MUSIC
Beyoncé got stuck dangling in mid-air in a car during her Cowboy Carter show in Houston on Saturday. She did not die.
Wolfgang Van Halen discussed his decision to drop the "WVH" from his band Mammoth WVH's name before releasing their latest single 'The End'.
Deftones singer-guitarist Chino Moreno has teamed up with KDHK Electronics for the Digital Bath effects pedal. It's named after the track on Deftones’ 2000 album White Pony.
A vinyl record pressed this year that is illegal to buy in eight states: The Ataris, known for their cover of Don Henley's "Boys of Summer", had their tune, "Car Song", pressed into a limited-edition 7-inch vinyl that was mixed with the ashes of singer Kris Roe's late father, William Charles Roe
TV
Rob McElhenney (Mick-el-hen-ee) from "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" is legally changing his name to "Rob Mac". The New York Post reports, “The shortened first and last name brings him much closer to his aggressively dopey beer-slinging character in “Always Sunny” — whose name is “Mac” — and is a far cry from the formality of his former government name, “Robert McElhenney III.”
MTV morphed into reality shows and movies but once again, temporarily, will start playing videos again. Beginning on September 1st and running up to the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards on September 7th, music and visuals will combine again.
MOVING ON INTO MOVIE NEWS:
Brad Pitt's F1 movie won the weekend movie race. The film grossed $55.6 million domestically, while receiving a CinemaScore "A" grade.
Vin Diesel shared some major Fast & Furious news at his surprise appearance at FuelFest LA in Pomona, Calif., joining co-star and friend Tyrese Gibson who shared the moment on his Instagram. ·
MISC
The Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez wedding was this week, but the real show stealer was Sydney Sweeney. Despite the attendance of guests like Tom Brady, Orlando Bloom, Leonardo DiCaprio, Oprah, Bill Gates, and most of the Kardashians . . . a source says Sydney was, quote, "the most sought-after person" to hang out with.
AND FINALLY
The '90s weren't THAT long ago, but the culture moves fast. Some of the movies and TV shows that came out back then haven't aged well.
1. "Seinfeld": There's a lot to offend modern sensibilities, but someone specifically mentioned the episode where Jerry was allegedly assaulted by his dentist while he was under, and it was played for laughs.
2. "Doogie Howser, M.D.": Quote, "The first episode has an adult woman pretending to seduce him . . . The second episode is about an adult woman trying to get pregnant by him."
3. "Will & Grace": Quote, "I could never get through one episode without feeling that my queerness was being used as a punchline . . . being gay was either silly, or you were doomed to be alone and sad."
4. "Friends": Quote, "Fat jokes, gay jokes, everyone in New York is white inexplicably, Ross sleeps with a student, sleeps with his school librarian in high school, tries to kiss his cousin, violates Rachel's boundaries . . . etc." Another brought up the transphobic stuff involving Chandler's parents.
5. "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air": This person REALLY went off on Uncle Phil. Quote, "Will was a teenager dating grown women every other episode, and Phil and Vivian just let it happen.
"Phil claimed to be pro-Black but voted for Reagan twice, was ashamed of his background as a pig farmer, and detested 'lowly' and working-class Black people.
"He blamed Will for everything that went wrong, even if he had nothing to do with it. And he was sexist and controlling AF, trying to forbid a 25-year-old Hilary from posing for Playboy or Ashley from doing anything."
6. "Mrs. Doubtfire": "Between the transphobia and the part where he makes a pact with the older two kids to keep it a secret from their mom, it hasn't aged well."
AND THAT IS YOUR CRAP ON CELEBRITIES!
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