Richard E. Grant Blew His Own Traitor Cover on Night One and Called It the "Biggest Mistake I've Made in My Life"

October 3, 2026 · 62 sources

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Immediate self-destruction: Richard E. Grant accidentally revealed he's a Traitor to the cast in the Celebrity Traitors premiere — night one!! — and he's already calling it "the biggest mistake I've made in my life." (Variety)
Triangle alert: Karol G stars as Bruno Mars' Juliet in the romantic "Dance With Me" video, and Drake slid in with a "This guy works fast" comment. Billboard says some sort of public love triangle is brewing.
Barbie 2 is officially on the table as the Paramount Skydance–Warner Bros. Discovery era gets going — more below, and yes, it involves goodbyes to Mike and Pam.
Ye's Russian stadium dates are off: Promoters canceled his two planned Gazprom Arena shows in St. Petersburg with "sincere regret," after months of back-and-forth. (Billboard)
The internet is fighting about Savannah James: People are debating whether she — married to billionaire LeBron — should pay for her best friend to fly first class with her. Her stance: her friends are "very respectful of my situation" with "no expectation" she covers things. (BuzzFeed)

BuzzFeed has TWO separate family-secrets anthologies running, and they're both unhinged: secrets people were never supposed to find out (a work iPad that started receiving the owners' swinger-meetup messages 😬) and the shadiest family dramas ("Every time I attend a family function and have to see that cousin..."). Do not read at the dinner table.
Cuffing season report: Brits are ditching dating apps this year, and one in five say they'd rather spend time with an animal than a partner. Honestly? Valid. (BuzzFeed)

The Drake–Karol G–Bruno Mars situation continues: after Karol G played Bruno's Juliet in "Dance With Me," Drake's "This guy works fast" comment has fans wondering what's actually going on. Billboard stresses it appears playful and not serious, since the trio are fans of one another — but still!
Role Model kicked off the new season of Amelia Dimoldenberg's Chicken Shop Date (Friday, Oct. 2) by tackling the great question of our time: is he the most famous person from Maine? He's likely the state's biggest current pop export — but celebrities in general? (Billboard)
Business-side bummer: Universal Music Canada has laid off staff across several departments, announced at a company town hall, per Billboard Canada.

October streaming is loaded: Variety rounded up 17 of the best new movies arriving this month, and since it's Halloween season, high-profile horror leads the way — Evil Dead Burn, plus The Invite and Disclosure Day.
Pedro Pascal as a classical cellist midlife-crisis-ing through Tony Gilroy's Behemoth! — Variety's review calls it an "elevated bauble" that's part musician drama, part romantic mystery, part Gilroy "fiddling around with pure movie form." Sold, honestly.
Spicy spoiler take: Variety argues the big twist in Digger, the new Tom Cruise climate-crisis movie, is what "saves the movie from being a complete disaster" — "When does a bad movie become a fascinating watch?"
The New York Muslim Film Festival launches Oct. 11 at Manhattan's SVA Theatre with its lineup and jury now unveiled, positioning itself against the flattened, stereotyped portrayals Western media often serves up. (Variety)
The Skydance shuffle, cont'd: it was 102 degrees in L.A., but the Paramount lot was swarming as closing preparations continued — David Ellison addressed the troops about the new name, said adieu to Mike and Pam, and set the table for Barbie 2. Across Europe, entertainment leaders tell Variety they're mostly optimistic about his Warner Bros. takeover: "I believe in his commitment to cinema."

BuzzFeed's roundup of the most embarrassing celebrity moments ever remains elite content — yes, it includes Ben Affleck sending a follow-up video ("It's meeee") to a woman who had already unmatched him on a dating app. Justin Bieber is also generating serious secondhand cringe.
The "out of touch" celebrity fails list is still making people mad: Gwyneth Paltrow's claim that a hangover cure is getting an IV is exactly the energy you'd expect. 🙄 (BuzzFeed)
Party watch: Urban Decay took over the TMZ tour bus for its "Dirty 30" celebration — packed with influencers and decked out in the iconic Pocket Rocket lip gloss. (TMZ)

Sad news: beloved TikTok star and ALS activist Brooke Eby has died at 37. Rolling Stone reports friends, family, and followers remember her as a "defining voice in ALS awareness." Rest easy. 💛
TikTok-made-me-buy-it corner: BuzzFeed rounded up beauty picks (including the foot mask with, wait for it, "a-peel-ing" results) and handy gadgets — the "glass hair" brush and a portable air pump are being billed as life-changers.
Quiz rabbit hole, if you dare: guessing Taylor Swift songs from adjectives alone (BuzzFeed warns it's "much, much harder than you think"), ID-ing 2000s male heartthrobs from memory, and tallying how many of the NYT's best shows of the century you've actually seen.