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Bruno Mars Performed 'Marry You' Live for a Lakers Player's Stadium Proposal — Everyone Go Home, the Bar Has Never Been Higher

Justin Timberlake Apologizes for His Beatboxing Era — and Refuses to Rule Out a Relapse

Taylor Swift Crashed SNL as Dakota Johnson's "Breakup Therapist" and the Zoloft Joke Is Already Legendary

The internet's entire personality this weekend: **the Dakota Johnson–Taylor Swift SNL summit.** Per Variety, everyone predicted the cameo, and everyone was right — Dakota jokes about her habit of dating musicians ("I ...

Taylor Swift Crashed SNL as Dakota Johnson's Breakup Therapist — and Paul McCartney Just Spilled How He Ended Up at Her Wedding

Richard E. Grant Blew His Own Traitor Cover on Night One and Called It the "Biggest Mistake I've Made in My Life"

Dakota Johnson Is Promising a Wall of Death for Turnstile's SNL Set and Honestly, We Believe Her

Dakota Johnson Just Made "Zombie BBLs" Go Viral And I Was Not Emotionally Prepared For This Information

The Kardashians Dropped a Promo Poster So Filtered the Internet Is Genuinely Asking "Whose Faces Are These???"

Also making the rounds: the NFL's first-ever mariachi U.S. national anthem, performed by Mariachi Herencia de México on Sunday for Latino Heritage Month. History!

Tom Cruise Went Viral for Checking On a "Sad" Staffer Who Turned Out to Just Be Doomscrolling, and It's the Most Wholesome Chaos on the Internet Today

Yung Lean Smashed a Moon Person at the VMAs — and That Was Somehow Only the Third-Biggest Story of the Night

Taylor Swift Just Shattered Two Spotify Records While Godzilla Finally Got Its First-Ever R Rating

That's the weekend wrap: Taylor owns the streams, Godzilla owns the rating, and Pattinson owns the memes. See you tomorrow for whatever chaos Sunday brings.

Taylor Swift Broke Two Spotify Records at Midnight and Somehow Resurrected the Entire Joe Alwyn Discourse by Breakfast

Taylor Swift Dropped Four New Songs Today and the Joe Alwyn Discourse Is Already Feral

Coach Pop Married His Former Assistant Coach's Ex-Wife and Bro Code Court Is Officially in Session

The VMAs haven't even happened and the George Michael tribute is already the most contested two minutes of the night. BuzzFeed rounded up the backlash, and the mood is grim — "out of anyone that could really speak to ...

Channing Tatum Breaks Silence on the Burner Account Drama and Calls It "F—ing Hilarious"

The Channing Tatum burner account saga reached its (first?) climax today. After alleged screenshots went viral suggesting a secret account mocking Zoë Kravitz and Harry Styles, Channing fired back: "Yo, I truly can't ...

Channing Tatum Denies the Burner Account Rumors: "Can't Believe Y'all Think This Is What I'm Doing With My Free Time"

The Channing saga, decoded for your group chat: alleged screenshots went viral claiming a burner account tied to Channing was mocking Zoë and her fiancé Harry Styles — and BuzzFeed notes the timing echoes the "cringe"...

The Weeknd Just Debuted an "Evangelion" Sample On Stage in Japan and Anime Stans Will Never Recover

Céline Dion Went Barefoot, Climbed on Top of a Car in Paris, and Led a Street Sing-Along — Icon Behavior

There's a Temporary Stadium Called "Shakira Stadium" in Madrid Right Now, and 55,000 People Filled It

Lady Gaga's Baby Is Named Rose Bean Polansky — and Tom Cruise Says Taylor Swift Was "Schooling" Him on Football at the Chiefs Game

Martin Short Ugly-Crying Over Catherine O'Hara at the Emmys Is the Clip That Broke the Entire Internet Today

Let's just sit with the Emmys for a second, because the O'Hara tribute is *the* moment: her onscreen kids — yes, including Macaulay Culkin, a.k.a. the boy she left Home Alone — came together to honor her, and BuzzFeed...

The Emmys Were an Emotional Wrecking Ball: Catherine O'Hara's TV Kids Made Martin Short Cry, Colbert Won After Getting Canceled, and Shailene Woodley Wore Five Outfits at Once

The Emmys Gave Us Taylor Swift, Two Olivia Bensons, and Meg Stalter Painted Solid Gold

The 78th Emmys weren't just an awards show — they were a full internet event. Beyond Taylor's sketch, TMZ notes the night featured Meg Stalter painted *gold* on the red carpet (commitment to the bit, respect) and movi...

Celine Dion Just Returned to the Stage in Paris After Six-Plus Years — Grab the Tissues

Baby Gaga Has Arrived — Lady Gaga Reportedly Welcomes Her First Child, and the Internet Will Not Be Recovering

Céline, my queen. Billboard's account of opening night at the Plenitude Arena in Nanterre is genuinely cinematic: the house went dark 47 minutes late, 30,000 people went silent, and Céline walked out in a black gown, ...

Lil Durk Acquitted on All Charges While Crying in Court — and Lady Gaga Just Got Spotted With Her Newborn

The Gaga sighting is the moment of the day — the singer out with Michael Polansky and their newborn baby, per the viral r/popculturechat post. No drama, just pure "we love to see it" energy in the comments.

