Quick Hits

• Sabrina Carpenter and Bad Bunny are officially first-time Emmy winners after this weekend's awards, and Billboard's Pop Shop is already asking the only question that matters: could EGOT be next for both?
• The cruise ship scam saga continues — the man accused of taking a woman for $1,100 says her viral confrontation video "doesn't tell the whole story."
• Ray LaMontagne collapsed on stage mid-show in Nashville, reportedly due to heat-related dehydration — but Billboard says he's doing just fine. Collective exhale.
• Kyle Richards says she still loves sister Kim and there's no bad blood after their eviction drama, per TMZ.
• Tame Impala is done signing autographs and taking photos at hotels and airports, citing "aggressive autograph hounds."

What's Trending

The high-seas showdown keeps giving: TMZ reports the man accused of scamming a female acquaintance out of $1,100 is now firing back at the viral video she posted after tracking him down on the ship, claiming it doesn't capture the full story. Whatever the truth, confronting someone mid-cruise is diabolical-level accountability content.

Spencer Pratt, meanwhile, is treating the rumored ending of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" like a personal championship parade — TMZ says the reality star is openly mocking the show's rumored demise. Petty? Yes. On brand? Also yes. (Emphasis on rumored, everyone.)

Over on BuzzFeed, they've ranked every single MCU hero confirmed for "Avengers: Doomsday" by survival odds — Doctor Doom has arrived and, as they put it, "not everyone is making it out alive." Morbid bracket energy, and we're into it.

And the internet is deep in a 2010–2016 college nostalgia spiral, with people declaring "Man, we had a generational run." The flip phone-to-iPhone transition era really did hit different.

Music

More on the Emmy moment: Billboard reports Carpenter won as a producer and performer on Disney+'s Muppets special, while Benito picked up his as a producer — and the Pop Shop crew is openly speculating about EGOT trajectories for both. Start the clock.

Rolling Stone profiled Louisa Livingstone — the "witch" from Black Sabbath's classic album cover — who is now a musician herself. Her take: "I still find it a little bizarre at times being the Black Sabbath 'witch woman' since of course I'm also a lot of other things." Honestly iconic second act.

RS also reopened the 'Renegade' file, 25 years later: did Eminem outrap Jay-Z on Jay's own song? Apparently the debate is eternal and nobody's conceding.

Elsewhere: Lucy Dacus is reissuing her debut 'No Burden' for its 10th anniversary (Dec. 4), led by the unreleased "No Thank You, I Love You, Goodbye." Angus & Julia Stone turned the grind of touring into 'a kind of happiness' on new album 'Karaoke Bar.' Johnny Cash's 1976 comic book 'Hello, I'm Johnny Cash' is getting a 50th-anniversary rerelease from Z2 Comics later this month.

On the heavier side: Lil Durk's murder-for-hire trial reached closing arguments, with prosecutors framing the case as "revenge" and the defense arguing a "tsunamai of reasonable doubt" — jury's turn now. And Suno unveiled its new label-backed 'v6' model, after — per Variety — stacking licensing deals "like Infinity Stones." The AI music era keeps accelerating.

Movies & TV

Duncan Kenworthy, the producer behind "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and "Love Actually," is receiving the BAFTA Fellowship, the British Academy's highest honor. Richard Curtis's favorite collaborator getting his flowers.

Hungarian director Kornél Mundruczó — reuniting with Ellen Burstyn after "Pieces of a Woman" — is out talking "Place to Be," his unlikely love story starring Burstyn, Taika Waititi, and a pigeon. A pigeon! Casting remains undefeated.

Netflix India is going big on comedy, expanding it into a long-term programming pillar, with content VP Monika Shergill telling Variety "specificity can be a strength."

And if you need something to watch while we wait for "The Fix," BuzzFeed rounded up 17 spy movies that'll keep you on the edge of your seat.

Celebrity Tea

Kyle Richards is setting the record straight on sister Kim: despite the eviction lawsuit mess — yes, the one where Kyle kicked Kim out — she says the love is still there. Sibling sagas, decade-long editions.

NBA star Tyler Herro and ex Katya Henry split, and it's already ugly: she's suing for custody and support, per TMZ.

Pamela Anderson opened up about her hepatitis C diagnosis, recalling a doctor delivering a "death sentence" of 10 years to live — she contracted the virus sharing tattoo needles with Tommy Lee, and says it "turned my life inside out." She has since recovered. Legend.

And keep tissues handy for this one: ahead of 9/11's 25th anniversary, Pete Davidson — who lost his FDNY firefighter dad Scott at just 7 years old — talked about the daughter he named after his father, and how he'll eventually explain it all to her. Not crying, you're crying.

TikTok & Internet

A BuzzFeed makeup junkie tested three of the most viral setting sprays and discovered they'd been using the wrong one for years. Bulletproof makeup awaits.

Also in the shopping-chaos zone: 33 TikTok-beloved products people admit to having full crushes on — the foot-peeling spray and smoked sea salt flakes are apparently that girl.

Quiz corner: BuzzFeed wants to know if you've been butchering celebrity names your whole life (Timothée Chala-what?), and whether Gen Z can identify iconic '00s films from a single frame — "Early 2000s Disney Channel: The Golden Age of Cinema. FIGHT ME."