Welcome back to your essential weekly recap of the most important headlines! Whether you were too busy enjoying the summer sun or simply missed some news, we’ve got you covered. Dive into our roundup of the biggest and most talked-about moments in pop culture and current events that you need to know about right now.
Stranger Things can be confusing, but fans think they have figured some things out. “That big monster? He was just a projection of the smaller monster. Those demagorgons? Mindless servants of his evil. Will Byers’ abduction? That was committed by Vecna, not the demagorgon that menaced the town in season one. Wait, what?!” [Pajiba]
Dictionary.com makes “67” the word of the year after they were asked not to. [Celebitchy]
Damn! Cynthia Erivo Harper’s Bazaar cover is legitimately good. [Go Fug Yourself]
Pablo shows off his tighty-whities. [Kenneth in the 212]
In Kiss of the Spider Woman, Jennifer Lopez has said she’s found the role she was born to play. [Boy Culture]
Maks Chmerkovskiy is apologizing to Jan Ravnik for his previous critiques of his Dancing with the Stars performance. [People]
Kristi Noem proves that she is truly one of the most heartless people on the planet. [Mediaite]
Luann de Lesseps has a Real Housewives of New York City casting prediction. The return of Carole Radzwill! [Reality Tea]
Daniel Radcliffe is returning to Broadway! This time, in a solo play, Every Brilliant Thing. The story follows a man looking back at his life and “the glimmers of hope that carried him through,” as told through a list of everything that makes life worth living. [THR]
Somehow, Mike Johnson manages to blame Zohran Mamdani for the government shutdown. [Advocate]
Jennifer Lawrence candidly revealed she’s planning to get a boob job after giving birth to her second child earlier this year. “Nothing bounced back.” [Page Six]
Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo come to the rescue.
