Spider-Man extends box-office dominance as KPop Demon Hunters faces a trademark fight

Entertainment news today is led by Tim Curry’s death at 80, while studios and platforms keep leaning on durable IP: DC’s next Superman film has wrapped, Rupert Grint is returning to Ron Weasley on Broadway, HBO and Disney+ are packaging music legacies, and Taipei’s live-event calendar is filling fast.

Today's entertainment landscape is defined by a major casting reveal for the Harry Potter TV series and a dramatic fire incident at a movie premiere in Taipei, alongside record-shattering box office performance.

The entertainment agenda is led by the death of Dolly Parton at 80 and the global tributes to a career spanning music, film, Broadway and philanthropy. Around that memorial moment, the industry is also redrawing rules for AI-made music, locking in major streaming talent deals, reviving familiar screen franchises and leaning harder into live pop experiences.

Culture stories today converge on who gets represented and who cares for memory: Indigenous artists are reshaping institutions in Taiwan and Phoenix, a U.S. embassy artwork has become a political flashpoint, and museums, language projects and photography are reframing heritage as a living public responsibility.

Today the global cultural community bids farewell to a master. The passing of Sliman Mansour, the 'father of Palestinian art', marks the end of an era where art, land, and identity were deeply intertwined. Simultaneously, the art world continues to grapple with authoritarian politics, state governance, and the reshaping of museums, from shocking revelations by a former Pussy Riot member to major leadership appointments in the UK.