Taylor Swift quietly donated $100,000 to the parents of a 2-year-old girl named Lilah, who was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. Lilah’s mom, Katelynn, has shared her daughter’s story on social media for months, and the toddler’s family has been fundraising for her treatment via GoFundMe since March. “Sending the biggest hug to my friend, Lilah!” Taylor wrote under her donation, which has sparked more generosity from her fans.

Emma Stone’s new film “Bugonia” is set to pull off a hair-raising publicity stunt. Attendees for a screening have been asked to shave their heads to get in the Culver Theater tonight. Emma’s character finds herself bald in the movie after she’s kidnapped by 2 conspiracy-obsessed men.

The horror sequel “Black Phone 2” dialed into an estimated $24.4 million opening, good enough for #1 over the weekend. The film, which sees Ethan Hawke return as a serial killer known as ‘The Grabber’, also saw a boost from nabbing some premium large format auditoriums — which carry higher ticket prices — from “Tron: Ares”, which took in about $11 million.

After 5 years of winning in at least one of her 2 categories, Kelly Clarkson was shut out at the 2025 Daytime Emmys. Drew Barrymore won outstanding daytime talk series host for “The Drew Barrymore Show”. It was the second year in a row that Kelly was upset in this category, which she won the 4 years previous.

Gene Hackman’s movie scripts, Golden Globe trophies, and art items from his personal collection will be auctioned off. The first auction, focused on art pieces he collected throughout his life, is set for November 19 in New York. Gene died at age 95 in February.

Taylor Swift didn’t just break the global streaming record; she doubled it. On average, the 12 songs on “The Life of a Showgirl” drew 115.5 million streams in their first week. That’s double the next-closest competitor, that being “Midnights”, averaged 57.8 million, while “The Tortured Poets Department” averaged 56.8 million.

Ed Sheeran has released “Play (The Remixes)”, featuring collabs with several South Asian artists. The EP includes new versions of ‘Sapphire’, ‘Don’t Look Down’, ‘Symmetry’, and ‘Heaven’, at times featuring Ed singing in Punjabi and Hindi languages. “Play” was heavily influenced by the global sounds he heard while traveling around the world on tour.

Pink is bringing her “Carnival” tour to Mexico next spring, her first time performing in that country in 23 years, and her first-ever headlining show there. The show takes place April 26 at Estadio GNP Seguros.

Journey’s keyboardist Jonathan Cain has confirmed recent reports that he’s planning to leave the band. The 75-year-old said in an interview, “it just feels like a good time to enjoy my grandkids and my family. I’ve given a lot. I’ve given enough.” He added, though, that he’s planning one last hurrah, saying: “It’ll be 2 years… 2 different tours.”

A campaign to rename Birmingham Airport “Ozzy Osbourne International” has the support of his widow, Sharon. The petition, with 75,000 signatures, claims that Ozzy represents what John Lennon is to Liverpool and George Best is to Belfast, both those city’s airports were renamed in honor of their local heroes.

The “Saturday Night Live” November lineup has arrived. Miles Teller is up first on November 1 with Brandi Carlile as the musical guest. It’s his second time hosting. On November 8, comedian Nikki Glaser will host for the first time, with musical guest sombr performing. Glen Powell will host the November 15 episode with Olivia Dean as musical guest.