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.
Angelina Jolie is embarking on a new chapter. The mom of six recently celebrated the milestone of seeing her two youngest, twins Vivienne and Knox, turn 18 on July 12. Jolie, 51, is now “ready” to “experience the world” with them and move on from their life in California. [Celebitchy]
Inside Madonna’s Club of Love. Saturday night was Matthew Rettenmund’s latest visit to the altar of Madonna, this time via an RSVP-only club party to celebrate the success of her brand-new 15th studio album, Confessions II. [Boy Culture]
Zendaya is all dressed up for a bunch of promo appearances. She’s gotta be tired, but she still has Dune left to go. [Go Fug Yourself]
French-Lebanese-Italian model Rayan Ricci showcases effortless Milan style with a mix of confidence, sophistication and undeniable sex appeal. [Kenneth in the 212]
Meg Stalter would like Reddit to stop lying about her. [Pajiba]
Matt Rogers and Below Deck’s Fraser Olender are putting an end to their romantic relationship. [US Weekly]
The Claudia Winkleman Show has been canceled after just one season at the BBC, and the reason is surprising. [THR]
The Portland Pickles’ social media team posted a clip online, showing the batter with their legs around the pitcher’s waist. The team captioned it, “A simple at-bat turned spicy when the batter was hit.”
Mason Haynes—who worked with the Kardashian-Jenner family, Lewis Hamilton, Charlie Puth, Taylor Momsen, and more stars—died in a traffic accident on July 4 at the age of 52, according to a GoFundMe set up for his family. [E! News]
Eminem’s ex-wife, Kim Scott, was reportedly tased and arrested by cops following her attempted suicide. [TMZ]
It looked like Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck’s former marital home in the 90210 area of Beverly Hills had finally nabbed a buyer after nearly two years on and off the market with multiple price reductions. But the ink wasn’t even dry before the highly publicized deal abruptly fell through. [Robb Report]
Billionaire Elon Musk likely violated Wisconsin law when he gave out $1 million checks to voters in the 2025 state supreme court election, a bipartisan elections panel has found. [The Guardian]
President Trump has paid the writer E. Jean Carroll $5.6 million he owed her after a jury found him liable for sexually abusing her in a Manhattan department store in the 1990s and then defaming her, federal court records show. [The New York Times – Gifted]
Paul Wesley is officially a married man. The Vampire Diaries actor, 43, and model Natalie Kuckenburg, 26, wed in an intimate civil ceremony on an undisclosed date. [InStyle]
Teen Wolf actor Dylan Sprayberry has been a Scientologist for three years now, and he explained that he joined after getting sober. Congrats, Dylan, on being sober, but ugh, sorry that it took Scientology to help. [Just Jared]
Madonna has once again demonstrated her status as the Queen of Pop by reaching number one on the Billboard 200 with her latest album, Confessions II. This achievement also makes her the first artist in the 2020s with a No. 1 album who has previously topped the chart in three different decades. [E! News]
“Football is life” for Ted Lasso actor Cristo Fernandez. The 35-year-old Mexican fulfilled his dream of becoming a professional footballer on Sunday by making his debut for American second-tier side El Paso Locomotive. [BBC Sport]
Described as the “feel-good movie of white-boy summer” by one extremist, the movie Citizen Vigilante, starring Armie Hammer, has been hailed by the far right as a way to convert moderates to their cause. [WIRED]
Michael, the critically reviled film about Michael Jackson’s life, has become the first biopic to make over $1 billion. [Vulture]
