July 2026

Lainey Wilson shared a new Instagram photo this week with a caption as simple as two words and a yellow heart: “the essentials 💛”. The post didn’t come with a product tag, a tour announcement, or anything else beyond that short phrase. The yellow heart trailing the caption is a small but familiar detail across…

Shakira turned a New Jersey concert into one of her most memorable nights this week. She walked to the stage with the Ghetto Kids from Uganda, then brought Wyclef Jean out as a surprise guest. The combination delivered something genuinely special. The Colombian pop icon shared the moment on Instagram afterward. “Walking to stage with…

Hailey Rhode Bieber unveiled her signature denim line with GAP this week, and the name alone tells you something: “The Hailey Jean.” That’s not a celebrity endorsement. It’s a dedication. Her Instagram caption was minimal. She wrote “1996,” added a jeans emoji and a white heart, and closed with “My favorite denim fr.” Four lines,…

Hello everyone! Ice Spice has an episode of Project Runway dropping tomorrow night, and it’s shaping up to be one worth watching. The rapper posted on Instagram Thursday that her episode airs July 17 at 9 p.m. on both Hulu and Disney+. The caption kept it casual: “my project runway episode drops tomorrow @ 9pm…

Dom Taylor, the chef who won Netflix’s Five Star Chef, has died. He was 44. It was Taylor’s restaurant, The Good Front Room, that confirmed the “sudden passing” of the founder. “Dom was a visionary whose bold, joyful approach to celebrating the Caribbean cuisine of his childhood brought a fresh and exciting voice to London’s…

EXCLUSIVE: Hot off of notching two Emmy noms this year, we hear that Colman Domingo is looking to co-write an original live-action feature about Princess Tiana inspired by Disney’s animated 2009 feature The Princess and the Frog. We understand, per sources, that the two-time Oscar nominee will co-pen the feature with 2020 Tony-nominated Slave Play…

In a significant move that has been tried before, the Television Academy’s Board of Governors voted to drop several categories from the 2026 Primetime Emmy show, set for NBC on Monday, September 14, and move them to the Creative Arts ceremonies held on the previous weekend of September 5 and 6. For the first time,…

The DGA, the WGA and SAG-AFTRA have come together to push back on the decision to cut five categories — two acting, two directing and one directing — from the main 2026 Emmy telecast Sept. 14 on NBC. “The Emmys exist to celebrate the best of television and the artists who are central to bringing…

Lorde is calling out Spotify over a new feature that uses AI to give context to the song playing on the streaming service. The “About the Song” feature, which is currently in beta, was released earlier this year and gathers information from third-party sources to give details on a particular song. “Hey Spotify, I’m gonna…