Everything the Internet is watching & talking about
Vol. 1 Issue 26 – 21st September 2024
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The Emmys happened, here’s the full list of winners, The Bear & Shogun were the big winners as predicted, but the main talking point for the entire show was the age-old question, is The Bear a comedy? Here’s the technical reason for how they get away with it. There was also a Schitt’s Creek reunion and Hacks’ Jean Smart wondering if we need any more networks after confusing HBO & Max in her speech.
The reality/game show, The Traitors, is getting an Indian adaptation, hosted by Karan Johar, streaming on Prime Video.
Oscar-winning director Bong Joon-Hu’s Mickey 17, featuring Robert Pattinson, finally has a trailer.
EA has confirmed that The Sims movie, produced by Margot Robbie’s production house, is going ahead and will include famous lore from the game.
Is Selena Gomez’ Alex Russo really joining the MCU with an Agatha All Along cameo?
Wednesday’s Season 2 first look is here, 4 episodes are to be directed by Tim Burton!
Saturday Night Live will be celebrating its 50th year this season, and they’ve dropped the first few host-musical guest pairings including John Mulaney & Chappell Roan!
Emily in Paris has been renewed for a 5th season.
Nicole Kidman shows no signs of stopping playing wine-drinking, cardigan-wearing, wigged and unidentifiable accented WASP roles as she will be starring in A24’s The Wives alongside Jennifer Lawrence, based on the The Real Housewives. She also stars in Season 2 of Nine Perfect Strangers.
The Office is getting an Australian adaptation, with a female Michael Scott leading the franchise.
Baz Luhrmann’s next is going to be a movie about Joan of Arc!
We got a first look at Bridgerton Season 4’s Benophie with a pre-production photoshoot and leaks from the first day on set.
The Life of Chuck was the People’s Choice winner at the Toronto Film Festival. Anora was the runner up having also previously won the Palm d’Or, something previously done by Best Picture Oscar winner, Parasite.
Tom Holland and Austin Butler are rumoured to play brothers in the movie ‘American Speed’.
A brand new season of Black Mirror is on its way to Netflix along with Squid Games Season 2, here’s the trailer. Also on Netflix, Sabrina Carpenter is hosting her very own Christmas special, ‘A Nonsense Christmas With Sabrina Carpenter’, streaming December 6th, with some “unexpected duets and comedic guests.”
For your bingeing pleasure, tune into the latest season of Only Murders in The Building on Disney+ or the first 2 episodes of Agatha All Along. Also streaming on Disney is In Vogue: The 90s, a docu-series with the who’s who of fashion discussing the revolutionising decade, or English Teacher, a grown-up Abbott Elementary of sorts. On Netflix, watch His Three Daughters, starring Carrie Coon, Elizabeth Olson and Natasha Lyonne, already being touted one of the best movies of the year.
The more you know
iOS 18 has been launched and is ready to download on your iPhones, here are some new features you can expect after the upgrade.
The 2025 Formula 1 calender has been released, featuring 24 races around the globe, more conscious of not scheduling back-to-back races in two different corners of the world.
Earth is set to get a new, albeit temporary, Moon. Termed a “mini moon”, the newly discovered asteroid, named 2024 PT5, will temporarily be captured by Earth's gravity and orbit our world from September 29th to November 25th.
Plastic storage and container brand Tupperware has filed for bankruptcy in America! Guess you shouldn’t make products so high quality and durable that customers never end up replacing your products to buy more!
The debris of the tail of the OceanGate Titan Submersible that imploded last year, has been found at the bottom of the ocean. Apparently the last message transmitted from onboard was “All good here”. Yikes.
Businessman and investor Marc Cuban has expressed interest in buying Twitter (X).
Instagram has introduced Teen Accounts. Any new or existing user who is currently a teen will automatically be assigned a teen account that limits sensitive content, has tighter control on DMs and time limit reminders. Well that is if the age the teens input is honest 🤷🏻♀️
Speaking of Gen-Alpha-can’t-be-trusted, an 8-year old native of Ohio was found driving her mom’s SUV to Target. She hit a mailbox on the way and was drinking a Frappucino. She was found safe and no one was hurt, thankfully.
YouTube will now play ads even the video is paused. We are just circling back to television, just on a different medium.
The viral Thai pygmy hippo, Moo Deng, will have a 24 hour live stream for its fans to enjoy around the world. Meanwhile in Japan, a zoo has admitted to dyeing dogs black and white to resemble pandas…
Nike’s new CEO, Elliott Hill, has been with the company for all his career after finishing grad school in 1988 (32 YEARS!), starting out as an intern to now being the incoming CEO!!
Haven’t you heard
Singer-songwriter Charlie Puth got married to his longtime girlfriend Brooke Sansone.
Kiernan Shipka is allegedly dating John Mayer. She is 24, he is 46. Yeah.
Being half Filipino, Olivia Rodrigo has announce 25$ tickets for her concert in Manila!
Gracie Abrams needs to drop her ab routine ASAP.
The Captain America yielding the Mjolnir vs Thanos scene from Avengers Endgame was referenced in an exam question at IIT Varanasi.
JLo and Ben Affleck are apparently back together after announcing divorce. Single handedly bringing back messy and chaotic Hollywood vibes.
No one sticks to a theme like Sabrina Carpenter. Her latest tongue-in-cheek ad for haircare brand Redken is hilarious.
A second attempt was made to assassinate Donald Trump. This happened soon after he posted “I hate Taylor Swift!”. Karma?
Trending now
“Leaving the house in an outfit your small town just won’t understand”.
This very enthusiastic concert attendee doing the Apple dance at Charli xcx & Troye Sivan’s show
The “what’s in my bag” trend currently blowing up on TikTok is proof that trends are cyclic since millennials and older Gen z can attest to the fact that we’ve grown up watching so many such videos on YouTube 😩