May 2026

The road to the FIFA World Cup 2026 just got a major musical boost with the release of “Game Time,” the latest track from FIFA Sound’s official World Cup album. The high-energy collaboration pairs Grammy-winning rapper Future with South African global sensation Tyla, creating a genre-blending anthem designed to capture the anticipation and excitement leading…

Britney Spears published a caption-free update to Instagram on Friday. It earned nearly 13,000 likes, with no text attached at all. Her followers liked it anyway. That’s pretty standard territory for Spears at this point. She won her freedom from a 13-year conservatorship in November 2021, and she’s been one of the most followed celebrities…

Heidi Klum has her winner. Germany’s Next Top Model 2026 belongs to ibo_bodi. Klum made it official on Instagram today, posting in German: “Herzlichen Glückwunsch @ibo_bodi – Du bist Germany’s next Topmodel 2026.” That means “Congratulations – you are Germany’s Next Top Model 2026.” Harper’s Bazaar Germany was tagged in the same caption, making the…

Jamie Lee Curtis marked the four-year anniversary of her daughter Ruby and Ruby’s partner Kyn with an Instagram message Thursday. It was warm and full of Pride. The post opened with “PROUD” in all-caps, paired with both the transgender Pride flag and rainbow Pride flag emojis. Curtis then offered a reflection on what four years…

Giannis Antetokounmpo posted one word and three emojis on Instagram on Friday and got the whole basketball world locked in. The caption: “Press: ▶️🎮🔥.” That was the entire drop. That sparse tease pulled over 54,000 likes. For a single-word post with nothing to dig into visually, that kind of response says the audience is already…

Celine Dion shared a tribute performance of “River Deep – Mountain High” on her Instagram this week, honoring the legacy of Tina Turner. In the post, Dion described Turner as “one of the most electrifying voices of all time” and called the performance “a moment filled with power and pure reverence.” Those words carry real…

While there was no conversation about the elephant in the room– the pending Paramount Warner Bros Discovery merger — at Warner Bros. Motion Picture Co-Chair Michael De Luca’s Produced By panel this afternoon, the studio boss took time to give props to the zeitgeist going on at the weekend box office, read the YouTube creators…

Singer-songwriter Niall Horan is opening up about Liam Payne, saying there is “light and shade” to the grief he feels over the death of his One Direction bandmate. In a new interview with The Times U.K., Horan remembered spending time with Payne in Argentina just a couple of weeks prior to his death in October…

Ivy Meeropol, director of Ask E. Jean, the documentary about E. Jean Carroll who successfully sued Donald Trump for defamation and battery, is responding to reports the Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into Carroll. “Unbelievable, yet not surprising,” Meeropol says of the reports by the New York Times and CNN which said the…

A Love Island USA cast member has been dismissed from the reality dating show just days ahead of its eighth season premiere following resurfaced videos in which the contestant used a racial slur. Vasana Montgomery, of Beaverton, Oregon, will no longer feature on the series, Deadline can confirm. A Peacock spokesperson notes that videos of…