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Eddie Murphy just got his flowers — and honestly, it's about time. The comedy legend received the AFI Lifetime Achievement Award in a star-packed ceremony that had the whole room in their feelings. Eddie looked out at the crowd and you could tell it hit different.

BuzzFeed asked people to name the most soul-crushing destinations in America and… yikes. The responses are brutal, hilarious, and painfully accurate. Road trip plans across the country are being canceled in real time.

Celebs who are nothing like their public image? A new roundup featuring Taylor Swift, Rainn Wilson, and others is making the rounds, with behind-the-scenes encounters that range from heartwarming to "she spat out the food and stomped off." The tea is scalding.

Music

Olivia Rodrigo debuted "Drop Dead" LIVE during Addison Rae's Coachella set and the crowd lost it. She also hopped on "Headphones On" with Addison because apparently Coachella 2026 is just Olivia's personal surprise party. The You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love era is fully upon us.

Madonna and Sabrina Carpenter's Coachella collab is still reverberating. Madonna's manager Guy Oseary took to social media to praise Sabrina, saying she's "always shown love for the Queen." The intergenerational pop girlies alliance continues to thrive.

Indigo Girls' Emily Saliers revealed she's been diagnosed with cervical dystonia and essential tremor — two incurable conditions that will affect her voice going forward. "My voice will not be what it was," she said, and honestly that sentence alone is gutting. The duo is still touring though, because legends don't quit.

Zara Larsson announced Midnight Sun Deluxe: Girls Trip dropping May 1st. The deluxe era is here and the pop girlies are being fed.

Tate McRae opened up about manifestation, collaboration, and finding her artistic vision at Billboard's Women in Music 2026, where she picked up the Hitmaker Award. Calgary's finest keeps ascending.

Katy Perry tossed her credit card into the Trevi Fountain for "good luck." Not a coin. Her credit card. The video is exactly as chaotic and endearing as you'd expect. Someone check her bank statements.

Movies & TV

"Heated Rivalry" is getting a Season 2 in 2027 as Lionsgate Play pivots to a theatrical-first Hollywood strategy in India. If you know, you know — and the fandom is already feral about it.

The BBC scooped up "The Sentinels," a wildly ambitious French WWI series that mashes up superhero, steampunk, and sci-fi genres into one show. That premise alone deserves a standing ovation.

SXSW London's screen program will open with "Virginia Woolf's Night and Day" starring Haley Bennett. Literary adaptation girlies, this one's for you.

Celebrity Tea

Alix Earle responded to the Alex Cooper drama… with a pole-dancing TikTok. No words, no explanation, just vibes and a pole set to "You Don't Own Me." That is genuinely the most powerful possible response. The unbothered energy is immaculate.

Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson are beefing?? Louis unfollowed Zayn on Instagram and the One Direction fandom is spiraling trying to piece together what happened. These two used to be close, so this feels like a genuine gut punch for the Directioners still holding on.

Former tennis pro-turned-Playboy model Ashley Harkleroad's husband filed for separation. TMZ confirmed the court filings, and the "looking for a new doubles partner" jokes are writing themselves.

Tina Knowles previewed an unreleased excerpt from the re-release of her memoir Matriarch at a Kurt Geiger London Mother's Day event. Mama Knowles continues to be the most iconic momager not named Kris.

TikTok & Internet

The Alix Earle pole-dancing video is THE TikTok of the day. In the middle of swirling drama with Alex Cooper, she said absolutely nothing and let the choreography do the talking. Masterclass in not engaging while fully engaging.

TikTok users are reporting a wave of glitches — from comments not showing up, to getting logged out every time they open the app, to LIVE Studio being randomly revoked. The app is giving "held together with duct tape" energy right now, and creators are not happy about it.