Public pass and package sales for the 2027 Sundance Film Festival open on October 15, 2026, ahead of the festival's first Boulder edition, which runs in person from January 21 to 31, 2027 with an online programme from January 28 to 31. In-person options run from $275 to $7,500, online options from $45 to $825, single film tickets wait until January 8, and the lineup and screening schedule were not on the ticketing pages when they were last read.
TypeSafe announced System One Models and opened early access to Jev on September 15, 2026. Jev is a documented API that returns typed decisions with calibrated confidence instead of generated text, and it carries a published price, published limits and a published list of failure modes.
Quentin Tarantino's first play, The Popinjay Cavalier, comes to London's Phoenix Theatre with Sacha Baron Cohen. The booking pages list a 23 February 2027 start, age guidance and dates when Cohen will not perform; published calendars differ over the opening-night label.
Taylor Swift is now the MTV VMAs’ most-awarded artist after the inaugural Artist Director Honors. The new award is separate from her Video of the Year and Best Direction wins.
The UK product safety regulator published a report on 28 September 2026 saying certain affected Tesla Powerwall 2 units can develop a battery cell defect linked to fire risk, and Tesla has begun a free replacement programme. Solar generation continues, backup is unavailable until the replacement is installed, and no installation dates are published.
Sony frames The Social Reckoning as an original screenplay and a companion to The Social Network, inspired by true events. Here is what that means and what viewers can confirm.
The departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and the Treasury published final Transparency in Coverage rules on 6 October 2026, effective 7 December 2026, that change how health plans and insurers publish price files. Reporting moves to the provider network level, the files go from monthly to quarterly from 6 March 2027, contextual files and a website footer follow on 6 September 2027, and every machine-readable file needs an attestation.
The September 2026 U.S. jobs report showed 29,000 payroll gains and a 4.2% unemployment rate. Downward revisions to July and August and the distinction between BLS surveys put the modest monthly change in context.
The ONS survey found 72% of businesses concerned about energy prices and 30% using AI. Among AI-using businesses with at least 10 employees, 6% reported reduced headcount; the measures have different denominators.
Median UK household disposable income reached £39,200 in the financial year ending 2025, up 3.5%, with both the poorest and richest fifths returning to earlier levels while the gap between them stayed flat. The survey's sample fell 29%, and the ONS attaches specific data-quality warnings to finer breakdowns.
On September 25, Universal reported more than $5 billion in 2026 global box-office gross. Three of the five films then above $1 billion worldwide were Universal-distributed; the release gives no per-label split or profit figure.
Walmart is recalling about 4,477,655 Expert Grill metal wire bristle grill brushes because bristles can detach and end up on the grill or in food. Five model numbers are covered, sales ran from January 2021 through August 2026, and the remedy is a full refund or a Walmart credit.
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