May 2026

Michael B. Jordan closed out Amazon MGM Studios’ 2026 Upfront presentation in a major way, unveiling an ambitious slate of upcoming Prime Video projects tied to his growing partnership with the studio and his production company, Outlier Society. Among the biggest announcements was The Greatest, the first scripted television series about Muhammad Ali officially authorized…

The FIFA World Cup is officially getting the halftime show treatment and the lineup is massive: Madonna, Shakira, and BTS. FIFA and Global Citizen announced that Madonna, Shakira, and BTS will co-headline the first-ever FIFA World Cup Final Halftime Show during the 2026 championship match on July 19 at New York New Jersey Stadium. The…

The music industry’s biggest songwriters, producers, and publishers gathered this week as BMI celebrated the creators behind some of the year’s most-played hits at the 2026 BMI Pop Awards. Held May 12 at the iconic Beverly Wilshire Hotel, the annual event honored the talent shaping today’s pop music landscape while spotlighting legendary singer-songwriter Paul Anka…

Alec Baldwin posted a birthday message to his brother Stephen Baldwin on Instagram this week. The caption read “Happy birthday Stephen.” That was it. Three words. That’s what passed between the oldest and youngest of the Baldwin brothers in public this time around. The Baldwin family has spent decades in the tabloid spotlight, sometimes by…

Bella Hadid typed “Cannes” into her camera roll on May 14 and posted the results on Instagram. Her caption – “When I type in Cannes to my camera roll” – did most of the work. The post landed nearly 250,000 likes by the end of the day. The timing is pretty perfect. The Cannes Film…

Mindy Kaling made it official on Thursday: her Netflix series is coming back for a third season. She shared the news on Instagram in a message that captured her enthusiasm pretty directly. “Season 3 baby!!” Kaling wrote. “So excited to finally be able to tell you that we are officially coming back! Thank you SO…

Jason Collins died on Wednesday from brain cancer. He was 47. The news landed with weight. Collins wasn’t just another NBA center who put in his time and moved on. He was the first active professional athlete in a major North American sport to publicly come out as gay. That happened in April 2013, through a…

Curtis ’50 Cent’ Jackson linked up with Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield this week. The culture is buzzing with questions about what these two are cooking up together. 50 put it out there on Instagram Wednesday with his signature no-frills delivery. “Detroit mayor Mary Sheffield pulled up on us,” the post read, complete with a bomb…

One might argue that there’s something symbolic in the fact that the two big Hollywood studio titles screening this year at Cannes can’t be found in the Official Competition but are in the repertory Classics section. The first being The Fast and the Furious, which rode into town on Wednesday night with Universal for an…