Daily Recap: Entertainment — 9 October 2026

Entertainment news is driven by change at both franchise and institution level, with studios extending proven worlds while major music and fashion names confront abrupt transitions. The day also brings a mix of health concerns, career turning points and public responses to the pr...

Paramount+ expands the Avatar universe by renewing Avatar: Seven Havens for Books 3 and 4 and unveiling a new Kuruk series. The announcement at New York Comic Con 2026 signals a larger push around the franchise, with co-creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko presenting the next phase as the current run of Seven Havens continues streaming.

Anthony Vaccarello is leaving Saint Laurent after about a decade as creative director, ending a run that shaped the label’s contemporary identity. His departure follows weeks of speculation and marks a significant shift for one of fashion’s biggest houses, raising fresh questions about succession and the next creative direction of the brand.

Judas Priest bassist Ian Hill is retiring after roughly 56 years with the band, stepping away as its longest-serving member because of worsening arthritis. His exit closes a remarkable stretch with one of heavy metal’s defining groups and removes one of the last continuous links to the band’s earliest era.

Journey drummer Deen Castronovo is hospitalized after a medical emergency during the band’s concert in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He is helped offstage about two songs into the set, abruptly halting his performance and prompting immediate concern around the veteran musician’s condition during the show at the BOK Center.

Ed Sheeran reshapes the support lineup for his Loop tour after Macklemore is removed and several former opening acts step away in solidarity. Isaac Slade is among the newly announced performers, giving the tour a revised bill as Sheeran moves to stabilize the live schedule ahead of upcoming dates.

Katrina Kaif is urging audiences to push back against online trolling after describing the body-shaming she faced postpartum. Speaking at a Kay Beauty anniversary event in London, she says she would have been paralysed by fear if she had let social media criticism control her choices after becoming a mother.

Gromit is set to speak for the first time in an audiobook version of his autobiography, ending nearly 37 years of on-screen silence for the Aardman character. Martin Freeman will provide the voice, turning a long-running joke about Gromit’s muteness into a new performance format for the beloved franchise figure.

Strictly Come Dancing professional Katya Jones says she seriously considered leaving the show after last year’s quarter-final elimination with celebrity partner Lewis Cope. She describes the loss as heartbreaking and says missing a place in the final left her shocked and hurt during a difficult moment in her long run on the series.