Welcome to our 2026 coverage of new films, television shows, music and the pop culture that we are all obsessing over.In this live blog, we’ll cover everything related to awards season, from the Golden Globes to the Grammys to the Oscars. We will also talk about must-see television of the year, the streaming films that get us all talking, and the new buzzy trailers that hope to woo us over to the movie theaters.This will be your hot spot for all things entertainment and pop culture.See below for updates on celebrity news, the new content popping up on Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max and your other favorite streaming services and the big talkers that are going viral on social media.This New Crime Thriller Just Became Netflix’s Biggest Series Debut Of 2026Netflix’s latest crime thriller “I Will Find You,” starring Sam Worthington and Britt Lower, just delivered the biggest premiere week of any new series on the platform this year.The limited series follows a wrongfully imprisoned father (Worthington) serving life for the murder of his own son. When he discovers evidence that suggests his child may still be alive, the desperate dad sets on a truth-finding mission that draws him out of prison and into a world of despair.Milo Ventimiglia, Logan Browning, Erin Richards, Jonathan Tucker, Chi McBride, Madeleine Stowe and Clancy Brown also star.According to Netflix’s internal data, the Harlan Coben adaptation — which premiered June 18 — drew in 24 million views in its first four days for the week of June 15-21. With eight episodes running just under five and a half hours, the series also racked up over 131 million viewing hours worldwide.The show’s debut now surpasses the previous 2026 record held by the limited murder mystery series “His & Hers,” which opened with 19.9 million views in January. According to The Hollywood Reporter, “I Will Find You” also had the fifth-best week for any new or returning Netflix English-language series this year, ranking behind “Bridgerton” Season 4, the finale season of “Stranger Things” and the second week of “His & Hers.”Read more below.Latest Live Updates‘SNL’ Alum Leslie Jones Reveals ‘Frustrating’ Part About Her Time On The Show: ‘It Kept Happening’“Saturday Night Live” alum Leslie Jones didn’t always find her time on the show enjoyable, particularly when it came to the characters she would portray in sketches.Speaking recently on “The Sam Sanders Show,” the comedian reflected on what she called a “frustrating” experience during her five-season stint, remembering how the “SNL” writers would often typecast her as aggressive and violent characters.“It was kind of frustrating that they would always make me the girl that was angry and beating up people or in love with a white boy,” said Jones, per Variety. “They just always would make me angry or I’m fighting somebody.”Jones initially didn’t push back on those negative portrayals because she said “wanted to be on the show” and “didn’t think that that was happening” in the moment until she noticed the pattern.“Every time I would get a sketch, I was like, ‘OK, who am I beating up this week?’” she noted. “I just started getting frustrated with [the writers]. I was like, ‘Stop writing me like that.’”But despite her protests, Jones said the writers maintained that approach because they believed it would make her “successful.”“They’re like… ‘When you leave here, you’ll be able to make [a career],’” Jones recalled. “No. I don’t want to be Chevy Chase. I don’t want to be whoever. I want to be Leslie. I want to do everything. And I wanted to go across the board with everything, you know?”When asked whether she believed “SNL” was a “healthy place to be a Black comic,” Jones simply said, “I think that it is the machine that it is. That’s just all I can tell you.”Read more at Variety.Will Ferrell Recalls How This Star ‘Saved’ ‘Saturday Night Live’: ‘At Least We Have One Funny Character’According to Will Ferrell, there’s one star he’ll always credit as the saving grace of “Saturday Night Live” when critics believed the show was finished.At Molly Shannon’s Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony on Monday, the “SNL” alum honored his former co-star while reflecting on their early days together. Looking back on his first season in 1995 — a time when the sketch show was undergoing major changes and facing criticism after a low-rated season — Ferrell called Shannon the “superstar” who “saved us” with the debut of her hilariously unforgettable Catholic schoolgirl character, Mary Katherine Gallagher."No one knows us, or if we're any good, or if anyone even likes the show anymore," Ferrell recalled of that era, per Entertainment Weekly. "It's coming out of a low ebb, 'Saturday Night Dead' were some of the headlines, and we're just out there throwing things up to see what's going to happen.”