SCROLL NEWS / DISCOVERY

Search headlines

Find the stories shaping the conversation.

Search mode
Refine results
Active filters Keyword All time

Results for " become " 3,320 found 🔀 AI-powered Shuffle

Show at Union Cemetery highlights seven KC Halloween entertainment offerings

“Electric Poe” has become an annual outdoor production since Coterie created it in 2020 during the pandemic.

kansascity.com logo
Oct 12 • 3:48 PM EDT • Entertainment • kansascity.com
GOP’s Byron Donalds Courts Black Voters in Bid to Become Florida’s First Black Governor

Republican Byron Donalds, flush with campaign cash and carrying President Donald Trump’s endorsement, stands a good chance of being elected Florida’s first Black governor on Nov. 3. It just doesn’t seem that most Black voters support him. In fact, polls show that Democrat David Jolly, who is white,

usnews.com logo
Oct 12 • 2:46 PM EDT • Politics • usnews.com
As sports betting is normalized, college players become targets of angry bettors

As legalized sports betting has grown, so have bets on individual player performance rather than final scores. "Prop bets" have surged especially in college sports, shifting the focus to individual players who are increasingly targets for abuse by aggrieved bettors.

marylandmatters.org logo
Oct 12 • 2:00 PM EDT • Sports • marylandmatters.org
Is The World Ending? A Lancet Commission Says Maybe

BERLIN – As candidates to become WHO director-general squabbled in the halls of the InterContinental, a three-year effort by the Lancet on future health

healthpolicy-watch.news logo
Oct 12 • 12:57 PM EDT • Health • healthpolicy-watch.news
Edison\'s Entertainment Complex Male Athletes Of The Month: EHS Trap Team Shines With Multiple Perfect Scores In 2026 Fall Season

EDWARDSVILLE — A perfect round of 25 targets has become a recurring milestone for Edwardsville High School Trap Club members this fall as they compete

riverbender.com logo
Oct 12 • 12:03 PM EDT • Entertainment • riverbender.com
Elon Musk quietly becomes biggest known donor in midterm contests as he tries to save Republicans

Musk, the world's only trillionaire, has doled out more than $276 million since July to try to save Republican majorities in Congress.

pbs.org logo
Oct 12 • 11:56 AM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
João Gomes is exactly what Aston Villa need in midfield

João Gomes was Aston Villa's standout performer in Saturday's 2-2 draw with Brentford, and Dan Bardell believes the Brazilian is already demonstrating why he could become such an important player for Unai Emery following a summer of significant changes in midfield.

sports.yahoo.com logo
Oct 12 • 11:42 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Elon Musk quietly becomes biggest known donor in midterm contests as he tries to save Republicans

Trillionaire Elon Musk has quietly become the biggest known spender in this year’s midterm elections, doling out more than $276 million since July to try to save Republican majorities in the House and Senate

washingtonpost.com logo
Oct 12 • 10:49 AM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Is Alexander Zverev the Most Undeserving World No. 1 Ever?

Alexander Zverev is about to become the No. 1 tennis player in the world, but one slightly inconvenient statistic is attached to that achievement. He has spent most of 2026 losing whenever another Top ten player appears on the other side of the net. Following his Beijing defeat to Novak Djokovic, Zverev is 2-9 against …

sports.yahoo.com logo
Oct 12 • 10:45 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Elon Musk quietly becomes biggest known donor in midterm contests as he tries to save Republicans

Trillionaire Elon Musk has quietly become the biggest known spender in this year’s midterm elections, doling out more than $276 million since July to try to save Republican majorities in the House and Senate.

wsls.com logo
Oct 12 • 10:44 AM EDT • Politics • wsls.com
3.2K views · 23 reactions | Violent threats have become a new normal...

Violent threats have become a new normal among public officials in the U.S., reshaping private lives, costing millions in security and pushing people out of office. Our reporter Nick Corasaniti...

facebook.com logo
Oct 12 • 10:10 AM EDT • Politics • facebook.com
Henrico Business in Brief: Oct. 12, 2026

HHHunt announced a leadership transition that will take effect July 1, 2027. Buck Hunt will step down as chief executive officer and remain chairman. Chief Financial Officer Ann Kelly will become CEO, Steve Brant will become CFO, and Steve Fritz will remain chief operating officer. Clinic Properties purchased an 8,

henricocitizen.com logo
Oct 12 • 8:59 AM EDT • Business • henricocitizen.com
Intel (INTC) Fixed Its Chip Business. Can the Foundry Earn the Premium?

For years, the easy line on Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) was that it had become a fallen giant, losing ground on chip design and manufacturing at the same time. That line has aged badly. The stock now trades at a multiple usually reserved for high-flying growth names. Here’s the twist: the part of Intel that best explains […]

finance.yahoo.com logo
Oct 12 • 8:36 AM EDT • Business • finance.yahoo.com
Commentary: Democrats can become the party of business

For half a century, Republicans have worn the “party of business” label like a permanent badge — tax cuts, deregulation, tough trade talk — while Democrats have too often ceded

yakimaherald.com logo
Oct 12 • 8:30 AM EDT • Business • yakimaherald.com
Fullspan Health on Winning the AI Search Revolution

As AI becomes a primary source of health information, healthcare marketers face a new challenge: ensuring their brands appear in the answers consumers receive. | Learn how Fullspan Health is helping brands improve AI visibility, build trust and engage patients across the healthcare journey.

fiercepharma.com logo
Oct 12 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • fiercepharma.com
Can AI Become Conscious? The Science Behind A Question At NDTV World Summit

As AI consciousness becomes a subject of scientific and philosophical debate, Swami Sarvapriyananda will explore whether machines can possess a mind of their own at the NDTV World Summit 2026 on October 22.

ndtv.com logo
Oct 12 • 7:52 AM EDT • Science • ndtv.com
Tom Cruise film Digger could lose $245m at box office

The film dropped by around 60% in its second weekend, and could become one of Hollywood's biggest flops.

yahoo.com logo
Oct 12 • 7:29 AM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
“There are aliens already on Earth.” Does scientific evidence support this?

Claims that aliens are already here are everywhere, but proving them is another matter. The strongest cases become more interesting when you examine what the evidence can actually establish.

yahoo.com logo
Oct 12 • 7:26 AM EDT • Science • yahoo.com
Alt-pop songstress Julia Wolf tried to become a vampire. Plan B? Hypnotizing the internet with 'In My Room'

Grunge-pop hit 'In My Room' shot Julia Wolf to internet fame. As she embarks on tour, arriving in L.A. on Oct. 25, Wolf is 'saying the crazy stuff out loud' and reflecting on a childhood of 'Twilight'-fueled escape.

latimes.com logo
Oct 12 • 6:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • latimes.com
Inside Elon Musk’s $276 Million Midterm Rescue Mission for Republicans

The world’s richest person has quietly become by far the biggest known midterm donor, trying to save Republicans’ Senate majority with some of the largest donations in American political history.

nytimes.com logo
Oct 12 • 5:02 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Coravin Symposium gives sommeliers the business advice they need

Business events in the wine industry are thin on the ground, so when Coravin announced it was to host a day dedicated to providing commercial insights and support for sommeliers the expectations were high. Thankfully those hopes were well and truly met at a highly successful inaugural event held at London’s Savoy Hotel last week. The Buyer’s Richard Siddle was there to not only analyse what was said, but helped chair the opening session on how data is now central to how wine lists are being pulled together - which was typical of the commercially focused issues covered during this much needed and well received day. Here he shares his key takeaways from what will hopefully become an annual fixture in any leading sommelier’s diary.

the-buyer.net logo
Oct 12 • 4:02 AM EDT • Business • the-buyer.net
Unique, quirky bookstores around the world worth a visit

