Stephen Colbert's Post-Late Show Gig Is a Lord of the Rings Movie Because Of Course It Is
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Stephen Colbert's Next Act Is Literally Lord of the Rings — Peter Jackson just revealed that before CBS pulled the plug on The Late Show, Colbert pitched a LOTR movie and they've already been working on it for a year. The ultimate Tolkien super nerd is living the dream. Variety
Taylor Swift and Beyoncé Are Now National Recording Registry Immortal — 1989 and "Single Ladies" are among the 2026 inductees into the Library of Congress's National Recording Registry. The girls are making HER-story, etc. Billboard
Music
Kacey Musgraves Owns the Charts — Middle of Nowhere just debuted at No. 1 across three separate Billboard album charts. The country-to-pop pipeline remains undefeated. Billboard
Duran Duran Will Play Glastonbury... But Only as Headliners — Icons behaving iconically. The band straight-up said they're not doing the festival unless they top the bill. Respect the audacity. Billboard
Pearl Jam Books First Show Since Drummer Departure — Matt Cameron left after 27 years and now Pearl Jam is hitting Ohana Fest with a mystery drummer. The speculation is already chaotic. Billboard
U2 Invited to Play Mexico City's Zócalo for Free — The band was already going to film a music video there and now the city is basically like "while you're here..." Billboard
Hayley Williams Is Giving People Ego Deaths — Her show at The Wiltern in LA was apparently a full spiritual deconstruction set to music. Just Hayley doing the most, as always. Billboard
Movies & TV
Freya Allan and María Pedraza Starring in Road Movie 'Europa' — The Witcher's Freya Allan and Money Heist's María Pedraza are teaming up for what sounds like a gorgeous cinematic road trip. Variety
Michelle Yeoh Producing Thai Action Drama 'Nak Muay' — Michelle Yeoh + Muay Thai = yes, obviously. Variety
TikTok & Internet
Olive Garden's AI Hiring Test Is Going Viral for Being Unhinged — TikTok is roasting whatever bizarre AI screening process Olive Garden is apparently using now. What stage of capitalism is this? The breadsticks better be worth it. BuzzFeed
Gordon Ramsay Calls BS on Viral Dog Poop Smear Campaign — A TikToker claimed their dog pooped in one of his restaurants and Gordon is NOT having it. He says the whole thing is fabricated and honestly, never bet against an angry Scottish chef. TMZ
"Blue Dot Fever" Is Apparently Why Everyone's Cancelling Tours — Fans have a new conspiracy theory about why concerts keep getting scrapped. Is it real? Probably not. Is it entertaining? Absolutely. BuzzFeed
Linda Perry Knows "What's Up?" Going Viral Is Priceless — The 4 Non Blondes classic keeps finding new life on social media and Perry is just out here soaking it in. You really can't buy that kind of marketing. Billboard
