The Jonas Brothers just announced a 45-city tour and your 2008 campfire playlist is officially back from the dead
Quick Hits
- Heartbreaking news to start: Hayden Panettiere has died at 36. Tributes are pouring in from Viola Davis, Bethany Joy Lenz, Melissa Barrera and more, with her ex Wladimir Klitschko — father of her 11-year-old daughter Kaya — writing that "she left this world far too soon." No cause of death has been released.
- The Jonas Brothers are going 'Burning Up' all over again. Fresh off selling out Madison Square Garden, Kevin, Joe and Nick announced a 45-city tour on Monday. The trilogy of Camp Rock dreams lives.
- Vin Diesel says 'Fast Forever' starts shooting in December — "if I can make good on the request from the studio," he told Variety at the franchise's 25th anniversary event. Iconic caveat, Vin.
- 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' simply will not leave the top of the U.K. and Ireland box office, notching a third straight weekend at No. 1 with £6.1 million ($8.3M), still fending off 'The Odyssey.'
- Influencer Santos Salazar is out of jail after several days behind bars in connection with an alleged attempted murder investigation, per TMZ. Wild sentence to type on a Monday.
What's Trending
- The Drew Afualo discourse is everywhere and nobody can find the source. r/OutOfTheLoop is full of people saying they've seen the think pieces but can't locate where the conversation actually started. Relatable chaos — the internet arguing about an argument no one can cite.
- The NBA is in absolute shambles over the Steve Ballmer/Kawhi Leonard situation. Per Reddit, the league is dealing with allegations that the Clippers organization tried to circumvent the salary cap by funneling money to Kawhi. Even by Clippers standards, this is a mess.
- YouTube comment sections are being spammed with "anti viral spiral" and people are genuinely confused about what it means or where it came from. Another one for the "internet inside jokes that escaped containment" file.
- Sombr hate is apparently a thing, and fans on r/OutOfTheLoop can't figure out what he actually did — people digging for a cancellation reason and coming up empty. Innocent until proven messy?
Music
- Jonas Brothers, expanded: The new Burning Up Tour announcement comes right on the heels of those sold-out MSG headlining shows, so clearly the demand is not subtle. Forty-five cities. Plan your wallet accordingly.
- Karina is having a summer. Billboard's new interview with the aespa star covers her festival-headlining run and fronting a Sprite campaign — and somehow she's not breaking a sweat doing it.
- Spotify is launching a 'Hometown' series with Beabadoobee, Jorja Smith and Nemzzz returning to their roots for intimate three-part live performances starting next month, with Smith kicking things off.
- End of an era down under: Laneway Festival director Jessie Parker is stepping down after 16 years with the Australia/New Zealand touring institution.
Movies & TV
- 'Thelma' is getting a Mandarin remake — titled 'Grandma, Please' — from Stars Collective. The 2024 Sundance breakout became Magnolia Pictures' highest-grossing narrative feature, so honestly, deserved.
- Taiwan's Oscar entry is 'A Foggy Tale,' directed by Chen Yu-hsun, headed for the best international feature race at the 99th Academy Awards.
- Diego Luna is at Sarajevo with 'Ashes,' his fourth directing effort, talking about challenging how migrants are viewed: "We're not thinking about what they left behind."
- Variety reviewed 'Snapshot,' a low-budget British indie that reframes Jack the Ripper as found-footage horror — and calls it a "nifty calling-card debut" that freshens up a stale gimmick. Found footage girlies, rise up.
- There's a new 'Romeo & Juliet' adaptation built for the microdrama age, and BuzzFeed's eighth-grade English self is "sat." Same, honestly.
Celebrity Tea
- The Hayden Panettiere tributes keep coming, and they're devastating. 'Ice Princess' director Tim Fywell remembered her and Michelle Trachtenberg as "two shining talents, gone far too soon" — a gut-punch pairing for anyone who loved that 2005 skating classic. Viola Davis, Bethany Joy Lenz and Melissa Barrera also honored her, with one tribute reading, "I wish the world had more time with you."
- Santos Salazar update: the influencer walked free after his attempted-murder-adjacent stint behind bars, per TMZ. That's all we know, and it's already a lot.
- BuzzFeed rounded up 19 celebrity interviews so catastrophic they ended careers — including the brutal verdict, "I've never seen somebody fall into irrelevancy like that." A masterclass in what not to say to a journalist.
- Also from BuzzFeed: a look at stars forced to hide their sexuality to make it in Hollywood, including an iconic singer who kept his relationship with his husband secret for 39 years, and an actor who hid photos of his husband on Instagram before auditioning for a big drama series. 39 years!! Let that sink in.
TikTok & Internet
- This week's memes are certified grandma-safe, per BuzzFeed's collection of clean-but-still-funny gems — rare W for wholesome internet content.
- TikTok's beauty algorithm is doing the most again: a roundup of viral products that allegedly work so well you'll "wonder if magic is involved," including a Dr. Melaxin Multi Balm Stick for smile lines that BuzzFeed compared to Doctor Strange. Sorcery in stick form.
- And someone live-blogged 57 thoughts rewatching 'Breaking Dawn – Part 1,' and honestly, "getting married at 18 and then almost immediately getting pregnant with a vampire baby" still does not get enough scrutiny. That movie was unhinged and we all just let it happen.