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.
How Oprah Winfrey’s quacks made us all sick. [Pajiba]
Serena Williams questions whether hotels should decorate with cotton plant branches. [Celebitchy]
Let’s catch up on celebs on the sidewalks. [Go Fug Yourself]
Tyriq Withers is blitzing through Hollywood. [Kenneth in the 212]
The Jimmy Kimmel Live! boycott is over as Nexstar and Sinclair both agree to resume airing the late-night talk show. [People]
Donald Trump and the White House are sure that there was some sort of conspiracy behind the stuck escalator incident at the UN. [Mediaite]
Health officials around the globe are rejecting President Trump‘s assertion that pregnant women should avoid taking acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol, during pregnancy because of unfounded links to autism. [NPR]
Jessica Chastain disagrees with Apple‘s decision to postpone The Savant amid the current politically charged climate. [TV Line]
White Lotus actor Lukas Gage reveals he was sexually abused by a camp counsellor when he was 11. [PinkNews]
The Trump regime is hailing a medication called leucovorin for reducing some autism symptoms, but experts who research or treat autism almost uniformly agree the medication should be studied further before it’s rolled out to children or adults. [NBC News]
Drake has solidified his position as the most-streamed artist on Spotify, making history as the first to ever surpass 120 billion streams across his records, including both of his solo tracks and features. [Hypebeast]
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr plans to continue targeting media that he sees as liberal bias, and in turn, is dismissing what we know as free speech. [The New York Times – Gifted]
Leonardo DiCaprio‘s first agent told him his name was too ethnic and to change it to Lenny Williams.
