Joseph Cooper

Two weeks before the Nov. 3 midterms, Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff leads Republican Rep. Mike Collins in every recent public poll in Georgia, and Cook Political Report rates the race Likely Democrat. Ossoff is running against Trump, the cost of living and the Iran war; Collins is running against Ossoff's record on immigration and his donors. Georgia set a first-day early voting record, and a Democratic super PAC has pulled some ads, saying it is confident.

Getty Images filed for Chapter 11 in Delaware on Oct. 21 to go private with up to $533 million from the Getty family and Koch, saying contributors are safe.

Rockstar's GTA 6 launch trailer is out. Grand Theft Auto VI releases November 19, 2026 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S for $79.99. No PC version has been announced.

At Fortune's Most Powerful Women Summit, Hailey Bieber said Rhode's sell-outs aren't a marketing trick. The brand made about $390 million last year, up 80%.

Harry Styles debuted 'What Is Enough,' a song for Liam Payne, at Madison Square Garden on Oct. 16, the anniversary of Payne's death. It is not yet released.

I Play Rocky, Peter Farrelly's film about Sylvester Stallone making Rocky, was LFF's surprise screening. It opens Nov 6 in the UK and US, wide in the US Nov 20.

Led Zeppelin let 'Stairway to Heaven' be used for the first time in a film trailer: Greta Gerwig's Narnia: The Magician's Nephew, in theaters February 12, 2027.

German police are investigating 'in all directions' after a section of the perimeter fence at Leipzig/Halle Airport was found broken shortly before 11 p.m. on Saturday, most likely by a vehicle that has not been found. The north runway was closed for about 15 hours while officers, a helicopter and drones searched the airfield; no intruders or suspicious objects were found, and it reopened at 2 p.m. Sunday. Three sanctioned Russian Antonov cargo planes are parked at the airport, about two kilometres away, and in August a drone carrying explosives was found there, an attack Berlin blamed on Russia.

Lightroom 9.6 adds Prompt to Edit, an early-access tool that uses Google's Nano Banana 2 to regenerate a photo from a typed request. It uses generative credits.

lululemon x GANNI launched October 15, 2026: 22 '80s dance-inspired pieces from $110 to $280, sold at lululemon.com, GANNI.com and select stores worldwide.

LVMH's fashion and leather goods sales fell 5% organically in Q3 2026, worse than expected, as Chinese demand dropped. Group sales rose 1% to €18.5 billion.

There's no Met Gala 2027 theme yet. 'John Galliano: Horizons' was canceled Aug. 31 after backlash, and the Met hasn't named a new show, co-chairs or date.

With 16 days until the November 3 midterms, two major national polls put Democrats 8 points ahead on the congressional ballot, and President Trump's approval has hit a record low of 33% in the ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll. House Speaker Mike Johnson says Republicans will hold 'a working majority,' though 'not a giant' one. In the Senate, where Republicans hold 53 seats, Democrats need a net gain of four, and forecasters rate several races, from Alaska to Kansas, as toss-ups.

Nikon disqualified its 2026 Small World in Motion winner for breaking generative AI rules after scientists flagged it. Vietnam's Nguyen Nam Nhat now wins.

Olivia Rodrigo and Chappell Roan released an 'Expectations' remix this week, their first song together, with a game-show video hosted by David Byrne.

The OM System PEN costs $999.99 body-only, $1,099.99 with a 14-42mm lens. It has a 20.4MP sensor, 5.5-stop IBIS, a built-in EVF and IPX1 sealing.

Yes, OpenAI is building a humanoid robot. Sam Altman says a first demo should come in 2027, and OpenAI now lists 27 robotics jobs paying up to $500,000.

Penske Automotive Group (PAG) will be taken private by Penske Corp. and Mitsui at $212 a share in cash, a $16.3 billion deal expected to close in early 2027.

Pope Leo XIV, 71, left Rome's Gemelli hospital on Saturday, four days after surgeons removed the lower lobe of his right lung and confirmed lung adenocarcinoma. On Sunday he led the Angelus from the window of the Apostolic Palace to applause from the crowd in St. Peter's Square, thanked his doctors and said he would 'gradually resume' his activities once 'this delicate stage' is over. His surgeon says there is no clinical reason to cancel his November trip to South America. From his hospital bed on Friday, he phoned Vladimir Putin to ask for a ceasefire in the besieged Ukrainian city of Oleshky.

Porsche revealed the Mission S on Oct. 15 in New York: a mid-engined concept previewing a permanent supercar line above the 911. No specs or date yet.

Prada Galleria opened Sept. 23, 2026 in Milan's Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, where Prada began in 1913: eight floors with stores, a café and its first museum.

Quentin Tarantino says he has written 'a script that I really like' for his 10th and final film, but his West End play comes first. No title or cast yet.

Paramount has acquired Pierce Brown's Red Rising, with Hunger Games director Francis Lawrence attached and Justin Rhodes writing. No cast or release date yet.

Reformation's first Alexa Chung collab is 30 pieces priced $78 to $748 (£78 to £748), sold online and in select stores. It launched October 5, in two parts.