 11th overall in the 2026 NBA draft. Lendeborg played college basketball for the Arizona Western Matadors, UAB Blazers, and Michigan Wolverines.
On 29 July 2023, Erin Trudi Patterson murdered three of her relatives and seriously injured a fourth by serving beef wellingtons containing highly toxic death cap mushrooms, during a lunch at her home in Leongatha, Victoria, Australia. Within 24 hours, all four victims were admitted to hospital and subsequently diagnosed with severe liver failure.
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).
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 seven 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.