Taylor Swift announced “The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore” on September 23, 2026: four new tracks, out Friday, September 25, a year after she told fans no more songs were coming.
Converse apologized and removed an image from its Chuck 70 X campaign with aespa's Karina after users said its lighting evoked Klan and lynching imagery. Snopes rated the claim true on September 18.
Celine Dion opened a 16-show residency at Paris La Defense Arena in Nanterre on September 12, 2026 - her first full-length concert in six years and her first large-scale return since disclosing a Stiff Person Syndrome diagnosis in December 2022.
The actor who voiced Optimus Prime for nearly 40 years, and also gave voice to Eeyore and Monterey Jack, has died at his Los Angeles home, his family says.