archiveJune 2026

The last weekend of June was supposed to be a huge one for the DCU, with Milly Alcock’s Supergirl taking flight in theaters, bolstered by the cigar-puffing chaos of Jason Momoa’s Lobo. Unfortunately for all involved, the Maiden of Might took a whooping at the box office, with Toy Story...

Max B and French Montana brought New York City energy to the BET Awards 2026 stage with their performance of “Ever Since U Left Me (I Went Deaf).” Adorned in jewelry, the pair were joined onstage by a group of female dancers, accentuating their stage show. Max B, wearing all...

A 25-year-old athlete is dead after a tragic crash. News recently broke of Jemma Stapleton’s passing, with a GoFundMe noting she “tragically lost her life in an accident while overseas with her family.” Now police have released preliminary details of what happened. Stapleton, a runner who was a recent finalist...

RHOP's Candiace Dillard Bassett Shares Secret to Relationship Success With Husband Chris BassettCandiace Dillard Bassett is completely faithful to her relationship. Indeed, after more than a decade with her husband Chris Bassett, the Traitors star reflected on what makes their romance so successful. "We were friends first," Candiace told E!...

A new law in Louisiana removes protections for trans people in the workplace (Getty Images, stock) A new Louisiana law will shield workers from discipline if they refuse to use a transgender or non-binary colleague’s name or pronouns. Republican governor Jeff Landry signed Act 579 into law on 30 May,...

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Seth Rogen has not exactly been sitting around for the past decade resting on his laurels. The man has acted in, produced, and wrote for various new TV shows, from live-action to animation, with The Studio becoming one of the buzziest Hollywood comedies of 2025, with a second season on...

Kacey Musgraves may be country music's best and most important modern singer-songwriter. Her top songs show a rare ability to match poetic lyrics with pop-friendly arrangements.To say it a better way: Musgraves' songs are really good and usually a ton of fun.She's also inspiration for any artist grinding away with an insistence...

A longtime pop music vocalist is currently still hospitalized after undergoing emergency intestinal surgery and being placed into a coma in May. Bonnie Tyler, the singer behind the iconic song “Total Eclipse of the Heart,” is still receiving medical care in Portugal according the latest update from her “family and...

Justin Bieber picks up whenever the Toronto Maple Leafs call.  Two months after the “Yukon” singer’s last major appearance for his Coachella performance, he attended the 2026 NHL Draft at KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York to assist his favorite team in selecting the No. 1 pick Gavin McKenna.  “What...

Lionel Messi (Getty Images) A giant statue of Lionel Messi has been erected in Patagonia, and everyone on the internet is saying the same thing. The tribute to the football star, which was unveiled on 24 June to mark his 39th birthday, stands at 85 feet tall and can be...

A new month means another fresh batch of horror books to get excited about. As we enter July and summer continues to bring on the heat, these new horror books are still sending shivers down our spines. Here are some of the most exciting new horror books creeping onto your...

June is Pride Month, and there's plenty of A+ content about queer stories hitting TV and the big screen. Anne Rice's Interview with a Vampire has a long history for LGBTQ+ community, and we're a few episodes into the show's third season on AMC. Retitled The Vampire Lestat, the book...

Weezer will hit a rare milestone Aug. 21, releasing a 20th studio LP, The Gold Album, after maintaining a relatively stable line-up for most of their existence  — bassist Scott Shriner is still the newest member, and he joined 25 years ago.  Even more impressively, the album — co-produced Klas Åhlund and Kenneth...

Harold Wheeler, a prolific Broadway orchestrator, composer and conductor who also served as musical director on Dancing With the Stars for 17 seasons, has died. He was 82. Wheeler’s death was announced by longtime family friend, Broadway producer Lamar Richardson, who said Wheeler died in his home on Wednesday after...

Residents of Boise, Idaho are fighting back against the Pride flag ban (Instagram/pridenorthendboise) Residents of Boise, Idaho, are coming together to display Pride flags across the city after a state law banned them from flying on government property. A grassroots group called Pride North End has been distributing as many...

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Bridesmaids is one of the best movies of the 2010s, thanks to its fantastic women-led cast and it's absolutly hilarious story. It also features so many outlandish scenarios that make it unforgettable, like the infamous gross-out bridal shopping scene, an aggressive game of tennis, and a Parisian bridal shower gone...

Miranda Lambert is already a country music icon and a legend in the making. The next generation of country women who are coming up have all picked up a thing or two from the country queen.So far in Lambert's career she has released 41 radio singles, 10 of which have...

Halle Berry’s love life is once again a topic of consideration. Berry, 59, has been dating musician Van Hunt since 2020 and the couple announced their engagement in February 2020. Now, those looking to make a quick buck are betting on Berry making Hunt her fourth husband, joining David Justice,...

After the show lost one of its most beloved members, several figures in the DWTS world—past and present—honored Wheeler on social media. "In 2005, when you first heard the music of @dancingwiththestars, it was coming from Harold Wheeler and his orchestra," original host Tom Bergeron wrote in a June 25...

AB Hernandez (Getty Images) Transgender track star AB Hernandez has reflected on a year of national scrutiny, saying the support of her teammates and family far outweighed the protests against her. The athlete, who recently graduated from Jurupa Valley High School in California, was speaking on Thursday, 25th June, at...

Barnes & Noble’s biggest books of fall, a touching library moment from the Obama Presidential Center’s opening ceremony, essential American literature, and more. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Here are the biggest headlines from last...

After Anne Hathaway successfully brought back one of her most beloved characters through The Devil Wears Prada 2, I’ve been curious about what’s been going on with The Princess Diaries 3. Thankfully, Meg Cabot, the author behind The Princess Diaries books, just shared a really exciting update about one of...

Rihanna is setting the record straight when it comes to the rumor she’s pregnant with her and A$AP Rocky’s fourth child. In April, the 38-year-old music icon commented on an Instagram video from a blogger speculating that she was pregnant once again. “🤔 is the baby in the womb with...

Ariana Grande is giving a sweet shoutout to her ex-boyfriend Ricky Alvarez. Indeed, one day after the "Sweetener" singer hung out with her ex, she changed the lyrics about Alvarez in her song "Thank U, Next" during her Eternal Sunshine Tour concert in Austin, Texas, on her birthday June 26.  As...

Eurovision Song Contest (Tobias Schwarz/Getty) Canada could be set to join the Eurovision Song Contest in Bulgaria in 2027, after the country was granted a full European Broadcasting Union (EBU) membership. On 25 June, the EBU voted at their 96th General Assembly in Prague to grant the North American country...

Barnes & Noble’s 2026 Discover Prize, which celebrates debut authors, has gone Vincent Yu for Seek Immediate Shelter. “What if the apocalypse, but j/k?” isn’t a bad way to think about this novel, in which the folks in a small town in Massachusetts receive a warning that a missile is...

June is Pride Month, and there are plenty of LGBTQ+ folks and their allies who are looking for queer stories to watch. While not exactly a queer rom-com, folks with an HBO Max subscription were recently treated to the streaming release of Harry Lighton's Pillion. I was excited to watch...

Everyone knows Gretchen Wilson's best song: "Redneck Woman" is her most famous country hit and arguably one of the top 20 songs of the 2000s.A deep dive into her catalog proves that, well, she says it best when she shouts, "I got your country right here!"Wilson celebrates 20 years of "Redneck Woman"...