In an increasing digital age, it appears that physical bookstores have become more than just places to buy books. They offer something that online shopping and e-books can’t quite replicate

thederrick.com logo
Oct 12 • 4:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • thederrick.com
The Stickiness of Bonnie Blue: Online Disgust and Ahmed’s Cultural Politics of Emotions

Adult performer Bonnie Blue went viral in early 2025 after claiming to have had sex with 1,057 men in twelve hours. This article takes the online backlash against her as a case study in how disgust circulates and becomes attached to bodies. Drawing on Sara Ahmed’s (2004; 2014) accounts of affec ...

diggitmagazine.com logo
Oct 12 • 3:02 AM EDT • Politics • diggitmagazine.com
😐 Neutral (3%)
TikTok CEO sees major scientific breakthroughs from AI within three years

Chew cautioned that AI's growing capabilities would require stronger safeguards, particularly as autonomous systems become more widely adopted.

cnbc.com logo
Oct 12 • 12:24 AM EDT • Science • cnbc.com
LETTERS: Science fiction becomes reality

Who will win?

reviewjournal.com logo
Oct 12 • 12:01 AM EDT • Science • reviewjournal.com
Lauren A. Wright: ‘Corruption has become a partisan issue’ in the midterms
cnn.com logo
Oct 11 • 9:36 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Republicans want Abdul El-Sayed to be the main character of the midterms. He's happy to oblige

Michigan’s Senate race has become a battle over Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed. Republicans portray him as a dangerous radical; El-Sayed responds by traveling across Michigan and meeting voters.

michiganpublic.org logo
Oct 11 • 8:49 PM EDT • Politics • michiganpublic.org
Scientists discover vanilla’s hidden healing potential

Scientists have discovered that vanillin, the compound that gives vanilla its distinctive flavor, has powerful properties that could help fight infections, reduce inflammation, and promote wound healing. The inexpensive, widely available ingredient could one day become an important component of advanced wound treatments and regenerative medicine.

sciencedaily.com logo
Oct 11 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com
Biohacking for Better Health

Biohacking has become increasingly trendy, touting novel strategies to optimize performance, well-being, and longevity.

chicagohealthonline.com logo
Oct 11 • 6:58 PM EDT • Health • chicagohealthonline.com
Scamming Becomes $422 Billion Business With AI Assistance

Like many industries, scamming is getting an artificial intelligence-powered upgrade. That’s according to a report Saturday (Oct. 10) by Bloomberg News,

pymnts.com logo
Oct 11 • 6:46 PM EDT • Business • pymnts.com
Californians are ‘really losing sleep’ over this financial burden

Medical bills have become Californians’ top financial worry, a new survey finds, with many saying health care costs are forcing them to delay care and make painful tradeoffs.

sfchronicle.com logo
Oct 11 • 6:43 PM EDT • Health • sfchronicle.com
☹️ Negative (-11%)
wow
100%
Can you guess how much France lets you spend to become President?

French presidential spending limits put Florida’s costly campaigns in perspective.

floridapolitics.com logo
Oct 11 • 6:30 PM EDT • Politics • floridapolitics.com
China’s Nobel paradox reveals a deeper science challenge

China celebrates scientific gains, but can it become a place where top researchers freely choose to build their futures?

koreajoongangdaily.com logo
Oct 11 • 11:01 AM EDT • Science • koreajoongangdaily.com
Kylie Jenner Stars in Hulu’s 'Bachelorette Weekend'

The reality star takes on her first major scripted role as a bride whose closest friends become suspects after a deadly getaway.

yahoo.com logo
Oct 11 • 10:32 AM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
You Have the Power to Become the Master of Your Own Reality—and One Neuroscientist Knows How to Unlock It

It’s easier than you’d think—you just need one key ingredient.

popularmechanics.com logo
Oct 11 • 9:00 AM EDT • Science • popularmechanics.com
Horror is big business

The genre has become a tentpole across gaming, film, and television.

theverge.com logo
Oct 11 • 8:00 AM EDT • Business • theverge.com
Republicans want Abdul El-Sayed to be the main character of the midterms. He's happy to oblige

Michigan’s Senate race has become a battle over Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed.

clickorlando.com logo
Oct 11 • 7:25 AM EDT • Politics • clickorlando.com
Republicans want Abdul El-Sayed to be the main character of the midterms. He's happy to oblige

Michigan’s Senate race has become a battle over Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed.

news4jax.com logo
Oct 11 • 7:25 AM EDT • Politics • news4jax.com
😐 Neutral (0%)
Endemol Shine Brasil and Globo Join Forces to Co-Create Major Global Entertainment IP

Endemol Shine Brasil, part of Banijay Latin America, a leading force in Brazilian entertainment, and Globo, Latin America’s largest media company, have entered into a partnership to co-create new formats with the ambition to become the next generation of internationally successful franchises. The collaboration brings together the creative and strategic strength of Endemol Shine Brasil, […]

banijay.com logo
Oct 11 • 6:45 AM EDT • Entertainment • banijay.com
Here's when to get your flu shot

Here's what to know about common flu symptoms, why the illness can become dangerous and when to get vaccinated.

usatoday.com logo
Oct 11 • 5:07 AM EDT • Health • usatoday.com
Democrats can become the party of business

For half a century, Republicans have worn the “party of business” label like a permanent badge – tax cuts, deregulation, tough trade talk – while Democrats have too often ceded

chronicleonline.com logo
Oct 10 • 11:00 PM EDT • Business • chronicleonline.com
Trump urges Sen. John Fetterman to switch parties and become a Republican

President Donald Trump is openly encouraging Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania to switch parties and become a Republican | Newsradio 1140 WRVA

audacy.com logo
Oct 10 • 9:20 PM EDT • Politics • audacy.com
Trump urges Sen. John Fetterman to switch parties and become a Republican

President Donald Trump is openly encouraging Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania to switch parties and become a Republican.

news4jax.com logo
Oct 10 • 9:20 PM EDT • Politics • news4jax.com
☹️ Negative (-20%)
sad
100%
Trump urges Sen. John Fetterman to switch parties and become a Republican

President Donald Trump is openly encouraging Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania to switch parties and become a Republican.

wsls.com logo
Oct 10 • 9:20 PM EDT • Politics • wsls.com
😐 Neutral (0%)
angry
100%
Trump urges Sen. John Fetterman to switch parties and become a Republican

President Donald Trump is openly encouraging Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania to switch parties and become a Republican.

click2houston.com logo
Oct 10 • 9:20 PM EDT • Politics • click2houston.com
😐 Neutral (0%)
LGBTQ groups issue open letter condemning political discourse around transgender people

Transgender rights have again become a focal point in South Carolina’s U.S. Senate race after President Donald Trump used an anti-transgender slur while critici

abcnews4.com logo
Oct 10 • 5:13 PM EDT • Politics • abcnews4.com
I never knew what the C in USB-C meant until now

USB-C has become a significant part of our daily lives, and not everyone knows what the 'C' may stand for.

pocket-lint.com logo
Oct 10 • 4:00 PM EDT • Technology • pocket-lint.com
Matthew Lillard recalls thinking post-“Scream” night shoot that movie was ‘lame’ and he’d become a TV star

Around this time, he filmed a pilot that never aired.

yahoo.com logo
Oct 10 • 1:58 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Matthew Lillard recalls thinking ‘Scream’ was ‘lame’ and he’d become a TV star

Matthew Lillard recalled a late-night shoot during the making of ‘Scream,’ during which he and his castmates were discussing their upcoming TV roles.

