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Salim Sirur Grovels On Camera, Gets Banned

via The grovel itself: Daily Mail · Portnoy's "won't be back" ruling: Golf Digest · The apology video and the Team Red breakdown: Total Pro Sports · The blackout recap: Heavy

Salim Sirur, the golf influencer, posted a video apology Friday after getting blackout drunk at the finale of Dave Portnoy's Internet Invitational. Portnoy says the finale was "ruined" and that Sirur "will not be back" next year, according to the Daily Mail. T…

Klein Files For Custody, Against Alimony

via This week's filings: TMZ · The original filing: Page Six · The filings, itemized: USA Today · The statement that started it: People

According to TMZ, court documents show Ethan Klein asking a judge not to award spousal support to him or to his ex, Hila Klein, while his lawyers argue that everything he earned before the marriage and after the October 13 separation should count as his separa…

Hadid Hard Launches Her Hardhat

According to E!, Bella Hadid posted a carousel Monday from a Colorado Avalanche hockey game, kissing and cuddling the man tabloids identified as Nathan Lacy, a Crested Butte, Colorado ranch hand. Her caption called the night "especially meaningful." The relati…

Druski's SNL Debut Was Whiteface And A Movie Ad

*According to Variety, Druski hosted his first "Saturday Night Live" last night, the first digital creator to run the show without a movie or TV crossover, and spent part of it playing Elizabeth Holmes in his signature whiteface. Emma Stone crashed his opening…

Fake Jackson Sues Fake Jackson

via The courthouse interview and the missing filing: Complex · Rival coverage of the feud: Yahoo · The diss track and the beef timeline: AOL · The feud, itemized: Reality Tea

Michael Jackson impersonator Fabio Jackson told reporters outside a Los Angeles courthouse on Thursday that he is "taking legal action" over the feud with rival MJ impersonator Looze Cannon, per Complex. The clip of the interview was posted by TMZ on X. The mo…

Odom Sells His Life For $14.99 a Month

via The earnings story: TMZ · Rival coverage with the photo: Daily Mail · The launch, analyzed by an OF search engine: Chicago Sports Stuff

According to Daily Mail, former NBA star and ex-Khloe Kardashian Lamar Odom has raked in a five-figure sum in the first eight days of his OnlyFans account. TMZ puts the total at over $50K and says he is on pace to clear $200K, on a $14.99 a month subscription …

Lula Wins On The Swiftie Algorithm

Brazil's president-elect Lula beat Flávio Bolsonaro in Sunday's runoff, 51.79 to 48.21, for a fourth term, and the campaign that did it ran through 600-plus artist fan accounts, per Variety. The historic footnote: a first-round underdog winning Brazil's second…

Ethan Klein's Business Fired Him

via The crew statement and the firing: Page Six · Ethan's statement and the ownership handover: Just Jared · Hila's statement: Variety

The H3 Podcast crew said it will no longer work with host Ethan Klein after his wife Hila publicly accused him of a six-month affair, according to Page Six. Ethan's response: he is giving up his ownership and financial stakes in the podcast and its related bus…

North West Wears The Baddie Chain

According to E! News, North West posted her first 2026 Halloween costume to TikTok Tuesday — a full transformation into Baddies star Natalie Nunn, complete with the bob, the "baddie chain," and a prosthetic for Nunn's famous chin. TMZ had it within hours. Here…

First Non-Angel: Kylie Jenner Wears The $50M Bra

via Victoria's Secret defends the bra pick · Jenner's VS debut, with Chalamet in the front row · Fantasy Bra numbers: 1,000 hours, 4,410 stones, no fabric · Jasmine Tookes pushes back on the "fighting for her life" wing claim

According to E!, Kylie Jenner closed the 2026 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show on October 18 as the first non-Angel to wear the Fantasy Bra, ending the piece's eight year absence from the runway in a $50 million bustier. It is 4,410 natural diamonds around a 75.…

MatPat's Game Theory Just Got A Blumhouse Budget

via The announcement: Deadline · Rival coverage: Variety · The game in question: DreadXP · The FNAF math: Deadline

According to Deadline, Blumhouse announced Friday that MatPat is developing a feature adaptation of "Amanda the Adventurer," the indie puzzle game about a haunted children's show. For ten years the job went like this: sit on a couch, find one weird thing insid…

Megan Fox Joins A Website And Buys The Building

via The recap and first-look photos: Page Six via Yahoo Entertainment · Rival coverage: Complex · The actual landing page: meganfox.world · More steamy snaps: Parade

According to Page Six's report, syndicated to Yahoo Entertainment, Megan Fox launched a paid-content page on Subs.com on Friday and, in the same breath, became a co-owner of the platform itself. The launch, promoted by a lingerie teaser, reportedly crashed the…

Affleck Was Banned Twice For Impersonating Himself

via The reveal: EW · The Variety profile where he said it: Variety · Rival coverage: Just Jared · Same quote, different hat: InStyle

According to E!, Ben Affleck revealed in a Variety cover profile that he got banned from Instagram twice for impersonating himself, and that the account, which had six followers, all family, was "just an excuse" for him to look at his kids' social media. The m…

Gossip Goblin's AI Movie Just Filed For Oscars

via The trailer and the Oscar campaign: GeekTyrant · The trailer breakdown: ComingSoon · The actual trailer: MovieFone

