Quick Hits

• Jay-Z wrapped his 'Jay-Z 30' run at SoFi Stadium in LA with the West Coast cavalry — Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg and Too Short — after a kickoff night that already featured Blue Ivy, John Legend, DJ Khaled and Scarface.
• Elvis Presley's rightsholders are suing Anthropic (yes, the AI company behind Claude) for $41 million, claiming it trained on 274 of the King's songs without permission.
• Taylor Swift's self-titled debut turned 20, and Rolling Stone marked the milestone by revisiting where one of pop's great songwriting careers began.
• Slayyyter canceled the rest of her U.K./European tour over laryngitis and vocal cord tears, saying she had to pull the plug "to avoid permanent damage to my voice."
• Kate Gosselin responded to son Collin's abuse claims — via a TikTok comment, because it's 2026 and that's just how celebrity statements work now.

What's Trending

• Cardi B brought daughters Kulture and Blossom to KATSEYE's New York concert Saturday night (Oct. 24), and Billboard notes it continues a whole run of very public stanning from Cardi for the six-member girl group. Mom-daughter concert content is the genre I'm here for.
• 'SNL U.K.'s Weekend Update went full no-sacred-cows mode: Variety reports co-host Paddy Young directly referenced the allegations surrounding Meghan Markle's dad, plus bits on James Bond auditions and a 'Glee' reboot.
• Speaking of Bond, the discourse is clearly in the air — BuzzFeed conveniently dropped 17 wild celebrity relationship ultimatums, including a partner who laid down "If you play James Bond, we're not getting married."

Music

• Jay-Z's SoFi victory lap doubled as a legacy flex: Variety framed the 'Jay-Z 30' closer as the capstone on decades of history (and an eight-part docuseries breaking down his rhymes), while Billboard noted night one's guest list — Blue Ivy, John Legend, DJ Khaled, Scarface — still wasn't "as crazy-huge" as the Yankee Stadium run. Ridiculous sentence to have to type.
• The Elvis-vs-AI legal war is officially on: lawyers say the plaintiffs are "deeply protective of these iconic songs" in the $41M suit over 274 tracks, and Billboard frames it as the estate launching a broader legal fight over AI training. Whatever you think of AI music, "Elvis's catalog sues a chatbot company" is an all-timer of a headline.
• Sweetest crossover of the day: Phoebe Bridgers told Brad Paisley she loves his song "Camouflage" — Rolling Stone calls it one of the best compliments he's ever gotten. She was listing songs she loved and snuck one of his own in there. Iconic behavior.
• Maluma opened up about therapy and finding balance at Billboard Latin Music Week — a genuinely nice moment in the uplifting-moments roundup.
• Rolling Stone's Musicians on Musicians event sold out LA with Don Toliver, Malcolm Todd, Alex Warren and Megan Moroney trading performances and candid conversations, all hosted by SNL's James Austin Johnson.

Movies & TV

• The buzzy Elizabeth Holmes doc 'You Can See Everything' almost didn't exist: co-director Lance Oppenheim tells Variety that Nathan Fielder negotiated a "kill switch" — "If we didn't find something, we could just throw it all away." Extremely Nathan Fielder contract clause.
• Netflix threw itself a 10-years-in-Korea fan festival in Seoul on Oct. 24 with 'Squid Game' and 'KPop Demon Hunters' stars, where co-CEO Ted Sarandos teased 'Tantara' and 'All of Us Are Dead' Season 2.
• Ken Atchity, 'The Meg' producer and storied literary agent, died at 82 after producing more than 30 films.
• Festival speed-run: El Gouna wrapped its ninth edition with 'Safe Exit' taking the top prize, while Tatiana Huezo's 'Galerna' won big at Morelia's Impulso section as the fest closed Oct. 25.
• The AI tech behind India's 'Mahabharat' series is heading to Indonesia for a new mythology project — the AI-epic industrial complex grows.

Celebrity Tea

• Kate Gosselin isn't staying silent: after son Collin's claims of alleged abuse, she replied to a TikTok commenter praising her sacrifices with "My kids know who I truly am." Heavy stuff — and the comments section is exactly where she chose to say it.

TikTok & Internet

• The wildest creator story of the day: TMZ reports an NYC-born influencer was arrested in Colombia after authorities say they found a stash of guns and drugs in her apartment — a scene TMZ compares to something out of "Narcos." Not the influencer arc anyone had on their 2026 bingo card.
• If you need a palate cleanser, BuzzFeed's game and quiz vertical has the timeline hooked: geography games (Map Ranker, Pinpoint), a weirdly soothing liquid-sorting game, plus quizzes for Hanna-Barbera cartoon scholars and '90s movie villain experts. Rank countries or touch grass — your call.