The first premium live event of 2026 for NXT was held at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida and featured 5 matches, 2 of which were championship bouts. Jaida Parker takes on Blake Monroe in street fight, the returning Tony D’Angelo battles DarkState’s Dion Lennox, Izzie Dame puts the NXT Women’s North American Championship on the line against Tatum Paxley, Lola Vice and the TNA KnockOuts Champion, Kelani Jordan compete in an NXT Underground match and in the main event, the NXT Championship is on the line as Joe Hendry takes the former champion, Ricky Saints.

This psychological thriller was directed by Paul Feig and is based on the 2022 novel of the same name by Freida McFadden. The film stars Sydney Sweeney, Amanda Seyfried & Brandon Sklenar. In this film, a couple hires a young woman as their housemaid to help with the family house and the children while they are away on business. However, when the woman arrives, she slowly realizes that something may be off about the woman in this family in that will lead to a deadly outcome. The film hit theaters nationwide on December 19th, 2025. In January of 2026, Lionsgate announced a possible sequel that would based on the sequel to the novel, with Feig, Sweeney & Seyfried all expressing their interest for another film.

WWE returns to Chicago, Illinois for the final stop on the Road to Wrestlemania. Both the men’s and women’s Elimination Chamber matches will determine who will the challenge the remaining champions at Wrestlemania. After Liv Morgan won the 2026 Royal Rumble and chose to challenge Stephanie Vaquer for the WWE Women’s World Championship, the women’s chamber match saw Rhea Ripley, Tiffany Stratton, Raquel Rodriguez, Asuka, Kiana James & Alexa Bliss all compete to see who would challenge the WWE Women’s Champion, Jade Cardgill. On the men’s side, Randy Orton, Cody Rhodes, Logan Paul, Trick Williams, LA Knight and Ja’Von Evans battled for a shot at the WWE Championship & Drew McIntyre. Jey Uso was originally scheduled to compete in the match but was attacked and replaced by Logan Paul. Before his big match at Wrestlemania against “The Tribal Chief” Roman Reigns, CM Punk puts the World Heavyweight Championship on the line in his hometown against Finn Balor. After 11 years, AJ Lee competes in her first championship match against the WWE Women’s Intercontinental Champion, “The Man” Becky Lynch.

This film was co written and directed by Kevin Williamson, is the 7th film in the series and serves as a direct sequel to 2023’s “Scream VI”. The film sees Neve Campbell, Courtney Cox, Jasmine Savoy Brown & Mason Gooding return to their respective roles while being joined by newcomers Isabel May, McKenna Grace, Anna Camp & Jimmy Tatro. In this film, Sydney Prescott and her daughter are hunted by the dreaded Ghostface killer from the home in Indiana to their hometown of Woodsboro but things take an unexpected turn when the killer uses familiar faces and tactics cover their identity as their kill count grows. Kevin Williamson had written the 2 films in the franchise as well as the fourth film and served as a producer throughout the franchise but never stepped into the directors role making this film the second film he’s ever directed. After the departure of the previous films cast and crew, which included stars Melissa Barrera & Jenny Ortega and the directors, Paramount had rewrite the script which also led to the return of Neve Campbell who was not in the previous film. The film hit theaters nationwide on February 25th, 2026.

This biopic was written and directed by Benny Safdie & based on the real life story of MMA fighter, “The Smashing Machine” Mark Kerr. The film stars Dwayne Johnson as Kerr alongside Emily Blunt. Current MMA Fighter Ryan Bader plays UFC legend, Mark Coleman and Bas Rutten plays himself. In this film, Mark Kerr is slowly working up the ranks of a new combat sport known as mixed martial arts, or MMA and its newly formed organization, the UFC but his career and personal life take an unexpected turn as his star begins to grow. With fame & fortune comes the dark side of sports which includes drugs and alcohol. In 2019, Dwayne Johnson had announced that he would portray Kerr in a major film but things didn’t take off until 2023 when A24 join the project. The film hit premiered at the Venice International Film Festival on September 1st, 2025 where it won the Silver Lion and hit theaters nationwide on October 3rd. Despite an underwhelming box office return, Dwayne Johnson & Emily Blunt were both nominated for Golden Globes. The film landed the streaming service, HBO Max in February 2026.

This new addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe comes to Disney+ in the form of a new super hero. The 8 episode series sees Yahya Abdul - Mateen II as the titular character while Ben Kingsley reprises his previous MCU character that was featured in 2013’s “Iron Man 3” & 2021’s “Shang-Chi: The Legend of the Ten Rings”. Due to the series settings, notable celebrities play fictional versions of themselves which include Joe Pantoliano & Josh Gad.

This spinoff series based on the video game franchise returns to Prime Video for a brand new season. Majority of the previous season return such as Ella Purnell, Walter Goggins, Aaron Moten & Kyle MacLachlan among others. All 8 episodes of season 2 are available now on Prime Video.

The 2025 NFL season comes to end with the Super Bowl which was held at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California. This year’s match up is between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots. A rematch from the Super Bowl in 2014. Apple Music presented the Halftime Show with a performance from Grammy Award winner, Bad Bunny.

This buddy cop action movie was directed by Angel Manuel Soto and stars Dave Batista, Jason Momoa, Morena Baccarin, Jacob Batalon & Temuera Morrison. In this film, 2 estranged half brothers return home to Hawaii after their father’s death but their reunion is interrupted by Yakuza gang members and now must investigate their father’s death before they become the next target. This film was involved in a major bidding war with MGM coming out as the victory and released the film on Prime Video on January 28th, 2026. The film did have a world premiere in New York City on January 15th, 2026.

The Road to Wrestlemania begins at the Royal Rumble. The first premium live event of the year was live for the first time in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 30 men and women will compete in an over the top rope battle royal a shot the WWE or World Champion of their choosing. Past winners that will make appearances in this year’s event include Cody Rhodes, Rhea Ripley, Jey USO, Bayley, Roman Reigns & Charolette Flair. Also at the event, the new WWE Champion, Drew McIntyre defends the title against Sami Zayn and “The Ring General” goes one on one with “The Phenomenal One” AJ Styles, however should Styles lose this match, he will be force to retire.