ew.com logo
Oct 10 • 1:58 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Scientists Discover a Hidden Hydrogen Pathway That Could Transform CO2 Into Valuable Fuel

Scientists have uncovered an unexpected pathway for hydrogen transfer during catalytic CO2 conversion. A computer model designed to predict how carbon dioxide becomes useful chemicals produced a surprising error: It identified formic acid as the main product instead of methanol. When scientists expanded the model to account for thousands of previously overlooked reactions, its predictions

scitechdaily.com logo
Oct 10 • 12:19 PM EDT • Science • scitechdaily.com
Arsenal have issues to address despite Guimaraes' rescue act

Heroics and battling performances have already become a theme of Arsenal's season with Bruno Guimaraes coming to the rescue again.

sports.yahoo.com logo
Oct 10 • 11:44 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
CHOICE Arrangements: A Path to Health Coverage for Small Business Employees - Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council

An emerging alternative is gaining momentum – and the history of HSAs shows why policymakers should help it grow. By Karen Kerrigan – For most small business owners, the health insurance story is painfully the same: premiums keep climbing, choices can be limited, and providing quality coverage for employees becomes more difficult every year. According […]

sbecouncil.org logo
Oct 10 • 8:37 AM EDT • Health • sbecouncil.org
CHOICE Arrangements: A Path to Health Coverage for Small Business Employees - Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council

An emerging alternative is gaining momentum – and the history of HSAs shows why policymakers should help it grow. By Karen Kerrigan – For most small business owners, the health insurance story is painfully the same: premiums keep climbing, choices can be limited, and providing quality coverage for employees becomes more difficult every year. According […]

sbecouncil.org logo
Oct 10 • 8:37 AM EDT • Business • sbecouncil.org
According to Science, People Who Use Emojis in Texts Have Higher Emotional Intelligence

You probably do it without thinking. A thumbs-up after confirming dinner plans, a laughing face to soften a sarcastic remark, a heart slipped into a goodnight message. Emojis have become so woven into the way we text that most of us never stop to wonder what those tiny icons actually say about us. But researchers...

graziamagazine.com logo
Oct 10 • 7:30 AM EDT • Science • graziamagazine.com
6 Hobbies That Can Become Startup Ideas, From Photography to Travel

Your next business may be hiding in what you already do for fun. These hobbies can produce practical startup ideas with growing markets.

inc.com logo
Oct 10 • 7:00 AM EDT • Business • inc.com
From campground to 'bespoke village,' this St. Tammany community is now getting a grocery store

This gated community is hoping to become a “destination” north of Abita Springs. Here’s the latest on new development.

nola.com logo
Oct 10 • 5:00 AM EDT • Business • nola.com
Terms limits could help to stem the divisiveness in American politics [letter]

Tom Tillett’s Oct. 3 LNP | LancasterOnline column on town hall meetings was right to the point (“Town halls have become a casualty of the Trump era’s divisive politics”).

lancasteronline.com logo
Oct 10 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • lancasteronline.com
France's school protests are about more than broken classrooms

Students taking to the streets in France have become a focal point in the country's increasingly polarised politics.

bbc.com logo
Oct 9 • 7:24 PM EDT • Politics • bbc.com
Daytona Beach businesses deal with recurring flooding after recent rain

Recent rain is raising flooding concerns in Daytona Beach, where Fairview Avenue businesses say rising water has become a recurring issue.

mynews13.com logo
Oct 9 • 6:41 PM EDT • Business • mynews13.com
How Bishop Budde navigates politics in her preaching

So often we become fixated on how our spiritual leaders are navigating political, personal and public matters that we forget we have our own challenges in prayer.

americamagazine.org logo
Oct 9 • 4:03 PM EDT • Politics • americamagazine.org
Netflix’s Summer of Bummer

