What's Trending

Internet archaeology is having a moment — there's a viral quiz claiming to identify exactly which era of the internet you belong to based on your instincts, and honestly the dial-up vs. Tumblr vs. TikTok discourse is HEATED. Meanwhile, the graduating class at the University of the Arts London went viral for simply being ridiculously, impossibly attractive — sometimes the internet just collectively agrees that a group of art students serves face and that's the whole story. And there's a woman eating watermelon who has the entire internet talking, which is proof that we will never, ever be free.

Music

Stop everything: Paul McCartney randomly FaceTimed Ringo Starr while fans were on the Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour in Liverpool. The cameo of the year, the century, of all time. In less wholesome news, Noah Kahan fans are now reportedly being PEEED ON at his shows — this is literally weeks after "Poopgate" — and at this point his concerts need a hazmat zone. Travis Scott revealed he was "nervous as f*" acting in Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, which, same Travis, same. Kylie Minogue linked up with Snow Patrol for a "These Alarms" concert video because she simply cannot stop winning. NewJeans celebrated their fourth anniversary with a special film series as a reunited quartet, and we are emotionally compromised. Plas Johnson, the sax legend behind the Pink Panther Theme, has died at 94 — an absolute icon who played with literally everyone from Sinatra to Marvin Gaye. And Cruz Beckham is apparently pursuing music seriously with a debut EP called Wear & Tear, with career advice from his famous parents, because of course he is.

Movies & TV

Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey is apparently so shot-in-IMAX that huge chunks of the country literally cannot see the full film because there aren't enough IMAX theaters, and film Twitter is in absolute crisis mode about it. Guillermo del Toro, Kim Novak, and Ari Aster are teaming up for a two-part documentary investigating the finale of Hitchcock's Vertigo — described as Hitchcock's "biggest mystery" — and this is for the film girlies who love to get unhinged about cinema. Catherine Zeta-Jones is leading a revenge thriller series called Kill Jackie, picked up by AMC, and we are READY for her villain era. Venice Days unveiled a female-centric lineup opening with Lili Horvát's My Notes on Mars starring Mackenzie Davis and Rupert Friend. And in chaotic financial reveal news, Djimon Hounsou's massive paydays for Rebel Moon and A Quiet Place got dragged into court as part of his custody battle — the numbers are reportedly huge and now public for all of us to gawk at.

Celebrity Tea

Jennifer Garner went on the "Shut Up Evan" podcast and unloaded about paparazzi who would literally knock over children to get photos of her and Ben Affleck — 15 cars running red lights, total chaos, deeply disturbing stuff. Rebel Wilson just won her defamation case against Charlotte MacInnes over the The Deb bath dispute, so that's one legal mess wrapped up. Selena Gomez kicked off her 34th birthday with a full hot-shots gallery from TMZ and she looks incredible — happy birthday to our resident queen of serving. And there's a roundup of 17 celebrities whose faces are so "aesthetically enhanced" they're barely recognizable, plus a deeply uncomfortable list of celebrity age-gap relationships that look VERY different once you see how young one person was — Leonardo DiCaprio didn't even make the cut, which tells you everything.

TikTok & Internet

2026's most unhinged food trend has officially arrived: "Caesar Salad Scones" from Christina Tosi are going viral, and someone actually tested them out so you don't have to — the verdict seems to be that they bizarrely work. Matt Damon is going viral AGAIN for a resurfaced clip of him absolutely bodying a reporter at a rally while defending teachers, and the internet's collective reaction is "they don't call him Good Will Hunting for nothing." Influencer Emilie Kiser is facing intense backlash after a video resurfaced of her forgetting her child at the gym — years before her son's tragic drowning death — and the discourse around influencer culture and accountability is raw and complicated. And somewhere out there, a random woman eating watermelon has captured the internet's full attention and honestly? We love to see it. Keep being unhinged, internet.