Quick Hits

• Extremely serious internet drama: Perez Hilton’s family released a statement that he “will require surgery” after appearing to commit self-harm during a TikTok livestream, and they are demanding media outlets immediately cease photographing his children.
• The most unhinged marketing spin of all time: Warner Bros. officially teamed up with an AI dog podcast—hosted by an AI golden retriever named Goldie—to promote their upcoming sci-fi film The End of Oak Street. Yes, really.
• Morrissey being Morrissey: The notorious concert canceler has nixed his four-night Las Vegas residency at the Wynn due to "unforeseen logistical challenges" just a week before it was set to start, leaving fans who already paid for travel completely stranded.
• A$AP Rocky is unbothered: After facing toxic internet commentary about their dynamic, Rocky clapped back at trolls, making it crystal clear he does not feel "insecure" about Rihanna being richer and more successful than him.
• Broadway in crisis mode: Andrew Lloyd Webber is speaking out ahead of the final show of Cats: The Jellicle Ball, admitting he is "gutted" and declaring that producing on Broadway has become completely "unsustainable."

What's Trending

• The Paramount-Warner Bros. merger is continuing to wreak absolute havoc on Hollywood. Abbott Elementary stars Sheryl Lee Ralph and Janelle James are opening up about the turbulent industry changes, mourning that "we've lost too many people" as they gear up to shoot Season 6.
• Over on the homepage front, people are spiraling over the concept of "rosy retrospection" and why we always view the past as "the good old days" even when things were objectively terrible.
• Meanwhile, Millennials are gathering to collectively un-heal their childhood trauma, sharing the 16 kids' movie scenes that permanently scarred their generation. RIP to anyone who watched Dumbo as a kid.

Music

• Defying brutal thunderstorms, both Chris Brown and Usher pushed through for a massive night one of their Raymond & Brown Tour at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.
• The bad weather didn't stop Fuerza Regida from closing out their first-ever U.S. stadium tour at Citi Field either, bringing out an absolutely wild lineup of guests including 50 Cent, Bobby Shmurda, and J Balvin.
• Montreal's Osheaga Festival just wrapped its 19th edition with near-record attendance, pulled in by heavy-hitters like Tate McRae and Stella Lefty.
• In bummer news, Brandi Carlile was forced to postpone her upcoming U.K. and European tour, citing unexpected "personal circumstances."
• Over in Australia, Baker Boy absolutely dominated the 2026 National Indigenous Music Awards, taking home Album, Song, and Film Clip of the Year.
• Madonna shared a beautiful, emotional tribute to her Ray of Light producer William Orbit following his passing at 69, crediting him for pressing a "magic button" inside of her.
• Drake's feature on Karol G's new album has everyone revisiting his decade-long history of fusing hip-hop with Latin genres.

Movies & TV

• The Warner Bros. marketing team used an AI dog podcast to promote The End of Oak Street, even joking that "Ewan McGregor was excellent with treats." I don't know what dimension we are living in, but the AI golden retriever host said we have to promote it!
• Heated Rivalry author Rachel Reid is paying absolute dust to the negativity surrounding the Season 2 casting announcements, unbothered by early critics as Justice Smith and Charlie Gillespie step into the rink.
• Gina Prince-Bythewood is hyping up Children of Blood and Bone author Tomi Adeyemi as a "genius" while sharing never-before-seen worldbuilding details for the upcoming fantasy adaptation.
• S.S. Rajamouli dropped two slick new character stills of Mahesh Babu from the set of Varanasi to celebrate the actor's birthday.
• If you binged Netflix's new sci-fi flick The Last House, there is a full breakdown explaining why the family is mysteriously trapped inside their home.

Celebrity Tea

• Kylie Jenner is kicking off her 29th birthday celebrations a little early, serving absolute looks in a plunging, skintight hot pink mini dress alongside a massive bikini cake.
• Orlando Bloom and Woody Harrelson are living their best yacht life, spotted cruising shirtless around the Mediterranean in Mallorca with a pair of binoculars.
• A morbid true-crime update: Over a year after NYC fashion designer Martha Nolan-O'Slatarra was found dead on a yacht in Montauk, disturbing new EMT reports reveal she was covered in blood when first responders arrived.

TikTok & Internet

• Alix Earle is soaking up the sun in Ibiza and dropping a trio of cheeky snaps on her Instagram Stories that are breaking the internet.
• Influencer Ash Trevino is wasting absolutely zero time after pleading guilty to fraud this week. She owes five figures in restitution, but she's already secured over 20 new Cameo requests to get that cash flowing!
• Whitney Houston is officially getting the Barbieland treatment! Mattel just dropped a new Signature doll perfectly recreating her iconic, colorful 1987 "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" music video look.
• Vera Blue delivered a stunning, stripped-back cover of Radiohead’s enduring alternative classic "Creep" for triple j’s Like A Version.