Sports, Entertainment & Culture — October 18, 2026

Eagles place Jalen Hurts on IR. Philadelphia's star quarterback is out indefinitely with a blood clot in his leg, after consultations with multiple medical experts.

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Valkyries take WNBA Finals opener. Golden State beat Atlanta 68-64 in Game 1 despite shooting just 32.1%, with Gabby Williams delivering in the closing minutes.

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Miley Cyrus returns to the stage. In her first major concert in four years, Cyrus opened two sold-out Hollywood Bowl nights with a tearful 'Jolene' tribute to her late godmother Dolly Parton.

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'Street Fighter' leads the box office. The video game adaptation earned $31 million, while Nathan Fielder's Elizabeth Holmes documentary crossed $12 million, a box office milestone for the genre.

Deadline reported that the Nathan Fielder documentary about Elizabeth Holmes drew lines around the block at theaters, a sign of audience demand the trade highlighted alongside the film's gross. The outlet characterized the nonfiction title's theatrical performance as a benchmark for documentaries, pairing it with the video game adaptation's chart-topping opening in its box office roundup for the weekend.

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