(Welcome to the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a newsletter on the entertainment industry and business strategy. I write a weekly Streaming Ratings Report and a bi-weekly strategy column, along with occasional deep dives into other topics, like today’s article. Please subscribe.) Today, I’ve got a guest post from longtime friend of the newsletter, Brandon Katz. I’ve been trying to find time all summer to look at Netflix’s straight-to-streaming film slate, but between a pre-planned trip and Nielsen moving up their streaming data timeline, I’ve been swamped. So I reached out to Brandon, one of my favorite fellow analysts, to write about it. And I feel like he captured the tone and data focus of the newsletter perfectly. You can connect with Brandon on LinkedIn and Twitter. Enjoy! Don’t worry, folks. You’re in safe hands with me. To ease any anxieties about an interloper in ESG’s domain, I’ll start by stealing one of his best framing devices: headlines. Box office flops are covered in the same way the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles eye pizza: with cartoonish insatiability. I would know. I’m a former reporter who wrote nearly identical headlines: Yet, intentionally or not, streaming misses get treated with kids gloves, filtered through a rosy lens: In the last six years, U.S. streaming viewership has become nearly as transparent as the box office, but the data often arrives weeks later, in a number of less intuitive metrics, and with nary an official budget to be found. This plays into the Wall Street-whispering narratives major streamers have been cultivating for years. They get a pass in a way that theatrical studios simply don’t. Subscribe Netflix’s Summer Slate Not a single Netflix original film released between May and August this year opened above 20 million U.S. TV hours, per Nielsen. That benchmark usually serves as the EntStrategyGuy’s floor for a streaming hit on Netflix. None of these films enjoyed a hit-cementing single week of 20-plus million hours during their runs. Netflix’s two best films were true crime docs, Maternal Instinct (16.5 million hours) and The Crash (19.7 million), the best overall week for a film this summer. Great for most other streamers, but not necessarily what we’re used to seeing from Netflix. For an overly-dramatic comparison, Happy Gilmore 2 opened last summer to around 47 million hours (celebrity cameos, baby!). Zooming out, the picture looks even worse. In 2026, Netflix’s five biggest scripted summer films posted the lowest average (28.6 million hours) and median (28.8 million hours) eight-week viewership totals of the past four years. Now, it’s unrealistic and unfair to expect Netflix to deliver a _KPop Demon Hunters-_sized hit every year. But it’s also not ideal to see the size of their hits shrinking over the last few summers. Let’s quickly run through some of the notable summer misses. Jennifer Lopez and Brett Goldstein’s perfectly fine romcom, Office Romance, fell off the charts after 20 million hours in its first two weeks. Top films usually last for four-plus weeks. Starry titles ideally don’t decay that fast either. Homegrown star Millie Bobby Brown couldn’t prevent the snappy Enola Holmes franchise from diminishing returns. At 14.3 million U.S. hours, the third film posted roughly half of what the first two films did in their first two weeks. What’s on Netflix calculated that per-day global views were down nearly 60% from the second movie. The Whisper Man did okay with more than 36 million hours over its first four weeks. But I expected a little more juice from a film featuring Robert De Niro, Michelle Monaghan, and Adam Scott. Kevin Hart’s Ladies First collected just 11.2 million hours total across two weeks. That’s a big miss for one of Netflix’s go-to stars. Plopping into the same bucket are Sunny Sandler’s Don’t Say Good Luck (10.3 million in two weeks) and John Cena’s Little Brother (17.5 million). Meanwhile, English-language originals Color Book (June 19), In the Hand of Dante (June 24) and Heartstopper Forever (July 17) never sniffed Nielsen’s Top 10 at all, despite needing only 2 to 5 million hours to land in the top ten most weeks. (By my count, eleven English-language scripted original films released between May and August did chart). It’s only fair to mention that Swapped (1-May) posted nearly 42 million U.S. hours over five weeks (the longest Netflix original run this summer) and is currently their eighth most-watched English-language film ever worldwide. Remarkably Bright Creatures (37 million, 4 weeks) and Voicemails for Isabelle (27 million, 4 weeks) weren’t bombs either. Still, overall, I think it’s fair to say this was a quieter summer season than we’re used to seeing from the market-leader. You might not realize that given the language commonly used in public analysis. The Twist Despite the starkly black-and-white tone of the coverage, here’s the twist: when many box office bombs arrive on streaming, their viewership looks a whole lot like many of Netflix’s supposedly successful summer releases. Hmm, where have we heard that one before? Masters of the Universe topped out at $65 million stateside against a $170 million budget_._ I’ll admit, Skeletor ripping sleeveless curls as a gym bro and bodyslamming Adam’s co-workers was funny. But, much to the chagrin of my bank account, my laughter doesn’t launch franchises. Yet the He-Man reboot opened to 19.6 million hours (from a Wednesday five-day opening instead of just one weekend), on par with Hoppers on Disney+ (19.4 million). It put up nearly 47 million hours over its first six weeks, bigger than all of Netflix’s summer releases. Pretty darn healthy and likely to land among the 25 most-watched movies on streaming this year. Sticking with Amazon, The Sheep Detectives just barely broke even at the box office with $133 million worldwide (and only $66 million domestic). I never expected cloven-hooved, cud-chewing mammals to be able to bring me to tears. Yet that’s exactly how I found myself at the end of this surprisingly affecting movie (#NoShame). It was likely the unexpected quality in a family-friendly film that powered its streaming over-performance. Sheep Detectives delivered a solid run for Prime video netting 26.2 million hours! How about franchise IP? Star Wars: The Mandalorian & Grogu had the lowest opening ($81 million) and lowest-grossing Disney-era live-action Star Wars film ($178 million domestic). One day before release, its Heat score (19.8%)—audiences who list their interest as a 7/7—fell behind blockbusters Wicked (21%), Superman (23%), Fantastic Four: First Steps (23%), Michael (23%), Toy Story 5 (26%) and Avatar: Fire and Ash (27%), according to Greenlight Analytics. The urgent enthusiasm just wasn’t there. On streaming, Mando opened to weeks of 12.1 million, 6.1 million and 2.7 million hours (21 million total) over its first three frames. Not the numbers Lucasfilm was hoping for nor the numbers of a streaming hit. But they’re in the same vicinity as some Netflix summer releases with $345 million at the global box office to offset a smidgen of the pain. Final Thoughts So why oh why does this nuance gap exist? Four key reasons: Data Literacy: A “$100 million opening” just makes sense. After decades of box office reporting, even casual movie fans are well-versed in the benchmarks of hits and home runs. There’s an immediate shorthand. But “16.5 million” hours doesn’t land nearly as cleanly. Despite leaps of progress, the streaming ratings era is still in its infancy compared to theatrical. The EntStrategyGuy and I met thanks to a late 2010s group chat of data nerds hungry to find a shred of certainty in nebulous streaming performance. I’m not surprised to see “No. 1 on Netflix” still getting misconstrued out in the wild. Timing: By Friday morning, we have the box office’s Thursday night previews totaled, allowing us to better project the weekend’s expectations. From there, ticket sales are reported daily. By Sunday, the film’s fate is usually finalized, at least in terms of public perception. In streaming, Nielsen recently improved its delay to…two weeks. The medium isn’t forced to contend with instant gratification as harshly. Financials: Theatrical film budgets are a mere Google away. Profit and loss is calculated in the cold and unforgiving naked light of day for all to see. But finding the vast majority of streaming exclusive movie budgets requires the forensic investigation skills of a Criminal Minds detective. Also, it’s very difficult to calculate how much revenue/value a straight-to-streaming films provides a streamer. This is why there are so few stories about streaming original movies “losing X amount of money”. On top of that, marketing budgets are far greater for theatrical movies than streaming exclusive movies, which leads to earlier and better awareness. This then translates to a wider pool of potential interest. Narrative Control: Netflix is the only major streaming service to publish weekly first-hand viewership data and annual engagement reports. Naturally, some headlines borrow their first-hand framing**.** Other streamers benefit from their comparative lack of transparency. They may occasionally announce vague performance platitudes such as Apple TV’s Mayday becoming its “biggest film debut on the platform to date over its first 18 days,” and that it ranked No. 1 with left-handed viewers in its first weekend. (Fine, I made up that second one). But, for the most part, they keep first-hand viewership shrouded in mystery to avoid bad press. Especially for outlets that demand multiple articles per day from their writers, it’s an easy (and understandable) way for some reporters to hit their daily article quota by just repeating what the streamers have told them. TL:DR version: Streaming-exclusive movies are asked to do different things than theatrical movies, but that doesn’t mean they should escape judgment. Both still need to draw enough eyeballs to justify their cost within the proper performance contexts. The more cleanly we can inject a little nuance into streaming analysis, the better we’ll understand the audience and content trends that drive this industry. And that’s what all of this is really about: knowing what audiences actually want! Brandon Katz is the Director of Insights & Content Strategy at Greenlight Analytics where he focuses on evaluating the ever-fluid media landscape to unearth understanding, opportunity and value. Greenlight Analytics is the entertainment intelligence consulting company redefining how Hollywood finds, understands, and activates audiences. Prior to joining Greenlight Analytics, he served as the senior entertainment industry strategist at Parrot Analytics, and as a full-time entertainment industry reporter covering the Xs and Os of Hollywood, most notably with TheWrap and the Observer.

entertainment.substack.com logo
Oct 9 • 3:32 PM EDT • Entertainment • entertainment.substack.com
Deep dive
😐 Neutral (13%)
wow
71%
ahah
29%
H-E-B Crowns 2026 Quest For Texas Best Winners

H‑E‑B named the winners of its 13th annual Quest for Texas Best, celebrating five standout small businesses and the Texas-made products poised to become customers’ next favorites. Selected from a record-breaking 978 entries representing more than 500 companies statewide, the five winners shared $110,000 in cash prizes, with the Grand Prize recipient earning the title of “Texas Best” and placement on H‑E‑B shelves.

texasborderbusiness.com logo
Oct 9 • 2:06 PM EDT • Business • texasborderbusiness.com
Radio commentator among inductees to hall of fame

Nigel Johnson becomes first non-athlete inducted into Stoke sporting Hall of Fame.

sports.yahoo.com logo
Oct 9 • 12:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Orioles’ cuts to business operations staff raises questions around baseball operations

This week’s layoffs across the Baltimore Orioles’ business operations, which affected more than a dozen employees, has become another self-inflicted headache for the organization.

sportsbusinessjournal.com logo
Oct 9 • 11:25 AM EDT • Business • sportsbusinessjournal.com
Eric O. Leavitt named chair of CIAB board

Eric O. Leavitt, executive chairman and CEO of Leavitt Group, will become chair of the Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers’ board of directors for 2026-2027, the association said Thursday.

businessinsurance.com logo
Oct 9 • 11:01 AM EDT • Business • businessinsurance.com
In New York governor's race, a Republican rallies with Trump and leans into his political playbook

NEW YORK (AP) — In his campaign to become the next governor of New York, Republican Bruce Blakeman has suggested Democrats might steal the election, played up fears about immigrant criminals and posted AI-generated videos depicting the state as dangerous and unaffordable.

wral.com logo
Oct 9 • 7:33 AM EDT • Politics • wral.com
In New York governor's race, a Republican rallies with Trump and leans into his political playbook

In his campaign to become the next New York governor, Republican Bruce Blakeman has suggested Democrats might steal the election, played up fears about immigrant criminals and posted AI-generated videos depicting the state as dangerous and unaffordable.

clickorlando.com logo
Oct 9 • 7:29 AM EDT • Politics • clickorlando.com
In New York governor\'s race, a Republican rallies with Trump and leans into his political playbook

