Nadia Santiago
Nadia Santiago is a writer who lives between the clouds and the coastline, and writes about all the things your heart knows but your mouth can never quite say.
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Mariska Hargitay Is Hosting the 78th Emmy Awards, the First Woman to Solo-Host Since Jane Lynch in 2011
NBC confirmed it on July 7. The Captain Olivia Benson actor will lead TV’s biggest night on September 14 at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, live on NBC and streaming on Peacock. She’s also the first non-comedian to front the show in decades. A drama-series lead running the ceremony, in the same year NBC…
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Robert Downey Jr. Quit Gravity After 20 Minutes in the Camera Rig
Before Gravity became a 2013 critical and commercial juggernaut, Downey was the one attached to it. He clicked with director Alfonso Cuarón and was set to play the veteran astronaut. He was attached early in the film’s development and hit it off with director Alfonso Cuarón. His team was building a multi-spherical camera rig to…
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Connor Murphy, the Fitness Influencer Known for Looksmaxxing, Has Reportedly Died in Thailand at 32
Connor Murphy built his following on an extreme physique and the promise that any man could optimize his way to one. The 32-year-old was a bodybuilder and YouTuber with a large online following, known for his fitness content, street pranks, and for promoting looksmaxxing, the idea of maximizing male attractiveness through training, grooming, and lifestyle.…
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NPR Asked Pastor Doug Wilson Why He’d Repeal Women’s Right to Vote. He Said, “Because It’s A Good Idea.”
Wilson entered the national spotlight after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth invited him to give a roughly 15-minute sermon inside the Pentagon in February 2026, carried on internal Pentagon TV. Reporters quickly flagged that the self-described Christian nationalist wants to repeal the 19th Amendment, and NPR’s Leila Fadel just sat down with him for an interview…
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Matt Damon Said Yes to Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” Before He Knew What It Was
Nolan called Damon to catch up. About 10 minutes in, he offered him the central part in his next movie. “I think I said, ‘Yes,’ before I knew what we were doing,” Damon said. Nolan pitched him anyway. He told Damon it was a two-word pitch: “The Odyssey.” Damon said he was shocked and thrilled.…
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A Woman with Cancer Apologized to Rihanna for Not Wearing Her Wig. Rihanna Wasn’t Having It
A woman living with cancer stopped Rihanna in a Los Angeles grocery store, apologized for not wearing her wig, and asked for a photo anyway. Rihanna wasn’t having the apology. “You don’t look terrible. You look great,” she told her. Then she pulled at her own hair. “This is what I look like with my…
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Robin Williams Improvised the Final Line of Good Will Hunting. It Was Never in the Script
In the closing scene, Robin Williams’s character was only supposed to walk out, read Will’s goodbye letter, and let the camera sit on him. Matt Damon stood next to the camera and read the letter out loud on every take so Williams could hear his voice. Williams did around 15 takes, going inside, putting the…
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Olivia Rodrigo Discovered Gracie Abrams’ Music at 14 or 15 and It Changed How She Thought About Writing Songs
Olivia Rodrigo: I remember being so inspired by you, especially watching you play piano or play guitar in your room and write all these beautiful songs. It made me realize I don’t need to go into a studio or do all this crazy stuff. I can just be in my room and write about my…
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Russell Crowe Says Tom Cruise Once Taught Him a Blackjack System That Casinos Try to Break Up
The trick, Crowe says, is discipline. Get a group of people to hold every seat at a blackjack table. The first chair and the last chair make all the calls, and everybody in between just sits on 12 and above. Then you watch the math come your way. Casinos catch on fast and try to…
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Chris Hemsworth Found Out He Carries 2 Copies of a Gene Linked to Alzheimer’s. He’s Called It a Wake-Up Call, Not a Diagnosis
While doing blood work for his 2022 series “Limitless,” Hemsworth learned he’d inherited the APOE4 gene from both his mother and his father. “They both gave me a copy, but they both gave me the worst copy, which is the four,” he said. Carrying 2 copies is associated with a substantially higher lifetime risk of…
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Prince Harry Lost His Lawsuit Against the Publisher of the Daily Mail. A Judge Dismissed All the Claims
On July 7, 2026, the High Court in London ruled against Prince Harry and 6 co-claimants in their case against Associated Newspapers Limited, publisher of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday, and MailOnline. Mr Justice Matthew Nicklin dismissed all of the claims in a 436-page judgment, following a trial that ran roughly 11 weeks…
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A Federal Judge Dismissed a Copyright Lawsuit Against Taylor Swift, Ruling That Themes, Metaphors, and Short Phrases Can’t Be Copyrighted
Kimberly Marasco, a self-published poet from Florida who represented herself in court, alleged that Taylor Swift lifted phrases, themes, and metaphors from about 11 of her poems into songs across 5 albums, from Lover to The Tortured Poets Department. On Monday, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed the case. Marasco’s poems, she ruled, “do not…
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A Teenage Girl in 1901 Wrote a Novel About Wanting a Career Instead of a Husband. 125 Years Later, Netflix Is Turning It into a 6-Part Series
The story follows Sybylla Melvyn, a headstrong young woman in turn-of-the-century rural Australia who wants a writing career and a life of her own instead of a husband. Netflix’s tagline: “Sybylla doesn’t want a husband, she wants a story worth telling, and she’ll break every rule to write it.” Philippa “Pip” Northeast plays Sybylla in…
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Jean Smart Cheered from the Audience as Her “Hacks” Co-Star Meg Stalter Made Her Broadway Debut in “Oh, Mary!”
Stalter stepped into the role of a wildly unhinged Mary Todd Lincoln on July 6 at the Lyceum Theatre, taking over the hit Cole Escola comedy for a 10-week run. She spent her opening night clutching a bouquet and fighting back tears as the applause rolled in. Her “Hacks” co-star Jean Smart was in the…
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Erika Kirk Faced the Man Accused of Killing Her Husband in Court for the First Time
A week-long preliminary hearing opened Monday in Utah’s 4th District Court in Provo for Tyler Robinson, 23, who is charged with murder in the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk. Kirk, a conservative activist and the founder of Turning Point USA, was killed on September 10, 2025, while speaking at a Turning Point USA event at…
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No, Margaret Qualley and Jack Antonoff Aren’t Splitting. She Missed the Swift Wedding Because She’s on a Movie Set in Arkansas
The reason is mundane. Qualley has been in Arkansas since April, shooting Jeff Nichols’ “King Snake” alongside Michael Shannon. Antonoff was at the July 3 wedding without her because he’s Taylor Swift’s longtime producer and one of her closest friends. The two married in August 2023, with Swift among the guests. In her February Vanity…
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Travis Kelce Spent the Days Before Marrying Taylor Swift Fighting a Trademark Lawsuit Over the Name of His Steakhouse
In early July, days before marrying Taylor Swift at Madison Square Garden, Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes asked a federal judge to throw out a trademark lawsuit over the name of their Kansas City steakhouse, 1587 Prime. The suit was filed in February by 1587 Sneakers, a New York brand that has used the name…
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Tom Holland Thought Christopher Nolan Hated His Acting on Day One of ‘the Odyssey’
On his very first day, in the middle of an emotional scene, Nolan kept yelling cut after about 3 minutes each time. Tom Holland was convinced he was bombing so badly that Nolan couldn’t stand to watch him. The real reason was mechanical. The IMAX film cameras Nolan shoots on only hold about 3 minutes…