Bad Bunny, Amy Poehler, Sabrina Carpenter to Open SNL's 51st Season

Saturday Night Live is kicking off its 51st season with hosts Bad Bunny, Amy Poehler, and Sabrina Carpenter. Bad Bunny will host the premiere on Oct. 4, with Doja Cat as the musical guest. Poehler hosts the Oct. 11 episode – exactly 50 years after SNL’s debut – joined by musical guest Role Model. Carpenter will host and perform on Oct. 18, marking her first time as host and second as musical guest.

The Washington Commanders’ plan to return to their former home at the RFK Stadium site has cleared its final legislative hurdle, with the D.C. Council approving the proposal in an 11-2 vote. The new stadium deal includes $2.7 billion from the team and about $1.1 billion from the city, housing, green space, and a sports complex. The team hopes to open the new venue by 2030.

Spotify and Sony Music Group have extended and expanded their global partnership through new multiyear agreements with both Sony Music Entertainment and Sony Music Publishing. The collaboration aims to drive innovation in music streaming, enhance the listening experience, and offer new audio and visual features. A key part of the deal includes a direct licensing agreement in the US, allowing songwriters to benefit more directly from streaming growth.

Nvidia and Intel announced Thursday plans to co-develop multiple generations of custom data center and PC products. The partnership will integrate NVIDIA’s AI and accelerated computing with Intel’s CPUs and x86 ecosystem, using NVIDIA’s NVLink for seamless connectivity. Intel will build custom x86 CPUs for NVIDIA’s AI platforms and new x86 system-on-chips (SOCs) featuring NVIDIA RTX GPU chiplets for high-performance PCs. As part of the deal, NVIDIA will invest $5 billion in Intel stock, pending regulatory approval.

Plan B has claimed the rights to Mark Ronson’s new memoir, Night People: How to Be a DJ in ’90s New York City, with plans to adapt it into a feature film. The book, a vibrant look at Ronson’s early career before his rise as a hit producer, was recently released by Grand Central. Coming off recent successes like F1 and Netflix’s Adolescence, Plan B quickly secured the rights following the book’s release.

Ed Sheeran shared with his nearly 50 million Instagram followers that he’s headed to North America during his Loop Tour. Scheduled to arrive June 2026 in Glendale, Arizona, and run through major cities like Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Chicago, Las Vegas, and Toronto, the tour concludes with a Tampa show in November. Before that, Sheeran will perform in Australia and New Zealand in January 2026. Tickets go on general sale Sept. 26, at 10 a.m. local time.

The Summer I Turned Pretty will get a feature-length film to officially conclude the series. Announced just hours following Wednesday’s season 3 finale, the movie will be written by author Jenny Han and Sarah Kucserka, with Han also set to direct. While plot details are under wraps, fans noticed the series finale skipped the book’s epilogue and Belly’s wedding, hinting that the film may pick up where the show left off.

The Federal Trade Commission and seven states have sued Live Nation and Ticketmaster, accusing them of working with ticket brokers to illegally harvest millions of tickets, which are then resold at inflated prices. The FTC alleges that Ticketmaster misled consumers with bait-and-switch pricing, falsely advertised strict ticket limits, and profited from brokers who violated those limits. While Ticketmaster publicly claims to oppose brokers, the complaint adds it privately benefits from them, ultimately driving up costs for regular fans.

AFA, the production company led by Kenan Thompson and Johnny Ryan Jr., has obtained the remake rights to the 1983 cult slasher Sleepaway Camp. Original creator Robert Hiltzik is returning to direct from his own script and while plot details are being kept under wraps, the original film followed a shy teen at a summer camp where a series of gruesome murders unfolds.

Sources tell The Athletic that the Big 12 is in discussions to hold a college football game between Arizona State and Kansas at London’s Wembley Stadium on Sept. 19, 2026. While no agreement has been signed yet, the game is moving toward approval and would be part of a new multiyear series called the Union Jack Classic. The game would count as a home game for Kansas under the Big 12’s current scheduling system.

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