Entertainment & Media

Los Angeles – October 30, 2026 -- VIZ Media's manga catalog is now available on MangaPlaza, and readers can earn 10% back in points on VIZ titles for two weeks. VIZ Media and NTT Solmare Corp. announced the launch on the platform, which the companies describe as one of the largest digital manga libraries in the U.S.

The 10% reward caps at 3,000 points

Users earn 10% in point rewards when they unlock VIZ Media content, up to 3,000 points. The promotion runs from October 29, 2026, at 7:00 PM through November 12, 2026, at 6:59 AM Pacific Time. Participation runs through a dedicated promotion page on MangaPlaza's website.

MangaPlaza offers 170,000 chapters and a $6.99 Premium tier

MangaPlaza partners with more than 120 manga publishers, including Kodansha, KADOKAWA and SHUEISHA. Its catalog holds over 170,000 chapters across romance, fantasy, action, boys' love and horror.

Unterföhring – October 30, 2026 -- Six new episodes of "Wer stiehlt mir die Show?" start on ProSieben on November 1, 2026, airing Sundays at 8:15 p.m. and streaming on Joyn. Host Joko Winterscheidt once again has to defend his own show against challengers.

Three challengers quiz for Joko's hosting job

Comedian and actress Carolin Kebekus, NBA player Moritz Wagner and entertainer and streamer Jens "Knossi" Knossalla compete for the prize: Joko's moderation job. Only a contestant who beats him with strategy and knowledge takes over his show in the following episode.

Cologne – October 30, 2026 -- The new social reality series "Vibes – Find Your Fire" arrives in the ARD Mediathek on November 5, 2026, with ten episodes of 50 minutes each. TV star Motsi Mabuse accompanies nine women who spend twelve days together in a villa on Rhodes.

The participants do not know each other and are at very different points in their lives. What they share is a wish for change, sensuality, closeness to themselves and the courage to give their own needs more room.

Mabuse leads the group with two experts at her side

Mabuse acts as confidante and motivator. She listens, asks questions and pushes the women to look at uncomfortable topics. Clinical psychologist and psychotherapist Hedda Hess and sexological bodyworker Stella Sieger support her.

KANSAS CITY – October 30, 2026 -- Two Kansas City haunted attractions, Edge of Hell (open since 1975) and Beast Haunted Attraction (open since 1991), build their scares on more than a monster in a mask, says industry spokesperson Amber Arnett-Bequeaith, known as the Queen of Haunts.

Sound, smell and touch do the heavy lifting

According to Arnett-Bequeaith, the real work happens before you see the monster. A scream from somewhere unseen builds anticipation. A damp, musty odor hints that something has been lurking for years. An unfamiliar texture or a dark passage gives the imagination room to run.

Smell has particularly strong connections to brain systems involved in emotion and memory. Combined with sight and sound, it can make an imaginary world feel convincing enough to trigger an instinctive response.

MIAMI BEACH – October 29, 2026 -- Fontainebleau Miami Beach is selling tickets to its New Year's Eve celebration on Thursday, December 31, starting at $200 for an adults-only party with GRAMMY-winning DJ David Guetta and $375 for a new family-friendly event for guests ages 11 and older.

Guetta runs the countdown inside Sparkle Theatre

The resort is splitting its annual celebration into two experiences this year. Guetta moves indoors to the Sparkle Theatre for a 21-and-over party that runs from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. and ends with a live countdown to midnight.

General admission starts at $200 through a limited early bird offer and includes a premium open bar all evening. Reserved tables add dedicated seating, bottle service, small bites and beverages.

Mainz – October 29, 2026 -- A new documentary from ARD Wissen, "Meine Träume – Was verraten sie über mich?" (My Dreams – What Do They Reveal About Me?), is streaming now in the ARD Mediathek. It asks whether people are helpless against their nightmares or can learn to shape them.

Nightmares affect 3 to 7 percent of healthy adults every week

People spend about a third of their lives asleep, and they dream even if they don't remember it. According to the film, roughly 3 to 7 percent of healthy adults have at least one nightmare a week. People with mental illness or trauma have them far more often. A so-called nightmare disorder can be severely distressing, because fear and negative feelings from sleep can spill into daily life.

Hamburg – October 29, 2026 -- NDR television chef Zora Klipp starts a six-part culinary road trip through northern Germany on Friday, October 30, at 9:15 p.m. on NDR Fernsehen. The series "Zora schmeckt's – Zu Gast in ..." runs weekly and is also available in the ARD Mediathek.

Six towns, six food scenes

Klipp visits Lüneburg, St. Peter-Ording, Bad Zwischenahn, Wismar, Goslar and Nordhorn. Each 30-minute episode covers regional specialties, unusual restaurant concepts and the people who shape a town's food culture. She describes herself as a cook and a thorough northerner who loves food.

Along the way she stops at restaurants, cafés, delicatessens, coffee roasteries, smokehouses, bars and breweries. She also goes behind the scenes and cooks and works alongside the locals herself. The episodes cover sweet and savory classics, modern takes on them, the craft behind the dishes, and what gives a place its flavor.

Saint Paul – October 29, 2026 -- PBS will air the documentary Medicine Ball on November 9 at 8 pm CST, during Native American Heritage Month. The film follows two Native college basketball players at the University of Minnesota Morris.

Two athletes play on a former boarding school site

Dakota/Diné filmmaker Leya Hale directed the film. It tracks Lexus Redthunder and LeRoy Staples Fairbanks IV through college life and basketball on a campus built on the site of a former Native boarding school. The film shows basketball as a way to carry culture forward, build community and find joy amid adversity.

Hale said: "Medicine Ball is about more than basketball."

TORONTO – October 29, 2026 -- A fourth PAW Patrol feature film is in development, and Paramount Pictures is set to distribute it in 2029, Spin Master Corp. announced.

Cal Brunker returns to direct and co-write

Brunker, who directed the first three PAW Patrol films and The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature, is back in the director's chair. He is co-writing the new film with Bob Barlen. The movie is a Spin Master Entertainment production, made with Paramount Animation and Nickelodeon Movies.

The first three films earned a combined half-billion dollars

Each of the earlier PAW Patrol films scored above 93% on the Rotten Tomatoes Popcornmeter. Together they grossed half a billion dollars at the global box office.

Brunker said the team has written a new story, adding that they "can't wait to share it with the world." Jennifer Dodge, President of Paramount Animation, described the project as an adventure made for the theatrical experience.

Munich/Leipzig – October 29, 2026 -- The 32nd José Carreras Gala airs live from Leipzig on Wednesday, December 16, at 8:15 p.m. on MDR, HR and SWR, with a parallel livestream in the ARD Mediathek. It is the first time three ARD broadcasters have carried the charity event together.

Carreras turns 80 on December 5

The tenor and foundation founder celebrates his 80th birthday on December 5, and the organizers say the performers backing him this year are the best present. The gala raises money for the fight against leukemia and related diseases. Hosts Stephanie Müller-Spirra and Sven Lorig, both foundation ambassadors, return to present the show alongside Carreras.