Welcome back to your essential weekly recap of the most important headlines! Whether you were too busy enjoying the summer sun or simply missed some news, we’ve got you covered. Dive into our roundup of the biggest and most talked-about moments in pop culture and current events that you need to know about right now.
Savannah Bananas star Coach Rac faceplants while doing a backflip on CNN, and it has gone mega-viral. [Pajiba]
Lauren Sanchez plans to start a lingerie line and other billion-dollar businesses that the world does not need. [Celebitchy]
The Bad Guys 2 brings some fun fashion to the red carpet. [Go Fug Yourself]
South Park skewers Donald Trump as small-peened (checks notes) R-word F-word. [Boy Culture]
How Too Much star Will Sharpe reinvented the rom-com heartthrob. [Kenneth in the 212]
How Donald Trump killed cancer research. [WIRED]
George Santos dramatically bids adieu as he’s headed to prison. [The Cut]
The Coldplay fan who recorded the infamous video reveals how much she made from the viral kiss cam video of Andy Byron and Kristin Cabot. [Page Six]
British actor Micheal Ward, star of Top Boy and more recently, Ari Aster’s Cannes-debuting film Eddington, has been charged with rape. [THR]
In TMI news of the week, Chris Hughes just revealed what JoJo Siwa named his balls. [PinkNews]
Adam Lambert reportedly splits from boyfriend Oliver Gliese after 4 years together. [Queerty]
Tracee Ellis Ross paid a beautiful tribute to the late Malcolm-Jamal Warner. [PopCulture.com]
The Emmy and Oscar-nominated Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the longtime masterminds behind Comedy Central’s animated romp South Park, have reached a groundbreaking five-year deal with Paramount for the global streaming rights to their iconic animated series. Valued at $300 million per year, the agreement would total a staggering $1.5 billion, according to the newspaper. [Los Angeles Times]
Bets are in on who the next editor of Vogue will be. [The Cut]
Pedro Pascal says Indiana Jones was – and still is – his earliest crush. [Attitude]
Donald Trump was told in the spring that his name was featured in the Epstein files multiple times. [New York Times]
Barack Obama has broken his silence on Donald Trump’s calls to prosecute him, unequivocally rejecting his successor’s accusations that he tried to engineer a “coup” after Trump’s 2016 election victory by “manufacturing” evidence of Russian interference. He did not hold back. [The Guardian]
Trump defenders can’t seem to explain the Obama treasonous conspiracy that this bullshit administration is perpetuating. [Mediaite]
See Chimp Crazy star Tonia Haddix wigless and somber in new mug shot. [TMZ]
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