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I was so saddened to hear about the passing of B, the woman who claimed to be Freddie Mercury’s daughter. She was 48 years old and bravely battled cancer for years. Her husband, Thomas, shared the news with the Daily Mail on January 15th. I followed her story closely after she revealed her claims in a book published in 2025, and it’s just heartbreaking.
Guy Fieri, 57, says he’s recovering well after a leg injury. In an interview with People magazine, he described a difficult holiday season but expressed gratitude for being able to move around again. Fieri, known for his active lifestyle – he enjoys CrossFit and hiking – found eight weeks without those activities particularly challenging. He’s eager to get back to them, but is taking things slowly.
The injury happened in November while filming Flavor Town Food Fight. Fieri tripped while stepping forward, catching his foot and tearing his leg. He had surgery soon after and spent the past eight weeks getting around with a wheelchair and crutches.
Meta hasn’t publicly commented on the job cuts, but they told Kotaku the studio is still operating, unlike Armature Studios, Twisted Pixel, and Sanzaru Games, even though most of the team has been let go.
The free trial of Madden NFL 26 is only available until January 21st. After that, anyone with a Nintendo Switch 2 will need to buy the game from the Nintendo eShop to keep playing. The game normally costs $69.99, but it’s currently 60% off until January 26th, bringing the price down to $27.99. Good news: if you try the game for free through Nintendo Switch Online, your progress will carry over if you decide to buy it later.
Reports from Aftermath indicated that Meta was developing a sequel to Batman: Arkham Shadow. While Camouflaj created the original game, Sanzaru Games was reportedly leading the development of the sequel. However, Meta recently closed Sanzaru Games during large-scale layoffs, and all of the studio’s projects—including the new Batman game—have been cancelled.
According to FlixPatrol, which tracks what’s popular on streaming platforms, Tron: Ares is currently the most-watched movie on Disney+ worldwide. It’s significantly more popular than other big titles like Avatar: The Way of Water, the original Avatar, and Zootopia.
The new series, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, is now available on Paramount+. This show represents a major change for Star Trek, as it focuses on a group of new Starfleet cadets – the first new class in over a century – rather than the adventures of a starship crew. As the 12th installment in the Star Trek franchise, and part of Alex Kurtzman’s expanding universe, new episodes will be released weekly until March 12th.
On January 15, 2012, Fox launched an animated series based on the world of Napoleon Dynamite. The show was created with the original filmmakers, Jared and Jerusha Hess, and Mike Scully, a longtime producer of The Simpsons. They chose animation to keep the characters looking like teenagers and to allow for more imaginative and outlandish stories than they could have filmed with a limited budget. A big draw for fans was the return of the original cast to voice their characters, including Efren Ramirez as Pedro, Tina Majorino as Deb, Jon Gries as Uncle Rico, Aaron Ruell as Kip, Diedrich Bader as Rex, and Sandy Martin as Grandma. Unfortunately, the series only lasted one season, with just six half-hour episodes.
This allowed the X-Men to explore important social issues through their stories, and many writers and artists since then have built upon Chris Claremont’s work to create some of the most memorable and impactful X-Men comics ever published.
HP is offering 26% off the Omen 45L and other devices when you use the code NEWYEAR26. A configuration with an RTX 5080 and 32GB of RAM offers a great combination of performance and value, though you can customize the components to your liking.