In his campaign to become the next New York governor, Republican Bruce Blakeman has suggested Democrats might steal the election, played up fears about immigrant criminals and posted AI-generated videos

lancasteronline.com logo
Oct 9 • 7:29 AM EDT • Politics • lancasteronline.com
In New York governor's race, a Republican rallies with Trump and leans into his political playbook

NEW YORK (AP) — In his campaign to become the next governor of New York, Republican Bruce Blakeman has suggested Democrats might steal the election, played up fears about immigrant criminals and poste...

yahoo.com logo
Oct 9 • 7:29 AM EDT • Politics • yahoo.com
In New York governor's race, a Republican rallies with Trump and leans into his political playbook

In his campaign to become the next New York governor, Republican Bruce Blakeman has suggested Democrats might steal the election, played up fears about immigrant criminals and posted AI-generated videos depicting the state as dangerous and unaffordable.

news4jax.com logo
Oct 9 • 7:29 AM EDT • Politics • news4jax.com
In New York Governor's Race, a Republican Rallies With Trump and Leans Into His Political Playbook

NEW YORK (AP) — In his campaign to become the next governor of New York, Republican Bruce Blakeman has suggested Democrats might steal the election, played up fears about immigrant criminals and posted AI-generated videos depicting the state as dangerous and unaffordable. And on Friday night, he'll ...

usnews.com logo
Oct 9 • 7:29 AM EDT • Politics • usnews.com
A tale of two governor campaigns: Do the most vs. ‘do no harm’

Neither approach by Steve Hilton and Xavier Becerra appears to have moved the needle much in the race to become California’s next governor.

sfchronicle.com logo
Oct 9 • 7:00 AM EDT • Politics • sfchronicle.com
Dear business students, career obsession is killing your curiosity

Each year, top- and mid-tier firms have become increasingly predatory and pushed recruitment timelines earlier into our academic careers. The situation is so dire that it has become a joke among bu…

dailycampus.com logo
Oct 9 • 6:00 AM EDT • Business • dailycampus.com
‘Rocky Horror’ is a 50-year tradition of mess and chaos. This NOLA theatre does it anyway.

The theater has been hosting live screenings since before Katrina and it’s become a rite of passage for many in New Orleans, especially in the queer community. “Sometimes it just looks like a hurricane of popcorn and rice and toilet paper came through the plac. You blow it all to the front, sweep it up and move on to the next day.”

nola.com logo
Oct 9 • 5:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • nola.com
How do Spanish clubs become 'Real' or 'royal'?

The title of 'Real' is bestowed upon Spanish clubs by the country's monarchy but it has little to do with achievements on the field.

sports.yahoo.com logo
Oct 9 • 4:41 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Science center receives grant to build Easton’s first ‘green parking lot’

A space behind the Nurture Nature Center, a downtown Easton community science education center, will become the city’s first “green” parking lot after the center received a $350,000 state grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development. The project will transform the paved area behind the center into a green space that provides...

lafayettestudentnews.com logo
Oct 9 • 4:04 AM EDT • Science • lafayettestudentnews.com
This pediatrician never thought he’d see measles. Now, he treats it every day.

HERSHEY, Pa. — When Evan Shirey learned about the measles virus, it was through medical textbooks and hypotheticals. He never thought it would become...

post-gazette.com logo
Oct 9 • 4:00 AM EDT • Health • post-gazette.com
Trump presents National Medal of Science to billionaire Elon Musk and three other tech leaders

President Trump presented the National Medal of Science to Elon Musk, Sergey Brin, Jensen Huang and Lisa Su, and the technology medal to Michael Dell and Satya Nadella, at a White House science summit.

billionaires.africa logo
Oct 9 • 3:28 AM EDT • Science • billionaires.africa
Luca Casassa appointed Communications Director of F.C. Internazionale Milano S.p.A

MILANO, 8 October 2026 – Luca Casassa will become the Communications Director of F.C. Internazionale Milano S.p.A., reporting directly to President Giuseppe Marotta, effective 26 October. In his new...

sports.yahoo.com logo
Oct 9 • 2:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Photonic circuits become trainable AI hardware

Nature Computational Science - A physics-based in situ learning method is demonstrated that directly measures optical gradients with photonic integrated circuits, allowing diverse circuit...

nature.com logo
Oct 8 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • nature.com
Tottenham’s 47-Game Comeback Drought Puts Leadership Under Scrutiny

Tottenham’s inability to recover after conceding first has become a major concern as Roberto De Zerbi attempts to turn around the club’s winless Premier League start.

sports.yahoo.com logo
Oct 8 • 5:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Kraft Sports + Entertainment Unveils New JetBlue Loft at Gillette Stadium

15,000 square feet of premium hospitality space will become the new home of the Patriots Tailgate Party presented by Bud Light and a year-round private event destination.

patriots.com logo
Oct 8 • 4:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • patriots.com
Kraft Sports + Entertainment Unveils New JetBlue Loft at Gillette Stadium

15,000 square feet of premium hospitality space will become the new home of the Patriots Tailgate Party presented by Bud Light and a year-round private event destination.

patriots.com logo
Oct 8 • 4:00 PM EDT • Sports • patriots.com
U SPORTS Is Getting An NCAA Boost This Season With

With a new push to potentially limit international players in the NCAA, U SPORTS hockey will become an increasingly enticing option for Canadian players. This season, another group are making the transfer from the NCAA coming to Canada to complete their university women's hockey careers.

sports.yahoo.com logo
Oct 8 • 3:34 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Mental health expert: Seek support when daily life becomes unmanageable

Gateway Community Service Board official discusses resources ahead of World Mental Health Day

wtoc.com logo
Oct 8 • 2:36 PM EDT • Health • wtoc.com
Can Cristiano Ronaldo reach 1,000 goals without playing for Portugal?

Cristiano Ronaldo’s path to 1,000 career goals could continue even without Portugal, but the milestone would become a club-only challenge. With 21 goals still needed, the 41-year-old forward would have to rely heavily on Al-Nassr while facing a limited window before his expected retirement from professional soccer.

sports.yahoo.com logo
Oct 8 • 9:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Open science is compatible with research security, says Canada’s chief science advisor