Brooks Nader Says Her Dad "Didn't Even Notice" Her Topless Vacation Pics — The Internet Very Much Noticed

Jennifer Lawrence joining Instagram is the celebrity-internet event of the day. Per BuzzFeed, she'd been hinting at a "secret life" online before making her account public, and the first comment under her debut alread...

Jennifer Lawrence Finally Went Public on Instagram and Her First Comment Is Already Viral

The Jennifer Lawrence Instagram debut is the moment of the day, full stop. BuzzFeed's coverage is basically keyboard-smash energy, and honestly, fair — this is a celebrity who avoided public social media for *years*, ...

She Tracked Her Alleged $1,100 Scammer Onto a Cruise Ship and Filmed the Whole Confrontation — Now He's Fighting Back

The high-seas showdown keeps giving: TMZ reports the man accused of scamming a female acquaintance out of $1,100 is now firing back at the viral video she posted after tracking him down *on the ship*, claiming it does...

Steve-O Cemented a "Jackass" Butt Plug Into His Brand-New Olympic-Length Pool

Nathan Fielder Made a Secret Elizabeth Holmes Doc and the Internet Is Officially Unwell

Ice Spice Got "Saint" and "Sinner" Tattooed Under Her Butt — Saint, Sinner, and the Internet Is Unwell

Beyoncé Is Selling a $948 Wooden Box With No Vinyl Inside — Happy B'Day, I Guess!

Influencers Booted From the U.S. Open After Posting Their Own Credentials Online — Peak Self-Sabotage

Amelia Dimoldenberg Is Ending "Chicken Shop Date" After 12 Years — RIP to the Flirting Economy

Amelia Dimoldenberg — host, writer, and producer of the series that turned awkward chicken shop interviews into a whole celebrity ritual — broke the news via Instagram on Thursday, closing the book on 12 years of tele...

Benny Blanco Posted a NSFW Video of Selena Gomez Sunbathing and 26 Million People Have Notes

The Benny Blanco–Selena Gomez sunbathing video is *the* moment of the day: 26 million views and counting, with BuzzFeed rounding up reactions that are equal parts scandalized and delighted. The leading bit of commenta...

Benny Blanco Posted A NSFW Video Of Selena Gomez Sunbathing And 26 Million People Have Already Seen It — "How Dare You Post Alex Russo Like This!!"

The internet's collective week can be summed up in one sentence: Benny Blanco posted a video of Selena Gomez sunbathing that is decidedly Not Safe For Work, it blew past 26 million views, and now everyone's timeline i...

Harry Styles Opened a 30-Show MSG Residency by Poking Fun at Taylor Swift's Wedding — Pop Culture Is So Back

Harry Styles Cracked a Joke About Taylor Swift's Wedding From the MSG Stage — Bold Move, Harold

Divorcing Influencer Couple Agrees to Keep Filming Content Together — The Machine Never Sleeps, Apparently

The *Coyote vs. Acme* saga is the wholesome chaos we needed: a film cancelled in 2023, a mystery man in a Wile E. Coyote costume protesting in 2025, and now an actual premiere and an unmasking. Marco Vaccaro, take a b...

Buckingham Palace Covered Dolly's "9 to 5," the Wile E. Coyote Protester Finally Unmasked, and Emmy Voters Are in Their Feistiest Era — What a Day

The Buckingham Palace Band Just Played Dolly Parton's "9 to 5" and Honestly? We're Not Okay

The internet is one big Dolly Parton tribute right now, and the range is incredible. The Buckingham Palace band played "9 to 5" with a message remembering "the late, great Dolly" and her Imagination Library's millions...

Dolly Parton Left a Song Sealed Until 2046 — Plus, U.S. Marshals Finally Caught the Real-Life Chucky

The entire internet is one giant Dolly tribute right now, and honestly, rightly so. Taylor Swift and Dolly never recorded together, but Billboard notes they shared their mutual admiration openly for years — Taylor's f...

TikTok's "Doctor Food" Arrested for THC-Laced Sweets — They're Really Calling It "Baking Bad"

Real-Life "Baking Bad": TikTok Food Star "Doctor Food" Arrested for Allegedly Lacing Sweets With THC

America Runs On Dunkin'… And Apparently Foot Water, Because An Employee Was Caught Washing Their Feet In The Sink

The internet spent the weekend in full movie-brain mode. BuzzFeed rounded up the films people say have the most ridiculous premises ever successfully pitched ("How they ever pitched it successfully blows my mind," one...

A Groom Scarlet-Lettered His Bride at the Altar and I Physically Need to Lie Down

Diane Warren Just Rescued West Hollywood's Viral Runaway Pig — Heroes Walk Among Us

Let's start with the story we didn't know we needed: Wilbur, West Hollywood's most famous runaway pig, captured hearts with his chaotic sprint through the streets — and now TMZ reports none other than Diane Warren ste...

The "World's Smallest Penis" Just Announced a HUGE Comeback, and Honestly, Today's Pop Culture News Is Perfectly Unserious

Also: Australian electronic artist Anna Lunoe just inked a worldwide publishing deal with BMG.

"Peter Pan Gate" Levels Up: A Former Disneyland Pan Says Viral TikToker Toni Made Him "Uncomfortable" — But She Wasn't His "Real Stalker"