What's Trending

Jay-Z’s three-night Yankee Stadium residency wrapped up with the craziest roster of surprise guests imaginable—Beyoncé, Rihanna, Usher, and Eminem all showed up. Hov literally joked about playing until 5 a.m., and honestly, New York was blessed. In other drama, the internet's weird backlash to the new Odyssey trailer is brewing, and the reason behind the YouTube dislike-bombing is actually messy. Plus, Michael Beasley is telling everyone to chill out over that heated Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herro altercation in Vegas, insisting the Heat teammates are just "brothers."

Music

The Beyoncé Act III rumor mill is churning at maximum speed, with fans fully convinced her next era is going to be a rock album. If she drops a heavy metal record, we will never recover. Drake also popped up this weekend, pulling up to Thunder star SGA’s 28th birthday party to drop a brief, unscheduled freestyle. Meanwhile, a deep dive on r/popheads is exposing a massive open secret: music influencers are quietly bagging bags to "organically" promote songs on your feed without disclosing it.

Movies & TV

Cinema legend Ellen Burstyn is officially set to receive the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Film Festival this year—a literal icon getting her flowers! Stranger Things star Linnea Berthelsen is making a major pivot, heading to the stage for her U.K. theater debut in the upcoming play Darkling. Over on the TV side, Adolescence co-creator Jack Thorne and Bridgerton star India Amarteifio are teaming up with Judi Dench for a massive National Youth Theatre 70th-anniversary showcase.

Celebrity Tea

Nina Dobrev is moving on! Just ten months after calling off her engagement to Shaun White, she was spotted looking cozy with model Dougie Joseph in New York. Over in the sports world, Heated Rivalry star Hudson Williams literally set fire to photos when aggressive autograph dealers followed him all the way to his private residence in Paris—the absolute most savage way to handle the paparazzi. In Bachelor Nation, Jason Tartick is officially engaged to Kathryn Hurley, but Bachelor in Paradise alum Joe Amabile sadly just shared that he's been diagnosed with an apparent brain tumor. We're sending him all the love. Finally, Hollywood is in mourning after the tragic passing of legendary actor Sam Neill, with Jurassic World director Colin Trevorrow leading the beautiful tributes.

TikTok & Internet

The internet has a new hero: Waffle House employee Rockstar Riley just went mega-viral for rapping a themed song at work, and he's turning down seven-figure record deals because he won't quit his day job. Get this man a lifetime supply of hashbrowns! In much lighter news, Play-Doh just dropped floral arrangement kits for adults, and they are shockingly becoming the new viral obsession over Legos. And if you're brave enough to turn your oven on in this heat, the viral 2-ingredient berry cobbler taking over TikTok is supposedly life-changing.