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.Larry David's New Show Features A Funny, Alternative Version Of Rosa Parks' Story — Two Months Before That Historic MomentLarry David made his return to HBO on Friday night with his new limited series "Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness."Aptly subtitled "an almost history of America," the seven-episode series features David in several defining moments from American history. It is executive produced by former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama as part of the slate at their production company Higher Ground."Those who don’t know history…are doomed to watch Larry David repeat it," reads HBO's logline of the series.The "Curb Your Enthusiasm" creator brings on several guest stars to the series including Jon Hamm, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jerry Seinfeld, J.B. Smoove and Rita Wilson.Samuel L. Jackson narrates the series.The funniest sketch of the first episode takes us back to 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, just a couple months before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on the bus. She was arrested and the moment sparked the historic Montgomery Bus Boycott."But it's a little known fact that she had tried this once before," Jackson narrates.In the sketch, Parks, portrayed by actor Jurnee Smollett, refuses to give up her seat to a white man, but before the bus driver can do anything about it, David pops into the scene on the seat next to her, refusing to move."Seriously, we're not doing this," he says. "If she gets up, then I have to get up. And then he's gonna slide in. She's sitting here.""That was very kind," she says.Then, David's character Murray can't seem to shut up for the rest of the ride.Murray asks Rosa to do her a favor; she has to help him take his sweater off. Next, he rattles off a bunch of questions, asking her about Paul Bunyan, whether you can eat all parts of a lobster, about seeing a pie cooling on a window sill, and whether she watched "Dragnet" last night.Rosa quickly gets uncomfortable."Do you have anything to read?" she asks as she looks toward the back of the bus where the other Black riders are sitting, chatting and playing cards."Why do you think about these things?" she asks."Are you a praying man? We should pray for your thoughts," she tells him. "It might bring you some peace ... and quiet."The next moment is so funny that you have to see it for yourself."Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness" airs on Friday nights at 9 p.m. ET. It is also streaming on HBO Max.Latest Live Updates'The Bear' Pokes Fun At All The Fan Theories About Carmy And Syd's RelationshipEver since the early seasons of “The Bear,” devoted (and chronically online) fans have been shipping a slow-burn romance between Carmy and Sydney. Yet both Jeremy Allen White and Ayo Edebiri have consistently dismissed those “frustrating” theories over the years, even if their chef characters still bicker in the kitchen dramedy like an old married couple.Still, the show's fifth and final season appears to give a subtle nod to the "SydCarmy" shippers that some may find quite amusing.In Episode 7, "Caramel," Carmy’s mother Donna (Jamie Lee Curtis) and Natalie’s husband Pete (Chris Witaske) are looking at a photo of Carmy and Sydney smiling together when the former asks, “Are they dating?” Pete then awkwardly responds, “Um, I don’t think so, but there are a lot of — there’s some theories.”While the moment is played for laughs, it references years of exhausting internet discourse that has viewed Carmy and Syd’s relationship as a will-they-won’t-they scenario, despite the FX series always portraying them as nothing more than platonic friends and professional partners.As former HuffPost senior culture reporter Marina Fang once noted, “The Bear” is a series about the “care and precision of serving people good food, and the care and precision of trying to build a better and healthier work culture in restaurants.” It never needed a central romance to make it complete, and it's honestly better without it.Just as White plainly said at a 2024 press conference for “The Bear,” “There was no talk in the rooms about any romantic implications [between Carmy and Sydney].” In fact, creator Christopher Storer had something much more innocent in mind when he pictured the duo’s bond.“We wanted to make something that was about friendship and a partnership,” he told Variety in 2023. “It really is so funny that that is one of the things that people took away—of all the heavy shit that’s going on in the show! It was interesting because Ayo and Jeremy, since they are our friends and are such wonderful people, I think there is this charisma that comes off both of them.”