Benny Blanco Posted A NSFW Video Of Selena Gomez Sunbathing And 26 Million People Have Already Seen It — "How Dare You Post Alex Russo Like This!!"
The internet's collective week can be summed up in one sentence: Benny Blanco posted a video of Selena Gomez sunbathing that is decidedly Not Safe For Work, it blew past 26 million views, and now everyone's timeline i...
Quick Hits
- Justice, 30 years late: A Las Vegas jury found Duane "Keffe D" Davis guilty of murder for orchestrating Tupac Shakur's 1996 killing, per Billboard — one of the most notorious cold cases in music history, finally closed.
- Ella Langley is unstoppable: "Choosin' Texas" just logged its 20th week at No. 1 on the Hot 100, making it the second-longest-running chart-topper ever, per Rolling Stone.
- The video everyone's seen: Benny Blanco's very NSFW video of Selena Gomez sunbathing has passed 26 million views, and the reactions are an event unto themselves (BuzzFeed).
- Doja Cat got real on TikTok: She says she struggled with cocaine about eight years ago and is now "well past that," per TMZ.
- Love Overboard is lost at sea: Alex Cooper's dating show is canceled at Hulu after just one season, per Variety.
What's Trending
The internet's collective week can be summed up in one sentence: Benny Blanco posted a video of Selena Gomez sunbathing that is decidedly Not Safe For Work, it blew past 26 million views, and now everyone's timeline is just reactions. BuzzFeed rounded up the best of them, and the top-vibe comment is genuinely perfect: "how dare you post Alex Russo like this!!" — the Wizards of Waverly Place trauma runs deep, and honestly? Fair.
Elsewhere in viral chatter: people are gleefully predicting which businesses won't survive the next generation ("They're super expensive, and in many cases, quite boring"), which is peak doomscrolling-as-group-chat energy.
Music
- The Tupac verdict is the story of the day. After nearly 30 years, a Las Vegas jury convicted Duane "Keffe D" Davis of murder for orchestrating the 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur — ending, per Billboard, one of the country's most notorious cold cases. Genuinely surreal that this day actually came.
- Ella Langley's "Choosin' Texas" is now a 20-week No. 1 on the Hot 100 — the second-longest-running No. 1 single ever, and the longest reign for a non-holiday track, per Rolling Stone. At this point the song has a lease on the top spot.
- Dolly Parton appreciation hours: At the Daisy Chain Fields Festival, Sarah McLachlan and Olivia Rodrigo performed "Angel" in Dolly's honor — "I want to dedicate this song tonight to the OG matriarch." Meanwhile, Billboard's Pop Shop podcast is digging into how Dolly spent her 60-plus-year career refusing to "go pop," preferring to call her music, simply, "Dolly Parton Music." Icon behavior.
- BigXthaPlug pleaded no contest in a 2025 unlawful weapon case in Dallas County and received six months of deferred adjudication, per Billboard.
Movies & TV
- Blue Beetle lives! Xolo Maridueña tells Variety he had no idea if the character would ever return — until DC boss James Gunn personally called him about the "Superman" sequel. Xolo's take: "The most humbled." Sweetest superhero story of the week.
- Sandra Bullock is being painfully honest about the original "Practical Magic" bombing: she thought "people are going to love it," and then... "it got quiet." Twenty-eight years later, she and Nicole Kidman are back for "Practical Magic 2." Redemption arcs can take decades, kids.
- Busan is going huge for its 31st edition: Animation legend Rintaro returns to Korea for the first time in 17 years with a 13-film Japanese Animation Special, and the guest list includes Isabelle Huppert, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Kore-eda Hirokazu, Fan Bingbing, and Michelle Yeoh.
- Pokémon is back on the big screen: "Pokémon: Wild Card" — an anime film starring, checks notes, a trading card game player — is set for 2027, and the teaser is already here.
- BFI London Film Festival's 70th edition will feature screen talks with Andrew Scott, Cynthia Erivo, Jesse Eisenberg, Sofia Coppola and more. Awards-season whisperers, take note.
Celebrity Tea
- Wedding bells for the Reiner family: Rob and Michele Reiner's son Jake Reiner married Maria Gilfillan in a small ceremony, TMZ has learned. Congrats to the newlyweds!
- BuzzFeed rounded up 11 actors who reportedly turned down James Bond, including one brutal self-assessment: "I'm not like [Bond]. I haven't got nice hair, and I'm a bit fat." Sir. The honesty.
TikTok & Internet
- Doja Cat opened up in a new TikTok about struggling with cocaine roughly eight years ago, insisting she's "well past that" now, per TMZ. Credit where it's due — that's a candid thing to put on the internet.
- Pour one out for "Love Overboard." Alex Cooper's dating show is done at Hulu after one season, per Variety, which called it — devastatingly — "lost at sea." The pun hurt more than the cancellation.
- For a palate cleanser: BuzzFeed has 19 memes wholesome enough to send directly to your grandma, no second thought required. There's also a quiz that claims it can guess if you're single or taken based on your Taylor Swift song preferences, and frankly, I'm a little afraid of its accuracy. "Enchanted," indeed. 👀