The Buckingham Palace Band Just Played Dolly Parton's "9 to 5" and Honestly? We're Not Okay
The internet is one big Dolly Parton tribute right now, and the range is incredible. The Buckingham Palace band played "9 to 5" with a message remembering "the late, great Dolly" and her Imagination Library's millions...
Quick Hits
- It's officially Dolly Parton tribute season, and the tributes are coming from everywhere. Buckingham Palace's band played "9 to 5," John Mayer covered "I Will Always Love You," and the American Federation of Musicians revealed Dolly was a union member in good standing in Nashville for 58 years. 58 years!
- Harry Styles opened his Together, Together run at Madison Square Garden with a new setlist and mid-song Knicks trash talk. New York Harry is a specific flavor of Harry and we're into it.
- Tour-watcher's whiplash day: Post Malone postponed his Asia/Australia/New Zealand dates, and Kehlani paused her tour, telling fans she's "in so much pain" and that canceling "breaks my heart."
- Nicole Kidman says she's planning to catch Adéla live in Nashville, and the singer behind the song literally titled "Nicole Kidman" is — per Billboard's own headline — freaking out. As one would.
What's Trending
The internet is one big Dolly Parton tribute right now, and the range is incredible. The Buckingham Palace band played "9 to 5" with a message remembering "the late, great Dolly" and her Imagination Library's millions of free books for kids. John Mayer slid a "soulful" cover of "I Will Always Love You" into the intro of "Gravity," per Rolling Stone. Meanwhile, r/popculturechat is resurfacing gold from the archives — Dolly's 1991 "Good Golly, Miss Dolly!" Annie Leibovitz shoot at Fort Hood for Vanity Fair. Elsewhere: golf TikTok is in chaos over Good Good, the creator brand that's suddenly the subject of endless memes — including confusion over why Dick's Sporting Goods is reportedly pulling its product from shelves. And a r/popculturechat thread asking for "the best lie a celebrity has told" is delivering all-timers: Paula Abdul's plane crash with "literally zero record," plus, as the poster put it, SZA's, Robert Pattinson's, and Jameela Jamil's... everything.
Music
Harry's first NYC show of the run is getting the Billboard treatment with a "6 Best Moments" breakdown, opening track "Dance No More" and a strutting "How about them Knicks, huh?" included. In sadder tour news, Kehlani canceled two upcoming shows citing health concerns, while Posty's Big Ass World Tour won't be hitting Asia and down under this year as planned. Phoebe Bridgers stopped by BBC Radio 1 and covered Nirvana's "Lithium," also showcasing "Bobby" off her new album Lost Weekend. Over on the charts, Jay Wheeler's "De Lejitos" jumps 2-1 on Billboard's Latin Airplay — he says it "fills me with great pride." And in a delightfully niche flex, Sting is narrating a documentary about The Godfather composer Nino Rota, premiering at Venice.
Movies & TV
Toho and Gkids dropped a behind-the-scenes clip for "Godzilla Minus Zero," the follow-up to the Oscar-winning "Godzilla Minus One." Emma Thompson wrote a "Nanny McPhee" stage musical and it's hitting the West End next summer — a small step, a small hop, etc. The BBC unveiled a first look at "Tall Tales & Murder," a chaotic comedic crime drama starring Aidan Gillen and Ella Lily Hyland from a "Veep" director and the "Love/Hate" creator. The wizarding world is doing something genuinely nice: the "Harry Potter" Back to Hogwarts initiative is donating over 200,000 books to schools and hospitals ahead of the Sept. 1 celebration. And with Emmy voting now closed, Variety's anonymous ballots are as cranky and glorious as ever — one voter straight-up asked, "Who has time to watch all this crap?" Valid, honestly.
Celebrity Tea
The Kidman-Adéla situation is the sweetest thing going: Nicole needed a beat to place the name at her London premiere, but once a fan mentioned Adéla's song named after her, she was all in for the Nashville show. Adéla's reaction is the reaction. Also making a comeback: Stockard Channing, back on the red carpet just weeks after opening up about her quiet London life, saying she's "happy being a recluse" since the death of her longtime partner. Rizzo forever.
TikTok & Internet
Viral hit "Freaked Out" is leveling up: breakout Aotearoa artist Fat Papi and Perth producer prodshushy just signed with UNIFIED Artist Management — the meme-to-management-timeline speedrun continues. And if you fancy a quiz that will absolutely humble you, BuzzFeed wants to cancel your Disney+ subscription unless you can unscramble Disney Channel Original Movie titles. "MCPA KROC" took me an embarrassing amount of time. No, I'm not telling you how long.