What's Trending

Viola Davis meme-ified herself at the Actor Awards and we're all better for it. The EGOT winner apparently announced Michael B. Jordan's best actor win for Sinners with so much unhinged energy that the internet immediately turned it into a meme. Classic Viola — the woman cannot hold back, and honestly why would she. She's also out here pivoting to crime fiction with a courtroom thriller called Judge Stone, because apparently being the most decorated actress alive wasn't enough.

AI "actress" Tilly Norwood dropped a music video and it's... a lot. The controversial AI creation released a song literally called "AI's Not the Enemy, It's the Key" to address all the backlash she's been getting since her debut last year. Bold strategy, Tilly. Nothing says "I'm not a threat to your livelihood" like a fully produced music video about how great AI is. The audacity is almost impressive.

Music

Jack White had to do damage control after his songwriting comments got twisted. He's now clarifying that he definitely did NOT call Taylor Swift's music "boring," which — sure, Jack. The internet heard what it heard. But in fairness, the man was talking about his own creative process, and context is apparently a dying art.

Damon Albarn says Gorillaz will literally never end. He wants to "pass it on to the next generation," which is either beautiful or terrifying depending on how you feel about virtual bands achieving immortality. The cartoon gorilla will outlive us all.

Live Nation and the DOJ reached a deal, and Ticketmaster survives. New rules around open ticketing, some venue sell-offs, and fee caps, but no Ticketmaster breakup. So basically the monopoly lives on with a slightly shorter leash. Cool cool cool.

Movies & TV

Willem Dafoe's The Souffleur got picked up by Kino Lorber for North America. He plays an American hotel manager in Vienna, which is exactly the kind of quiet, unhinged role Dafoe was born to play. No release date yet but art house girlies, mark your calendars.

MoMA and Film at Lincoln Center announced the lineup for the 55th New Directors/New Films fest. Running April 8-19, it's the annual showcase where you pretend to have heard of everything and then actually discover your new favorite filmmaker. The Berlinale competition film The Loneliest Man in Town is also racking up distribution deals after its world premiere, so keep that title on your radar.

A cappella documentary Just Sing just got bought by Abramorama. It's being described as real-life Pitch Perfect, which is either the best or worst pitch depending on your tolerance for riff-offs. Coming-of-age kids in competitive a cappella? I'm already emotionally invested.

Celebrity Tea

Amanda Peet revealed that her husband once dated her celebrity doppelganger. Which is either romantic or deeply unsettling — he literally has a type and that type is Amanda Peet's face. We need to know who the doppelganger is immediately.

BuzzFeed dug up an old list of "scandal-free" celebrities and some of those picks have aged like milk left in the sun. Keira Knightley and Hugh Jackman were apparently on the original list, and well... the internet never forgets and time comes for everyone.

TikTok & Internet

Zendaya at Paris Fashion Week is once again making everyone else look like they got dressed in the dark. She showed up to the Louis Vuitton show looking like a literal fashion illustration. At this point she's not attending fashion week, she IS fashion week.

Havana Rose Liu and Hudson Williams also turned heads at Paris Fashion Week — the style moments from this year's shows are hitting different.

AI influencers are getting scary good and most people can't tell. A TikTok post flagged an AI "influencer" that's fooling almost everyone, which is the kind of uncanny valley content that makes you trust nothing you see online. We're cooked.

Someone on TikTok is getting mysterious mass-sent messages that appeared out of nowhere at 7:13am — and no, they weren't there earlier. Glitch in the matrix or just TikTok being TikTok? Either way, unsettling.