Category: Entertainment

Justin Baldoni Fights Blake Lively’s $8 Million Legal Bill After Losing His Defamation Suit Blake Lively asked a federal court on June 29 to order Justin Baldoni and his production company, Wayfarer Studios, to pay $8.04 million in legal fees and more than $539,000 in litigation costs, after a judge dismissed Baldoni’s $400 million defamation…

12 States Sue to Kill Paramount’s $110 Billion Warner Bros. Grab — And the Writers Guild Just Piled On A coalition of 12 state attorneys general, led by California’s Rob Bonta, filed suit Monday in federal court to block Paramount Skydance’s proposed $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, arguing the deal would “extinguish competition”…

NPR Exposes the Secret Payola Behind Your Favorite New Song — And Nobody Involved Looks Good NPR published an investigation on Monday, July 13, revealing that music influencers on TikTok and Instagram are routinely paid by record labels and marketing agencies to promote songs without disclosing the financial relationship to their followers. Reporters interviewed five…

States Sue to Kill the $110 Billion Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger — And Hollywood Is Furious at Everyone A coalition of 12 state attorneys general, led by California’s Rob Bonta, filed an antitrust lawsuit on Monday, July 13, seeking to block Paramount Skydance’s $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. The states — California, Arizona, Colorado,…

Jimmy Kimmel’s AI Joke About Mitch McConnell’s Hospital Photo Ignites a Very 2026 Firestorm Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., issued a statement Sunday revealing he had fallen last month and was briefly unconscious, leading to his hospitalization since June 14 and a subsequent mild case of pneumonia; he said tests ruled out broken bones, a concussion,…

“Love Island USA” Crowns Its Winners — But Fans Say the Finale Got Robbed of Its Best Twist “Love Island USA” Season 8 crowned Trinity Tatum and Bryce Dettloff as its winners during Sunday’s finale, with the pair splitting the show’s $100,000 grand prize after being voted the season’s favorite couple. Host Ariana Madix announced…

Kathy Griffin’s Fake 22-Year-Old Boyfriend Was a “Social Experiment” — And the Internet Feels Used Kathy Griffin, 65, posted a photo with a 22-year-old man on July 9, captioning it “He’s 22. Have at it, internet,” prompting a wave of viral reactions across social media [2]. The following day, Griffin revealed the post was staged,…

Conor McGregor’s Five-Year Comeback Dies in 69 Seconds — Nobody Wins Conor McGregor’s long-awaited return to the octagon against Max Holloway headlined UFC 329 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday night, marking his first fight since a leg injury against Dustin Poirier in July 2021. McGregor opened the bout with a jumping kick,…

Meta Killed Its AI Face-Remix Tool After Just 3 Days — And Nobody’s Happy Meta launched an AI image generation tool called Muse on Instagram this week, letting any user create AI-generated images by @-mentioning another public Instagram account and pulling from that account’s photos as reference material. The feature was opt-out by default, meaning…

Disney’s Live-Action ‘Moana’ Sinks at the Box Office With a $250M Bomb Warning Disney’s live-action remake of “Moana” opened in U.S. theaters Friday, July 10, 2026, pulling in $4.5 million from Thursday preview screenings and tracking for a three-day opening weekend between $40 million and $45 million, well short of the $60 million-plus industry had…