Welcome back to our weekly recap of some of the biggest and most talked-about moments in pop culture and current events that you need to know about right now.
Out Italian Olympic freestyle swimmer, Alex Di Giorgio, has reflected on his experiences of a lack of support during his time as a professional athlete. On his own experiences as a gay athlete, he said: “In the past, I may not have had the support I would have needed, but I still managed to make it.” [Attitude]
Carolyn Bessette‘s former hairstylist, Brad Johns, has revealed that she panicked just before her 1996 wedding and begged him to dye her hair black. [Celebitchy]
The Prada front row is legit! Nepo babies! Olympians! WBNA superstars! Hot ingenues! [Go Fug Yourself]
Are you ready for Jonathan Majors‘ comeback movie? He will be making an action movie for The Daily Wire, written and directed by a former Project Greenlight winner who made that “Die Hard with a school shooting” movie everyone wanted. Details are underwraps, but it will be produced by Ben Shapiro. [Pajiba]
From suburban son to dystopian survivor — and soon literature’s most famous teenage lover — Noah Jupe is deliberately chasing roles with no through line at all, determined to learn something new every time he steps on screen. [Kenneth in the 212]
Jenni Olson is a movie star. It isn’t that she acts; it’s that she has been a savior of film for the past 30-plus years. [Boy Culture]
Well, this sounds horrific and extremely creepy. Actor Crispin Glover has been sued by an alleged former girlfriend who claims the Back to the Future actor used her for “sex and free labor” after luring her with the promise of a job opportunity in Los Angeles. [Variety]
Nick Reiner has pleaded not guilty to murdering his parents, Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, on December 14, 2025. He faces two counts of first-degree murder, with a special circumstance alleging multiple murders. [BBC]
Heated Rivalry fans, you’re going to have to be patient because it is going to be more than one year before we see Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov overheating our TV screens. [E! Online]
We have some more bad news for Heated Rivalry fans. Author Rachel Reid, who wrote the Game Changer series the show is based on, has announced that the release date for the next book, featuring Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov, has been moved to June 1, 2027. [OUT]
There is some good news for Heated Rivalry fans: the famous cottage is now available for rent on Airbnb. [OUT]
If this doesn’t make your blood boil, then you have no human decency left in your body. A mostly blind refugee was found dead on Tuesday after Border Patrol agents allegedly dropped him off miles from home without notifying his family. [Mediaite]
Singer d4vd has been identified as a “target” in a Los Angeles grand jury investigation into the death of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez. It was only a matter of time. [Hypebeast]
Revenge of the Nerds star Robert Carradine is dead at the age of 71. He died by suicide after suffering from bipolar disorder for years. [TV Line]
Documents released by the Justice Department briefly mention a woman’s unverified accusation that Donald J. Trump assaulted her in the 1980s, when she was a minor. But several memos related to her account are not in the files. Cover up? What cover up? [New York Times – Gifted]
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) insisted that President Donald Trump is the hardest worker ever to occupy the presidency. Moreover, the senator claimed that the president “sleeps about two hours a day.” Um. That is definitely not healthy. People actually go insane from lack of sleep. [Mediaite]
Martin Short‘s daughter, Katherine Hartley, has died at the age of 42 from an apparent suicide. [TMZ]
Halle Berry would like to come first. [EW]
Russell Brand pleaded not guilty to two new charges of sexual assault, including one of rape, during his appearance in a London courthouse earlier this week. [Variety]
Savannah Guthrie posted a new video about the disappearance of her mother, Nancy, on Tuesday, offering her family’s reward of up to $1 million for information leading to her recovery, while acknowledging that her mother may already be dead. [Deadline]
Former Home Improvement star Zachery Ty Bryan is headed to jail for 16 months stemming from a 2024 DUI arrest. [TMZ]
Yes, it’s a new Connor Storrie “Like a Prayer” video. Thank you, Interview!