Open science is “not incompatible” with research security and science leaders and policymakers should “demystify” the false dichotomy between the two, according to Mona Nemer, Canada’s chief science advisor. More than a decade ago, EU policymakers were promoting open science, open innovation and open collaboration across the world. It was a political movement that aimed to make scientific research, data, software, publications and methodologies transparent, accessible and reusable for everyone.But that rhetoric has changed over the past few years. After Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022 and Donald Trump came back to power in 2025, international partnerships have become more pragmatic. Countries are trying to implement protectionist policies and governments are increasingly worried about technology espionage. According to Nemer, science can remain open if the sector can come up with improved security protocols that would protect research data from undue manipulation by foreign actors. “If anybody can fiddle with the with the data, then [open science] is actually quite dangerous and quite useless,” she told Science|Business. Universities and research institutions are increasingly vulnerable to attempted espionage and other types of foreign interference. In September, the UK’s domestic counter-intelligence service MI5 issued a security warning against collaborations with the China General Technology Research Institute. And earlier this year, Germany’s Helmholtz Center for Information Security was criticised by federal research minister Dorothee Bär, who told a parliamentary hearing that “existing rules and systems” at the institute “were not suitable” for preventing leaks to China. According to Nemer, universities and research institutions should perhaps follow the example of the private sector, as companies have been able to safeguard their research while still publishing results. “I think that there is a level of research security hygiene that researchers and institutions need to just adopt,” she said. “You don't have to tell Sanofi or IBM how to safeguard their research, which they end up publishing anyway.”While certain areas of research will not be open for collaboration with certain partners, in other areas cooperation is necessary even with researchers based in adversarial countries. “I stress this because politics change,” she said. “Science and politics don't make for good fellows, and whether we like it or not, politics will influence certain things.”Researchers will play an important role in “protecting the integrity of science,” said Nemer. “I think that it's time that there's a commitment to a certain scientific compact, so that citizens don't think that science is actually an open door for espionage and for anti-nationalism.”New partnershipsNemer spoke with Science|Business on the margins of the Hamburg Science Summit on September 17, the day when Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney called for increased cooperation with the EU, including in science and technology. Canada is looking to strengthen ties with partners in other corners of the world, after the Trump administration threatened to put tariffs on Canadian goods and services and even openly suggested Canada could become the 51st state. In parallel, the US government has indicated it wants to retreat from international science projects, including US collaboration with Europe’s CERN particle accelerator and other big science labs.Related articlesThe stats we need to better understand R&DCanada looks to deepen research and education links with the EUCan researchers trust that AI models won’t leak their ideas?Nemer said the US is still a science “powerhouse,” but Canada and Europe will have to work closely together on global challenges. “It’s important for both [sides], but I think it's also important for the rest of the world, because the cut in funding for development, in health, in regions like Africa and other places, have dramatic effects.” The Trump administration is also planning a review of the Nelson memo, a Biden-era document that mandated that results of federally funded research would be openly available. With that idea being called into question, Nemer said it could be “very disruptive” to scientific collaborations and could jeopardise research on climate change, the Arctic and global health. “When your collaborator suddenly tells you I'm not going to share the data with you as a researcher, if this happens, I think it's very worrisome,” she said. “I'm certainly hoping that a lot of the Canadian institutions, funders, researchers, have started looking at joining forces on databases and using more European research infrastructures,” Nemer added.

sciencebusiness.net logo
Oct 8 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencebusiness.net
WVU Legend Pat McAfee Nearly Returned to NFL After Retirement

The West Virginia Mountaineers football legend Pat McAfee has become one of the biggest personalities in sports media since retiring from the NFL. However, former Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians recently revealed that McAfee nearly added another unexpected chapter to his professional football career.McAfee retired in 2017 following eight seasons with the Indianapolis […] The post WVU Legend Pat McAfee Nearly Returned to NFL After Retirement appeared first on HEAVY.

sports.yahoo.com logo
Oct 8 • 4:27 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
The Math Singularity Is Here, and Science May Be Next

OpenAI has released an extraordinary body of mathematical work produced by an unreleased frontier model: 722 manuscripts spanning 372 research families across fields including number theory, complexity theory, and mathematical physics. Each result required, on average, the equivalent of roughly three hours of ChatGPT Pro reasoning. A New Era of Discovery We may be witnessing the beginnings of a “math singularity”: a point at which machine-generated discovery accelerates beyond humanity’s ability to independently reproduce, verify, or fully absorb it. If frontier models can generate hundreds of meaningful results in the time it takes a human researcher to investigate one, the constraint will no longer be producing new mathematics. It will be our capacity to validate, interpret, and integrate it. This does not make mathematicians obsolete. It changes their role. They may increasingly serve as guides, critics, and meaning-makers. Increasingly, they will decide which questions matter, determining which results can be trusted, and explaining why they are important. Mathematical insight may become abundant, while human judgment becomes more valuable than ever. Mathematics May Be Only the Beginning Every scientific discipline could eventually experience a similar acceleration. AI systems could generate and test hypotheses, connect findings across specialized fields, and explore possibilities at a scale no human research community could match. In medicine, imagine models identifying overlooked disease mechanisms, designing drugs and clinical trials, personalizing treatments, or discovering cures in months rather than decades. In materials science, AI could help create better batteries and cleaner industrial processes. In climate science, it could accelerate advances in energy, forecasting, and carbon removal. In biology, it could uncover relationships hidden across enormous genomic and molecular datasets. The result would not simply be faster research. It could expand the frontier of what is scientifically possible. The New Bottleneck Scientific discovery, however, is not the same as scientific progress. A medical breakthrough must still survive laboratory testing, clinical trials, regulatory scrutiny, manufacturing constraints, and real-world deployment. As machine-generated ideas multiply, the bottleneck may shift from producing breakthroughs to validating them safely and translating them into practice. We may soon have more hypotheses than laboratories can test, more drugs than clinical trials can evaluate, and more mathematical results than experts can review. That imbalance will require better systems for automated verification, reproducible research, prioritization, peer review, and collaboration between AI and domain experts. The importance of OpenAI’s work is not merely the number of manuscripts produced. It offers a glimpse of a world in which intelligence can explore thousands of intellectual paths in parallel. If ideas cease to be scarce, humanity’s defining challenge will be deciding which are true, which matter, and how to turn them into progress. The math singularity is not the end of human inquiry. It is the beginning of a new kind—one in which machines expand the frontier of knowledge and humans decide where it should lead. Subscribe Share Leave a comment

douglevin.substack.com logo
Oct 8 • 4:22 AM EDT • Science • douglevin.substack.com
😐 Neutral (16%)
ahah
65%
wow
35%
When your friend becomes your first mental health lifeline

When mental-health support feels out of reach, people often turn to friends. In Kenya, Mental 360 trains young people to listen, offer psychological first aid, and connect people to professional care.

dw.com logo
Oct 8 • 4:07 AM EDT • Health • dw.com
😐 Neutral (7%)
love
100%
Colorado’s girls deserve same sporting lessons I had

I learned to swim at the Piney Creek Pool in Centennial. I was a kid chasing the girl in the next lane, with no idea that water was about to become my classroom. That pool led me to Smoky Hill High School, where I won back-to-back state championships in the 200 individual medley and set […]

coloradopolitics.com logo
Oct 8 • 2:45 AM EDT • Politics • coloradopolitics.com
Golden State Valkyries become first women’s sports team to top $100m in annual revenue

The second-year WNBA franchise have become the first women’s professional sports team to surpass $100m in annual revenue, according to Sportico

theguardian.com logo
Oct 8 • 12:23 AM EDT • Sports • theguardian.com
Deep dive
😐 Neutral (16%)
love
77%
wow
23%
California Could Become First State to Ban Quartz Countertop Production Amid Health Concerns

California could soon become the first state to ban quartz countertops amid mounting health concerns. California’s Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board is expected to pass a ban as emergency regulation this October, after a rising number of workers have developed silicosis and other lung illnesses.

people.com logo
Oct 8 • 12:00 AM EDT • Health • people.com
Who Won August and September: Original Films or Franchises?

