The Rolling Stones Covered Amy Winehouse, Charli xcx Dropped "Rock Music," and James Kennedy Is Going to Be a Dad — It's a LOT Today
What's Trending
Dianna Russini's spicy Family Feud answer is making the rounds — In a resurfaced clip from Barstool's Family Feud, the sports reporter said you need to close your eyes during married sex, and the internet is absolutely running with it. The clip has gone full viral and honestly? The delivery is what makes it. 💀
Influencer Ashlee Jenae's fiancé facing threats after her tragic death — Joe McCann has been dealing with racism and online death threats since Ashlee's passing, which is genuinely awful. A reminder that the internet can be the worst place sometimes. Her loved ones deserve space to grieve in peace.
Music
Charli xcx just dropped "Rock Music" and the discourse is IMMEDIATE — The new single and video clocks in at a tight two minutes, and the big question everyone's debating: is it actually rock? Charli doesn't care, and that's exactly the point. New era unlocked. 🎸
The Rolling Stones' new album Foreign Tongues includes an Amy Winehouse cover — Ronnie Wood is visibly hyped about the band's 25th studio album, and honestly an Amy cover from the Stones sounds like it could either be transcendent or unhinged. Either way, we're pressing play immediately.
Chris Brown dropped his 12th album Brown with 27 tracks — Featuring NBA YoungBoy, GloRilla, and more. Twenty-seven songs is a COMMITMENT, but C. Breezy has never been one for restraint. The title stands for "Break Rules Only When Necessary," which is certainly a choice.
Josh Groban's Cinematic is here and it's giving main character energy — The album is all movie music covers — "Moon River," "As Time Goes By," "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" — and he's calling it his most "emotionally personal" record. Josh Groban covering movie classics is the most Josh Groban thing imaginable and we respect it.
The Kid LAROI revealed Justin Bieber talked him into releasing "Stay" — Apparently LAROI wasn't sure about it and Bieber was like, nah, this is the one. Considering it became one of the biggest songs of that year, gotta hand it to JB's instincts on this one.
Brandi Carlile is being inducted into the Austin City Limits Hall of Fame — Eleven Grammys deep and now an ACL legend. Absolutely deserved, no notes.
PNAU announced their seventh studio album AHHCade — The Australian electronic duo says this one is all heart. We'll hold them to it.
Movies & TV
Jonathan Bailey and Natalie Portman are teaming up for a thriller called Pumping Black — Bailey is officially Hollywood's busiest man after Jurassic World Rebirth and Wicked, and pairing him with Portman in a thriller? Take my money NOW.
Domhnall Gleeson's The Incomer will open Edinburgh Film Festival — Focus Features grabbed international rights to Louis Paxton's Scottish comedy debut. Gleeson doing deadpan Scottish comedy feels extremely correct.
Jaime Lorente from Money Heist is headlining a new Spanish horror label's first film — Noir Hollow is launching at Cannes with The House of Monsters, and honestly "Money Heist star does horror" has my full attention.
Richard E. Grant and Dominic West are starring in The Man Who Stole Portugal — A dark comedy about one of the wildest financial frauds of the 20th century. That cast alone is worth the ticket.
Celebrity Tea
James Kennedy from Vanderpump Rules is expecting a baby with his new girlfriend — First child for the DJ, and this is a whole new chapter post-VPR. Congrats to him — parenthood is about to be his biggest remix yet.
Cameron Mathison and his wife Vanessa have filed for legal separation — The All My Children star and his longtime partner are making their split official. Always sad to see a long relationship end.
Cynthia Bailey is mourning fashion designer Kithe Brewster — The RHOA star lost a close friend this week — Kithe passed at 60 and Cynthia says she's heartbroken. The fashion and reality TV worlds lost a real one.
Guess co-founder Paul Marciano filed for separation from his wife — Another high-profile split hitting the docs this week. Something in the water, apparently.
TikTok & Internet
BuzzFeed's GeoTemp geography challenge is lowkey becoming a daily obsession — The "guess the mystery country" game is giving Wordle energy circa 2022, and people are BIG mad when they can't crack all three rounds. If you haven't tried it yet, prepare to feel both smart and humbled.