“But that night is the first time we get to see Mary Katherine Gallagher,” he continued. “At dress rehearsal, I'm in the beginning of the sketch, and I had to run to do a quick change, and as I was changing, I'm hearing Molly perform the character and I'm feeling the stands shake with laughter. To the point that I thought, ‘Oh my god, I haven't heard laughter like this so far in the three shows we've done.’ And it was such an emotional moment, because I remember thinking, ‘We're going to be okay.’ Molly has saved us — at least we have one funny character."Gallagher quickly became one of Shannon’s most beloved characters during her seven-season run on “SNL.” She later brought her to the big screen in the 1999 comedy “Superstar,” which also featured Ferrell.During his tribute, Ferrell told Shannon, "I was thankful to be a little part of that legendary character,” adding, "What was so great about Mary Katherine is that it was such a trademark of what you do. The character was funny, real, dark in moments, an outsider who dreamed, which is what you bring to so much of your work.”“It was a moment I'll never forget,” he concluded. “It literally was a catalyst for us to continue on, and it was a catalyst for you.”Read more at Entertainment Weekly.Ana Navarro Addresses ‘Tense Moment’ With Whoopi Goldberg During JD Vance’s Appearance On ‘The View’Ana Navarro is addressing what she called a “tense moment” between herself and Whoopi Goldberg during Vice President JD Vance’s highly publicized appearance on “The View” last week.During the June 16 broadcast, Goldberg scolded Navarro as she attempted to squeeze in one last question for Vance while trying to move the show to a commercial break.“I have to go to break! Ana, God, please!” Goldberg snapped, clapping her hands before adding, “Don’t do that!”Navarro later spoke about the exchange on the show’s companion podcast, “Behind the Table,” telling producer Brian Teta that live television can get a bit chaotic sometimes.“That moment with Whoopi — first of all, this is a live show, and that’s why things can get messy,” Navarro said, per Entertainment Weekly. "We ran out of time,” she added, noting that "Whoopi's job is to moderate and be a moderator" and to move the show along in a timely manner."What people don't see is me and the stage manager and seven other people saying, 'We're running out of time because the next segment is going to be 30 seconds,'" Teta pointed out, while Navarro referred to herself as "that person in the Oscars trying to finish their speech as they cut the mic off."While Navarro acknowledged that Goldberg’s response may have sounded harsh, she said that the incident was "not like it has been" previously on “The View," where some cohosts had “actual tension” that lingered on set, as Teta put it."That led to tantrums and tears and crying and tables and doors slammed and all of that," Navarro recalled on the podcast. "Whoopi Goldberg and I are close friends and we don't take this out of the studio. It didn't matter to me one bit, I don't think it mattered to her either. We haven't even mentioned it to each other because it's just another day at work and I understand her role as moderator and I think she understands that I was passionate and wanted to get that point out."Read more at Entertainment Weekly.Madonna Reveals The ‘Falling Out’ That Delayed Her Long-Awaited BiopicEver since her ‘80s anthem “Material Girl,” you would think that money is no object for Madonna. Perhaps that’s why the pop icon ran into trouble when financial issues with Universal Pictures seemingly derailed her long-anticipated biopic, which was set to star Julia Garner.While speaking with Interview Magazine about her upcoming album, “Confessions II,” the singer opened up about behind-the-scenes challenges that prevented the film — one she had planned to direct — from moving forward with the studio.“I was supposed to make a movie about my life. I worked on my script for two years and spent two years at Universal Studios with the line producers doing budgeting and casting. We had a falling out, me and Universal, regarding budget because I needed — I’ve had an extraordinary life. I’ve had a huge life, so I needed a big budget,” Madonna explained, noting that she wasn’t interested in having the biopic become an indie-level production.