(Welcome to the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a newsletter on the entertainment industry and business strategy. I write a weekly Streaming Ratings Report and a bi-weekly strategy column, along with occasional deep dives into other topics, like today’s article. Please subscribe.) I just heard someone say that if you’re reading a pundit or data analyst, and they don’t tell you that they got anything wrong, they’re not a pundit but an “influencer”. I agree with that. You have to tell your audience when you get things wrong, or they won’t (or shouldn’t) trust you as much. Today, we’ve got another edition of “What I Got Right, What I Got Wrong”. In general, I’m patting myself on the back (and patting very hard) about a few things like IP at the box office, LIV golf, horror films, crowdfunding movies, superheroes, and old people going to the theaters. That said, I also made a couple of data mistakes on the streaming bubble popping and HBO’s datecdotes, so I’m not perfect. But first, I need your feedback... Subscribe Follow-Ups: What Should We Call Mid-Budget Movies Which Aren’t Cinematic Enough for Theaters But Are Too Expensive to Make Money on Streaming? After I asked for feedback on what we should call straight-to-streaming films that are too big to pencil out on streaming but not really big enough to resonate in theaters, I got some great suggestions from you all, including... “Moldilocks” from John Aboud “Little Big Indie” from Travis Frick1 “Midflicks” from Jonathan Funke. “Extra-Medium” from Jona Nwuke. (Read the explanation in the footnote.) Between these and Brandon Katz—who suggested “Bermuda Budget Triangle”, “The Platform Gap” and “The Distribution Deadzone”—we’ve got some excellent suggestions. And they’re better than my suggestion, the “Streaming Budget Dead Zone”, so let’s take a poll! The winning entry becomes the new term. Loading... RIGHT: LIV Golf is Fully Bankrupt…Is Anyone Else Next? A few years ago, I was always a bit perplexed at all the articles I’d read praising LIV Golf and their strategy to disrupt the PGA. LIV Golf, a brand new professional golf league, offered PGA stars ten times what they made on the PGA Tour to join their new league. And folks praised this strategy for its initial “success” in that a lot of big names did indeed leave the PGA. Yeah, of course the players came over. LIV Golf paid them so, so, so much more! But LIV Golf hadn’t discovered a way to increase potential revenue. So think about this in basic business terms… They paid much more in costs… …but had no real way to increase revenue. That’s not a strategy! That’s deficit financing. It won’t work unless you bankrupt the competition (and then turn around and pay those same golfers much, much less). It’s not a sustainable strategy and only lasts as long as the company/person/nation backing it decides they’re cool with losing money. For LIV Golf, that meant Middle East oil wealth, in particular Saudi Arabian money. Clearly, the current Iran War has hurt Middle East finances, so they need to trim their more exorbitant spending. And LIV Golf was part of that trimming. This should be a major warning for others. TGL’s parent company, TMRW Sports, just got a $1 billion valuation, despite TGL’s (the indoor golf league) horrible TV viewership of less than half a million viewers per match. Unrivaled, the women’s basketball league, just secured a $650 valuation, despite its horrible TV viewership and a new rival (Project B) entering the scene next year. To relate this to streaming, Hollywood should ask which streamers may have wealthy patrons funding their losses. (Let’s be clear: Google, Amazon and Apple.) Could those patrons lose their appetite? For Amazon, probably not. But Apple has a new boss, so maybe! WRONG: My Analysis of the Streaming Bubble Was Missing a Week I’m going to be congratulating myself a lot today, but I make mistakes too, like this data goof. When I last compiled the data on the decline in TV shows, I was missing one week at the end of June. If you look at the first image, you can see that one week was mislabelled as “July”. Mainly, this image got updated to show a 27% decline, not 29%: This change doesn’t really impact the overall analysis, but it is two percent better. By the way, through the third quarter, the decline increased and it’s now a 30% decrease since 2022. (I’ll write/visualize this in an upcoming article.) But I want you to trust me and my data. Especially these days, when many people are using LLMs that I know are inserting faulty data into their charts, I want to keep earning my audience’s faith. So that’s the accurate data. RIGHT: IP Remains Very, Very Popular In July, I wrote a giant (and I mean giant) article on Backrooms, Obsession, and the box office, going over what we know, what we don’t know about what works in theaters, looking at YouTubers, IP, the horror genre, comic book movies, and a whole lot more. The month of August really tested a lot of my theses and, being honest, mostly supported my arguments. Let’s start with IP. Looking at 8-Aug (the weekend after Spider-Man: Brand New Day came out) to 18-Sep (the weekend that Resident Evil came out, which I think provides a nice bookend to this time period), there were seven films based on pre-existing IP: Resident Evil (2026) ($126 million) Practical Magic 2 ($65 million) _Insidious: Out of the Furthe_r ($65 million) Coyote Vs. Acme ($59 million) Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie ($53 million) Tony ($15 million) Super Troopers 3 ($7 million) Compare those to the notable original films from the past month—I actually could have included more movies, but here are just thirteen, bringing us to an even twenty films—including.... The End of Oak Street ($54 million) Buddy ($26 million) Mutiny ($15 million) By Any Means ($15 million) The Dog Stars ($14 million) Runner ($14 million) One Night Only ($11 million) Hope ($8 million) Spa Weekend ($7 million) The Uprising ($6 million) Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma ($6 million) Onslaught ($3 million) Eli Roth’s Ice Cream Man ($2.8 million) Here’s that in chart form: Five of the top six films in this time period were all based on IP. I made a big chart of films that grossed over $200 million at the box office before Spider-Man: Brand New Day and The Odyssey hit theaters. Let’s update that chart! By the way, if you want to see how I categorized each film—so another bar chart—here it is: I know that many of my fellow critics/pundits/analysts dislike films based on IP and how Hollywood is making so many of them. And I’m sympathetic to this point of view. As I’ve written many, many times before, you need a balance between existing franchises, new IP, and original films. And Hollywood clearly needs to make more films like Resident Evil (a well-made film from a visionary director) and fewer Practical Magic 2’s (which didn’t get critical or customer buzz). But at some point, critics and pundits need to contend with what audiences are telling them: Movie-goers aren’t showing up to original films. Audiences are speaking with their dollars, telling you they want more IP and franchises. You can try to convince studio heads to make fewer IP-based films and franchises, but the data and numbers aren’t there. Instead, critics need to work harder to convince audiences to show up for original films. Aim your ire/concern at the average person, not studio heads.2 Because they’re just making the films that audiences are telling them to make. WRONG: Original Horror Films Didn’t Break Out I’ll be honest, even though I wrote an article casting some skepticism on the horror genre in July, if you asked me to make a prediction, I would have predicted that, in August, a new, original horror film would have blown up. No, seriously, I just assumed that Obsession and Backrooms presaged a change in audience behavior. But none of the buzzy new original horror films from August—Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, Onslaught (not an action film in spite of the ads), The End of Oak Street, Eli Roth’s Ice Cream Man, or _Buddy—_broke out. To be clear, exactly one of those films (Buddy) had good “ROI”, but again—I try to be specific in my language—none were “popular” in any broad sense of the word. None of them will be “saving” movies theaters like Backrooms or _Obsession_helped save the summer. The new Insidious film and Resident Evil, both based on IP, were far and away the biggest horror films since July. (We’ll see if this changes in October/Halloween season.) RIGHT: Stay Skeptical about Crowdfunding... I’ve long been skeptical about crowd-investing platforms as one of Hollywood’s saviors, mainly because there’s so much hype/buzz. People need to stay more skeptical about more things, explaining both the potential upside but also the downsides. In particular, the media often hypes crowdfunding at the start and never checks in on the actual results after they’ve come in later. And August gave us our first update! _Ice Cream Man—_directed by Eli Roth—grossed $6 million off of a $5.5 million budget. This is a production of The Horror Section, which was one of the first “crowd investing” studios with 2,400 investors, which means that 2,400 investors probably lost money. They certainly aren’t getting as great of returns as if they had just invested their dollars in the stock market. Hopefully Stiletto (Tagline: “Someone’s Going to Make it Rain Blood!”) does better next month. WRONG: Another Data Goof Here’s another data error. When the first episode of House of the Dragon came out, HBO put out that it had 21.5 million viewers in the first three days, and I read that to mean in the US…but no, it was global. So my US-only datecdotes charts shouldn’t have included it. We never got US-only numbers for the first episode, but for the final episode, HBO put out that it had 11 million US viewers. (And that global dropped to 21 million viewers.) Here’s the updated chart (which I’ve since used in the Streaming Ratings Report): Still, this show is absolutely huge. RIGHT: Superhero Films Remain Very, Very Popular After Supergirl flopped, I read a few takes that “comic book movies are going the way of the Western”. Post-Spider-Man: Brand New Day, that take didn’t age well. To be fair, I have a very nuanced take on the superhero genre right now; it’s down right now, for a lot of reasons. But it’s not “dead”. Maybe _Spider-_Man is just a really popular character? I saw that take, and it’s a fair counter-argument. (But pundits arguing that superhero movies were dead should have mentioned this $1.5 billion counter-argument…) But is it just Spider-Man? The next Avengers film already has $50 million in pre-sales (and I was skeptical that that film would do well) and the Avengers: End Game re-release topped the box office two weekends ago (over three original films). And I wouldn’t bet against Batman or Superman. So maybe it’s just Spider-Man, Batman, Superman and the Avengers. Oh, and Deadpool, of course. And Black Panther. And Wolverine. And probably the X-Men. Plus a well-made Wonder Woman or the Hulk film could break out. But that’s it! It’s just those ten characters/teams. Oh, what’s that? Lanterns is also doing well on HBO? (See previous section…) To be fair, I’m actually pretty sympathetic to the argument that more popular characters—like Spider-Man and Batman—anchor more popular films. In fact, I made that exact argument three years ago when I first wrote about the “Marvel-cession”. In many ways, you can blame The Guardians of the Galaxy for fooling Marvel Studios (and the rest of us) into believing that any character could pop. It turns out, the list of iconic characters is probably smaller than most people think. But it’s probably too early to say that superhero films and comic book movies are dead unless “death” means a slight decline over a longtime. RIGHT: Who Killed Theaters? Old People I get frustrated whenever I see headlines or analysis about how young people are “returning” to theaters. As I’ve detailed(for years), young people have always powered the US box office, despite narratives about “kids these days” and their “phones”. Really, what’s changed post-2020/pandemic is that old people aren’t going to the movies nearly as much. This summer, I saw a movie (from an older director) in a theater near a retirement community, and multiple older people at the theater were talking about how this was their first time seeing a movie in years. I dislike personal anecdotes, so YouGov can fill in the data, best summarized by this headline: “Who killed movie theaters? Not the youths”. According to them, 64% of people aged 18-29 have seen a movie in the last year, but only 30% of 65-and-older. 20% of 18-29 have seen a movie in theaters in the last week and 42% in the last month. Here’s the polling data: Most concerning? Many Americans (17%) think theaters are a worse or much worse experience than watching films at home. Slight WRONG: Hadestown Opens Big A live theater capture of the Broadway musical, Hadestown, made $20 million at the US box office, which begs the question: was I wrong to be skeptical about musicals a few years ago? Yes and no. On the one hand, $20 million is a far cry from being “popular”, so yeah, the genre isn’t that popular overall and Hadestown is one of the more popular musicals from recent years (i.e. the “Taylor Swift Data Fallacy” in action). On the other, I doubt filming this cost all that much, and I don’t think that they spent much on marketing, so this is a good source of ancillary revenue. Smaller Updates WRONG: As I mentioned in a Streaming Ratings Report, I underestimated the budget for Enola Holmes 3. It probably cost more like $50 million, if not more. But... I’m not sure that it really matters? At sub-10 million hours, prices have to come down to make this work. WRONG: Netflix is giving Ink a 27-day in theaters! To quote the kids/YouTubers these days, let’s go! Now I might actually have a chance to see Danny Boyle’s latest in theaters. I’d complained about this in a “Coming Soon” section, but I was heartened to read that Netflix is giving multiple films longer theatrical windows this year. RIGHT: Netflix is sending 4-5 films per year to theaters. Netflix is slowly but surely sending more and more films to theaters, as I cautiously predicted earlier this year. For now, it’s just three big films and a number of awards contenders, but still, this is great news. And they’ll be releasing box office grosses! Just this week, Ted Sarandos confirmed that KPop Demon Hunters 2 will come to theaters (and my guess is it performs in the box office top ten at a minimum). WRONG: Angel has 3 million subscribers! How do I know this? Well, they told Deadline, who reported it. I marked this as “wrong”, since they’ve doubled their subscribers in one year but, you know, they don’t really have a hit film to speak of and they’re still losing money. WRONG: Furious was only renewed for one more season. I accidentally wrote “two more seasons” in my latest “Renewals, Cancellations, Un-Orders and Removals Update”. RIGHT: House of David is ending with its third season. In July, Prime Video renewed House of David for a third season, as I just wrote in my latest “Renewals and Cancellations” report. Well, now it’s ending after that third season. Why? As I’ve been writing, its viewership wasn’t great. I got feedback that this show didn’t cost very much, but it cost enough that its limited viewership didn’t save it. WRONG: Adults was a Hulu original! So I missed Adults when it first came out last year; I saw that it aired on FX and just assumed that it was a linear-first program. Turns out, it aired three episodes on FX, but binge-released the rest of its episodes the next day on Hulu. Huh. So I should have covered it last year! But I just wrote about it. 1 “When I was a kid in the 90s, if you wore a t-shirt to school that wasn’t too big and also wasn’t too small, but somehow didn’t quite fit, we’d say you were wearing an “extra-medium” shirt.” 2 As always, a huge exception is Disney, which barely makes anything original anymore.

