Culture

Nick Frost says Tarantino has pictures of him in his cinema

Nick Frost says Quentin Tarantino has pictures of him up in the foyer of his cinema and that he has seen them, because Tarantino and Edgar Wright became friends. Frost told the Guardian that Tarantino “loves Ed” from Shaun of the Dead and that he is amazed to find his

Culture

Black Ops 7 Season 2 adds nine maps, revives Titanfall's Smart Pistol

Polygon reports Treyarch is rolling out a major update for Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 with Season 2 and a mid-season “Season 2 Reloaded,” bringing a large slate of new content across multiplayer, Endgame, Zombies and Warzone. The multiplayer side will gain nine maps across the launch and mid-season

Culture

World of Warcraft adds Prop Hunt-inspired Decor Duel in patch 12.0.5

Blizzard announced a Prop Hunt-style mode for World of Warcraft called Decor Duel during today’s State of Azeroth broadcast, with director Ion Hazzikostas calling it a "Prop Hunt-inspired event." The mode is set to arrive as part of patch 12.0.5 and will hit the PTR

Tech

Anker Steam Deck docking station drops to $30 after 10% discount

Kotaku reports Anker’s Steam Deck docking station is currently discounted by 10%, cutting the usual $33 price to $30 for a short time. The dock lets the Steam Deck output to an external display at up to 4K resolution and 60Hz over its HDMI port, a step up from

Culture

Monarch Season 2: 7 monsters MovieWeb wants to add, from Behemoth to a Kraken

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters Season 2 is reportedly looming and is teasing mysterious new titans — the series will expand the MonsterVerse history, fill the five-year jump between Godzilla and Godzilla: King of the Monsters, and bring in Kong and Skull Island material, MovieWeb says. The piece notes that while icons

Culture

Bridgerton season 4: What 'rake', 'on the shelf' and 'lady‑in‑waiting' mean

Bridgerton season 4 part 1 premiered on Netflix on Jan. 29, returning the Regency‑era drama and introducing viewers to a fresh batch of period terms used across the new episodes. Showrunner Jess Brownell told Write On: A Screenwriting Podcast in May 2024 that she approaches a period drama much

Tech

OpenAI in talks to raise as much as $100 billion, could be valued at $750 billion

OpenAI is in talks with tech giants and Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds to raise as much as $100 billion in a new funding round that could value the company at $750 billion or more, the New York Times reported on Jan. 29, 2026. The discussions, which the Times said

Crypto

Gold and silver hit record highs — Bitcoin rotation could follow in about 6 months

Gold and silver extended record-breaking rallies, with gold reaching $5,597 per ounce and silver climbing to about $119.3 in early Asian trading, as capital and retail attention shift from crypto toward precious metals, BeInCrypto reported. Gold rose 2.6% over the past day to hit $5,597, while

Culture

Kill Bill: Vol. 1 tops Collider’s list of the 10 fastest-paced action movies

Collider published a ranking on Jan. 29, 2026, listing the 10 fastest-paced action movies of all time in an article by Jeremy; Kill Bill: Vol. 1 is named the No. 1 fastest-paced film. Collider says Kill Bill: Vol. 1 benefits from being almost all style and action, with much of

Sports

Lucas Paqueta completes £36m return to Flamengo, says 'I needed Flamengo'

Lucas Paqueta has completed his switch from West Ham to Flamengo in a £36 million ($50m) transfer, and on Jan 29, 2026 he admitted he "needed Flamengo" after sealing the move. Paqueta had been linked with a return to Flamengo earlier this season and said his desire to

Culture

Alleged Tao 'poop-tosser' Ariel Roman confronts server at Brooklyn restaurant; owner says business hurt

Ariel Roman — a former hostess arrested in 2024 after allegedly throwing feces into Tao’s koi pond and later sued by the restaurant — posted a TikTok on Jan. 18 showing her confronting a man at Williamsburg spot The Sparrow, captioning the clip: “Serving my… ex with a six-figure lawsuit at

Tech

Chrome adds 'auto browse' to handle multi-step chores, Google says

Google has begun rolling out new AI features to its Chrome browser, including a new "auto browse" feature that Google calls "a powerful agentic experience that handles multi-step chores on your behalf." Google positions auto browse as an extension of its autofill tools but says it

Politics

Starmer opens door to Xi visit after Beijing talks

Keir Starmer opened the door to a UK visit by Xi Jinping after bilateral talks in Beijing during his three-day visit — the first visit by a UK prime minister to China in eight years. Starmer and his team highlighted outcomes from the trip including a visa waiver, a cut in