“They couldn’t get their heads around it,” she added of Universal. “I found a way to make it for less money in Serbia, but I don’t think they were into the idea of — I don’t know. Maybe they just didn’t believe in me. One of their first reactions was, ‘We don’t believe you’d stay in Serbia more than four days.’ And I said, ‘Did you read the script?’”After the project stalled, Madonna said the future of her biopic remained uncertain until Netflix approached her with an alternative solution: an offer to turn her life story into a series.“That was a whole other long process,” she said, “because I couldn’t use the script I had with Universal unless I bought it from them for an extortionist’s price, even though I wrote it."“That’s just the way it goes,” the singer added. “I started trying to understand how making a series would work. It’s a very, very different process. You have to meet a lot of writers and find the right showrunner, and I couldn’t find one. This went on for another eight or nine months. I was like, ‘Good thing I have another job because I need to work, I need to create. I need to do what I was put on this earth to do.’”Read more at Interview Magazine.The Surprising Reason Netflix Canceled Its Top-Rated Show Less Than 1 Month After ReleaseNetflix seemed to earn itself another breakout hit this year with “The Boroughs,” the geriatric sci-fi series executive produced by “Stranger Things” creators Matt and Ross Duffer. But despite rave reviews and top audience ratings, reports stated that the streaming giant still decided to cancel the show on June 17, less than a month after its premiere and just days before Emmy voting concluded.According to Netflix data, “The Boroughs” raked in more than 9 million views during its first full week and climbed to No. 1 on the platform’s top 10 shows chart. The series featured a star-studded cast, including Denis O’Hare, Bill Pullman, Clarke Peters, Alfre Woodard, Alfred Molina and Geena Davis, and earned a solid 79 percent audience score on Rotten Tomatoes. And yet, its strong performance still wasn't enough to save it from the chopping block.Sources told The Hollywood Reporter that the main reason behind the show’s sudden cancellation was due to its expensive production budget, with each episode costing roughly $10 million to make. According to the publication, Netflix weighs a series’ viewership against its expenses when making renewal decisions, and while “The Boroughs” performed well, it didn’t deliver the same payoff as blockbuster hits like “Wednesday.”Meanwhile, another source suggested that the Duffer Brothers’ relationship with Netflix has been “tough” since they "embarrassed" the streamer by leaving it for a new deal with Paramount. However, a source close to Netflix disputed that characterization, insisting that the show’s cancellation was purely a business decision.Read more at The Hollywood Reporter.'The Grinch’ Sequel Is Officially Happening — Here’s Who Will Be Returning To WhovilleChristmas came early this year because we’re heading back to Whoville soon for a sequel to “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.”On Thursday, news broke that Universal and Imagine Entertainment are developing a follow-up to the 2000 holiday classic, with Jim Carrey in talks to reprise his iconic role as the Grinch.Ron Howard, who helmed the original movie, is also returning to direct and produce the untitled flick alongside his Imagine Entertainment partner Brian Grazer. Meanwhile, the screenplay is being written by Alec Berg, Jeff Schaffer and David Mandel.No other returning players have been announced at this time.Read more at The Hollywood Reporter.Ben Platt Serenades 'Friends' Star With Iconic Song From Show"Friends" star Lisa Kudrow was honored with the Lifetime of Culture Award at the 2026 Las Culturistas Culture Awards, which aired on Bravo Wednesday night.Hosted by Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang, who co-host the Las Culturistas pop culture podcast, the awards ceremony features some of your favorite entertainment and reality TV stars. They are honored with fun awards like Artist of the Millennium (RuPaul), the Allison Williams Cool Girl Award (Ciara Miller), the All Good Either Way Award For Bisexuality In Media (Hannah Einbinder) and Titan of Culture (Will Ferrell).Kudrow was there to accept her award — just after Grammy-winning singer and actor Ben Platt serenaded her with a very familiar song. Platt sang "Smelly Cat," Kudrow's iconic jingle from "Friends." You can watch the video here.Platt received a standing ovation for the performance.In her speech, Kudrow did a quick walk down memory lane through her career, snarkily acknowledging that everything led up to winning this award.