November 9, 2026

"Godzilla Minus Zero" cleared the $25 million threshold comfortably in its Nov. 6 domestic debut, opening to an industry-estimated $31.6 million and setting a record for a live-action foreign-language film at the U.S. box office, according to Variety and ABC News. The film, Toho's follow-up to the Oscar-winning "Godzilla Minus One" (which opened to $11.4 million in 2023), posted a $13.5 million Friday that included $6.7 million in Thursday preview screenings, then held through the weekend against a comparatively weak field led by Warner Bros.' critically panned "The Cat in the Hat."

Distributor Toho International and trade press attributed the result to strong reviews, an A CinemaScore and pent-up demand following the original film's unexpected 2024 awards-season breakout, which included an Academy Award for visual effects.

The community strongly favored this outcome, with 75% predicting the film would clear $25 million in its debut. It did so with room to spare, more than $6 million above the threshold, so the community's prediction matched the actual result.

Amazon MGM Studios had not named the next James Bond actor by Nov. 8, 2026. Final screen tests for the role were reported underway in London in late October, with trade and entertainment outlets identifying Jack Lowden and Callum Turner as the leading contenders, alongside Josh O'Connor, following a monthslong search led by casting director Nina Gold and overseen by director Denis Villeneuve.

Amazon MGM has repeatedly declined to confirm a timeline for the decision, saying only that it would share news "when the time is right." Studio executives have described the process as deliberately slow, undertaken with what one executive called care and respect for the franchise's legacy following Daniel Craig's 2021 exit after "No Time to Die." Producer Amy Pascal had earlier floated the end of 2026 as a plausible window for an announcement, but no casting decision had been confirmed publicly as of the resolution date.

The community leaned toward "no" on this question, with only 43% predicting an announcement by Nov. 8. Since no casting news arrived by that date, the majority view matched the actual outcome.

Russell Brand was sentenced to 10 years and six months in prison at Southwark Crown Court on Nov. 9, 2026, after a London jury convicted him on Nov. 5 of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault against four women between 2004 and 2009. Judge Joel Bennathan, who had already denied Brand bail following the verdict, imposed the term and said he had shown "staggering arrogance" and treated his victims with contempt, according to CNN and RTE.

Brand pleaded not guilty throughout the trial, which centered on allegations dating to his years as a British television and radio host, before his later career as a U.S.-based comedian and wellness influencer. He was taken into custody immediately after the guilty verdict and held at a London prison pending sentencing. Police have said he remains under investigation over additional, separate rape allegations.

The community predicted this outcome correctly: 60% forecast Brand would receive a sentence of at least eight years, and the 10-year, six-month term cleared that threshold.

"Godzilla Minus Zero" opened in North America on Nov. 6 to an industry-estimated $31.6 million, setting a record domestic opening for a live-action foreign-language film and roughly doubling the estimated $17 million-$18 million debut of Warner Bros.' "The Cat in the Hat," according to weekend box-office reporting from ABC News and Variety. Both family-oriented films opened the same weekend, but Toho's kaiju sequel drew strong reviews and an A CinemaScore, while the Dr. Seuss adaptation was panned by critics, with Variety describing its showing as a fizzle.

The gap reflected critical reception as much as audience demand: Godzilla Minus Zero built on the surprise success of its predecessor, "Godzilla Minus One," which won a visual-effects Oscar, while Cat in the Hat entered the weekend with weak reviews and comparatively modest pre-release tracking.

The community was evenly split on this question, with half predicting Cat in the Hat would out-gross the monster movie. The lopsided actual margin showed no real community edge here, and the outcome landed on the "no" side of a genuinely close call going in.

Russia, Ukraine and the United States set Nov. 10-11 in Abu Dhabi as the date for resumed trilateral peace negotiations, with U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff announcing the schedule on Nov. 3. The announcement followed an Oct. 21 meeting in St. Petersburg between Witkoff and Vladimir Putin, after which Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said Putin had agreed "in principle" to restart three-way talks once Nov. 10 had passed. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov subsequently confirmed Russia's delegation would be led by presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky.

The date was set amid continued shuttle diplomacy by Witkoff and Jared Kushner, who have spent months negotiating a framework for ending the war and establishing postwar security arrangements between Russia and Ukraine, with the United Arab Emirates serving as a neutral venue, as it did for earlier rounds of trilateral talks in January and February 2026.

The community leaned against this outcome, with only 43% predicting a date would be announced by Nov. 8. The date was in fact set days before the deadline, so the majority view did not match the actual outcome.