entertainment.substack.com logo
Oct 7 • 6:41 PM EDT • Entertainment • entertainment.substack.com
General Dynamics names next CEO, as Novakovic becomes exec chairman

Phebe Novakovic, General Dynamics' longtime CEO, will transition to executive chairman on Jan. 1, 2027, as President Danny Deep becomes the Fortune 500 aerospace and defense contractor's next leader, the Reston-based company announced Wednesday.

virginiabusiness.com logo
Oct 7 • 5:13 PM EDT • Business • virginiabusiness.com
Baptist Health, Seale Harris Clinic Named Lead Tenants at Riverwalk Health Center

Baptist Health and Seale Harris Clinic have signed leases to become lead tenants at the planned Riverwalk Health & Wellness Center in Hoover, with the facility

abc3340.com logo
Oct 7 • 4:41 PM EDT • Health • abc3340.com
The evolution of sports analytics: A Q&A with UNC Charlotte expert Michael Schuckers

The field of sports analytics continues to become increasingly important across all sports. From the court to the turf, UNC Charlotte students are getting hands-on experience and helping teams make winning decisions. Michael Schuckers, a professor in the School of Data Science, has extensive experience in sports analytics, consulting for teams in the National Hockey […]

inside.charlotte.edu logo
Oct 7 • 3:59 PM EDT • Sports • inside.charlotte.edu
This is what the 2026 Nobel prize for chemistry is all about

The Nobel prize in chemistry 2026 has been awarded to two scientists, Henri B Kagan at Paris-Sud University in France and Kensō Soai at Tokyo University of Science in Japan. Their discoveries showed how chemical reactions can produce an overwhelming excess of one of two mirror image forms of a molecule. Science journalist Linda Geddes tells Madeleine Finlay how this has become an important tool in drug development, allowing a greater understanding of how medicines work in the body

theguardian.com logo
Oct 7 • 2:28 PM EDT • Science • theguardian.com
Anta Sports officially becomes largest Puma shareholder

The Chinese sports giant finalized its acquisition of a roughly 29% stake in the athletics brand for about $1.7 billion.

finance.yahoo.com logo
Oct 7 • 11:23 AM EDT • Sports • finance.yahoo.com
In Iran, music is far more than entertainment as the regime seeks to use it as a political tool

Iranian authorities are trying to persuade prominent singers in exile to return home. While the state seeks to harness music as a political tool, music has also become a powerful expression of dissent and resistance.

dw.com logo
Oct 7 • 10:58 AM EDT • Entertainment • dw.com