Tech

Roblox will convert Classic Heads to Dynamic Heads, players furious

On Jan. 29, 2026, Roblox announced an update to its Heads marketplace policy that will convert all Classic Heads — static, single-expression avatar heads — into animated Dynamic Heads, a process the company expects to complete in February 2026, the company said. Roblox described the change as part of building “a platform

Culture

Fable reboot ditches halos and horns — choices won’t be labelled good or evil

Playground's upcoming Fable reboot (what we saw of Fable 4 in the recent showcase) appears to be dropping the series' black-and-white morality system — choices will no longer be labelled objectively good or evil, and angelic or demonic transformations are out. The series long leaned on a simple

Sports

O’Neill delight as Celtic ease to Europa League playoff with win over Utrecht

Martin O’Neill saw Celtic secure progression into the Europa League playoff phase with a win over Utrecht at home on 29 January 2026, a result that ensured the Scottish champions reached the competition's playoff stage. Celtic took an early lead inside six minutes when Benjamin Nygren converted

Tech

Kamrui Hyper H2 mini PC drops to $460 on Amazon — 40% off, extra 5% at checkout

Amazon is offering the Kamrui Hyper H2 mini PC for $460 right now, down 40% from its usual $769 price, and Kotaku says an extra 5% discount applies at checkout with free delivery. The deal is being promoted as a limited-time offer. The compact system is designed to fit into

Culture

Regal offers $12.99 'Melania' popcorn bucket as documentary tracks toward box-office bomb

Regal will sell a $12.99 popcorn bucket for the new documentary Melania, the chain confirmed to Gizmodo, as the film premieres Jan. 29 at the Trump-Kennedy Center and opens in theaters that weekend. MovieWeb described the bucket as a plain white container printed with the film’s poster and

World

Florida mailman arrested after video shows him allegedly pepper-spraying 3 dogs

A Florida mailman, identified as 47-year-old Sian Andre Spence, was arrested by Lauderhill police on Wednesday, Jan. 28 and booked into jail on three counts of animal cruelty, according to Broward County Sheriff’s Office arrest records reviewed by PEOPLE. He is being held on $3,500 bond. The arrest

World

Domodedovo Airport sold at about half price to Kremlin-linked Sheremetyevo

Domodedovo Airport outside Moscow was sold at a steep discount after a government auction on Thursday that allowed bids as low as 50 percent of an initial $1.7 billion asking price; Russian state media reported that Sheremetyevo Airport offered about $880 million and won. The government had seized Domodedovo

Crypto

Pi Coin nears $0.166 support as selling pressure raises risk of $0.150 low

Pi Coin is under sustained selling pressure and is trading near a $0.166 support level, with BeInCrypto reporting that a break could push the token toward its $0.150 all-time low. The outlet said holders have increased withdrawals in recent days and the Chaikin Money Flow has dropped below

Culture

Nip/Tuck pushed medical drama into darker territory — all six seasons on Hulu

FX’s controversial medical drama Nip/Tuck, which premiered in 2003 and ran six seasons, pushed the boundaries of the genre by blending medical realism with psychological horror, Collider reports. All six seasons are currently available to stream on Hulu. According to Collider, the series follows Miami plastic surgeons Dr.

Sports

Jurgen Klopp to return to Anfield as Kenny Dalglish’s assistant for March legends game

Jurgen Klopp will make an emotional return to Anfield on 28 March, joining Liverpool legend Kenny Dalglish as his assistant for a Liverpool v Dortmund legends charity match held for the LFC Foundation. Klopp spent nine years in charge at Liverpool, guiding the club to Premier League and Champions League

Business

Microsoft plunge sends software stocks into bear market, drags S&P lower

Tech stocks tumbled on Thursday after Microsoft’s earnings, pushing software shares into a bear market and dragging major US indexes lower. Microsoft shares plunged 10% after the company said it spent a record amount on AI, reported slowing cloud growth and issued soft guidance on profits for the next

Culture

Reba McEntire nominated for Grammy with Miranda Lambert and Lainey Wilson

Reba McEntire is nominated in the Best Country Duo/Group Performance category for "Trailblazer" alongside Miranda Lambert and Lainey Wilson at the Grammy Awards, and she will join Brandy Clark and Lukas Nelson in the show’s In Memoriam segment during the Sunday, February 1 broadcast, NBC Insider