Mark Bradford’s Monumental Painting Takes Over the Obama Presidential Center Museum
Mark Bradford didn’t walk straight from school into an art career. He spent years in his mother’s hair salon in Leimert Park, a neighborhood in South Los Angeles with a rich history in Black art and culture. He enrolled in formal arts education at age 31. That backstory matters, friends. It shaped everything about what…
Hot Girl Summer Gets a Signature Scent from Megan Thee Stallion
Megan Thee Stallion shared behind-the-scenes content from a HOT GIRL SUMMER EAU DE PARFUM shoot on Instagram Monday, making it official: the Hot Girl brand is moving into fragrance. The post came with a short, sweet caption: “BTS of my HOT GIRL SUMMER EAU DE PARFUM,” paired with fire, orange heart, and sun emojis. No…
Jerrod Carmichael’s ‘Let Us In’ Raises Questions About His Next Move
Jerrod Carmichael put three words on Instagram on Monday: “Let us in.” A hashtag carrying his own name came with it. That was the full extent of the post. His public moves have consistently carried weight. Dropping this phrase without any explanation attached is, for him, a calculated act. Carmichael has long built his career…
LE SSERAFIM’s Playful Korean Caption About Bangs Pulls 154,000 Likes
LE SSERAFIM kicked off July 7 with a simple question for their Instagram followers. The caption, written in Korean, asked: “Do you believe in bangs?” Paired with two hashtags – one in Japanese, one in English – the post was as minimal as they get. It still earned more than 154,000 likes. For a text-only…
Travis Scott Drops A Two-Line Life Philosophy That Earns Nearly 700,000 Likes
Travis Scott dropped two lines on Instagram this week. They could have passed for a verse left off one of his albums. “Life is a odyssey / Life a movie,” the caption read, with no album announcement and no event hook. Nearly 700,000 likes for a two-line caption with zero promotional context is a genuinely…
‘Big Brother’s Levi Banks Explains Dropping Out Before Season 28: “Not The Right Fit”
As a new group of strangers moved into the Big Brother house, one contestant decided to check out of the competition early. Levi Banks, who dropped out of Season 28 just before filming began, explained that the CBS reality series was “not the right fit” for him, but he is “so freaking excited” to watch…
Disabled Journalist Is A Favorite Of Messi, Many More World Cup Stars
Manu Gutiérrez has landed interviews with some of the biggest figures at this year’s World Cup including Lionel Messi (twice), Lionel Scaloni, Jude Bellingham, Cuti Romero, James Rodríguez and more. Pretty good for a fresh-faced independent journalist from Venezuela. But here’s the thing: Gutiérrez has landed those interviews amid the scrum of the “mixed zone,”…
Dan Trachtenberg’s Untitled ‘Freddy the 13th’ Animated Horror Comedy Gets Release Date
Paramount Animation has given Dan Trachtenberg’s untitled Freddy the 13th adaptation an appropriate release date. After announcing the untitled animated family horror comedy at Annecy International Animation Film Festival last month, Paramount has set the project based on Yehudi Mercado’s indie comic for a Friday, Oct. 13, 2028 release. Directed by Trachtenberg and co-directed by…
USMNT’s World Cup Exit Scores Historic Ratings With 33M Viewers – Update
UPDATE 7/9: The final viewership numbers for the U.S.-Belgium match are in, and they are the biggest for any telecast since the Super Bowl. The Round of 16 game was watched by 33.086 million viewers — the most ever for a soccer telecast in the U.S. and the largest non-NFL audience on any network in…
Jennifer Garner On Why It’s “So Important” To Film In LA “As Much As Possible”
Although Jennifer Garner takes audiences on a trip in The Five-Star Weekend, she prefers staying in Los Angeles for work. The Golden Globe winner recently discussed why it’s been “so important” to her that she works in Hollywood “as much as possible,” while state legislators push to uncap California’s film and TV tax incentives program….