Bristol, Tenn. – September 11, 2026 -- Brad Pitt will serve as Grand Marshal for the Bass Pro Shops Night Race on Saturday, Sept. 19 at Bristol Motor Speedway, appearing alongside Bass Pro Shops founder Johnny Morris six days before Pitt's new film opens in theaters.

The Academy Award-winning actor and producer will take part in Bristol's pre-race ceremonies and help give the command to fire engines before the NASCAR Cup Series race begins under the lights at 7:30 p.m. ET. It marks the third race of the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series Chase, a 500-lap event on Bristol's 0.533-mile concrete oval.

San Antonio – – September 11, 2026 -- Complex breast implant revision surgery is not a simple swap of one implant for another, according to Dr. Gary Lawton, a Yale-trained, American Board of Plastic Surgery-certified surgeon practicing in San Antonio. Dr. Lawton, who has performed tens of thousands of breast implant operations over more than 25 years, says durable correction depends on the surgeon first reconstructing the history and mechanics of the original operation before making an incision.

Chicago – September 11, 2026 -- Ernesta, a custom-sized rug retailer, has opened its 11th showroom in Chicago's Southport Corridor, marking its first Midwest location.

The showroom sits at 3530 N. Southport Ave, Unit C2

The new space is open Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Visitors can browse wool, natural fiber, and performance-material rugs, with customization options including stair runners, corner shapes, and fireplace cutouts.

The location includes a dedicated consultation lounge for designers

Interior designers can use the space to meet with clients and review samples on-site. Ernesta also offers white-glove delivery and installation as part of the showroom experience.

Upper Saddle River, N.J. – September 11, 2026 -- De'Longhi has launched a new global ad campaign, "Hot or Cold, Always Perfetto," starring longtime brand partner Brad Pitt and directed by Spike Jonze, to promote its new Magnifica Duo coffee machine, now available for $999.95 at DeLonghi.com and select retailers.

The Magnifica Duo makes both hot and iced coffee from one machine

The fully automatic machine features 20 preset hot and iced recipes, along with dedicated technologies for espresso, drip coffee and cold brew. It uses De'Longhi's LatteCrema Hot & Cool Technologies to let users switch from a warm cappuccino to an iced latte at the touch of a button.

Tempe, Arizona – September 11, 2026 -- Nootropics Depot has launched SulfoMax, a powdered sulforaphane supplement designed to fix a chemistry problem the company says undermines standard capsule versions of the compound.

Sulforaphane, a compound studied for its role in cellular defense and cognitive resilience, is too unstable to bottle directly. Most supplements instead combine glucoraphanin, a stable precursor, with the enzyme myrosinase inside a capsule, relying on the two to react after swallowing.

Lab testing found stomach acid disables the key enzyme

Nootropics Depot's analytical lab ran that reaction through a Distek dissolution tester using simulated gastric fluid. At stomach-acid pH, myrosinase was largely inactivated, meaning much of the precursor in a conventional capsule can pass through the body without converting into active sulforaphane.

New York – September 11, 2026 -- COSRX has launched a nine-product 5 Peptide Lip Collection exclusively with Ulta Beauty in the U.S., available online at Ulta.com starting September 6, 2026.

Three products anchor the lineup with prices from $15 to $16

The collection includes the 5 Peptide Collagen Lip Fill Tinted Treatment at $16, available in seven shades, alongside the 5 Peptide B5 Barrier Repair Salve Lip Balm and the 5 Peptide Ceramide Barrier Comfort Lip Mask, each priced at $15.

A 5 Peptide Complex anchors every formula in the range

COSRX built the collection around a 5 Peptide Complex combined with Collagen, Panthenol and Ceramides. The brand says the formulas target dryness, rough texture and the appearance of lip lines while maintaining smooth, comfortable wear.

Berlin – September 11, 2026 -- Zendure's SolarFlow 4000 Mix Pro home battery system took home the Gold Award in the Sustainable Home Energy Storage System category at the Global Product Technology Innovation Awards 2026, presented during IFA 2026 in Berlin. The company also won the Smart Energy Solutions Brand Award, recognizing its broader approach to home energy management.

The SolarFlow 4000 Mix Pro scales from 8 kWh to 150 kWh per setup

The device is a 4-kW bidirectional AC all-in-one plug-in storage system that uses AI to combine home-storage-level capacity and power in a plug-in format. A single unit scales from 8 kWh to 50 kWh, and pairing it with Zendure's PowerHub pushes total capacity up to 150 kWh. It accepts up to 13 kW of combined solar input, making it suited for larger households, heat pumps, and electric vehicle charging.

San Diego – September 11, 2026 -- Sony Electronics has introduced the SEL814G, its first fisheye zoom G Lens for full-frame Alpha E-mount cameras, with pre-orders opening Sept. 8, 2026 at 7 AM PST.

The lens covers an 8 mm to 14 mm zoom range with a constant f/3.5 aperture, shifting from circular fisheye at the wide end to diagonal fisheye at 14 mm. Both settings produce a 180-degree angle of view, letting photographers and filmmakers adjust framing without swapping lenses.

The lens weighs just 314 grams for all-day handheld use

Measuring roughly 63.1 mm in diameter and 82.8 mm in length, the SEL814G is built for mobility across handheld, gimbal, and rig-based shooting. An inner zoom mechanism keeps the center of gravity stable while zooming, and a fluorine coating on the front element paired with dust- and moisture-resistant construction supports outdoor use.

Monterey – September 11, 2026 -- Monterey Bay Aquarium opens a new bilingual exhibition, "Ocean in Motion / La Danza del Mar," to the public on Saturday, November 7. The exhibit is designed primarily for children ages 2 to 6, though it is open to visitors of all ages, and uses movement and role-play to build empathy for marine animals.

The exhibit features an expanded African penguin habitat as its centerpiece

Visitors can watch penguins dive, swim, preen, waddle, and rest on a rocky beach in the newly enlarged habitat. Nearby digital interactives project silhouettes of penguins in motion, inviting children to waddle, flap, and shake their tails. The Aquarium notes that African penguins are a critically endangered species affected by climate change and overfishing.

Kingman, Ariz. – September 11, 2026 -- A new web app called Amino Minder launched this week, offering peptide, GLP-1, TRT, and HRT users a tool that graphs estimated plasma levels over time instead of just logging when a dose was taken.

The app models how compounds rise and decay in the body

Built by Baya Lobo LLC, Amino Minder uses a one-compartment pharmacokinetic model to estimate and chart a rise-and-decay curve for each tracked compound. Users can adjust the model for route of administration, individual half-life, and a configurable clearance modifier.