“From the beginning, it was like, we should just show people being really good at their jobs and pushing each other,” he added. “Selfishly, I hadn’t seen a show without a romantic plot and was like, that could be kind of cool and interesting.”“The Bear” may not have delivered fans the workplace showmance they always longed for with Syd and Carmy, but perhaps the final season’s inside joke is enough to at least make them feel seen as the series comes to an end.All five seasons of “The Bear” are now streaming on Hulu.Disgraced Actor's MAGA-Coded Movie Trailer Just Dropped — And The Plot Is WILDJonathan Majors' acting career has struggled in the wake of his 2023 assault conviction, and his latest film doesn’t seem to be doing him any favors for a supposed mainstream comeback.Earlier this year, the former Marvel star was announced as part of the cast of an action film produced by conservative commentator Ben Shapiro’s media company, The Daily Wire. At the time, few details — including the movie’s title and plot — had been revealed. But on Thursday, the first teaser for director Kyle Rankin’s film, officially titled “Run Hide Fight: Infidels,” was released alongside a MAGA-coded synopsis that seems primed for controversy.“When radical Islamic terrorists hijack a liberal college's pro-Palestine encampment to enforce barbaric Sharia law on students and execute infidels in a makeshift caliphate, a ragtag band of red-blooded students, a security guard tired of 'Uncle Tom' smears, and a Delta Force vet must arm up to save their clueless peers and keep America from surrendering to the enemy on its own soil,” the logline reads.The minute-long clip includes footage from the Sept. 11 attacks, campus protests against Israel’s war on Gaza, Fox News hosts reporting on terror threats and Secretary of State Marco Rubio telling the network, “Radical Islam has designs openly on the West.”The trailer later shows an ISIS flag flying over a college campus before ending with the cryptic message, “Coming soon… Or already here?”Majors does not appear in the teaser, though he stars in the film alongside JC Kilcoyne. In April, Deadline shared footage of both actors falling through a window while filming a scene. The incident came after a report that several crew members walked off the movie’s South Carolina set, citing labor disputes and safety concerns.A release date for the forthcoming film has not yet been announced. Watch the teaser trailer below.‘Hacks’ Actor Admits To Storming Out Of Emmys After Losing To Co-Star: ‘You Can See Us Immediately Leaving’“Hacks” star Robby Hoffman is opening up about how she reacted to losing at the 2025 Emmy Awards.Last year, the comedian earned her first-ever acting nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her breakout performance in the HBO Max hit comedy. However, during a recent appearance on “The Bald and the Beautiful with Trixie and Katya” podcast, Hoffman revealed that she stormed out of the Creative Arts Emmys ceremony immediately after losing her category to fellow “Hacks” castmate Julianne Nicholson.“I was the biggest sore loser,” Hoffman admitted after joking, “As you know, it's all rigged,” per Entertainment Weekly.Recalling the day, the “Hacks” actor said she and her sister woke up feeling extra confident about winning, saying they were “already acting like we got the Emmy” despite being up against big nominees like Olivia Colman and Zoë Kravitz.“We’re like, it’s a shoo-in,” said Hoffman. “So we are beyond surprised to lose.”After Nicholson’s name was announced, Hoffman said her sister grabbed her arm and declared, “We don’t need this shit,” before leading her out of the room.“You can see us [on the broadcast] immediately leaving,” she remembered. “We lose, and we leave, and we are stewing. And you embraced the stew."Read more at Entertainment Weekly.Jay-Z Docuseries Coming To HBO This Fall — Watch The TrailerJay-Z’s life story is getting the documentary treatment.On Thursday, HBO unveiled a teaser for “JAŸ-Z In 8,” an eight-part documentary event that will see the hip-hop icon sit down with collaborator Rick Rubin — who produced Jay-Z’s iconic track “99 Problems” for 2003’s “The Black Album” — to discuss his music career, songwriting journey, life experiences and more.The forthcoming docuseries arrives amid the 30th and 25th anniversary celebrations of two of Jay-Z’s most acclaimed albums: “Reasonable Doubt” and “The Blueprint,” respectively. Executive producers on the TV project include Jay-Z, Daniel Kaluuya and Rubin, who also serves as director.The series is set to debut on HBO and HBO Max this fall. Watch the trailer below.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.‘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.See All Updates