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Okay, the Alex Cooper vs. Alix Earle feud just got a third character and the group chat is unhinged. Brianna "Chickenfry" LaPaglia entered the chat with alleged DMs, Alex is posting "this girl on girl sh-t needs to stop," and insists it's "not a PR stunt" — which, as we all know, is what one says when it's becoming a PR situation.

Meanwhile, Coachella's Weekend 1 gave us a Main Character we didn't see coming: a private chef named Croux Koplin who pulled in $11K feeding the influencer set. Imagine grinding in the desert heat while the FYP eats your risotto — respect, honestly.

Music

Stop everything: Warp Records is dropping cryptic posters that are screaming Boards of Canada return, and a 13-year hibernation might be ending. BoC heads are in shambles in the best way possible — this is the musical equivalent of Bigfoot texting back.

Duran Duran is teasing "Free to Love" with Nile Rodgers and it sounds like pure disco serotonin, which, yes please. And in nothing-ever-happens-until-it-does news, Peter Hook is actually THRILLED about Joy Division/New Order's Rock Hall induction — he might literally bury the hatchet with his old bandmates, a reunion fans have been begging for since forever.

Justin Bieber's Coachella headlining set has the internet split down the middle: perfectly minimalist art piece or "sir, this is a festival"? Both camps are loud, neither is wrong, and the discourse is carrying us all through the week.

Pink Floyd is celebrating 50 years of Wish You Were Here with — wait for it — an Inter Milan capsule collection. Also, the Grateful Dead launched a streaming service called Play Dead and said they "want to melt your faces," which is genuinely the most Grateful Dead sentence ever uttered. Jessie Ware's Superbloom tour is going BIG with her first-ever UK arena run, and INXS is picking up Australia's Ted Albert Award — legend behavior all around.

Movies & TV

The Beef Season 2 reviews are in and… oof. Variety says it's "overcrowded and unfocused," which is every anthology series' boss battle and honestly, maybe Ryan Murphy was a cautionary tale, not a blueprint.

On the wilder side, a Thelma & Louise musical is opening the Young Vic's 2026/7 season, and yes, I already have questions about how they're staging the cliff. Ben Whishaw and Kathryn Hunter in a play called "Eurotrash" is also happening, which sounds iconic just based on the title alone.

Kirk Acevedo (Marvel, DC, Planet of the Apes) had to sell his house because middle-class actors are getting "squeezed out" of Hollywood — a genuinely wild reminder that a recognizable face on your screen doesn't always equal a cushy life.

Celebrity Tea

Okay, the big one: Katy Perry is under police investigation in Australia after Ruby Rose accused her of sexual assault. Perry has denied the allegations, but this is a genuinely shocking story and definitely one to watch as it develops.

And in concert chaos news, Ye has postponed his Marseille gig "until further notice" following his Wireless Festival ban — the European run is crumbling in real time.

TikTok & Internet

United Agents — the very fancy London agency repping Kate Winslet, Olivia Colman, and Ricky Gervais — is officially launching an unscripted division for reality stars and creators. The influencer-to-Oscar-bait pipeline is becoming less of a joke by the hour.

Dr. Miami is feuding with a former employee who went viral on TikTok claiming she wasn't paid fairly, and his response is essentially a classy "sorry you feel that way," which, bold strategy. And a Shay Mitchell BTS post from the Baywatch set has fully taken over timelines — the reboot hasn't even dropped yet and it's already marketing itself.