Chronopin: upcoming release dates, events and other important dates

OpenAI switches off 3 models and endpoints on 1 December 2026; requests to them stop working and callers have to move to the named replacements. Going: gpt-image-1-mini, gpt-image-1.5, chatgpt-image-latest.

Shaft continues Monogatari Series: Off & Monster Season with a new episode, Wazamonogatari: Karen Ogre, adapting a story from NisiOisin's Off Season novels.

The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is lit in a televised ceremony on the Wednesday after Thanksgiving, expected on 2 December 2026, opening the holiday season in Midtown.

Salesforce reports its August-October 2026 quarter, guided at $11.42-11.50 billion of revenue, up 11-12%, and the first to include Contentful and Fin if both deals close in the quarter as expected.

Spotify's annual Wrapped report closes the streaming year, and on 20 September 2026 Polymarket already treated it as settled: Bad Bunny was priced at 86%, with Drake at 7% and Taylor Swift at 3%. Wrapped has landed in the first week of December in recent years.

HPE is expected to report fiscal Q4 and full-year 2026 results after the close, most likely on Thursday 3 December, having guided to $13.9-14.8 billion of quarterly revenue and $1.20-1.30 of non-GAAP EPS; HPE has not yet announced the date.

Capcom's Monster Hunter Wilds is porting to Nintendo Switch 2 with local wireless four-player multiplayer and cross-play, with the "Ascendance" expansion and Master Rank content to follow in 2027.

The City of San Diego and the Midway Rising developers have until Dec. 4 to reach the deal to build a 25-story arena, 4,250 homes and nearly 15 acres of parks on the Pechanga Arena site. The Legislature passed SB 344 in August to shield the project from CEQA lawsuits.

Formula 1's first season under the 2026 rules ends with the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at Yas Marina on Sunday 6 December 2026, the 24th and final round. On 20 September 2026 Kalshi priced the constructors' championship as all but over: Mercedes sat at 95-96%, with Ferrari, McLaren and Red Bull all at 1-2%.

Only Murders in the Building follows three New Yorkers who find they have a mutual interest in solving true crime – but limit their amateur sleuthing to only murders in their building. Season 6 starts on Hulu.

The 2.25-mile LAX people mover, 99% complete but years late, must enter passenger service by its project longstop date of 8 December 2026 or its developer LINXS risks a technical default on $1.2 billion of bonds.

The Federal Open Market Committee announces its final 2026 rate decision at 2:00 p.m. ET on December 9, the last of the year’s eight scheduled meetings. On 20 September 2026 Kalshi had a second consecutive quarter-point hike as the favourite at 67%, with a hold at 31% and cuts priced near zero; Polymarket agreed almost to the point.

Broadcom reports its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2026 against its own guide of about $34.8 billion in revenue, up 93%, including $21.7 billion of AI semiconductor revenue.

Lululemon is expected to report its third quarter on Thursday 10 December 2026, having guided to a 10-11% revenue decline to $2.29-$2.32 billion and EPS of $0.93-$0.98, its first results under CEO Heidi O'Neill.

Oracle reports its second quarter of fiscal 2027, for which it guided revenue growth of 30% to 34% and cloud growth of 65% to 71%, the first test of its new at-least-$90 billion full-year outlook.

TOHO animation STUDIO's The Apothecary Diaries: The Deceased Empress' Treasure, an original film story by Natsu Hyuuga, opens in Japanese theaters.

Twenty years after it was announced, the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi opens on 11 December 2026 as the largest museum in the Guggenheim family - about 80,000 square metres, against roughly a quarter of that in New York. Frank Gehry arranged it around a single tall atrium with galleries threaded between ten sculptural cones, nine sheathed in stainless steel mesh and one in onyx and glass, so the roofline reads as a cluster of towers from across the Culture District.

Nike’s “Purple Venom” colorway of Caitlin Clark’s Caitlin 1 signature basketball shoe goes on sale December 12 for $140 in adult sizes.

The holiday Air Jordan 11 brings back the 'Space Jam' for the fourth time, with a No. 23 heel and Varsity Royal Jumpman, reported at $235 for December 12.

Germany's long-delayed underground through-station replaces the Stuttgart terminus after two decades of construction. Estimated date.

Marvel Studios' next Avengers ensemble film unites heroes from three universes against Robert Downey Jr.'s Victor von Doom, opening the finale of the Multiverse Saga.

Judge Margaret Garnett is scheduled to sentence Luigi Mangione for stalking and killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson; each count carries up to life, and prosecutors have said they will seek a life term.

Google and Samsung will launch Gemini-powered Android XR glasses this fall in styles from Warby Parker and Gentle Monster, in audio-only and display versions.

After landing her dream job in Paris, Chicago marketing exec Emily Cooper embraces her adventurous new life while juggling work, friends and romance. Season 6 starts on Netflix.

The 13th SDCCU Poinsettia Bowl, the first since 2016, kicks off at 4:30 p.m. on 23 December 2026 at Snapdragon Stadium and airs on The CW.

There is nothing special about Harry Potter - at least that's what his Aunt Petunia always says. On his 11th birthday, a letter of admittance to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry opens up a hidden world for Harry: one of fun, friendship and magic. But with this new adventure comes great risk as Harry is forced to face a dangerous enemy from his past. Season 1 starts on HBO.

San Diego's 47th Holiday Bowl is set for 2 p.m. on Monday 28 December 2026 at Snapdragon Stadium, back in December after last season's game became the first played in January.

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