OpenAI announced on March 24, 2026 that it will discontinue Sora — its text-to-video model, consumer app and API — saying the research team will refocus on world-simulation work for robotics as compute demand grows. The abrupt wind-down follows a turbulent rollout that saw Sora surge in downloads in late 2025 but draw criticism over deepfakes, copyright infringements and “AI slop.” OpenAI said it will provide timelines and guidance for users to preserve created videos. The decision also led Disney to terminate a recently announced three-year licensing and $1 billion investment agreement that would have allowed Sora-generated videos using more than 200 Disney characters and integration with Disney+. Media and industry groups from Japan to Hollywood had raised legal and cultural concerns about Sora’s training and outputs. Reports said the move is part of a company-wide refocus ahead of a potential IPO and amid intensifying competition from rivals such as Anthropic and Google; OpenAI has also flagged dependence on major partners and compute supply as investor risks. Leadership and resource shifts inside OpenAI were reported as part of the strategy change.

Marvel’s Daredevil: Born Again returns for an eight-episode second season, premiering on Disney+ in the United States on March 24, 2026 (6 p.m. PT / 9 p.m. ET) and rolling out to other regions overnight (March 25 in the UK, India, Australia and parts of Asia). Disney will release remaining episodes on Tuesdays at the same U.S. timeslot, with a notable double‑episode week early in the run; the season is scheduled to conclude in early May. The series reunites Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock/Daredevil and Vincent D’Onofrio as Wilson Fisk/Kingpin and brings Krysten Ritter back as Jessica Jones alongside returning cast members Deborah Ann Woll, Elden Henson and Wilson Bethel, plus new additions such as Matthew Lillard and Lili Taylor. Episodes stream exclusively on Disney+ (and through local partners such as JioCinema/JioHotstar in India with regional language options). Marvel also confirmed a one‑hour Punisher special, titled The Punisher: One Last Kill and starring Jon Bernthal, will debut on Disney+ on May 12 — one week after the Born Again season two finale — and is expected to tie into upcoming MCU projects.

On March 23, 2026 President Donald Trump made an unscheduled visit to Elvis Presley’s Graceland in Memphis, Tenn., during a day otherwise focused on a law-enforcement roundtable and broader crises including the U.S. war with Iran and airport security problems. The private tour — attended by senior officials including Attorney General Pam Bondi and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth — saw Graceland temporarily closed to the public while Trump examined memorabilia, signed a replica guitar and praised Presley. He asked guides whether Presley, who trained extensively in karate and held high-degree black belts, “could I have taken him in a fight,” a question that quickly went viral. Trump also mused aloud about reviving gold Social Security cards after being shown Presley’s novelty card and reiterated comparisons to the late star, whom he had posthumously awarded a Presidential Medal of Freedom in his first term. Media and social platforms responded with widespread mockery and commentary that the detour contrasted sharply with the administration’s messages about national security and domestic disruptions.

The Kinks’ guitarist Dave Davies has publicly hit back after American musician Moby said he could no longer listen to the band’s 1970 hit “Lola,” calling its lyrics “gross and transphobic” and “unevolved” in The Guardian’s Honest Playlist feature. Davies, 79, responded on X saying he was “highly insulted” that Moby would accuse his brother and the song’s writer Ray Davies of being transphobic. Davies shared a letter from pioneering transgender artist Jayne County that praised “Lola” as a breakthrough track for visibility and argued the song “broke down the doors of narrow‑mindedness.” The original single, from the album Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One, reached the top 10 in the US and No. 2 in the UK and has been widely discussed as one of the earliest mainstream rock songs to centre a trans or gender‑nonconforming character. Davies has defended the band’s history of engagement with LGBTQ+ scenes in the 1960s and 70s, while Moby has not issued a public follow‑up to the criticism at time of reporting. Media outlets and social media have widely amplified both positions.

Saturday Night Live UK launched on March 21 in London with Tina Fey as the inaugural host, marking the first British edition of the long-running U.S. sketch franchise. The premiere aired on Sky in the UK and streamed on Peacock in the United States the following day. The opening show featured a political cold open about Prime Minister Keir Starmer and U.S. President Donald Trump, a monologue with surprise guest appearances from Nicola Coughlan, Michael Cera and Graham Norton, and the debut of the British Weekend Update segment. The episode also included sketches centered on British cultural references, including Princess Diana, David Attenborough, Paddington Bear and Prince Andrew. Wet Leg performed as the first musical guest, playing “Mangetout” and “Catch These Fists.” Early audience figures were solid for a subscription channel, with 226,000 live viewers in the UK and a strong social-media response. Critics were mixed overall, but several praised the show’s energy, its new cast and Fey’s decision to let the ensemble take the spotlight. The first season has been expanded to eight episodes, with Jamie Dornan, Riz Ahmed, Wolf Alice and Kasabian set for upcoming installments.

Former FBI Director and special counsel Robert Mueller died at age 81, his former law firm and family confirmed, prompting an immediate and highly unusual response from President Donald Trump. Trump wrote on Truth Social: “Robert Mueller just died. Good, I’m glad he’s dead. He can no longer hurt innocent people!” The remark, posted shortly after news of Mueller’s death became public on March 21, drew swift condemnation from Democrats, Republicans and conservative commentators alike. Mueller, a decorated Marine veteran and Bronze Star and Purple Heart recipient, led the FBI from 2001 to 2013 and later headed the Justice Department’s Russia investigation into Trump’s 2016 campaign, a probe that documented Russian interference and produced indictments and guilty pleas but did not charge Trump with conspiracy. On television, figures including Ana Navarro, Sunny Hostin, Michael Steele and others called Trump’s reaction indecent, hypocritical and beneath the dignity of the presidency. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent offered a partial defense, arguing the president deserved “empathy” because of the investigations and earlier Mar-a-Lago raid, though Mueller was not involved in that search. Fact-checker Snopes said the Truth Social post was authentic. The episode revived scrutiny of Trump’s long-running hostility toward Mueller and broader questions about political norms around public mourning.