According to GeekTyrant, YouTuber Gossip Goblin, aka Zack London, dropped a trailer for "Gods Don't Give Gifts," a 104-minute AI-generated sci-fi horror film. It opens in limited theaters December 4, and the team has announced it will campaign for a Best Anima…

The Junior Lifeguard Is An Influencer

Fox dropped four new teasers for the Baywatch reboot on October 2, and they feature gymnast-turned-influencer Livvy Dunne guest-starring as a character called Junior Lifeguard Grace, per Deadline. The series is scheduled to launch on Fox for the 2026-27 season…

The Influencer Ring's $10M Tab

According to ESPN, Heather Hardy, 44, the former WBO featherweight champion, filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday in the Northern District of Texas seeking more than $10 million from Jake Paul's Most Valuable Promotions, Paul, COO Bryce Holden, and Holden Boxing.…

500 Million Subs, 15 Minutes Of Show

The biggest YouTube channel on earth, 517 million subscribers, showed up to a Mumbai promo event for Ramayana on Saturday, and the press event that was supposed to be a two-hour spectacle ran about fifteen minutes, according to Hollywood Reporter India. The me…

Lisa Sells The Stalker's Eyewear

Meta unveiled the "Meta Glasses by LISA" collection on Wednesday, two styles of $399 hands-free camera glasses with pet-inspired charms, according to Fashion Times. The backlash started within a day, after fans pointed out she has spent years describing stalke…

Beastie Learns The Chant

via The actual event photos: Indian Express · The bow moment: Times of India · The photo gallery: India TV News · Rival coverage: Hindustan Times

MrBeast (Jimmy Donaldson) attended a promotional event for "Ramayana" in Mumbai on September 26, and after someone in the crowd shouted "Jai Shree Ram," Ranbir Kapoor taught him the chant and the room erupted. According to Indian Express, the event ran at the …

Temu's Influencer Army Was Mostly Bots

According to Fortune, Temu quietly stopped funding a network of fake influencer accounts on Meta's platforms within days of being exposed, after spending nearly a billion dollars on "creator" partnership ads across the UK and the EU. The Czech nonprofit Online…

The Down Payment Lands On An 18-Year-Old

via The announcement: Fashion Times · The sit-down: ELLE · The where-to-buy version: Hypebae · The jacket itself: Aritzia

According to fashiontimes, Aritzia named KATSEYE's 18-year-old Yoonchae the face of its Super Puff campaign Thursday, her first solo brand deal since the group's 2023 debut. The group already holds deals with Gap, Fendi, Pandora, and Glossier. Now the youngest…

The Crystal Ball Can't Predict Getting Caught

via The side-by-side screenshots: Business Insider · The report: The Verge · The second victim, documented: Futurism · The original post: Elliot Choy on X

According to The Verge, YouTuber Elliot Choy says a Kalshi ad used an AI recreation of his apartment move-in video with his face swapped for a white man's, and Kalshi confirmed the ad ran. Kalshi is a prediction market. The whole brand is that it knows what ha…

The $10 Million Video Has A Receipt Problem

via The breakdown: USA Today · The audit: Tuko · His response to the critics: LiveMint · The cocoa sourcing page: Feastables

According to USA Today, MrBeast posted a video Sept. 19 about spending close to $10 million to build a "self-sustaining" village in Ghana, with a 300-student school, a clinic and teacher housing meant to keep kids off cocoa farms. The clip has 51 million views…

Dean Of Ragebait Sells The Family Felony

via The campaign and the backlash: Today · The photoshoot: TMZ · The ragebait charge: The Blast · The original scandal: NBC News

According to Today, Reformation launched its "Good Sport" fall campaign Sept. 16, starring Olivia Jade Giannulli in a gray crewneck that reads "College," with 100% of the sweatshirt's net proceeds going to a student nonprofit. The shoot leans on the 2019 admis…

The World's First Robot Fight Was A Promo For Robots

via The original report: TMZ · The fight photos and CEO quotes: Daily Mail · The 'he won' spin: NBC News · The preview fight at the gym: ABC7

On Friday in San Francisco, TikTok stunt performer Frankie LaPenna stepped into a cage to fight a six-foot humanoid robot piloted by a man in a VR headset, and the robot kicked him across the ring, according to TMZ. REK, the robotics company that ran the event…

Skin Beggar Gets Her Skin

via The skin list and the "give me a skin" quote: NME · Epic's "She manifested it all" post: X · Rival coverage: Billboard · The "asking very nicely" framing: IGN

According to NME, Madison Beer is joining Fortnite's Icon Series, with her outfits, emotes and jam tracks going live at 1am BST on September 25. The setup was a Hot Ones clip. Playing fuck marry kill with video games, she turns to camera mid-wing: "I'm a littl…

The Woman Who Cried Stalker Now Sells The Camera

via The original report: Engadget · The blind-box angle: TechRadar · The fan backlash and the stalking posts: IndiaTimes · The Jennie backstory: IndiaTimes

On Wednesday, Meta announced two styles of $399 AI glasses by BLACKPINK's Lisa, complete with a star on the frame, a star-printed charging case, and a blind-box pet charm, according to Engadget. The drop lands weeks after her bandmate Jennie faced online heat …