Steven Spielberg’s first sci‑fi since 2018, Disclosure Day, has fans buzzing as streaming, Blu‑ray and DVD release plans roll out—see the full home‑release schedule here. [P]A new deep‑dive into Forrest Gump revisits how that quirky tall tale became a cultural landmark and pulls a few unexpected production threads into the light (untold truths). And for anyone who writes for a living—or disguise—research now links reading novels to stronger emotional intelligence, making fiction a practical tool for leadership and persuasion (study roundup).