Celine Dion Just Returned to the Stage in Paris After Six-Plus Years — Grab the Tissues

September 14, 2026 · 69 sources

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CELINE IS BACK. After more than six years away from performing, Celine Dion made her long-awaited return to the stage in Paris, and Rolling Stone's review calls it an operatic celebration of voice, movement, and her extraordinary bond with the audience. Even better news: Billboard has the ticket rundown for her 2026 Paris residency if you want to be there for chapter two.
Ariana Grande and Jonathan Bailey just killed an entire West End production. The planned 2027 London revival of Sunday in the Park With George has been canceled after both stars exited. A Sondheim revival with no stars is just... a very nice community theater announcement.
My Chemical Romance album tease alert: Gerard Way told fans at the Alamodome "you guys deserve another record" — the strongest signal yet that the long-awaited follow-up to 2010's Danger Days might actually be happening. Emos, assemble.
The No. 1 song on the planet is "BbY WoW" — Judeline's collab with Karol G is topping Spotify and Billboard's global charts, and Judeline openly cannot believe it. Neither can we, honestly. Congrats!
The Odyssey cannot be stopped: sixth straight weekend at No. 1 in South Korea, and it just crossed $100 million in China after a fifth consecutive frame on top. The voyage continues.

Jen Shah is free, outside, and ABSOLUTELY making it known — the RHOSLC alum popped up at Saturday's Utah Utes football game for her big post-prison public moment, per TMZ. Never change, Jen.
TIFF buzz of the day: Scottish writer-director Tom Nicoll's debut Salvation, about an aspiring online life coach who tries to reinvent himself and then sell that transformation, per Variety. His take on male influencer culture: "I don't think anyone's ever been insulted into changing their mind." Rare wise words about the internet, spoken at a film festival no less.
Over on r/popculturechat, the grieving thread of the day asks which canceled shows broke your heart — brutally timed, given today's Sunday in the Park news and everything happening with Blade. Pour one out.

Charli XCX is addressing fan frustration over the limited UK/European dates on her Music, Fashion, Film tour, telling Billboard the slim schedule comes down to touring being "emotionally and physically hard." Reasonable! But also, we're crying about it.
More MCR detail because you deserve it: Gerard told the Alamodome crowd, "We kind of always wanted to make another record, so we hope to." That's not a confirmation, but it's not a no, and after 16 years we'll take it.
Dove Cameron's new single "When in Rome" tops Billboard's weekly new music fan poll — the people have spoken.
Icehouse will celebrate 40 years of Man of Colours with a 2027 Australian tour, their first indoor headline run in more than 20 years. Iconic for the dads.

Mahershala Ali on the canceled Blade film: "I'm done with that." Three words, zero elaboration, complete devastation for the rest of us. He gave it years; the movie gods gave nothing back.
Netflix is expanding its library of Lee Chang-dong films worldwide, hot off Possible Love winning the Silver Lion (Grand Jury Prize) at Venice. If you've been meaning to get into one of cinema's great slow-burn auteurs, your streaming queue just got an assignment.
Festival roundup, rapid-fire: Club Kid — already a Cannes breakout — took the top prize at Deauville; Javier Bardem is getting a lifetime achievement award from the Rome Film Festival; and Busan is rolling out its fan-facing Open Talk and stage greeting programs with Hyun Bin, Lee Min-ho, Jung Woo-sung, and Isabelle Huppert. Meanwhile, international Oscar submissions are stacking up ahead of the Oct. 1 deadline, with shortlists due Dec. 15 — awards season is officially warming up.
Also in "it exists and critics have thoughts": Variety's review of Trudie Styler's Up Against It praises Antonio Banderas and the cast but says the divorced-parents dramedy "seldom coheres." Ouch.

Tom Sandoval is taking a break from dating after his split from Victoria Lee Robinson, announcing the romantic hiatus outside what TMZ describes as a public outing. A Sandoval voluntarily single is a genuinely new character arc — Vanderpump historians, note the date.
In much heavier news: Zach Hickerson, the brother of Hayden Panettiere's boyfriend, spoke out for the first time since his arrest following that wild South Carolina bar fight, saying rumors surrounding Hayden's death are fueling attacks on him. A genuinely grim corner of the internet right now — sending everyone involved some peace.
A little wholesomeness to cleanse the palate: Native Forward announced it's dedicating an entire $50 million MacKenzie Scott gift to Native students and future generations. MacKenzie really out here funding the future while the rest of the feed is chaos.

BuzzFeed went shopping in Amazon's "Internet Famous" section so you don't have to scroll — Bratz keychains, cheap sunnies, and yes, a funny-lookin' Patrick Star plush are all represented. The algorithm made us buy it.
Dupe culture stays winning: a roundup of cheaper versions of viral favorites — including swaps for the Samba Janes and Rhode's milky toner — because your wallet deserves mercy in this economy.
Quiz corner if you're avoiding your inbox: test yourself filling in '90s lyrics, guess celebrities from their tween photos, or try to remember when ten famous couples actually got married. (Spoiler: you will not.)