“I knew Matt and Bowen would have to give me this award this year. So, thank you, gentleman, for playing right into my hands. And a bigger thanks to me, Lisa, for having my priorities straight," she said.The "Las Culturistas Culture Awards" is streaming on Peacock.‘SNL’ Alum Brings Back Her Iconic ‘Debbie Downer’ Character To Roast AI In Commencement Speech"Saturday Night Live" alum Rachel Dratch returned to her alma mater Dartmouth College to give the commencement speech — and brought a familiar friend with her: her famous SNL character Debbie Downer."Careful on the lawn, ladies," she said, in her signature deadpan. "If you're wearing any sort of a heel, wet grass can be a tripping hazard.""It's quite an achievement from Dartmouth," she continued. "Of course, thanks to AI, there won't be any jobs left. So congrats to all on your mandatory gap years."A Dartmouth grad even played a sad trombone in a few moments throughout her speech."It's inspiring to see all your fresh minds ready to take on the world," she said. "Sadly, due to the construction of data centers and the impending water wars, the most useful college majors now are foraging and hand to hand combat."Read more on Entertainment Weekly. And watch the speech below.‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Star Shares The Text Elisabeth Moss Sent After Trump Won — And Fans Will Recognize ItAnn Dowd reflected on President Donald Trump's first election win and remembered what her "Handmaid's Tale" co-star told her over text message that morning after."He had just been elected," Dowd recalled on Jesse Tyler Ferguson's podcast "Dinner's On Me" this week. "I remember when we were shooting early on... that night before he was elected, I remember thinking, 'This can't be. This is going in the wrong direction.'"The next morning, she immediately texted actor Elisabeth Moss. At the time, they were still in production on Hulu's hit series "The Handmaid's Tale," an adaptation of Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel of the same name."I woke up, opened the door, the New York Times on the floor, announcing his win," Dowd continued. "So I texted Lizzie Moss and I said, 'What are we going to do? This can't be.' She wrote back, 'Don't let the bastards grind you down.'"That last line — which Moss wrote in Latin — is a famous one from the Hulu series. "Nolite Te Bastardes Carborundorum" appeared in Atwood's novel as well.Read more on Entertainment Weekly.Women Of ‘The Pitt’ Had The Same Issue With Dr. Robby That Fans Did: ‘I Noticed The Whole Time'“The Pitt” has sparked loads of discussion about the realities of modern medicine and beyond over the last two seasons. But for all the storylines focused on patients' hardships, the hit HBO Max drama has devoted just as much to the dynamics of the Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center’s staff — particularly its hard-nosed chief physician, Dr. Robby (Noah Wyle).Season 2 especially exposed Robby’s increasingly volatile behavior at work as his deteriorating mental health strained several relationships with colleagues. However, it was his interactions with the women on staff that drew heavy backlash from viewers who called out the pattern. Now, several stars of “The Pitt” are weighing in, too."I noticed the whole time," Taylor Dearden, who plays Dr. Mel King, recently told The Wrap of Robby's dismissiveness. "We’re not in the writers’ room. We don’t know exactly what they were thinking or wanting to show. If it wasn’t purposeful, then it’s like, ‘Hey! Notice the feedback?’ That’s really good for everyone to know that this is also what sexism looks like. It doesn’t have to be someone who hates women.”Sepideh Moafi, who joined Season 2 as Dr. Baran Al-Hashimi, noted that “every single woman I’ve talked to in the field” has described similar experiences to those depicted through Robby’s intense behavior this season, which they say reflects “how medicine can feel like it’s of a different time.”“In the same way that our healthcare system is broken, the culture is kind of broken too,” the actor added, “and he’s operating within a system that has misogyny baked in.”According to series star Shabana Azeez, who plays student doctor Victoria Javadi, “The Pitt” has been building on this tension between Robby and the female staff since Season 1, and she’s impressed with how the conversation has continued to evolve among the show’s fandom.“It’s really lovely to see the internet and the audience engage with it in a massive way,” she added, “because I actually thought it was going to be a much bigger part of the conversation in Season 1.”Read more at The Wrap.See All Updates