June 2026

Lil Wayne stepped into the FIFA 2026 conversation this week with a brief Instagram post that put his sports management company front and center alongside one of the tournament’s prominent goalkeepers. The rapper, born Dwayne Michael Carter Jr., posted three soccer ball emojis and the phrase “FIFA 2026” with four targeted account tags. He named…

Michelle Obama promoted a People Magazine interview this week that pulls together decades of shared life with Barack Obama and returns, as her public storytelling often does, to the South Side of Chicago. She announced it on Instagram. The interview covers personal milestones, shared memories, and the opening of the Obama Presidential Center. Michelle described…

Keke Palmer landed a seat at the table this week. A big one. BET announced that Palmer has been named the network’s newest Board Advisor. She’s also the youngest person to ever hold that title. The decision was unanimous. Not close. Not split. Unanimous. BET’s official Instagram post set the tone early: “You know it’s…

Carly Simon paid tribute to Clive Davis on Instagram this week, and the words she chose say more about the man than a thousand formal obituaries ever could. Davis passed away, and the music world is feeling it. Simon’s tribute cuts different, though. She didn’t reach for safe, polished words. She called him “the gentlest,…

Bravo dropped the announcement Housewives nation has been waiting for. The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: Roaring 20th is officially premiering on August 9th, and fam, the scale of this one is something else. The network confirmed the news on its official Instagram, writing “82 Housewives. 6 Cities. A Girls Trip like you’ve never seen…

Alannah Keyser has been cut from Love Island USA after a video of her using a racial slur resurfaced on social media. The Islander came in as a bombshell during the Casa Amor twist in the Peacock dating series. However, shortly after entering the villa, a video of her lip-syncing to a song surfaced online…

Ann Blyth, the actress of Hollywood’s Golden Age whose breakout came in 1945’s Mildred Pierce, has died. She was 98. The Academy Award nominee “died peacefully of natural causes” on Wednesday, according to KABC’s George Pennacchio, who noted her passing comes two months before her 99th birthday. Born Aug. 16, 1927 in Mount Kisko, New…

Following his ousting from 60 Minutes and CBS News earlier this month, Scott Pelley has found new representation. Deadline can confirm the 51x Emmy-winning news anchor has signed with Creative Artists Agency (CAA) just weeks after he was fired over an alleged confrontation with new executive producer Nick Bilton under Bari Weiss’ reign. While many…

EXCLUSIVE: Emmy-winning actress Julianna Margulies has signed on to executive produce Sister Senators, an upcoming documentary feature “about the only five women in the overwhelmingly male South Carolina State Senate, who defy party lines to fight for women’s rights.” Emily Harrold is directing the film that examines the unusual alliance between Republican senators Katrina Shealy,…