Daily Recap: Entertainment — 13 October 2026

Entertainment news is driven by franchise recycling and legacy-building, with studios reviving familiar titles for streaming while cultural institutions revisit influential figures and complicated reputations. Alongside that nostalgia push, the day also brings a notable industry...

Hulu gives Ryan Coogler’s reboot of The X-Files a full series order, moving the project from development into production as a new ongoing streaming series. The order revives one of television’s defining sci-fi properties and signals another major attempt to refresh a 1990s franchise for a new audience.

HBO confirms a limited revival of Girls, bringing Lena Dunham’s comedy back roughly a decade after its finale. The return is set as a five-episode event, with production due to begin next year and the new run scheduled to air in 2027, extending another influential 2010s series into the streaming era.

The BBC commissions a two-part documentary on J.K. Rowling that will examine both her life and her contested public legacy. Titled J.K. Rowling, the series plans to trace her rise through Harry Potter and use her career and influence to explore wider social, political and technological shifts over recent decades.

Lucian Piane, the producer, songwriter and recurring RuPaul’s Drag Race guest, dies at 46. His death is recorded by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner after he was struck by a vehicle in Glendale, California, marking the loss of a musician closely associated with one of reality television’s most influential franchises.

Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse opens to broadly strong reviews, with critics praising its gothic visual style and sharp, fast-moving combat. Early reaction highlights memorable boss fights and monster encounters, while some reviewers are less convinced by the game’s Metroidvania depth, leaving the overall response positive but not unqualified.

Peacock’s Crystal Lake, a Friday the 13th prequel centered on Linda Cardellini’s Pam Voorhees, draws mixed to positive reviews. Critics point to its gore and ambition in reworking franchise mythology, while Cardellini’s performance emerges as the clearest point of consensus and the element most often singled out for praise.

Princess Eugenie marks her eighth wedding anniversary by posting a home video featuring Jack Brooksbank and their two-month-old daughter, Adelaide. The clip shows Brooksbank holding and rocking the baby, and Eugenie pairs it with a warm tribute that thanks him as both a partner and father.

Mark Zuckerberg becomes a fresh target for internet mockery after an awkward Guinness tasting on the Cheeky Pint podcast goes viral. A clip of his strained facial reaction spreads widely online, turning a brief pub segment into a familiar social-media spectacle built around discomfort and memes.