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National Day

Boss's Day (USA) Boss's Day gives employees a chance to recognize supervisors and managers for kindness and fair leadership.

Dictionary Day (USA) Dictionary Day celebrates the birthday of Noah Webster, who published the first American dictionary and helped shape American English.

National Mammography Day (USA) National Mammography Day encourages people due for breast health screening to talk with a clinician about mammograms.

World Food Day (International) World Food Day commemorates the founding of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization and raises awareness about hunger and food security worldwide.

Birthdays

John Mayer (49) John Mayer is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist known for his blues-influenced rock music. He is known for his hit songs like 'Gravity' and 'Your Body Is a Wonderland'.

Flea (64) Flea is an Australian-American musician and actor best known as the bassist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Aside from music, Flea has appeared in several films, including 'The Big Lebowski'.

Wendy Wilson (57) Wendy Wilson is an American singer and television personality who is a member of the pop trio Wilson Phillips. Wilson Phillips is famous for their hit single 'Hold On', which topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Angela Lansbury (101 — deceased) Angela Lansbury was an English-born actress best known as Jessica Fletcher in 'Murder, She Wrote'. She also voiced Mrs. Potts and sang the title song in Disney's 'Beauty and the Beast'.

Tim Robbins (68) Tim Robbins is an American actor known for his roles in films such as 'The Shawshank Redemption' and 'Mystic River'. He won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in 'Mystic River'.

On This Day

🎵 Music The Jimi Hendrix Experience released the album 'Electric Ladyland' in 1968, which became the band's most commercially successful LP and their only US number one album.

🎵 Music Stevie Wonder's album 'Songs In The Key of Life' debuted at number one on the Canadian RPM albums chart in 1976, making it one of his most celebrated works.

🎵 Music Richard Penniman, better known as Little Richard, made his very first recordings in Atlanta for RCA Camden in 1951.

🎵 Music Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 with the novelty disco hit 'Disco Duck' in 1976.

🌟 Pop Culture Walt and Roy Disney founded the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio in 1923, the business that would grow into The Walt Disney Company.

Movies & TV

Street Fighter — 🎬 Cinema Street Fighter is an action-adventure film directed by Kitao Sakurai, with Andrew Koji as Ryu, Noah Centineo as Ken, and Callina Liang as Chun-Li, who together uncover a deadly conspiracy during the brutal World Warrior Tournament. The film adapts the iconic Capcom video game franchise and the cast includes Cody Rhodes, Jason Momoa and others, with its setting placed in 1993.
Released: Friday Oct 16, 2026

Whalefall — 🎬 Cinema Brian Duffield directs this survival thriller based on Daniel Kraus's novel, with Austin Abrams as a scuba diver who is swallowed by a sperm whale while searching for his late father's remains and has just an hour of oxygen to escape. Josh Brolin plays his father, with Ron Howard and Brian Grazer among the producers and Weta Workshop building the film's practical whale effects.
Released: Friday Oct 16, 2026

Sense and Sensibility — 🎬 Cinema Georgia Oakley's new take on Jane Austen's novel stars Daisy Edgar-Jones and Esmé Creed-Miles as sisters Elinor and Marianne Dashwood, navigating love, loss and money worries in Georgian England, with George MacKay, Caitríona Balfe and Fiona Shaw also in the cast. It comes from Working Title, the producers behind Atonement, with a screenplay by novelist Diana Reid.
Released: Friday Oct 16, 2026
UK Release: Friday Sep 25, 2026

Heart of the Beast — 🎬 Cinema David Ayer reunites with his Fury star Brad Pitt for this survival thriller about Special Forces veteran James Belmont and his combat dog Odin, stranded in the Alaskan wilderness after a plane crash, with J.K. Simmons and Anna Lambe also in the cast. It finished third at the US box office in each of its first two weekends, and early reviews have drawn comparisons with The Revenant.
Released: Friday Sep 25, 2026

Masterplan — 📺 Streaming Masterplan is a Prime Video Original heist movie in which Stanley Tucci stars as a legendary thief who recruits two young specialists—a French explosives expert and an Italian cyber-whiz—to steal the Mona Lisa. It's worth watching for its mix of grand-scale crime action and twisted family secrets.
Released: Friday Oct 16, 2026

Newlyweds — 📡 TV (USA) Newlyweds is a romantic sitcom on NBC anchored by Téa Leoni and Tim Daly as a free-spirited woman and a button-ed up professor who marry impulsively after a whirlwind romance. Created by Gail Lerner with Jamie Lee Curtis among the executive producers, it premieres at 8:30 p.m. ET on Fridays.
Released: Friday Oct 23, 2026

The Last Leg: Series 35 — 📡 TV (UK) Adam Hills, Alex Brooker and Josh Widdicombe return with their irreverent take on the week's news on Channel 4 at 10pm. The topical comedy began as a companion show to the London 2012 Paralympics and has been a Friday-night fixture ever since.
Released: Friday Oct 16, 2026

The Terminal List: Season 2 — 📺 Streaming The second season of the Jack Carr book adaptation stars Chris Pratt as James Reece in a globe-trotting espionage thriller that delves into CIA conspiracies and his own family's past. It is based on Carr's novel True Believer and all eight episodes launch simultaneously exclusively on Prime Video.
Released: Wednesday Oct 21, 2026

Concerts

Happening in the next 7 days

🎤 Bruno Mars — The Romantic TourTonight: Friday Oct 16 at BC Place, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
This week: Saturday Oct 17 at BC Place, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · Tuesday Oct 20 at BC Place, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · plus 1 more date this tour.

🎤 Harry Styles — Together, TogetherSome dates are part of a residency - see press for details.
Tonight: Friday Oct 16 at Madison Square Garden, New York, New York.
This week: Saturday Oct 17 at Madison Square Garden, New York, New York · Wednesday Oct 21 at Madison Square Garden, New York, New York.

🎤 Céline DionSome dates are part of a residency - see press for details.
Tonight: Friday Oct 16 at Plenitude Arena, Nanterre, France.
This week: Saturday Oct 17 at Plenitude Arena, Nanterre, France.

🎤 Jonas Brothers — The Burning Up Tour All Over AgainTonight: Friday Oct 16 at Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio.
This week: Saturday Oct 17 at Rupp Arena, Lexington, Kentucky · Monday Oct 19 at Rocket Arena, Cleveland, Ohio · plus 2 more dates this tour.

🎤 Rod Wave — Don't Look Down TourTonight: Friday Oct 16 at Capital One Arena, Washington, District of Columbia.
This week: Monday Oct 19 at Little Caesars Arena, Detroit, Michigan · Tuesday Oct 20 at Little Caesars Arena, Detroit, Michigan · plus 1 more date this tour.

Events

Happening in the next 14 days

Mutations Festival — 🎪 Festival — Brighton, England Mutations is a multi-venue music festival in central Brighton showcasing over 100 innovative and inspiring acts performing across ten treasured grassroots venues, offering indie, experimental and alternative music. Weekend and single-day tickets are available via the festival's ticketing page, with all-access for all venues; full program and venue information are confirmed on mutationsfestival.com.
Dates: Friday Oct 23-Saturday Oct 24, 2026

Cumbria Dark Skies Festival — 📌 Event — Cumbria, England The Cumbria Dark Skies Festival is a month-long celebration of the night sky in the Lake District, featuring stargazing sessions, night walks, observatory visits and arts workshops under light-polluted dark skies.
Dates: Friday Oct 23-Friday Nov 20, 2026

Durham Jazz Festival — 🎪 Festival — Durham, England Durham Jazz Festival is a three-day celebration of jazz, bringing together national and regional artists across multiple city venues with headline performances, workshops, and pop-ups in intimate and theatre settings. The 2026 edition delivers diverse lineups across Durham's Gala Theatre, Redhills Miner's Hall and other local venues.
Dates: Friday Oct 23-Sunday Oct 25, 2026

Exit Zero Jazz Festival — 🎪 Festival — Cape May, New Jersey Exit Zero Jazz Festival transforms Cape May into a music-filled seaside village with headline and club-style jazz, blues, and world-music performances, alongside educational outreach and diverse acts. Full details are at exitzerojazzfestival.com.
Dates: Thursday Oct 22-Sunday Oct 25, 2026

Fredericksburg Food & Wine Festival — 🍴 Food — Fredericksburg, Texas This is a four-day culinary celebration in Texas Hill Country featuring more than 75 wineries, do-and-tell chef demos (including James Beard talent), street dinners, brunches and a makers' market in downtown Fredericksburg. The event spans multiple ticketed tasting and dining experiences, and full information on tickets and schedules is available at the festival's official website fbgfoodandwine.com.
Dates: Thursday Oct 22-Sunday Oct 25, 2026

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